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
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
Alumni
Ph.D. Students Graduated
Junyi Duan, Ph.D. (2022-2026)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Construction Management, University of Evansville
Ph.D. Dissertation: A Digital Twin Framework for Structural Analysis and Condition Assessment of Aging Civil Infrastructure
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 2022
B.S., Civil Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, 2020
Undergraduate Students
Sophia Sheldon (2026)
NSF REU Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Joy Gao (2022-2023)
DUIRI Undergraduate Student, Applied Statistics, Purdue University
Kah Soon Ngooi (2023)
DUIRI-ISF Undergraduate Student, Engineering, Purdue University
Postdoctoral Researcher
Wenyuan Chen, Ph.D. (2024-2025)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Purdue University, 2024 - 2025
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
Affiliated Members
Bruno Bianchi Marques (2022-2026)
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