Research Team

Current Students

  Shimin Tang

  • Doctoral Student
  • Research Interest: Multi-view hyperspectral imaging, understanding, and engineering applications
  • Jan. 2016 ~ Current

Mostafa Badroddin

  • Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering; Co-discipline: Mathematics
  • Research Interests: Computational Mechanics, Uncertainty Quantification, Bridge Resilience, Finite Element Method, Probabilistic Performance-Based Engineering
  • Jan. 2017 ~ Current
  • Contact: Email, LinkedIn, Website, ResearchGate, ORCID, Google Scholar

    Prativa Sharma

  • Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering
  • Research Interests: Community Resilience and Damage Assessment;  Resilience Metrics and Optimization; GIS Analysis and Modelling. Finite Element Modelling and Seismic Analysis.
  • Jan. 2017 ~ Current
  • Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Visiting Scholars

Dr. Gaihua Wang

  • Associate Professor in School of Electrical and Electronic engineering, Hubei University of Technology
  • Research Interest:  Deep learning and Multi-view Remote sensing imaging
  • Sep.2019~Sep.2020
  • Contact: Email

 Dr. Dai, Zhaohua

  • Associate Professor in Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University
  • Research Interest:  Construction Automation
  • Aug. 2015 ~ present

 Dr. Wu, Xinye

  • Associate Professor in Civil Engineering, Xiamen University
  • Research Interest:  Intelligent Vehicle Engineering and Novel Material-Structure Design
  • Sep. 2014 ~ Aug. 2015

portraitDr. Zhan, Wei

  • Associate Professor in Computer Science, Yangtze University
  • Research Interest: Nonlinear manifold learning for computer vision problems
  • Feb. 2015 ~ Aug. 2015

Former Students and Researchers


Max      Chen, Jianfei (Max)

  • Phd candidate in Electrical Engineering
  • Research Interest: Aerial Imaging and Ground Sensing System Design and Applications
  • UMKC Graduate School Scholarship precipitant, 2015~2016
  • Jul. 2011 ~ 2019

        Tackett, Mallory

    • Undergraduate Student in Physics
    • Research Interest: Big Disaster Imagery Database; Biomedical Imaging
    • Jan. 2015 ~ Current

     Mr. Caleb Chase

    • Undergraduate Student in Computer Science
    • Research Interest: robotic augmentation for drones
    • Jan. 2015 ~ Current

 Mr.  Bhargava Gellaboina

  • Master’s in Computer Science
  • Short-term research project on DT-DSA.
  • May. 2015 ~ Aug. 2015

 Mr.  Rishabh Bhojak

  • Master’s in Computer Science
  • Short-term research project on DS-Crowd.
  • Jan. 2015 ~ May. 2015

student-profile-01Mr. Avinash Reddy Desireddy

  • Master’s in Computer Science
  • Short-term research project on DS-Crowd.
  • Apri. 2014 ~ Aug. 2014
  • Now at  Cloudwick Inc.

RahulRahul  Tripathil

  • Master in Civil Engineering
  • Thesis: Parametric soil-structure modeling for rapid climatic disaster response
  • Sep. 2012 ~ Jun. 2014
  • Currently structural engineer at Sharon Engineering

Swanson, Eric

  • Master in Civil Engineering
  • Master Project: In-Structure Response Spectra Development and Performance Evaluation for Nonstructural Access Floor and Equipment Systems
  • Sep. 2010 ~ Dec. 2014
  • Structural engineer at Black & Veatch

Ashlee   Warnke, Ashlee


RyanHolmes, Ryan

  • Undergraduate Student in Civil Engineering
  • Research Interest: Dynamic Transmission Tower-Line Simulation; Small-scale Flume Testing of Model Structures Subject to Surge and Scour
  • Jan. 2012 ~ Jan. 2014
  • Now graduate student at UMKC

Isaac      Somogie, Isaac S.

  • Undergraduate Student in Civil Engineering
  • Research Interest: Bathymetric Point Cloud Processing and Building Information Modeling for Scoured Bridge
  • Jan. 2012 – May 2012
  • Now Master student at University of Kansas

TeddyTeddy Haile-Mariam

  • Master in Civil Engineering
  • Research Interest: Mainshock-aftershock ground motions database
  • Jan. 2012 – May 2012
  • Now structural engineer at Selective Site Consultants, Inc.

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