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Research Associates (Post-doctoral Fellow)

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Graduate Research Assistants

  • We are currently looking for Graduate Research Assistant. For more information, please visit the Opportunities page.
Yichen Dong

Yichen Dong (08/2019-Presnt)

  • Ph.D. student, Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics Program​.
    • M.S. (2023), Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder.
    • B.S. (2017-2018), Exchange Strudent Program: Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder.
    • B.S. (2017), Civil Engineering, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China.
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Vadim Uzdensky (10/2025-Present), Co-Advisor: Prof. Mija Hubler

  • M.S. student (with M.S. Thesis), Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics BAM Program​.
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Owen Harper (10/2025-Present), GEGM Co-Advisor: TBD

  • M.S. student (with M.S. Thesis), Geotechnical Engineering & Geomechanics Program
Co-advising CEAE GAANN Fellows
 

 Jennifer Nicholas (08/2025-Present)

  • CEAE GAANN Fellow, Co-Advisor: Prof. Shideh Dashti
  • Ph.D. student, Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics Program​.
    • M.S. (2018), Structural Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs.
    • B.S. (2015), Civil Engineering, California State University, Long Beach.
 

Marguerite Lorenzo (08/2025-Present)

  • CEAE GAANN Fellow, Co-Advisors: Prof. Aditi Bhaskar and Prof. Abbie Liel
  • Ph.D. student, Hydrology, Water Resources & Environmental Fluid Mechanics Program.
    • B.S. (2022), Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca.

Undergraduate Research Assistants

  • We are currently looking for undergraduate research assistants. For more information, please visit the Opportunities page.
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Research Affiliates (External Collaborators)

Michael Pilosov

Michael Pilosov, Ph.D. (03/2024-Present)

  • Research Affiliates
    • Senior Architect, Machine Learning (2019-Present), Slalom Build, Denver, CO.
    • Ph.D. (2020), Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado at Denver.                                                                                                       

Student Achievements

  • Ronald Bailie (M.S., 08/2023-05/2025)
    • was awarded CEAE's Chinn-Carswell Fellowship in Fall 2023.
  • Peter Schaefferkoetter (Ph.D., 08/2017-05/2024)
    • ​​was awarded Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NERIP) by the U.S. Department of Navy for his 10 weeks summer internship at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in 2018.
    • was awaded Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Colorado at Boulder in 2024.
  • Ashkan Almasi (Ph.D., 01/2016-12/2019)
    • ​​was awarded the 13th World Congress in Computational Mechanics (WCCM2018) Travel Award by USACM in 2018.
    • was awarded the University of Colorado Graduate School Domestic Travel Grant in 2019.
  • Andrew Beel (B.S./M.S., 01/2015-05/2019)
    • was awarded Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NERIP) by the U.S. Department of Navy for his 10 weeks summer internship at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in 2016-2018.
    • was awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in 2019.
    • was awarded Outstanding Graduate for Research (CEAE Dept.) in 2019.

Visiting Scholars

  • Byoung-Il Kim (1year, 2022), Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Seoul National University of Science & Technology, Korea.
  • Jae-Hyuk Choi (1 year, 2021), Director/Auditor, Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea Goverment, Korea.
  • Hong-Hyun Kim (Spring 2 weeks, 2020), M.S. Student, School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
  • Tae-Yeon Kim (Summer 4 weeks, 2015), Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Infrastructure and Environmental Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Former Group Members

Peter Schaefferkoetter

Peter Schaefferkoetter, Ph.D. (01/2025-06/2025)

  • Research Associates
  • Lecturer (Spring, 2025), CVEN 3161 Mechanics of Materials 1
Ronald Bailie

Ronald Bailie (08/2023-05/2025)

  • M.S. (2025), Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics Program​.
  • M.S. Thesis: Continuum Point Cloud Particle Lattice Model (CP2L) for Dynamic Loading. [Link]
Peter Schaefferkoetter

Peter Schaefferkoetter (08/2017-05/2024)

  • M.S. (2019), Ph.D. (2024), Engineering Science Program.
  • Ph.D. Thesis: Continuum Point Method for Large Deformations and Its Verification. [Link]
Sang-Il Park

Sang-Il Park (12/2018-02/2022)

  • Research Associate
Ashkan Almasi

Ashkan Almasi (01/2016-12/2019)

  • Ph.D. (2019), Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics Program​.
  • Ph.D. Thesis: Strong Form-Based Collocation Method and its Applications: Microstructure Evolution, Contact Mechanics, and Frictional Crack.[Link]
Andrew Beel

Andrew Beel (01/2015-05/2019)

  • Accelerated B.S. and M.S. (2019), Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics Program​.
  • M.S. Thesis: Strong Form Meshfree Collocation Method for Higher Order and Nonlinear PDEs in Engineering Applications. [Link]
Qianyu Fan

Qianyu Fan (09/2016-05/2017)

  • M.S. (2017), Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics Program​.
  • M.S. Report: The Influences of Model's Dimensions using Displacement-controlled Method and Load-controlled Method on Load-deflection Curves and Average Stress-strain Curves.
Khac Chi Hoang

Khac ChiHoang  (02/2015-01/2016)

  • Research Associate
Yao Fu

Yao Fu (09/2013-03/2016)

  • Research Associate
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (09/2013-07/2014): University of South Carolina, Columbia
Iman Asareh

Iman Asareh (08/2011-08/2014)

  • Ph.D. (2018), Civil Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia
  • Ph.D. Thesis: Computations of the Dynamic Fracture of Plane Structures by the Extended Finite Element Method.  [Link]