So proud of all CEE graduates! Special kudos to our graduates from the Head Research Group: KJ Olsen (CIEG), Madison Gac (CIEG), and Wael Aloqaily (Aug 2023 w/ PhD)! You did it! I enjoyed celebrating you all at the lovely ceremonies and engineering convocation this past Saturday, May 27th! This is just the beginning of your journey, and you’re doing great! Society is in great hands!
On Wednesday, March 29th, the Head Research Group, consisting of Sajjad Safari, Wael Aloqaily, Qozeem Abiona, and Prof. Head, embarked to Fairfax, Virginia to conduct remote bridge monitoring tests. This is part of the CIAMTIS project on “Multi-robot teaming for inspection of hydraulic structures” with Prof. Lattanzi at George Mason University. Our objective is to “stich” together the structural details above the water with the robot-captured images underwater to characterize bridge conditions to support bridge inspections underwater as we build a digital twin model. Our deformations measurements will be used to calibrate our models to represent in-situ behavior and condition states. Another great day for field testing!
Kenneth “KJ” Olsen, senior studying civil engineering, and 2022 Green Grant recipient Monique Head, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, create pavers from recycled materials. Additional Green Grant team members include Gary Wenczel, Structural and Geotechnical Laboratory supervisor, and Suresh Advani, George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate director of the Center for Composite Materials. Check out the UDaily article here.
Excited to partner with Morgan State University to build capacity with the development of a railroad engineering and safety program, which would be the first one of its kind at an HBCU. PI Allan Zarameski and co-PIs, Monique Head and Joe Palese, will assist efforts for this grant and provide expertise in the area of structural analysis, design and railway bridge engineering. The UDaily article with more details can be found here.
Congratulations to KJ Olsen for passing the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam on Friday, January 20th. This is a major milestone as an engineer. All of your hard work is paying off! Well done and congratulations from all of us!
