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CURRENT RESEARCH GROUP
MEMBERS
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Name
- Julie Fogarty
Status
- PhD Student, UM
Previous Affiliation -
BS, Johns Hopkins University
Dissertation Title -
Progressive Collapse Modeling
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Name - Jieshi Fang
Status
- PhD Student, UM
Previous Affiliation -
MS, UM; BS, Physics, Peking U., China
Dissertation Title -
Agent Based Models and Particle Methods
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Name - Honghao Li
Status
- PhD Student, UM
Previous Affiliation -
BS, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Dissertation Title -
Robustness of Steel Buildings
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Name - Philip Park
Status
- PhD Student, UM
Previous Affiliation -
MS, South Korea
Dissertation Title - Fiber
Reinforced Asphalt
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GROUP PICTURES
Research Group (Structures
Lab, Fall 2006)
Students at HPFRCC in Mainz, Germany (Summer 2007)
Research Group (Gallup Park, 2008)
Post Defense Picture (Late Fall 2008)
Hawaii1, Hawaii2 (Summer
2009)
Picnic1, Picnic2,
Picnic3 (Summer 2010)
FORMER PH.D. STUDENTS
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Name - Dr. Chung-Chan Hung
Degree/Year
- PhD 2010, UM
Previous Affiliation -
MS, Taiwan
Dissertation Title -
Computational Simulation of Seismic Response of HPFRCC Coupled Wall Systems
Current Address
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Assistant Professor, National Central University, Taiwan
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Name - Dr. Dongjoo Kim
Status
- PhD 2009, UM
Previous Affiliation -
MS, Hanyang University, South Korea
Dissertation Title -
Strain Rate
Effect on High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites Using Slip
Hardening High Strength Deformed Steel Fibers
Current Address -
Assistant Professor, Sejong
University,
Seoul,
South Korea
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Name -
Dr. Kittinun Sirijaroonchai
Degree/Year
- PhD 2009, UM
Previous Affiliation -
MS, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dissertation Title -
A Macro-Scale Plasticity Model For High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement
Composites
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Name
- Dr. Supat Suwwanakarn (Tony Naaman, co-Chair)
Degree/Year
- PhD 2009, UM
Previous Affiliation - MS, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dissertation Title -
Post-Cracking Characteristics of High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious
Composites
Current Address
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Senior Engineer, Ch-Karnchang Public Company, Bangkok, Thailand. Also,
Adjunct Professor, Rajaphat Rajkanarin University, Bangkok, Thailand
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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 (site)
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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.
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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.
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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 (site)
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FORMER POSTDOCTORAL
ASSOCIATES
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Name - Dr. Kay Wille
Previous Affiliation -
PhD, University of Leipzig, Germany
Current Address - Assistant Professor,
University of Connecticut
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Name
- Dr. Yasser Alashker
Previous Affiliation - PhD,
Zagazig University, Egypt
Current Address - Associate Professor,
King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
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Name
- Dr. Yong-Seon Lee
Previous Affiliation - PhD,
Yonsei University, Korea
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Name
- Dr. Eun-Jin Lee
Previous Affiliation -
PhD, KAIST
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Name
- Dr. Ayman Okeil
Previous Affiliation - Postdoc Associate, UCF
Current Address - Associate Professor, Louisiana State University
(site)
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FORMER MS STUDENTS
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Name - Andrew Law
Degree/Year - MS 2003, UCF
Previous Affiliation - BS 2000 - UCF
Thesis Title - Pushover Methods for Seismic Analysis
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Name - Juan Ortega-Rosales
Degree/Year - MS 2003, UCF
Previous Affiliation - BS 1999 - UCF
Thesis Title - Prestressing Concrete with Shape Memory Alloys
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Name - Edward Severino
Degree/Year - MS 2003, UCF
Previous Affiliation - BS 2001 - UCF
Thesis Title - Vehicle Collision with Bridge Piers
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Name
- Chris Kuenzli
Degree/Year - MS 2001, UCF
Previous Affiliation - BS 1999, UCF
Thesis
Title - Analysis and Design of Hybrid Wall Systems
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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