NHERI TallWood: A Unique Education Experience
This project provided an opportunity for students are all levels to develop skills and vision of resilient building design and future wood construction. Close collaboration with industry also helped students to gain practical experience and networking opportunities.
Project Team on the test specimen at NHERI@UCSD
If you are interested to get involved as a student, please contact PIs at participating institutions. Minority students and students under-represented in the STEM field are especially encouraged to apply.
Graduate Students
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| Huang Da | Aleesha Busch | Sarah Wichman | Jace Furley |
| PhD. Candidate | PhD. Candidate | PhD. Candidate | PhD. Candidate |
| Colorado School of Mines | Colorado School of Mines | University of Washington | Colorado State University |
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| Shokrullah Sorosh | William Roser | Arman Tatar | Sir Lathan Wynn |
| PhD. Candidate | PhD. Candidate | PhD. Candidate | PhD. Candidate |
| UC San Diego | University of Nevada Reno | Michigan Tech University | Univ. of Nevada Reno |
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| Yi-En Ji | Angelo Aloisio | Vencenzo Rinaldi | Prashanna Mishra |
| PhD. Candidate | Post-doc Research Fellow | Post-doc Research Fellow | PhD. Candidate |
| Univ. of Nevada Reno | Univ. of L'Aquila (Italy) | Univ. of L'Aquila (Italy) | Colorado State Univ. |
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| Davis Wright | Martina Sciomenta | Miki Mori | Alia Amer |
| MS. Candidate | Post-doc Research Fellow | MS. Candidate | PhD. Graduated |
| Univ. of Washington | Univ. of L'Aquila (Italy) | Univ. of Tokyo (Japan) | Lehigh University |
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| Charlie Zhang | So Momose | ||
| PhD. Candidate | PhD. Candidate | ||
| UC San Diego | Kyoto University (Japan) |
Undergraduate Students (including REUs supported by NSF)
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| Sophrenia David | Megan Butcher | Abigail Brenton | Cherrie Qiaolin Li |
| Undergrad | Undergrad | Undergrad | Undergrad |
| U Mass Amherst | Embry-Riddle | UC San Diego | UC Davis |
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| Christian Gallegos | Lili Pakko | Alexandra Kersting | Gabriela Rodriguez |
| Undergrad | Undergrad | Undergrad | Undergrad |
| UC San Diego | Univ. of Nevada Reno | Cal Poly | Cal Baptist Univ. |
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| Hongyuan He | |||
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| UC San Diego |
Students in the Two-story Test Program (2017)
There were a number of students participated in the 2017 two-story UCSD shake table tests. Many of them have moved on to the next stage of their study or career.
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| Steven Kordziel | Leonardo Fgrodrigues | Gabriele Tamagnone | Ethan Judy |
| M.S. Graduated | PhD. Graduated | PhD. Graduated | B.S. Graduated |
| Colorado School of Mines | Oregon State University | University of Trieste, Italy | Red Rocks Community College |
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| Rachel Chaggaris | Daniel Griesenauer | Brian DeMeza | Vahab Bolvardi |
| M.S. Graduated | M.S. Graduated | M.S. Graduated | PhD. Graduated |
| Colorado School of Mines | Colorado School of Mines | Oregon State University | Colorado School of Mines |
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| Claire van de Yacht | McKauly Malone | Yun-An Lin | Ali Hasan |
| B.S. Graduated | B.S. Graduated | B.S. Graduated | B.S. Graduated |
| Colorado School of Mines | Colorado School of Mines | National Chiao Tung Univ. (Taiwan) | Univ. of Texas Austin |
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| Minica Y Liu | Joycelyn Ng | Ata Mohseni | Hamed Hasani |
| B.S. Graduated | B.S. Graduated | B.S. Graduated | Ph.D. Graduated |
| UC Berkeley | UC San Diego | UC San Diego | Univ. of Nevada Reno |
The NHERI TallWood project is supported by the National Science Foundation through a number of collaborative awards including: CMMI 1636164, CMMI 1634204, CMMI 1635363, CMMI 1635227, CMMI 1635156, CMMI 1634628. The use of NHERI experimental facility is supported by the National Science Foundation’s Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure Program.
