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Dr. Mike Tognarelli
Engineer
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company - Offshore Division
 Former Graduate Student
michael.a.tognarelli@exxonmobil.com


Dr. Dahai Yu 
Professor
Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Statistics 
SUNY at Stony Brook
 Former Graduate Student
dyu@ams.sunysb.edu


Dr. Kurt Gurley 
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering 
University of Florida
 Former Graduate Student
Ph.D., CE, University of Notre Dame 1997
M.S., CE, University of Notre Dame 1994
B.S., A.A.E, University of Illinois 1991
kgurl@ce.ufl.edu


Dr. Fred Haan 
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering 
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
 Former Graduate Student
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2000
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 1995
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Calvin College, 1992
haan@iastate.edu


Dr. Luigi Carassale
Assistant professor
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
University of Genoa, Italy
 Former Visiting Research Student
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Florence / University of Genoa, Italy, April 2002
M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Genoa, Italy, April 1997
Carassale@diseg.unige.it


Dr. Swaroop Yalla
Engineer
Exponent, Inc. 
 Former Graduate Student
Ph.D., Structural Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2001
M.S., Structural Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2000
B.Tech., Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, India, 1996.
syalla@exponent.com


Dr. Gang Mei 
 Former Graduate Student
Ph.D., Structural Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2001
M.S., Dept of Engineering Mechanics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, P.R. China, 1996
B.E., Dept.of Engineering Mechanics of Xi'an Jiaotong University, P.R. China, 1993
gmei@nd.edu


Dr. Yin Zhou 
Senior Engineer
Cermak Peterka Petersen, Inc. (CPP) 
 Former Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Tongji University, P.R. China, 1998
M.S., Structural Engineering, Hunan University, P.R. China, 1995
B.S., Building Engineering, Hunan University, P.R. China, 1992
yzhou@nd.edu


Dr. Tracy Kijewski-Correa 
Associate Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences 
University of Notre Dame
 Former Graduate Student
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2003
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2000
B.S., Magna Cum Laude in Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 1997
tkijewsk@nd.edu


Mr. Devin A. Brown
 Former Graduate Student
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2003
B.S., Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2001
dbrown5@nd.edu


Ms. Tiphaine Williams
 Former Graduate Student
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2003
B.S., Civil Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2001
twillia1@nd.edu


Dr. Heeduck Kim 
Professor and Chair
Department of Civil Engineering 
Kyoungil University, Korea
 Former Visiting Professor
Ph.D., Osaka University, Japan, 1992
M.S., Tokyo University, Japan, 1988
B.S., Youngnam University, Korea, 1986
heeduck@kiu.ac.kr


Dr. Xinzhong Chen 
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering 
Texas Tech University
 Former Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ph.D., Kyoto University, Japan, 1995
M.S., China Academy of Railway Sciences, P.R. China, 1986
B.S., Southwest Jiaotong University, P.R. China, 1983
Xinzhong.Chen@coe.ttu.edu


Dr. Jae-Seung Hwang 
Assistant Professor
Department of Architectural Engineering
Chonnam National University, Korea
 Former Visiting Professor
Ph.D., Seoul National University, Korea, 1998
M.S., Seoul National University, Korea, 1994
B.S., Seoul National University, Korea, 1992
jshwang@jnu.ac.kr


Dr. Hrvoje Kozmar
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
University of Zagreb, Croatia
 Former Visiting Professor
hrvoje.kozmar@fsb.hr


Dr. Lijuan Wang
 Former Graduate Student
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2008
M.S., Bridge Engineering, Tongji University, P.R. China, 2001
B.S., Bridge Engineering, Tongji University, P.R. China, 1997
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