CEEM

CEEM GRADUATES IN ACADEMIA (1980~)
link: (~1980)

Over the years, many of our Ph.D. graduates joined the industries while some joined academia. Below is a list of our graduates who joined the universities, both domestic and abroad.

P.S. If you would like to be added to the list or with any updates, please send the information to Prof. Ling. (last update: 6/1/11)

link PhD students (2010-2011)

Name	Year	Advisor	Latest known Affiliation	Research Focus
Hong-ki Hong	1982	Rimas Vaicaitis	Professor Department of Civil Engineering National Taiwan University	Structural mechanics, sound & vibration, boundary element method
Alan Levy	1982		Chairman Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Syracuse University	mechanics and applied mathematics and focus primarily on nonlinear problems of elasticity. current research is concerned with cavity nucleation and growth in nonlinear solid media and with bifurcation and stability issues associated with that
L.J. Lee	1984		Professor Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan	Solid mechanics, composite materials
Lawrence C. Bank	1985	Maciej Bieniek	Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Department University of Wisconsin-Madison. Program Director, National Science Foundation	Dr. Bank's primary research is in the area of the mechanics and design of composite material structures with an emphasis on applications to civil engineering.
Tai-Pin Chang	1985		Professor Department of Construction Engineering National Kaohsiung First University of Science and University, Taiwan	Structural dynamics, random vibration, finite element methods, computational mechanics and mechanics of plates and shells
George Deodatis	1987	Masanobu Shinozuka	Santiago and Robertina Calatrava Family Professor Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Columbia University	Probabilistic mechanics, risk and reliability, earthquake engineering, hazards analysis
Laurence J. Jacobs	1987	Maciej Bieniek	School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology	Professor Jacobs' research focuses on the development of quantitative methodologies for the nondestructive evaluation of structural materials. This multidisciplinary work advances the efficacy of wave-based techniques by integrating elastodynamics, mechanics of materials, optics, instrumentation and digital signal processing methods.
Matthew R. Glucksberg	1987	Richard Skalak	Professor, Chairperson Department of Biomedical Engineering Northwestern University	Pulmonary mechanics and lung liquid transport, blood pressure and flow in the retinal circulation, non-invasive sensing of blood flow and analytes.
Siu-Tong Choi	1988	Rimas Vaicaitis	Professor Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan	Structural Dynamics, Rotor Dynamics, Computational Structural Mechanics
Cheng Zhu	1988	Richard Skalak	Regents' Professor Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology	Mechanics of cell adhesion and locomotion, Mechanics-chemistry coupling of receptor-ligand interactions, Kinetics of selectins and Fc gamma receptors, Applications to immune systems, inflammatory and thrombotic disorders, and tumor metastasis
Lin-Tsang Lee	1988	Atle Gjelsvik	Professor and Associate Dean Department of Applied Mathematics National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan	Solid mechanics, applied mathematics methods, granular material
Young Soo Chung	1988	Christian Meyer	Professor College of Construction Engineering Department of Civil Engineering Chung-Ang University	Seismic analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures and concrete bridge structures, Concrete structural design code, Repair and retrofit of concrete, Damage assessment and reliability
George Hearn	1989	Rene Testa	Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering University of Colorado at Boulder	Asset management, condition assessment, cable-supported structures, long span bridges
Younane N. Abousleiman	1986 (M.S.)	PhD from Delaware (1991)	PoroMecahnics Institute University of Oklahoma	Poromechanics & GeoGenome (see HP for details)
Jiin-Po Yeh	1989	Frank DiMaggio	Professor Department of Civil and Ecological Engineering I-Shou University, Taiwan
William O'Brien	1991 (B.S.)	PhD from Stanford (1998)	Dept. of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering University of Texas at Austin	Research, teaching, and service that seek to advance the industry with respect to novel processes in the areas of supply chain management, project controls, and resource management as well as through supporting research in information management and design of advanced decision support systems.
Debra Laefer	1992 (B.S.)	PhD from Univ Illinois (1997)	School of Architecture, Landscape & Civil Engineering University College Dublin, Ireland	- preventative measures for the protection of the built environment from man-made ground movements, vibrations, and direct attacks - damage prediction and monitoring of structural response due to adjacent excavation and tunnelling - stabilization, repair, restoration, and seismic retrofit of unreinforced masonry and archaeological ruins - soil improvement and reinforcement techniques to preclude and arrest ground movements - infrastructure renewal, focusing on new applications of grout and synthetics for structural and geotechnical enhancement
Sanjiv Gokhale	1991	Maciej Bieniek	Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Vandebilt University	Repair, Rehabilitation, and Renewal of Underground Infrastructure; Infrastructure Management; Cost and Schedule Control for Large-cap EPC Projects
Samuel J. DiMaggio	1993	Maciej Bieniek	Visiting Professor of Engineering Harvey Mudd College
Vedat Dogan	1995	Rimas Vaicaitis	Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Symeon Christodoulou	1998	Bud Griffiis	Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Cyprus	1) Rehabilitation of Urban Infrastructure and Risk Analysis, (2) Fully Integrated and Automated Project Processes (FIAPP) in the management of construction (with an emphasis on 3D/4D modeling and integrated information management systems), and (3) Information Technology, System Integration and Modern Computing Techniques in Construction Management (such as artificial intelligence and graph theory).
Masoud Ghandehari	B.S.	PhD from Northwestern (1998)	Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering Polytechnic University	- Sensing and infrastructural health monitoring; Application to transportation infrastructure, utilities networks and environmental contamination. - In-situ chemical analysis for materials health management.
Carrie Sturts Dossick	2000	Bud Griffis	Assistant Professor, Department of Construction Management University of Washington, Seattle	Emerging technologies for design and construction, specifically the use of 3D models and Building Information Models (BIM).
Jin-Song Pei	2001	Andrew Smyth	Associate Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Oklahoma	System identification, simulation and control of linear and nonlinear systems, Health monitoring and damage detection of large structures, neural networks, structural dynamics and earthquake engineering , digital signal processing and numerical analysis
Hilmi Lus	2001	Raimondo Betti	Department of Civil Engineering Bogazici University Turkey	System identification, health monitoring, structural dynamics, stochastic modeling of dynamic systems, structural mechanics, earthquake engineering, control theory, numerical methods, optimization, computational mechanics.
Jeng-wen Lin	2001	Raimondo Betti	Department of Civil Engineering Feng Chia University, Taiwan
Huabei Liu	2003	Hoe Ling	Assistant professor Department of Civil Engineering City College of New York/CUNY	Liu is teaching courses related to geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics. The research interest includes constitutive modeling,geosynthethic-reinforced soil structures and underground structures.
Kumpon Subsomboon	2004	Bud Griffis	Department of Civil Engineering Naresuan University, Thailand	Construction Engineering and Management, 3D & 4D CAD in the Management of Construction, Construction Cost and Scheduling, Competitive Bidding, The Fully Integrated and Automated Project Process (FIAPP)
Melanie Villatoro	2005, M.S.		Assistant Professor Dept of Construction Management & Civil Engineering Technology New York City College of Technology
Min-Hao Wu	2006	Hoe Ling	Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Geotechnical engineering, centrifuge modeling, slope stability, unsaturated soil mechanics, seismic performance, geosynthetics
Jieh-Jiuh Wang	2006	Hoe Ling	Associate Professor Min-Chuan University, Taiwan	Urban Planning and Urban Design, Sustainable Development, Risk and Disaster Management, Cultural Heritage Preservation and Sustainable Management
Nicola Chiara	2006	Mike Garvin	Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Columbia University	Asset Management, Infrastructure Project Finance, Project Management for Engineering and Construction, Risk and Decision Analysis, Stochastic Modeling and Optimization of Infrastructure Systems.
Jui-Pin Wang	2007	Hoe Ling	Assistant Professor University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong	Reexamine the non-uniqueness of seismicity parameters and its impact on seismic hazard Probabilistic rainfall-induced landslide hazard analysis Site-specific ground amplification function and its impact on standardized technical guideline Probability distribution function of the occurrence depth of earthquake Modified PSHA considering the occurrence depth of earthquake Development of the seismic hazard map of Hong Kong
Ai Chung Bac	2010	Hoe Ling	Lecturer Department of Civil Engineering Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture, Vietnam	Geotechnical Engineering
Eleni Chatzi	2010	Andrew Smyth	Assistant Professor Institute of Structural Engineering ETH - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland	Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection Identification and Control of Nonlinear Structural Systems Smart Sensor Technology, Smart Materials and Structures Structural Dynamics and Random Vibrations
Jianhong Jiang	2010	Hoe Ling	Associate Professor School of Urban Rail Transportation Soochow University China	Geotechnical Engineering
Arturo Montoya	2012	Haim Waisman	Assistant Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Texas-San Antonio	Structural Engineering
Ben Leshchinsky	2012	Hoe Ling	Assistant Professor Department of Forest Engineering Oregon State University	Slope stability, Earth Retaining Structures, Railroad Engineering, Geosynthetics, Behavior of Granular Materials, Degradation of Granular Materials, Reinforced Soil
Xinyi Song	2012	Feniosky Pena-mora	Assistant Professor School of Building Construction Georgia Tech	Construction sustainability; Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR); Construction insurance and surety; Public-Private Partnership