Director
Assistant Professor
School of Construction Management Technology, Purdue University
Dudley Hall 4518, 363 N. Grant St., West Lafayette, IN 47907
Office: 765-494-2454 | Email: tao133@purdue.edu
Ph.D. Students
Junyi Duan
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University, 2022 - present
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 2022
B.S., Civil Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, 2020
Research Interest: Computational Mechanics of Materials/Structures
Yizhou Lin
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University, 2023 - present
M.S., Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2023
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury, 2021
Research Interest: Numerical Modeling of Materials/Structures
Huaixiao Yan
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University, 2024 - present
M.S., Civil Engineering, Lanzhou University, 2023
B.S., Civil Engineering, Lanzhou University, 2020
Research Interest: Machine Learning/Deep Learning Applications in Engineering
Xiaoli Xiong
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University, 2024 - present
M.S., Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, 2024
B.S., Civil Engineering, The Engineering and Technical College, Chengdu University of Technology, 2020
Rongze Hu
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University, 2024 - present
M.S., Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, Tongji University, 2024
B.S., Energy and Power Engineering, Harbin University of Commerce, 2021
Jiannan Ding
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University, 2024 - present
M.S., Structural Engineering, China Academy of Building Research, 2024
B.S., Civil Engineering, Shanghai Normal University, 2020
Sike Wang
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University, 2024 - present
M.S., Transportation Engineering, Southeast University, 2024
B.S., Civil Engineering, Central South University, 2021
Alumni
Undergraduate Students
Joy Gao
DUIRI Undergraduate Student, Applied Statistics, Purdue University
Kah Soon Ngooi
DUIRI-ISF Undergraduate Student, Engineering, Purdue University
Affiliated Members
Bruno Bianchi Marques
Ph.D. Student, University of São Paulo, 2022 - present (Co-advise with Dr. Ana Lúcia El Debs)
M.S., Structural Engineering, University of São Paulo, 2022
B.S., Civil Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, 2015
Group Photos
(SIMU Lab, Fall 2024 @ Purdue)
(Spring Festival Celebration, 2023 & 2024)