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CURRENT RESEARCH GROUP
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Name
- Kittinun Sirijaroonchai
Status
- PhD Student, UM
Previous Affiliation - MS, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dissertation Title - Plasticity Macro-Model for
HPFRCC Structures
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Name
- Supat Suwwanakarn (Tony Naaman, co-Chair)
Status
- PhD Student, UM
Previous Affiliation - MS, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dissertation Title - Modeling of HPFRCC Structures
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Name - Dongjoo Kim (Tony Naaman, co-Chair)
Status
- PhD Student, UM
Previous Affiliation -
MS, Korea
Dissertation Title - Rate
Effects in HPFRCC Structures
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Name - Chung-Chan Hung
Status
- PhD Student, UM
Previous Affiliation -
MS, Taiwan
Dissertation Title - Hybrid
Simulation Techniques
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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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Name - Honghao Li
Status
- PhD Student, UM
Previous Affiliation -
BS, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Dissertation Title -
Fast Running Collapse Models
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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
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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
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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
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FORMER POSTDOCS
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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 - Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University.
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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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