People

Graduate Students

  • Anteneh Zewdu Deriba, Ph.D. Candidate (Since 2023, Candidacy since May 2025)
    • Dissertation Proposal: Performance-Based Risk Assessment and Management for Critical Infrastructure Systems
  • Seyyed Amirhossein Moayyedi, Ph.D. Student (Since 2023)
  • Pooyan Khajeh Shahzanian (Since 2023)
    • Thesis: Seismic Fragility Analysis of Unanchored Aboveground Liquid Storage Tanks (expected July 2025)
  • Mohd Firoj, M.Sc. Student (Graduated)
    • Thesis: Uncertainty Quantification of Live Load Effect in Buried RC Box Culverts (2023)
    • Current position (2024): Senior Engineer, Thornton Tomasetti
  • Ayush Bhandari, M.Sc. Student (Graduated)
    • Thesis: Uncertainty Quantification and Fragility Development of Deteriorating RC Bridge Piers (2023)
    • Current position (2024): Bridge Engineer, Jacobs

Undergraduate Students

Thesis/Dissertation Committee

  • Sina Damavandi, Fatigue Life Cycle Assessment of Spur Gear Subjected to Carburizing Heat Treatment, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University (advanced to candidacy in June 2025; Chair: Chien Wern).
  • Mary Ann Triska, Revised Load Rating Practices and Best Management Practices to Support Truck Platooning across Bridges in Oregon, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University (advanced to candidacy in June 2025; Chair: Thomas Schumacher).
  • Shen Qu, Urban Traffic Pattern: From Freeway to Neighborhood, School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University (advanced to candidacy in May 2025; Chair: Liming Wang).
  • Amir Barati Nia, Characterization of Low Plasticity Silt Behavior Through Direct Shear Test and Cone Penetration Testing, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University (advanced to candidacy in March 2024; Chair: Diane Moug).
  • Kayla Sorenson, The Effect of the Degree of Saturation on the Liquefaction of Non-Plastic and Low-Plastic Soils, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University (advanced to candidacy in December 2023; Chair: Diane Moug).
  • Sina Mehdinia (2022), “Multimodal Imaging of Structural Concrete Using Image Fusion and Deep Learning”, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University (Chair: Thomas Schumacher)
  • Sangwan Lee (2022), “Transportation Mode Choice Behavior in the Era of Autonomous Vehicles: The Application of Discrete Choice Modeling and Machine Learning”, Ph.D. Dissertation, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University (Chair: Liming Wang)
  • Asmaa Almeshaileh (2023), “Probability Distribution Fitting for Censored Data: A Practical Guide for Survival Analysis of NBI Data for Concrete Bridge Decks in Oregon”, M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University (Chair: Thomas Schumacher)
  • Morgan Tholl (2022), “Learning From Machines: Insights in Forest Transpiration Using Machine Learning Methods”, M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University (Chair: Samantha Hartzell)
  • Gabriella Abou-Zeid (2021), “Adoption and Use of E-Grocery Shopping in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic:Implications for Transport Systems and Beyond”, M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University (Chair: Kelly J. Clifton)