• 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

• Fatemeh Mohammadi Ghahsareh (Fall 2022 – present)

Research areas: strengthening of concrete structures with FRP; structural health monitoring; innovative structural design

Co-advise with Professor Weina Meng

• 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 (Fall 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

• Rojyar Barhemat (Fall 2021 – Spring 2025)

Research areas: reconfigurable modular structures; innotive structural design; intelligent optimization
Dissertation: Artificial Intelligence Powered Design and Monitoring of Civil Structures and Metamaterials
Key achievements:
Provost Doctoral Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2022
Best Poster Award, Offshore Wind Technology Conference, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2023
3MT Competition, Second Place, Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2025

• 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

• 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

• 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