Team
Postdocs
Chunyang Ji
Topic: Seismic Attenuation; Non-ergodic Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis
Graduate Students
Nancy Ingabire Abayo; Ph.D. Candidate
Topic: Geomorphological Considerations in Lateral Spreading Estimations
Co-advisor: Dr. Brina Montoya
Sponsor: USGS
Cristina Lorenzo-Velazquez; Ph.D. Candidate
Topic: Integrating Effects of Local Soil Conditions into System-Level Assessments of Civil Infrastructure
Sponsor: NSF
Cassie Gann; Ph.D. Candidate
Topic: Advanced Regional Site Amplification Analyses
Sponsor: NSF, USGS
Jungmin Lee; Ph.D. Student
Topic: Rapid Post-Earthquake Seismic Hazard Analysis incorporating the Effects of Local Soil Conditions
Sponsor: Alaska DOT
David Barba; Ph.D. Student
Topic: Multiscale Probabilistic Characterization of Seismic Site Response in Highly Uncertain Environments
Sponsor: NSF
Melanie Dickson; M.S. Student
Topic: Intersectional Impact of Earthquakes
Undergraduate Research Supervision
Ariana Paul; BS Student and NC State Park Scholar
Lab Alumni
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 a postdoc at NC State University/GFZ Center
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 UCLA (PhD candidate)
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)
Undergraduate Research Assistants
- 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