CEEM

Zifeng Yuan (2009-) Peking University, Beijing, China (B.S.) Research: Elasticity Advsior: Prof. Huiming Yin Hometown: Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China	Badri Hiriyur (Fall 2008-) University of Mysore, India (B.E.) Johns Hopkins University (M.S.E.) Research: Computational mechanics, Stochastic fields & processes, Algebraic Multigrid Advsiors: Profs. Haim Waisman & George Deodatis Hometown: Mysore, India	Brett Benowitz (IGERT Fellow, Fall 2010-) Columbia University (B.S., 2009; M.S., 2010) Research: Stochastic and computational mechanics Advsior: Prof. George Deodatis Hometown: Hillsborough, New Jersey
Hao Sun (2010-) Hohai University, Nanjing, China (B.S.) Research: Structural Health Monitoring and Control, Earthquake Engineering Advisor: Prof. Raimondo Betti Hometown: Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China	Mengyu Lan (2009-) Tsinghua University (B.S.; M.S.) Research: Computational Mechanics, Molecular Dynamics Advsior: Prof. Haim Waisman Hometown: Chongqing, China	Yang Liu (2010- ) Hohai University, Nanjing, China (B.S.) Research: Engineering Materials, Solar Energy Advisor: Prof. Huiming Yin Hometown: Bayannaoer, Inner Mongolia, China
Jiayu Chen (2008-) Beijing Jiaotong University (B.S.) Columbia University (M.S.) Research: Agent-based Simulation in construction management Advisor: Prof. John E. Taylor Hometown: Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China	Xia Liu (2008-) Harbin Institute of Technology (B.S.; M.S.) Research: XFEM application & dynamic fracture Advisor: Prof. Haim Waisman Hometown: Nantong, Jiangsu, China	Xinyi Song (2009-) Tsinghua University (B.S.) University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (M.S.) Resaerch: Application of Dispute Resolution (ADR) techniques Advisor: Prof. Feniosky Pena-Mora Hometown: Leshan city, Sichuan Province, China
Ben Leshchinsky (Fall 2007-) University of Delaware (B.S., 2007) Columbia University (M.S., 2008) Research: Slope stability, reinforced soil, geo-mechanics Advisor: Prof. Hoe I. Ling Hometown: Newark, Delaware	Patrick Brewick (Fall 2009-) University of Notre Dame (B.S., 2009) Columbia University (M.S., 2010) Research: Non-linear mechanics, bridge dynamics Adivsor: Prof. Andrew Smyth Hometown: La Grange Park, Illinois	Matthew Sloane (Fall 2008-) Mathematics, Colgate University (B.A., 2007) Columbia University (M.S., 2010) Research: Corrosion and Engineering Mechanics, currently working on the Cable Corrosion Monitoring System Advisor: Prof. Raimondo Betti Hometown: Port Washington, New York
Raphael J. Y. Greenbaum (2010-) Yeshiva University (B.A., 2009) Columbia University (B.S., 2009) Research: Structural dynamics Advisor: Prof. Andrew Smyth Hometown: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Ching Hung (2009-) University of Massachusetts at Amherst (B.S., 2007) Columbia University (M.S., 2009) Research: Constitutive Modeling of Cohesive Soils, Geo-Mechanics Advisor: Prof. Hoe I. Ling Hometown: Taichung City, Taiwan	Emmanouil Chatzis (2008-) National Technical University of Athens ( B.S. & M.S.) Research: Dynamics and Random Processes, Rocking, Earthquake Engineering, Computational Mechanics Advisor: Prof. Andrew W. Smyth Hometown: Athens, Greece
Xueyu Pang (2007-) Ocean University of China (B.E.) Villanova University (M.S.) Research: Mechanics of cement composites Advisor: Prof. Christian Meyer Hometown: Qingdao, Shandong Province, China	Kirubel Teferra (2007-) Columbia University (B.S., 2004) UC Berkeley (M.S., 2005) Research: Stochastic computational mechanics, structural reliability Advisor: Professor George Deodatis Hometown: Wilmington, Delaware	Pablo Prieto-Munoz (2010-) Columbia University (B.S., 2008; M.S., 2009) Research: Thin film coatings and geomechanics Advisor: Prof. Huiming Yin Hometown: Miami, Florida
Colin McAuliffe (2009-) Stevens Institute of Technology (B.E., 2009) Columbia University (M.S., 2010) Research: Computational methods for shearband initiation and propagation Advisor: Prof. Haim Waisman Hometown: Madison, New Jersey	Arturo Montoya (Fall 2008-) Columbia University (B.S, 2007; M.S., 2008) Research: Friction and fracture of suspension bridge main cables Advisors: Profs. Raimondo Betti, Haim Waisman & George Deodatis Hometown: Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Suparno Mukhopadhyay (Fall 2010-) Jadavpur University, India (B.C.E., 2007) IIT Kanpur, India (M.Tech., 2009) Research: Structural dynamics, earthquake engineering Advisor: Prof. Raimondo Betti Hometown: Kolkata, India
Amy Tang (Fall 2009-) Columbia University (B.S, 2008; M.S., 2009) Research: Increasing economic efficiency of renewable energy systems Advisors: Profs. John Taylor & Nicola Chiara Hometown: Shanghai, China	Reza Yaghmaie (Fall 2010-) Sharif University of Technology (B.S., 2007) University of Tehran (M.S., 2010) Research: Computational Mechanics, XFEM application Advisor: Prof. Haim Waisman Hometown: Tehran, Iran	Nan Hu (Fall 2010-) Wuhan University (B.S.) Hometown: Huaian, Jiangsu, China
Bin Liang (2010-) Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China (B.S.) Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (M.S.) Research: Stochastic and Computational Mechanics, Structural Reliability, Uncertainty and Risk Analysis Advisor: Prof. George Deodatis Hometown: Zhanjiang, China	Yunji Hwang (Fall 2008-) Columbia University (MS, 2008) Research: Risk analysis of structure Advisor: Prof. George Deodatis Hometown: Seoul, Korea	Semra Comu (2008-) Bogazici University, Istanbul (B.S., 2008) Columbia University (M.S., 2010) Research: The impact of virtualization of the engineering workforce on global project network performance Advisor: Prof. John E. Taylor Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey