SLC Member Research: Current and Past
This page showcases graduate student research supervised by MCEER investigators. The contact information reflects the student’s MCEER affiliation at the time the research was conducted, and may not be current. Students wishing to be included on this page should contact us at (716) 645-5160.
Navid Haji Allahverdi Pur
Ph.D. Candidate, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Advisor: Prof. Saadeghvaziri
Expected Graduation Date: 2007
Discipline: Structural Engineering
Area of Concentration: Blast-mitigation Design of Civil Structures
MCEER Thrust Area: Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Lifeline Networks
Research Project Title: "Seismic Design and Rehabilitation Strategies for Power Systems with Considerations to Other Extreme Events"
06 Poster
Ali Ashrafi
Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Enviromental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Advisor: M. Ala Saadeghvaziri,
02-03 Paper
00-01 Paper
Michael Astrella
Graduate Student, Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo
Advisor: Andrew Whittaker
03-04 Paper
Hiram Badillo-Almaraz
Graduate Student, Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo
Advisor: Andrew S. Whittaker
02-03 Paper
Jeffrey W. Berman
Ph.D. Graduate, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Advisor: Michel Bruneau
Discipline: Structural Engineering
Areas of Concentration: Bridge Engineering, Seismic Retrofit, Passive Energy Dissipation, Steel Design
MCEER Thrust Area: Highway Project
Research Project Title: Development of Laterally Stable Links for Eccentrically Braced Frames for use in Braced Steel Bridge Piers
04-05 Paper
03-04 Paper
02-03 Paper
01-02 Paper
00-01 Paper
Zehra Cagnan
Graduate Student, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Advisor: Rachel Davidson
02-03 Paper
Shih-Yu Chu
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering,
University at Buffalo
00-01 Paper
Gian Paolo Cimellaro
Ph.D. Candidate, University at
Buffalo, State University of New
York
Advisor: Andrei Reinhorn
Discipline: Structural Engineering
Areas of Concentration: Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Retrofit of Hospitals, Seismic Resilience
MCEER Thrust Area: Seismic Retrofit of Acute Care Facilities
Research Project Title: “Quantification of Seismic
Resilience”
06 Poster
04-05 Paper
03-04 Paper
Rory Connell
Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
Advisor: Kathleen Tierney
01-02 Paper
00-01 Paper
Robert Corbin
Master of Science Candidate in Civil Engineering Candidate, University of Nevada, Reno
Advisor: Dr. Emmanuel “Manos” Maragakis
Expected Graduation Date: December 2006
Discipline: Structural Engineering
Area of Concentration: Structures
MCEER Thrust Area: Seismic Retrofit of Acute Care Facilities
Research Project Title: "Experimental Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of Hospital Copper Piping System"
06 Poster
Chris Cyr
Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania
00-01 Paper
Seda Dogruel
Ph.D. Candidate in Structural and Earthquake Engineering, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Advisor: Dr. Gary F. Dargush
Expected Graduation Date: June 2009
Discipline: Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Area of Concentration: Structural Engineering
MCEER Thrust Area: Seismic Retrofit of Acute Care Facilities
Research Project Title: "Evolutionary Aseismic Design and Retrofit of Buildings"
06 Poster
Saeed Fathali
Ph.D. Candidate in Structural and Earthquake Engineering, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Advisor: Dr. Andre Filiatrault
Expected Graduation Date: June 2008
Discipline: Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Area of Concentration: Non-structural Components
MCEER Thrust Area: Seismic Retrofit of Acute Care Facilities
Research Project Title: "Isolation / Restraint Devices for Non-Structural Components"
06 Poster
Daniel Fenz
Ph.D. Candidate, The State University of New York at Buffalo
Advisor: Dr. Michael Constantinou
Expected Graduation Date: May 2008
Discipline: Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Area of Concentration: Seismic Protective Systems
MCEER Thrust Area: Seismic Retrofit of Acute Care Facilities
Research Project Title: "Behavior of the Double Concave Friction Pendulum Bearing"
06 Poster
04-05 Paper
01-02 Paper
Yong Gao
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Billie F. Spencer, Jr.
Expected Graduation Date: July 2005
Discipline: Structural Engineering
Areas of Concentration: Structural Vibration, Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection, Seismic Analysis
MCEER Thrust Area: Education
Research Project Title: “Java-Powered Virtual Laboratories for Earthquake Engineering”
02-03 Paper
Marlon Hill
Ph.D. Candidate, Florida A&M University
Advisor: Makola M. Abdullah, Ph.D.
Expected Graduation Date: Spring 2008
Discipline: Civil Engineering
Area of Concentration: Earthquake & Wind Engineering
MCEER Thrust Area: Education
Research Project Title: "Investigating the Effects of Extreme Wind Events on Civil Structures"
06 Poster
03-04 Paper
Yufeng Hu
Ph.D. Candidate, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Advisor: Gary F. Dargush
Expected Graduation Date: Feb. 1 2007
Discipline: Structural Engineering
Area of Concentration: Seismic Engineering, Computational Mechanics
MCEER Thrust Area: Seismic Retrofit of Acute Care Facilities
Research Project Title: "Evolutionary Methodology for Aseismic Decision Support"
06 Poster
03-04 Paper
Cagdas Kafali
Ph.D. Candidate, Cornell University
Advisor: Mircea Grigoriu
Expected Graduation Date: August 2007
Discipline: Structural Engineering
Area of Concentration: Earthquake Risk Assessment
MCEER Thrust Area: Seismic Retrofit of Acute Care Facilities
Research Project Title: "Fragility-Based Rehabilitation Decision Support Methodology"
06 Poster
04-05 Paper
03-04 Paper
02-03 Paper
T. Kanagalingam
Graduate Student, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Advisor: S. Thevanayagam
04-05 Paper
Dohwan Kong
Ph.D Candidate, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Investigators: A.M. Reinhorn, A. Filiatrault, A. Schiff
06 Poster
Diego Lopez-Garcia
Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Advisor: Professor T. T. Soong
Graduation date: September 1, 2004
01 Paper
02 Paper
02 Paper
Selina W. Lee
Graduate Student, Civil Infrastructure Systems, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Advisor: R. Davidson
06 Poster
Xiaobo Luo
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Advisor: A.J. Aref
06 Poster
Rafeek G. Nashed
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Advisor: S. Thevanayagam
04-05 Paper
Cuong Nguyen
Graduate Student, California State University at Los Angeles
Advisor: R. Purasinghe
06 Poster
Michael Pollino
Ph.D. Candidate, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Advisor: Michel Bruneau
Expected Graduation Date: June 2007
Discipline: Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Area of Concentration: Steel Bridges, Seismic Retrofit, Passive Energy Dissipation
MCEER Thrust Area: FHWA Highway Project
Research Project Title: "Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Controlled Rocking Steel Braced Frames"
06 Poster
04-05 Paper
02-03 Paper
REU Students:
Lisa Armbruster
Jayce D. Grefath
Bing Qu
Ph.D. Candidate, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Advisor: Michel Bruneau
Expected Graduation Date: August 2008
Discipline: Structural Engineering
Area of Concentration: Steel Structures
MCEER Thrust Area: Seismic Retrofit of Acute Care Facilities
Research Project Title: "Steel Plate Shear Walls for Seismic Design and Retrofit of Building Structures"
06 Poster
Rodrigo Retamales
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Advisors: G. Mosqueda, A. Filiatrault and A.M. Reinhorn
06 Poster
REU Student:
Alma Garcia
Hwasung Roh
Graduate Student , Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University at New York
Advisor: A.M. Reinhorn
06 Poster
Thevachandran Shenthan
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University at New York
Advisor: S. Thevanayagam
04-05 Paper
Sung-Han Sim
Graduate Student, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: B.F. Spencer
06 Poster
Taronne H. P. Tabucchi
Graduate Student, Cornell University
Advisor: R. Davidson
06 Poster
Ramiro Vargas
Ph.D. Graduate, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
Advisor: M. Bruneau
04-05 Paper
03-04 Paper
02-03 Paper
Dong Wang
Ph.D. Candidate, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Advisor: Andre Filiatrault
Expected Graduation Date: June, 2007
Discipline: Civil Engineering
Area of Concentration: Structural Engineering
MCEER Thrust Area: Seismic Retrofit of Acute Care Facilities
Research Project Title: "Seismic Performance of Secondary Systems in Hospital Structures with Self-Centering Systems"
06 Poster
04-05 Paper
Hongbo Wang
Ph.D. Candidate, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Advisor: George C. Lee
Expected Graduation Date: June 2007
Discipline: Structural & Earthquake Engineering
Area of Concentration: Building Seismic Retrofit & Structural Control
MCEER Thrust Area: Seismic Retrofit of Acute Care Facilities
Research Project Title: "Seismic Retrofit of New York State Hospitals"; “Semi-Passive Control of Buildings and Buildings
06 Poster
REU Student:
Tony Kim
