Graduate Students

C. Charles
Visiting Graduate Research Assistant
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Howard University
charlescurt@gmail.com
Expertise: Structural engineering
Role in project: Numerical analysis of framed structures with shape memory alloy based devices.

Xinjun Dong
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0355
xinjundong@gatech.edu 
Expertise: Wireless sensing networks for structural health monitoring.
Role in Project: Testing, advanced instrumentation.

Fabio Freddi
Visiting Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
Houston, TX 77005 
ff4@rice.edu
Expertise: Probabilistic assessment, retrofit of reinforced concrete frames.
Role in Project: Fragility modeling, cost-benefit studies and LCC analysis.

Blaine Jacob Fuselier
Visiting Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
Houston, TX 77005 
bfusel2@rice.edu
Expertise: Probabilistic seismic performance and retrofit assessment.
Role in Project: Fragility modeling, cost-benefit studies and LCC analysis.

Xi(Sissy) Liu
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0355 
sissy.liu@gatech.edu
Expertise: Wireless sensing networks for structural health monitoring.
Role in Project: Testing, instrumentation, shape memory alloy simulation

Tim Wright
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0355 
Tim.R.Wright@gatech.edu
Expertise: Earthquake engineering, seismic retrofit.
Role in Project: Shape memory alloy device design and experiments, planning and design of field testing.

Dapeng Zhu
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0355 
zhudp@gatech.edu
Expertise: Wireless and mobile sensing networks for structural health monitoring.
Role in Project: Testing, advanced instrumentation, damage detection algorithms.