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Environmental Engineering

 

Sivaraman Balachandran
Advisor: Russell
Hometown: Seattle
Alma Mater: Carnegie Mellon University

Kelli Fletcher
Advisor: Loeffler  
Hometown: Atlanta
Alma Mater: Washington University (St. Louis)

Varun Ghandi
Advisor: Kim
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

 

Gretchen Goldman
Advisor: Muholland/Russell
Hometown: Cheshire, CT
Alma Mater: Cornell University

Emmie Granbery
Advisor: Pennell
Hometown: Nashville
Alma Mater: University of North Carolina

 

Emmie David Himmelheber
Advisor: Hughes
Hometown: Maryland
Alma Mater: Salisbury University; Georgia Tech

 

Johana Husserl
Advisor: Hughes
Hometown: Colombia
Alma Mater: Tulane

Elaine Olivares
Advisor: Mulholland
Hometown: San Francisco

Jorge E. Pachon
Advisor: Russell
Hometown: Colombia
Alma Mater: Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Sopan Patil
Advisor: Stieglitz
Hometown: India

Amisha Shah
Advisor: Kim/C. Huang
Hometown: St. Louis

Sara Thomas
Advisor: Loeffler
Hometown: Tennessee
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech


Yong Gang Want
Advisor: Pennell
Hometown: China


 


 

Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources

 

Kirubel Beyene
Advisor: Sturm
Hometown: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Alma Mater: University of Notre Dame

 

Christian V. Braneon
Advisor: Georgakakos
Hometown: Houston
Alma Mater: Morehouse College; Georgia Tech

Xi Chen
Advisor: Georgakakos
Hometown: Beijing
Alma Mater: Beijing University of Technology

Sarah Kelly Delavar
Advisor: Webster
Hometown: St. Johns, MI
Alma Mater: University of Michigan; University of Texas at Austin

Rulan Gong
Advisor: Luo
Hometown: P.R. China
Alma Mater: Fudan University

Endam Gungor
Advisor: Roberts
Hometown: Turkey
Alma Mater: Middle East Technical University

Ana Maria Hagad
Advisor: Georgakakos
Hometown: Puerto Rico
Alma Mater: University of Rhode Island; Georgia Tech

 

Paul Hobson
Advisor: Sturm
Hometown: Georgia, U.S.A.

 

Seung ho Hong
Advisor: Sturm
Hometown: Seoul
Alma Mater: Hanyang University

Donghou Kim
Advisor: Georgakakos
Hometown: South Korea

Martin Kistenmacher
Advisor: Georgakakos
Hometown: Munich
Alma Mater: Cornell University

Mark Landers
Advisor: Sturm
Hometown: Atlanta
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech; Colorado State University

 

Chunhui Lu
Advisor: Luo
Hometown: China
Alma Mater: Suzhou University of Science & Technology; Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Navid Nekouee
Advisor: Roberts

 

Geosystems Engineering

Corrado Calzoni
Advisor: Santamarina
Hometown: Italy

Douglas Cortes
Advisor: Santamarina  
Hometown: Colombia
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Nicholas Espinoza
Advisor: Santamarina
Hometown: Jujuy, Argentina
Alma Mater: National University of Cordoba

Lindsay Ivey
Advisor: Rix
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Alma Mater: University of Louisville

Jongwon Jung
Advisor: Santamarina
Alma Mater: Korea University

Joan M. Larrahondo
Advisor: Burns
Hometown: Bogota, Colombia
Alma Mater: Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Lokesh Padhye
Advisor: H. Huang
Hometown: Bombay, India
Alma Mater: Sardar Patel College of Engineering; University of Bombay



Weslie Ross
Advisor: Burns
Hometown: Panama

Xiaoyu Song
Advisor: Germanovich
Hometown: China

Varun
Advisor: Assimaki
Hometown: India

Fengshou Zhang
Advisor: H. Huang
Hometown: China
Alma Mater: Tongji University

 

Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials

Katherine Abdou
Advisor: DesRoches
Hometown: Dallas
Alma Mater: University of Texas

Daeyoun Bae
Advisor: DesRoches  
Hometown: Duluth, GA
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech


Jessie Baker

Hometown: Augusta, GA

Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Cliff Bishop
Advisor: Kahn
Hometown: Conyers, GA
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech



Nathan Blong
Advisor: Leon
Hometown: Panama City, FL
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

 

Michael Braun
Advisor: Jacobs
Hometown: Freiberg, Germany

Mustafa Can Kara
Advisor: Wiill
Hometown: Turkey
Alma Mater: Middle East Technical University

Ozan Cem Celik
Advisor: Ellingwood
Hometown: Turkey
Alma Mater: Middle East Technical University

Jun Chen
Advisor: Jacobs/Kurtis
Hometown: China
Alma Mater: Huazhong University of Science & Technology; National University of Singapore

Joohno Choi
Advisor: Haj-Ali
Hometown: Pusan, Korea
Alma Mater: Inha University

Julien Claus
Advisor: Kahn
Hometown: France

Charles Kennan Crane
Advisor: Kahn
Hometown: Portales, NM
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Ben Deaton
Advisor: Will
Hometown: Atlanta
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech



Warren Dekker
Advisor: Kahn
Hometown: Annandale, VA
Alma Mater: University of Virginia

Eric Diemar
Advisor: Kahn
Hometown: Miami
Alma Mater: University of Michigan



Hooman Doroudi
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech



Suzanne Duncan
Advisor: Jacobs
Hometown: Naples, FL

Murat Engindeniz
Advisor: Kahn/Zureick
Hometown: Izmir, Turkey
Alma Mater: Middle East Technical University; Georgia Tech

 

Murat Eroz
Advisor: DesRoches
Hometown: Turkey
Alma Mater: Istanbul Technical University

Murat Efe Gunez
Advisor: Will
Hometown: Turkey
Alma Mater: Middle East Technical University

Victor Garas Yanni
Advisor: Kurtis/Kahn
Hometown: Cairo, Egypt
Alma Mater: Ain Shams (Egypt); University of Houston

Thomas Hanson
Advisor: Kahn
Hometown: San Antonio
Alma Mater: United States Air Force Academy

Jee-Enn Hur
Advisor: Goodno
Hometown: South Korea
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Jonathan Hurff
Advisor: Kahn
Hometown: West Deptford, NJ
Alma Mater: Virginia Tech

Chiwon In
Advisor: Jacobs/Kurtis
Hometown: Seoul
Alma Mater: Handong University; Carnegie Mellon University

Laura Jacobs
Advisor: DesRoches
Hometown: Ypsilanti, MI
Alma Mater: Purdue University

Jennifer L. Jacobson
Advisor: Kahn
Hometown: Atkinson, NJ
Alma Mater: University of Michigan

Juan M. Jimener Chong
Advisor: Leon
Hometown: Mexico
Alma Mater: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Shane Johnson
Advisor: Haj-Ali
Hometown: Atlanta
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Mayan Kant
Hometown: Karaikal, India
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Hee Sun Kim
Advisor: Haj-Ali
Hometown: South Korea
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Yoon Duk Kim
Advisor: White
Hometown: Seoul
Alma Mater: Hanyang University

Richard Kmack
Advisor: Jacobs
Hometown: Atlanta
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Gary Koblasz
Advisor: Doyoyo
Hometown: Atlanta
Alma Mater: University of Georgia

Ben Kosbab
Advisor: DesRoches
Alma Mater: Rice University

Jonah C. Kurth
Advisor: Kurtis
Hometown: Denver
Alma Mater: University of Michigan

Bo Yeon Lee
Advisor: Jacobs
Hometown: South Korea
Alma Mater: Yongsei University; Georgia Tech

Lauren McCormick
Advisor: Kahn
Hometown: Atlanta
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Marcus Millard
Hometown: Atlanta
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Robert Moser
Advisor: Kurtis/Kahn
Hometown: Hiawassee, GA
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech



Gwang Seok Na
Advisor: Zureick/Emkin
Hometown: South Korea

Emily Nilsson
Advisor: DesRoches
Hometown: Baltimore
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Curtis O'Malley
Advisor: Ellingwood/Zureick
Hometown: Bel Air, MD
Alma Mater: Drexel University

Cagri Ozgur
Advisor: White
Hometown: Trabzon, Turkey
Alma Mater: Middle East Technical University

Parisa Pooyan
Advisor: Doyoyo
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Alma Mater: Tehran Technical University; Eastern Tennessee State University

Christopher Pruell
Advisor: Jacobs
Hometown: Germany

Matt Robertson
Advisor: Kahn
Hometown: Sanford, FL
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Matthew Speicher
Advisor: DesRoches
Hometown: Muncie IN

Dai Tran
Advisor: White
Hometown: Hanoi

Martin Treiber
Advisor: Jacobs
Hometown: Germany
Alma Mater: University of Stuttgart

Jonathan Warshaw
Advisor: Will
Hometown: Miami
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Naiyu Wang
Advisor: Ellingwood/Zureick
Hometown: China
Alma Mater: University of Tennessee

Bo-Siou Wei
Advisor: Haj-Ali
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Alma Mater: National Central University; Georgia Tech

Guoging Xu
Advisor: Ellingwood
Hometown: China
Alma Mater: Huazhong University of Science & Technology

Aline Zimmer
Advisor: Jacobs
Hometown: Stuttgart, Germany
Alma Mater: Stuttgart University

 

 

Transportation Systems Engineering

Saroch Boonsiripant
Advisor: Hunter
Hometown: Thailand
Alma Mater: Chulalongkorn University

George P. Burdell
Advisor: Hughes
Hometown: Augusta, GA
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Danjue Chen
Advisor: Laval
Hometown: China

 

Nelson Davis
Advisor: Meyer
Hometown: Atlanta

Dwayne Henclewood
Advisor: Hunter
Hometown: Portmore, Jamaica
Alma Mater: College of the Holy Cross; University of Massachusetts Amherst

Mihyeon (Christy) Jeon
Advisor: Amekudzi
Hometown: Seoul

Todd Berry Mattox
Advisor: Hunter
Hometown: Winnsboro, SC



Samarth Mehta
Advisor: Amekudzi
Hometown: Mumbai, India

Yolanda Oliver-Commey
Advisor: Amekudzi
Hometown: Accra, Ghana

Vishal Pandey
Advisor: Guensler
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Alma Mater: Mumbai University; Georgia Tech

Jody Peace
Advisor: Meyer
Hometown: Rome, GA
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Lakshmi Narasimham Peesapati
Advisor: Hunter/Rodgers
Hometown: Vizag, India
Alma Mater: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Shawn Pope
Advisor: Garrow
Hometown: Macon, GA
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Carl Sandstrom
Advisor: Meyer
Hometown: Cary, NC
Alma Mater: Georgia Tech

Yushik Shin
Advisor: Teizer
Hometown: South Korea

Manu Venuaopal
Advisor: Teizer
Hometown: India
Alma Mater: National Institute of Technology Karnataka



James Wagner
Advisor: Meyer
Hometown: Tulsa, OK
Alma Mater: Oklahoma State University   

Christopher Watson
Advisor: Hunter
Hometown: Shelby, NC
Alma Mater: North Carolina State University; Georgia Tech

Yanzhi Xu
Advisor: Guensler
Hometown: Beijing
Alma Mater: Peking University

Kai Zuehlke
Advisor: Guensler
Alma Mater: Virginia Tech