HARMONY Lab - People

Group Lead

Curriculum Vitae

Maria Koliou, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Zachry Career Development Professor II

Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Texas A&M University

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University at Buffalo - The State University of New York (2014)
M.Sc., Civil Engineering, University at Buffalo - The State University of New York (2010)
Diploma, M.Eng., Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece (2008)

Research Interests

Multi-Hazard Performance-Based Design of Buildings and Non-Building Structures
Engineering Risk Analysis
Post-Disaster System Functionality and Community Resilience
Collapse Assessment of Structural Systems
Experimental Methods in Earthquake Engineering
Timber Structures

Group Students

Current Graduate Students

Abul Hasnat, Ph.D. Candidate

Research Project: An Integrated Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Aging Housing Infrastructure

Yosef Gebreyesus, Ph.D. Student

Research Project: Vulnerability Assessment of Aging Housing Infrastructure and Communities

Xuechen Ni, Ph.D. Candidate

Research Project: Risk Assessment of Transportation Systems

Madeha Sattar Khan,
Ph.D. Student

Research Project: TBD

Current Undergraduate Students

Group Alumni

Post Doctoral Researchers

Abdullah Braik, Ph.D.

Post Doctoral Researcher at TAMU: August 2025 - July 2026

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Old Dominion University, USA

Mohammad Syed, Ph.D.

Post Doctoral Researcher at TAMU: December 2022 - June 2026

Xu Han, Ph.D.

Post Doctoral Researcher at TAMU: March 2023 - January 2025

Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Bridge Engineering, Tongji University, China

Graduate Students

Mumtasirun Nahar, Ph.D.

PhD, Texas A&M University (2026)

Research Project: Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Building under Combined Hurricane-Induced Wind and Surge

co-advised with Dr. Petros Sideris

Tuan Tran

MS, Texas A&M University (2026)

Research Project: A Longitudinal Deep Learning-GIS Framework for Tracking Housing Recovery from Street-view Imagery

Current Position: PhD Student, Colorado State University

Connor Kammlah

MS, Texas A&M University (2025)

MS Non-thesis option

Research Project: Numerical Investigation of CLT Connections

Current Position: Structural Engineer, Martin/Martin, San Francisco, CA

Abdullah Braik, Ph.D.

PhD, Texas A&M University (2025)

Research Project: Disaster Management Digital Twin of Communities Enabling Risk-Informed and Adaptive Decision-Making

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Old Dominion University, USA

Negar Mohammadgholibeyki, Ph.D.

PhD, Texas A&M University (2023)

Research Project: A framework for designing and assessing functional recovery of retrofits and new designs for building structures subjected to seismic excitation

Current Position: Research Engineer, Verisk-Extreme Event Solutions (previously known as AIR-Worldwide), Boston, MA

Yong Yoo, Ph.D.

PhD, Texas A&M University (2023)

Research Project: Mitigation strategies for timber structures prone to coastal hazards

Current Position: Structural Engineer, EXMAR OFFSHORE Company, Katy, TX

Miguel Esparza

MS, Texas A&M University (2022)

Research Project: Enhancing Inundation Monitoring of Road Networks Using Crowdsourced Flood Reports

co-advised with Dr. Ali Mostafavi

Mohammad Aghababaei, Ph.D.

PhD, Texas A&M University (2022)

Research Project: Quantitative Models and Framework for Evaluating Community Resilience Accounting for Its Interdependent Systems

Current Position: Research Engineer, Verisk-Extreme Event Solutions (previously known as AIR-Worldwide), Boston, MA

Ehsan Jalilifar

MS, Texas A&M University (2022)

MS Non thesis option

Benjamin Hayes

MS, Texas A&M University (2021)

Research Project: Experimental and analytical assessment of internal and panel-to-floor connectors for Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) ballon style construction

Current Position: Structural Engineer at Engineering System Solution, Idaho Falls, ID