Advising

Graduate Students (Committee Chair)

PhD Students

• Miaomiao Li, PhD student, expected to graduate in spring 2024
• Peifeng Su, PhD student, expected to graduate in spring 2024
• Yunxiang Ma, PhD student, expected to graduate in spring 2020

Grauduated PhD Students

• Ruizhe Si, PhD student, graduated in Summer 2019
• Jiaqing Wang, PhD student, graduated in fall 2020
• Xiaodong Zhou, PhD student, graduated in summer 2021
• Lingyun You, PhD student, co-advising, graduated in fall 2019
• Shuaicheng Guo, PhD student, graduated in fall 2017 (Thesis Title: The Experimental and Theoretical Simulation Study of Alkali Silica Reaction in Cementitious Materials, currently work as post-doc researcher at Michigan Tech)
• Xiao Sun, PhD student, graduated in fall 2016 (Thesis Title: Smart Aerodynamic Control Devices Design and Vibration Reduction Analysis for Wind Turbine Blades, currently work as Associate Professor at Hohai University in Nanjing, China)
• Renee Oats, PhD student, co-advising, graduated in fall 2016 (Thesis Title: Advanced Photogrammetry-Based Techniques for Condition Assessment of Infrastructure Systems and Structural Components, currently work as a post-doc research at University of Delaware)
• Hui Yao, PhD student, co-advising, graduated in summer 2016 (Thesis Title: Property Analysis of the Asphalt Materials Using Molecular Dynamics (MD) Method, currently work as Professor at Beijing University of Technology in Beijing, China)
• Zigeng Wang, PhD student, graduated in spring 2016 (Thesis Title: Integrated Computational and Experimental Evaluation of EM Energy-Induced Self-Healing Performance of Asphalt Composites, currently work as Assistant Professor at Beijing University of Technology in Beijing, China)
• Ryan Lemmens, PhD student, co-advising, graduated in fall 2014 (Thesis Title: Microfluidic Encapsulation for Self-Healing Material And Investigation of Its Impacts on Composite Performance, currently work as a research engineer in Industry)
• Kenny Ng, PhD student, graduated in fall 2012 (Thesis Title: Integration of computational models and experimental characterization to study internal frost damage in cementitious materials, currently work as a research engineer at GE)

MS Students

• Song Han, MS course work student, graduated in spring 2018 (Coursework)
• Jiaqing Wang, MS research thesis student, graduated in fall 2017 (Thesis tile: Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Fiber-Reinforced Rubber Concrete and Rubberized Self-Compacting Concrete)
• Xin Gao, MS course work student, expected to graduate in fall 2018
• Ruizhe Si, MS research thesis student, graduated in fall 2016 (Thesis Title: An Experimental Investigation of the Properties of Portland Cement Concrete and Mortar Containing Pre-Modified Rubber Aggregate)
• Chao Lu, MS research thesis student, graduated in spring 2017 (Thesis Title: Design of a Shape Memory Alloy Actuator)
• Wanbing Bai, MS course work student, graduated in spring 2017 (Coursework)
• Xiao Sun, MS research thesis student, graduated in spring, 2014 (Thesis Title: Smart Aerodynamic Control Devices Design and Vibration Reduction Analysis for Wind Turbine Blades)
• Jun Zhou, MS research thesis student, graduated in spring, 2011 (Thesis Title: A Study of Acoustic Emission Technique For Concrete Damage Detection)

Undergraduate Students

• Jon Marino (CE undergraduate): work on preparation of the alkali-activated materials. (hourly paid in summer 2017)
• Aiden Truettner (CE undergraduate): work on processing of the biomass materials to obtain bio-asphalt. (hourly paid in summer 2018)
• Michael Nowak (EE undergraduate): work on test of the wind turbine model. (hourly paid in summer 2018)
• Austin Putnam-Johnson (ME undergraduate): work on processing of the lignin to obtain bio-asphalt. (hourly paid in summer 2018)
• Trevor Peffley (EE undergraduate): work on test of the wind turbine model. (hourly paid in summer 2018)
• Aaron Kramer (EE undergraduate): work on test of the wind turbine model. (hourly paid in summer 2018)
• Gavin Gudobba (CEE undergraduate): work on preparation of the fiber reinforced concrete. (hourly paid in fall 2017)

• Syd Mukavetz (CEE undergraduate): work on preparation of the fiber reinforced concrete. (hourly paid in spring 2017)
• Madison Olmstead (CEE undergraduate): work on preparation of the fiber reinforced concrete. (hourly paid in spring and fall 2017-2018)
• Pierce Treend (CEE undergraduate): work on preparation of the rubberized concrete. (hourly paid in summer 2016-spring 2017)
• Caleb Dann (CEE undergraduate): work on preparation of the rubberized concrete. (hourly paid in summer 2016-spring 2017)
• Travol Boal (ME undergraduate): work on test of the wind turbine model. (hourly paid in summer 2017)
• Luke McCloskey (ME undergraduate): work on test of the wind turbine model. (hourly paid in summer 2016)
• Seth Mares (ME undergraduate): work on test of the wind turbine model. (hourly paid in summer 2016)
• Lewis Marshall (MSE undergraduate): work on testing of self-healing materials. (hourly paid in fall 2015)
• Jacob Kurtz (ME undergraduate): work on test of the wind turbine model. (hourly paid in spring, summer and fall 2015)
• Wanbing Bai (CEE undergraduate): work on preparation of the concrete samples. (hourly paid in spring, summer and fall 2015)
• Autumn Storteboom (CEE undergraduate): work on flap actuator prototype design with graduate student Xiao Sun, fall 2014, summer and fall 2015. (NSF REU student with hourly paid)
• Nicholas Bresler (CEE undergraduate): work on chemical treatment of crumb rubber particles and prepare the rubber concrete for the performance study. (hourly paid in fall 2014 and 2015)
• Derek Waldorf (CEE undergraduate): work on performance testing and induction healing applications of carbon fiber reinforced asphalt mixtures and check the applicable method for liquid rubber asphalt, summer & fall 2014. (NSF REU student with hourly paid)
• Jordan Hoekwater (CEE undergraduate), work on concrete sample preparation, spring 2012
• Morgan Hansen (CEE undergraduate), work on cement concrete sample preparation, summer 2012
• Ubaldo Rodriguez (CEE undergraduate), work on asphalt concrete sample preparation, summer 2012
• Thaddus Waterman (CEE undergraduate), work on asphalt concrete sample preparation, since fall 2009
• Mike Wyzlic (CEE undergraduate), work on concrete sample preparation, summer 2009
• Benjamin Roskoskey (CEE undergraduate), work on cement concrete sample preparation, summer 2009

Graduate Committee Member

• Member of Doctoral Committee (not directly advised students), Sanjeev Adhikari, Yu Liu, Julian Mills-Beale, Xu Yang, Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan, and Benjamin Winter inDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Tech
• Member of Doctoral Committee (not directly advised students), Yang Liu inDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Tech
• Member of Master Committee, Xu Yang, Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan, Aakash Ahuja, Kevin Mears, Benjamin Winter, Eric Kreiger in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Tech
• Member of Master Committee, Pubodee Ratana-arsanarom, Department of Material Science and Engineering, Michigan Tech
• Member of Master Committee, Shengnan Li, Department of Mathematics, Michigan Tech