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CURRENT RESEARCH GROUP

Name - Kittinun Sirijaroonchai

Status - PhD Student, UM

Previous Affiliation -  MS, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor

Dissertation Title - Plasticity Macro-Model for HPFRCC Structures

Name - Supat Suwwanakarn (Tony Naaman, co-Chair)

Status - PhD Student, UM

Previous Affiliation -  MS, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor

Dissertation Title - Modeling of HPFRCC Structures

Name - Dongjoo Kim (Tony Naaman, co-Chair)

Status - PhD Student, UM

Previous Affiliation -  MS, Korea

Dissertation Title - Rate Effects in HPFRCC Structures

Name - Chung-Chan Hung

Status - PhD Student, UM

Previous Affiliation -  MS, Taiwan

Dissertation Title - Hybrid Simulation Techniques 

Name - Philip Park

Status - PhD Student, UM

Previous Affiliation -  MS, South Korea

Dissertation Title - Fiber Reinforced Asphalt 

Name - Honghao Li

Status - PhD Student, UM

Previous Affiliation -  BS, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Dissertation Title - Fast Running Collapse Models

Name - Dr. Yasser El-Ashkar

Status - Postdoc Associate

Previous Affiliation -  PhD, Zagazig University, Egypt

 

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Picture of El-Tawil's research group (taken in Fall 2006)

 

FORMER PH.D. STUDENTS

Name - Dr. Kapil Khandelwal

Degree/Year - PhD 2008, UM

Previous Affiliation -  MS, IIT Delhi

Dissertation Title - Multiscale Computational Simulation of Progressive Building Collapse

Current Address - Assistant Professor, Notre Dame University

Name - Dr. Ekin Ekiz

Degree/Year - PhD 2007, UM

Previous Affiliation -  MS, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor

Dissertation Title - Inhibiting Steel Brace Buckling using CFRP

Current Address - Senior Research Engineer, MMI Inc.

Name - Dr. Mohamed Hassan

Degree/Year - PhD 2003, UCF

Previous Affiliation -  MS 1995 - Alexandria U., Egypt

Dissertation Title - Seismic Behavior and Design of Hybrid Wall Systems

Current Address - Senior Research Engineer, Englekirk Consultants, Santa Ana, CA.

Name - Dr. Jin Jun

Degree/Year - PhD 2002, UCF

Previous Affiliation - MS 1994 - Tianjin U., PRC

Dissertation Title - Seismic Performance of Steel Reduced Beam Section Moment Frames

Current Address - Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Galveston

 

FORMER POSTDOCS

Name - Dr. Yong-Seon Lee

Previous Affiliation -  PhD, Yonsei University, Korea

Name - Dr. Eun-Jin Lee

Previous Affiliation - PhD, KAIST

Name - Dr. Ayman Okeil

Previous Affiliation - Postdoc Associate, UCF

Current Address - Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University.

FORMER MS STUDENTS

Name - Andrew Law

Degree/Year - MS 2003, UCF

Previous Affiliation - BS 2000 - UCF

Thesis Title - Pushover Methods for Seismic Analysis

Name - Juan Ortega-Rosales

Degree/Year - MS 2003, UCF

Previous Affiliation - BS 1999 - UCF

Thesis Title - Prestressing Concrete with Shape Memory Alloys

Name - Edward Severino

Degree/Year - MS 2003, UCF

Previous Affiliation - BS 2001 - UCF

Thesis Title - Vehicle Collision with Bridge Piers

Name - Chris Kuenzli

Degree/Year - MS 2001, UCF

Previous Affiliation - BS 1999, UCF

Thesis Title - Analysis and Design of Hybrid Wall Systems

Name - Cahit Ogunc

Degree/Year - MS 2001, UCF

Previous Affiliation -  BS 1994 - U. of Gazi, Turkey, MS 1998 - U. of Cukurova, Turkey

Thesis Title - Static and Fatigue Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Girders strengthened with CFRP Laminates

Name - Axia Vazquez

Degree/Year - MS 2000, UCF

Previous Affiliation -  BS 1998 - UCF.

Thesis Title - Seismic Behavior and Rehabilitation of a Four Story Steel Building

Current Address - Walter P. Moore, Orlando, Florida

Name - Mandar Chaphalkhar

Degree/Year - MS 2000, UCF

Previous Affiliation -  BS 1997 - Pune Govt. College, India,

Thesis Title - Strategies for Placing Access Holes in Curved Steel Box Girder Bridges

Current Address - T. Y. Lin International, Tampa, Florida

Name - Timothy Travers

Degree/Year - MS 1999, UCF

Previous Affiliation -  BS 1991 - U Florida

Thesis Title - Prediction of Glass Plate Breakage due to Low Level Air Shocks

Current Address - USAF

Name - Egill Vidarsson

Degree/Year - MS 1998, UCF

Previous Affiliation -  BS 1995 - Technical College of Iceland

Thesis Title - Inelastic Analysis and Design of FR Welded-Bolted Steel Connections

Current Address - Almenna Consulting LTD, Fellsmuli 26, 108 Reykjavik, Iceland

Name - Laura Lewis

Degree/Year - MS 1998, UCF

Previous Affiliation -  BS 1996 - UCF

Thesis Title - Strength, Ductility, and Redundancy of RC Bridges Rehabilitated with FRP

Current Address - Brockette, Davis, and Drake, Dallas, Texas

Name - Tameka Mikesell

Degree/Year - MS 1997, UCF

Previous Affiliation -  BS 1996 - UCF

Thesis Title - Strength and Ductility of FR Welded-Bolted Steel Connections

Current Address - Black and Veatch, Aurora, Colorado.