Team
Graduate Students
Jungmin Lee; Ph.D. Student
Topic: Rapid Post-Earthquake Seismic Hazard Analysis incorporating the Effects of Local Soil Conditions
Sponsor: Alaska DOT
David Barba Galdamez; Ph.D. Student
Topic: Site Effects on Spatial Correlation of Ground-Motion
Sponsor: NSF
Melanie Dickson; Ph.D. Student
Topic: Intersectional Impacts of Earthquakes
Sponsor: NSF
Gabriela Zaldivar; Ph.D. Student
Topic: Incorporating Site Effects into Ground Motion Modeling and Physics-based Simulation
Sponsor: Alaska DOT
Md Sayem Noor Atul; Ph.D. Student
Topic: Effects of Temporal Changes in Site Conditions on Ground-Motion
Sponsor: Alaska DOT
Undergraduate Research Supervision
Hank Everson; BS Student in CCEE
Elijah Adams; BS Student in EC
Lab Alumni
Dr. Cassie Gann-Phillips
Topic: Advanced Seismic Velocity Models for Regional Ground Motion Characterization in Data Scarce Areas
Dr. Cristina Lorenzo-Velazquez
Topic: Integrating Effects of Local Soil Conditions into System Level Assessments of Civil Infrastructure
Currently at Jaca & Sierra Engineering, PSC
Dr. Nancy Ingabire Abayo
Topic: Geomorphological Considerations in Lateral Spreading Estimations
Co-advisor: Dr. Brina Montoya
Currently at Lafayette College
Dr. Kyunguk Na
Topic: Dynamic Properties of Microbial-Induced Carbonate Precipitation (MICP) Treated Soil
Co-advisor: Dr. Brina Montoya
Currently at Geosyntec (Atlanta office)
Dr. Chunyang Ji
Topic: Seismic Attenuation; Non-ergodic Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis
Currently at Verisk
Dr. Ishika Nawrin Chowdhury
Topic: Hazard-Consistent Ground Motions for Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Analysis
Currently at Lettis Consultants International
Maria E. Ramos Sepulveda; MS
Topic: Site Effects on Ground Motion Directionality
Currently at AECOM
Dr. Sugandha Singh
Topic: Design Ground Motions compatible with High-frequency Energy Content in Low-to-Moderate Seismicity Regions [Co-advisor: Dr. Abhinav Gupta]
Currently, Assistant Professor at Jaypee University of Information Technology, India
Mona Doostmohammadibueini; MCE
Topic: Implications of Earthquake-Induced Lateral Spreading on Bridge Resilience
Co-advisor: Dr. Brina Montoya
Rajprabhu Thangappa; MS
Topic: Scaling and spectral matching of ground motions
Co-advisor: Dr. Mervyn Kowlasky
Currently at NCSU (PhD student)
Past Undergraduate Research Assistants
- Ariana Paul
- Zachary Militello
- Nancy Ingabire-Abayo (2018-2019; currently a PhD student in Cabas’ research group)
- Cassie Gann (2019; currently a PhD student in Cabas’ research group)
- Cord Anthony (2019; currently a MSc student at NCSU)
- Tristan Miller
- Daniela Paz Espinosa Pulgar (Currently a MS student at Universidad de Concepcion, Chile)
Past Team Gatherings
Thanksgiving 2023
March 2022
Summer Virtual Meetings 2020
December 2019
August 2019
January 2019
July 2018
March 2018
December 2017