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CURRENT RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS

Julie

Name - Julie Fogarty

Status - PhD Student, UM

Previous Affiliation -  BS, Johns Hopkins University

Dissertation Title - Progressive Collapse Modeling

Jieshi

Name - Jieshi Fang

Status - PhD Student, UM

Previous Affiliation -  MS, UM; BS, Physics, Peking U., China

Dissertation Title - Agent Based Models and Particle Methods

Honghao

Name - Honghao Li

Status - PhD Student, UM

Previous Affiliation BS, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Dissertation Title - Robustness of Steel Buildings

Philip

Name - Philip Park

Status - PhD Student, UM

Previous Affiliation -  MS, South Korea

Dissertation Title - Fiber Reinforced Asphalt 

 

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

Chung Chan Hung

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 - Assistant Professor, National Central University, Taiwan

Dong Joo

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

Kittinun

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

 

Supat

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 - Senior Engineer, Ch-Karnchang Public Company, Bangkok, Thailand. Also, Adjunct Professor, Rajaphat Rajkanarin University, Bangkok, Thailand

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)

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 (site)

 

FORMER POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES

Kay Wille

Name - Dr. Kay Wille

Previous Affiliation -  PhD, University of Leipzig, Germany

Current Address - Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut

Yasser

Name - Dr. Yasser Alashker

Previous Affiliation -  PhD, Zagazig University, Egypt

Current Address - Associate Professor, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

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 - Associate Professor, Louisiana State University (site)

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.