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
Postdoctoral Researcher
Wenyuan Chen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Purdue University, 2024 - present
Ph.D., Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, 2024
B.S., Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2019
Research Interest: fluid mechanics, complex boundary and multiphase flow
Ph.D. Students
Junyi Duan
Ph.D. Candidate, Purdue University, 2022 - present
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 2022
B.S., Civil Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, 2020
Research Interest: numerical modeling 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
Research Interest: experimental investigation of sustainable cementitious materials
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
Research Interest: thermodynamics, energy
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
Research Interest: machine learning/deep learning applications in engineering
Sike Wang
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University, 2024 - present
M.S., Transportation Engineering, Southeast University, 2024
B.S., Civil Engineering, Central South University, 2021
Research Interest: machine learning/deep learning applications in engineering
Haozhe Li
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University, 2025 - present
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 2024
B.S., Energy and Power Engineering, Northwest A&F University, 2020
Research Interest: experimental investigation of non-Newtonian fluids
Yongfei Li
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University, 2025 - present
M.S., Civil Engineering, Tennessee State University, 2024
M.S., Safety Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, 2022
B.S., Civil Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, 2019
Research Interest: experimental and computational investigation of construction materials
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