Wanting (Lisa) Wang, Ph.D., PE

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Old Dominion University

Education

• Postdoc Research Fellow, Structural Engineering, Colorado State University, NIST funded Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning, 2023-2024

• Ph.D., Structural Engineering, Colorado State University, 2022

• M.S., Structural Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, 2015        

• M.S., Structural Engineering, Jilin University, China, 2015                                                                      

• B.S., Civil Engineering, Jilin University, China, 2012

Research Interests

• Community resilience modeling under multi-hazards such as tornadoes, floods, sea level rise, and climate change

• Improving the resilience-based design of structural systems, civil infrastructure, and the built environment

• Data and algorithm fusion across multi-disciplines, including structural engineering, computer science, economics, social science, and operational research

• Resilient, sustainable, and equitable community decision-making support

Professional License

• California PE, 94251, CA, 2022                                                                      

• E.I.T, 0075586, CO, 2018                                                                                                                            

Selected Grants

• Trustworthy AI in the Data Revolution for Adaptation and Resilience in Coastal Communities, ICAR, $31k. Role: PI.

• AI-Driven Development of Minimum Building Portfolios for Coastal Resilience Enhancement, ODU PURS, $10k. Role: Sole-PI 

Selected Honors and Awards

• ICAR Fellows/Affiliate Travel Grant, 2025

• American Geophysical Union 2024 Annual Meeting NSF-Funded Faculty Travel Grant, 2024 

• Jack E. Cermak Wind Engineering Graduate Fellowship, Colorado State University, 2020-2022                        

• Princeton Pathway into the Academy Program (PPIA), Princeton University, 2020-2021                 

• NTU Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Colorado State University, 2021

• O. H. Ammann Research Fellowship in Structural Engineering, ASCE, 2021                                    

• Tornado Hazard Wind Assessment and Reduction Symposium Travel Award, 2019

• Schuman Scholarship-Engineer Award, University of Colorado Denver, 2017

• ENG-UCD Knott Family School Scholarship, University of Colorado Denver, 2017

• Dean's Office Award, University of Colorado Denver, 2017

• National Scholarship, National Ministry of Education China, 2013