People

Lead Investigator

Alessandro Fascetti, Ph.D.

Roberta Luxbacher Faculty Fellow

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Department of Bioengineering (secondary appointment)

Swanson School of Engineering

University of Pittsburgh

Current Postdoctoral Fellows

Current Graduate Students

Current Undergraduate Students

Zhijie Wang, Ph.D.

Research Interests: Digital twin modeling of geotechnical flood protection infrastructure by integration of multiscale computational modeling, analytical approaches, and AI and remote sensing technologies.

Research Dates: 02/2023 - present.

Personal Website: http://zhijiewang.org

Baixi Chen, Ph.D.

Research Interests: Data-driven modeling of materials and structures for civil infrastructure applications.

Research Dates: 08/2024 - present.

Mai Sirhan, Ph.D.

Research Interests: Computer vision applications and data-based modeling for quality assurance and control of transportation infrastructure.

Research Dates: 11/2024 - present.

Yingbo Zhu

PhD candidate in Civil Engineering

Research Interests: Digital Twin modeling of reinforced concrete bridge structures.

Research Dates: 09/2021 - 02/2025 (expected).

Xiangdong Yan

PhD student in Civil Engineering

Research Interests: Deep Learning and Computer Vision applications for quality assurance and control of concrete pavements.

Research Dates: 09/2022 - 10/2025 (expected).

Trevor Neece

PhD student in Civil Engineering

Research Interests: Immersive Virtual Reality environments for health and safety training of highway construction workers.

Research Dates: 09/2022 - 12/2026 (expected).

Nima Noorollahi

PhD student in Computational Modeling and Simulation

Research Interests: Reduced-order modeling of the Lattice Discrete Particle Model for analysis of the nonlinear behavior of concrete under complex loading conditions.

Research Dates: 09/2023 - 12/2027 (expected).

Hadi Abbaszadeh

PhD student in Civil Engineering (University of Waikato)

Research Interests: Experimental and numerical characterization of pultruded glass-fiber reinforced polymers for structural engineering applications.

Research Dates: 09/2022 - 02/2025 (expected).

Trey Blystone

Undergraduate student in Civil Engineering

Research Interests: LiDAR scanning, data fusion techniques for structural assessment, semantic segmentation of point clouds.

Research Dates: 09/2022 - present.

Brian Bartley

Undergraduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Interests: advanced VR/AR applications that translate immersive experiences into practical real-world solutions, emphasizing usability, scalability, and integration with existing technologies.

Research Dates: 09/2023 - present.

Past Students

Johnson Yang (B.E. in Civil Engineering). Research topic: "Immersive Virtual Reality Environments for Health and Safety Training". University of Pittsburgh.
Eugene Kwon (B.E. in Civil Engineering). Research topic: "Experimental characterization of vibration and compaction in concrete pavements". University of Pittsburgh.