People
Sriram Narasimhan
Professor
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
7400 Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Email: snarasim@ucla.edu
Alexander Thoms, BASc (University of Waterloo, Canada, 2018)
PhD Candidate
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
7400 Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Webpage: https://adthoms.github.io/
Email: adthoms@ucla.edu
Sven Malama, MASc (University of Wuppertal, Germany, 2020)
PhD Candidate
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
7400 Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Email: svenmala@ucla.edu
Sunwoong Choi, MASc (Korea University, South Korea, 2020)
PhD Student
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
7400 Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Email: swchoi0501@ucla.edu
John Hateley, BASc (University of California Irvine, USA, 2020)
PhD Student
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
7400 Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Email: jmhateley123@ucla.edu
Pornrawee Thonapalin, MASc (University of Southern California, USA, 2021)
PhD Student, co-advised with Prof. M. Khalid Jawed
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
7400 Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Email: pthonapalin@ucla.edu
Debasish Jana, Ph.D. (Rice University, Houston, Texas, 2021)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
7400 Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Email: dj93@ucla.edu
Pranav Agrawal, Ph.D. (University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, 2021)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
7400 Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Email: pranav0505@ucla.edu
Nicholas Charron, BASc (2016, University of Waterloo)
PhD Candidate, SDIC Lab
Civil & Mechanical Engineering
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Email: nicholas.charron@uwaterloo.ca
Steve Phillips, BASc (2016, University of Waterloo)
PhD Candidate, SDIC Lab
Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Email: steve.phillips@uwaterloo.ca
Dirk Friesen, BASc (2017, University of Waterloo)
Research Associate, SDIC Lab
Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Email: dirk.friesen@uwaterloo.ca
Rishabh Bajaj, B.Tech (2020, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela)
PhD Candidate, SDIC Lab, co-advised with Dr. Chul Min Yeum
Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Email: rishabh.bajaj@uwaterloo.ca
Jake Frazer McLaughlin, BASc (2020, Western University)
MASc Candidate, SDIC Lab
Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Email: jfmclaughlin@uwaterloo.ca
Gabriel Earle, B.S. (2020, George Mason University)
PhD Candidate, SDIC Lab, co-advised with Dr. Carl Haas
Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Email: gearle@uwaterloo.ca
Zaid Abbas Al-Sabbag, BASc (2019, University of Waterloo)
MASc Candidate, SDIC Lab, co-advised with Dr. Chul Min Yeum
Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Email: zaalsabbag@uwaterloo.ca
Daniel Felipe Lopez Morales, M.E. (2019, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago)
PhD Candidate, SDIC Lab, co-advised with Dr. Carl Haas
Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Email: dflopezmorales@uwaterloo.ca
Stan Fong, BASc (2015, University of Waterloo)
PhD Candidate, SDIC Lab
Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Marshal Deep Kafle, MASc (2013, Nanjing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
PhD Candidate, SDIC Lab
Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Piyius Raj Singh, MTech (2011, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur)
PhD Candidate, SDIC Lab, co-advised with Dr. Amit Kanvinde (UC Davis)
Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
ALUMNI
Rajdip Nayek,
PhD
Present: The University of Sheffield, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Roya Cody,
PhD
Present: Huawei, Researcher
Jinane Harmouche,
Postdoctoral Fellow
Present: Thomson Reuters Toronto
Evan McLaughlin,
MASc
Present: Faire, Software Developer
Kevin Goorts,
PhD
Present: Bank of Montreal, Model Risk Specialist
Guru Prakash,
PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Present: Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, Assistant Professor
Pampa Dey,
PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Present: Laval University, Assistant Professor
Nina Feng,
MASc
Present: SRK Consulting, Staff Consultant
Dylan Dowling,
MASc
Present: Gray & Fick Ltd., Structural Designer
Ali Ashasi-Sorkhabi,
Postdoctoral Fellow
Present: METSCO Energy Solutions, Structural Project Engineer
Ayan Sadhu,
PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Present: Assistant Professor, Western University
Budhaditya Hazra,
PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Present: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology
Dritan Topuzi,
PhD
Present: Principal, Delta Innoveering Inc.
Aaron Roffel,
PhD
Present: Operations and Services Director, Coherent Path
Ann Sychterz,
MASc
Present: Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Shilpa Pantula,
MASc
Present: Software Engineer, Unifi Software
Asim Rustum,
MASc
Present: Assistant Lecturer, University of Benghazi
Richard Lourenco,
MASc
Present: Engineering Consultant, SWI Systemware Innovation Corp.
Chad Van der Woude,
MASc
Present: Structural Engineer, Hatch
Sina Khierkhah,
MASc
Present: Assistant Professor, Univerity of British Columbia
Paul Paquet,
MASc
Present: Senior Structural Engineer, Arup
Sina Shirali,
MASc
Present: Engineer, Turner Construction Company