People

Sakib Hasnat

Ph.D. pre-candidate in Civil Engineering (expected graduation 2030)

Sakib received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He joined RESLab in Fall 2026 and works on machine learning, uncertainty quantification, and system analysis. Email: shasnat@umich.edu.

Hang Zhuang

Ph.D. pre-candidate in Civil Engineering (expected graduation 2030, co-advised with Prof. Ann Jeffers)

Hang received his B.Eng. in Civil Engineering from Chang'an University (China) and pursued his master's studies in Civil Engineering at Tongji University (China). He started in Fall 2026 and will be working on computational fluid dynamics to simulate firebrand transport in wildfires.

James Ban

Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering (expected graduation 2029)

James received his B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Korea University. He started in Fall 2025 and will be working on performance-based wind engineering, as well as AI and machine learning for community-scale modeling and risk assessment.

Haimiti Atila

Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering (expected graduation 2028)

Atila received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan. He started in Fall 2023 and will be working on metamodeling approaches for uncertain and dynamic structural systems subject to stochastic excitation leveraging AI and machine learning.

Tanmay Vora 

Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering (expected graduation 2027, co-advised with Prof. Ann Jeffers)

Tanmay received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (India), and his M.S. from the University of Michigan. He started in the Fall of 2023 and will be leveraging Computational Fluid Dynamics to simulate firebrand transport in wildfires.

Jieling Jiang 

Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering (expected graduation 2027)

Jieling received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from Chang'an University (China), and her M.S. from Tongji University (China). She started in Fall 2022 and will be working on performance-based wind engineering and machine learning.

Dr. Seonghyun Lim

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Seonghyun joined RESLab in October 2026. He received his Ph.D. from Seoul National University in 2024 and previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Rice University. His research focuses on reliability-based, performance-based seismic design. Email: seonghyl@umich.edu.

Dr. Isabela Durci Rodrigues

Research Collaborator

Formerly a visiting PhD student from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of São Paulo under Prof. André T. Beck, continuing research collaboration with RESLab and mentorship from Prof. Seymour M.J. Spence.

Liuyun Xu

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2025) - Title of dissertation: Advancing Performance-based Wind Engineering: AI-enhanced Computational Modeling and Probabilistic Assessment of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems

Currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington

Srinivasan Arunachalam

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2024) - Title of dissertation: Performance-based Wind Engineering through Stochastic Simulation and High-fidelity Computational Modeling 

Currently an Assistant Professor at IIT Bombay

Bowei Li

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and Scientific Computing (2022) - Title of dissertation: Rapid Stochastic Response Estimation of Dynamic Nonlinear Structures: Innovative Frameworks and Applications 

Post-doctoral Scholar (2023 - 2024) - Topic of study: Metamodeling approaches for uncertain and dynamic structural systems subject to stochastic excitation as well as technology for the implementation of performance -based wind engineering. 

Currently an Assistant Professor at the Texas Tech University in the Department of Civil, Environmental, & Construction Engineering

Sejin Kim

Post-doctoral Scholar (2022 - 2024) - Topic of study: AI-enabled damage estimation of hurricane-impacted residential communities through CFD simulations.

Currently Assistant Professor at Chungbuk National University, South Korea

Min Li

Post-doctoral Scholar (2021 - 2023) - Topic of study: Multi-fidelity frameworks for rapid estimation of failure probabilities associated with rare events and complex computational models.

Currently Assistant Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ahmed U. Abdelhady

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and Scientific Computing (2021) - Title of dissertation: Resilience of Residential Wooden Structures against Wind Hazards (co-advised with Prof. Jason McCormick, University of Michigan)

Currently a Research Engineer at AIR Worldwide, Boston, MA

Zhicheng Ouyang 

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and Scientific Computing (2021) - Title of dissertation: Computational Frameworks for Probabilistic Performance-based Wind Assessment of Envelope Systems of Engineered Buildings

Currently Research Scientist at Meta (formally Facebook, Inc.)

Arthriya Subgranon 

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2020) - Title of dissertation: System-Level Performance-Based Design and Optimization of Wind Sensitive Structures

Currently Consultant in Resilience Practices Service at WSP

Wei-Chu Chuang

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2019) - Title of dissertation: Innovative Frameworks for the Probabilistic Performance-Based Design of Inelastic Wind Excited Structures. 

Currently Engineer at Sargent & Lundy, Seattle, WA