Current Members

PhD students

• Rojyar Barhemat (Fall 2021 – present)

Research areas: reconfigurable modular structures; innotive structural design; intelligent optimization
Key achievements: Provost Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2022

• Sina Poorghasem (Fall 2021 – present)

Research areas: computer vision; machine learning; structural dynamics; system identification
Key achievements: Provost Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2021

• Indira Prasad (Spring 2023 – present)

Research areas: sustainable infrastructure; sustainability and life cycle assessment; urban cities and sustainable transportation; social life cycle assessment

• Seyed Amirhossein Moghaddas (Fall 2023 – present)

Research areas: artificial intelligence, concrete technology
Key achievements: Provost Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2023

• Jinxin Chen (Spring 2024 – present)

Research areas: artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, innovative structures
Key achievements: Provost Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2024

• Shengju Xie (Spring 2024 – present)

Research areas: artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, sensors
Key achievements: Provost Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2024

• Linzhi Li (Fall 2024 – present)

Research areas: artificial intelligence, metamaterials
Key achievements: Provost Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2024

• Yao Wang (Fall 2024 – present)

Research areas: artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, acoustics/ultrasonics
Key achievements: Provost Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2024

• Zhan Jiang (Fall 2024 – present)

Research areas: artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, digital twin
Key achievements: Provost Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2024

• Junyuan Zhao (Spring 2025 – present)

Research areas: artificial intelligence, wireless sensors, fiber optic sensors, digital twin
Key achievements: Provost Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2025

Former Members

PhD students

• Yiming Liu (Fall 2020 – Spring 2024)

Research areas: structural health monitoring; machine learning; remote sensing; wireless sensors; computer vision; digital twin
Dissertation: Machine Learning-Empowered Smart Monitoring of Civil Structures and Materials
Key achievements:
Stevens Excellence Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens, 2023
Richard I. Hires Research Award, CEOE Department, Stevens, 2023, one awardee per year
First placement:
Postdoc, FHWA, Washington D.C., United States

• Pengwei Guo (Spring 2021 – Fall 2024)


Co-advised with Professor Weina Meng
Research areas: machine learning; deep learning; computer vision; automatic monitoring/inspection
Dissertation: Artificial Intelligence-Powered Design and Characterization of High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composites
Key achievements:
Provost Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2021
Excellence Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology,, 2023
First placement:
Postdoc, TU Delft

• Xiao Tan (Fall 2019 – Spring 2023)

Research areas: structural monitoring; fiber optic sensors
Dissertation: Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors for Multi-Cause Structural Health Monitoring of Pipelines

• Soroush Mahjoubi (Fall 2019 – Spring 2023)

Research areas: structural monitoring; machine learning; structural design; optimization; construction materials
Dissertation: Development and Applications of Machine Learning Approaches for Design and Monitoring of Civil Materials and Structures
Key achievements:
Paul Kaplan Award, Stevens, 2023, two awardees in 2023 university-wide
Stevens Excellence Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens, 2021
Richard I. Hires Research Award, CEOE Department, Stevens, 2022, one awardee per year
First Position after Graduation:
Postdoc, MIT, Boston, United States