Group Members

Group members in Summer 2017 (left to right): Linh, Ebrahim, Richard Wood (PI), Yijun, and Garrett.

Active Research Student Advisees



M. Ebrahim Mohammadi

Postdoctoral Research Fellow: 2019-current
Ph.D. Student: 2014-2019
M.S. Civil Engineering, San Jose State University
B.S. Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology
Dissertation Title: Point Cloud Analysis for Surface Defects in Civil Structures

Yijun Liao


Ph.D. Student: 2016-current
M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
B.S. Civil Engineering, Southwest Forestry University
Tentative Dissertation Title: Remote Assessment of Distributed Civil Infrastructure 
Previous Topic: 
Analytical Verification of Shallow Embedded Anchors for Retrofitted Bridge Rail

Awang Ahmad Hashim


M.S. Student: 2020-current
B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tentative Topic: Scour Assessment of Bridge Structures via Geospatial Data

David Bukowski


Undergraduate REU Student: Summer 2020
B.S. Civil Engineering, Lafayette College (in progress)
Topic: Understanding the Spatial Distribution of Low Altitude Tornadic Wind Velocity Structures in Rural Areas

Pooja Rajeev


Undergraduate UCARE Student: Summer 2020
B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (in progress)
Topic: Automated Point Cloud Classification of Post-Natural Hazard Events for Deep Learning Algorithms

Mario Esquivel


Undergraduate SNERP Student: Summer 2020
B.S. Construction Management, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (in progress)
Topic: Automated Point Cloud Classification of Post-Natural Hazard Events for Deep Learning Algorithms

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Former Research Student Advisees



Daniel P. Watson


M.S. Student: 2018-2019
B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tentative Topic: Performance Assessment of Bridge Structures Using Lidar

Dylan Downes


UNL UCARE Undergraduate Student: Spring and Summer 2019
Undergraduate Researcher: 2019-2020
Topic 1: Full-Scale 13-Story Building Implosion and Collapse: Collapse Sequence Monitoring
Topic 2: Lidar processing of Robber's Cave

Norel McAdoo


Undergraduate REU Student: Summer 2019
B.S. Civil Engineering, Tennessee State University (in progress)
Topic: Change Detection Analysis of Aerial-derived Point Clouds
Co-advised student with Prof. Christine Wittich

Alexis Laurent


Undergraduate REU Student: Summer 2019
B.S. Civil Engineering,  University of Lousianna Lafayette (2019)
Topic: Error Propagation in Aerial Derived Point Clouds for Gravel Roads

Kanchan Devkota


M.S. Student: 2017-2019
B.S. Civil Engineering, Tribhuvan University
Thesis Title: Full Scale 13-Story Building Implosion and Collapse: Effects on Adjacent Structures
Co-advised student with Prof. Christine Wittich

Linh Abdulrahman


M.S. Student: 2015-2018
B.S. Civil Engineering, Al-Mustansiria University
Thesis Title: Finite Element Modeling and Updating of a Five-Tiered Pagoda Style Temple

Garrett P. Martindale


M.S. Student: 2015-2018
B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Thesis Title: Structural Identification and Assessment of Inverted Tee Girder Bridge Systems

Jace J. Furley


Undergraduate Student: Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
Topic: LiDAR Assessment of Bridge Structures

Thiago Freitas


Undergraduate Student: Spring 2016
Topic: Experimental Investigation of Printed Structures

Giovana de Brito Silva


Undergraduate Student: Spring 2016
Topic: Remote Sensing Data Collection for Distributed Civil Infrastructure

Jordan Wipf


Undergraduate Student: Fall 2015
Topic: Experimental Verification of Shallow Embedded Anchors in Older Bridge Decks

Pamela Nogueira


Undergraduate Student (independent study): Spring and Summer of 2015
Topic: Assessment of Structures using Remote Sensing Techniques

Raí Luis Barbosa


Undergraduate Student (independent study): Spring 2015
Topic: Bridge Deflection Assessment using LiDAR

Gulipiye Abudukadier


M.S. Student (non-thesis): Summer 2014
Topic: Camera Calibration for Computer Vision Based Remote Sensing


Prof. Wood pictured (center) with two graduate students assessing structural damage after the 2014 Pilger Nebraska tornado outbreak.