William Hughes
University of Connecticut
Degrees:
B.S. Civil Engineering – University of Connecticut – 2019
Ph.D. Structural Engineering – University of Connecticut – In Progress
Preferred Career after Graduation:
Academia or private sector
Broad research Area:
Transportation policy and Infrastructure systems
Specific Research Area:
Resilience of communities and infrastructure systems to natural hazards
Other Interests & Activities: Hiking and tennis
Student Bio: William Hughes is a Ph.D. candidate studying structural engineering at the University of Connecticut. His research focuses on the resilience of communities and infrastructures, including bridges, powerlines, and buildings, to natural hazards. His work with the TIDC involves the modeling of debris buildup around bridges and resulting foundation scour and vulnerability of bridges subject to multi-hazards.
Sreeram Anantharaman
University of Connecticut
Degrees:
B.S. Statistics – Loyola College – 2017
M.S. Statistics – Loyola College – 2019
Ph.D. Statistics – University of Connecticut – In Progress
Preferred Career after Graduation:
Private Sector
Broad research Area:
Time Series Analysis
Specific Research Area:
Causality in time series
Other Interests & Activities: Video games and Hiking
Student Bio: Sreeram Anantharaman is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Statistics at University of Connecticut. His research focuses on studying and identifying causality in a time dependent setup.
Steven Matile
University of Connecticut
Degrees:
A.S. Engineering Sciences – Three Rivers Community College – 2020
B.S.E. Civil Engineering – University of Connecticut – 2022
Ph.D. Structural Engineering – University of Connecticut – In Progress
Preferred Career after Graduation:
Engineering ethics and public policy
Broad research Area:
Community resilience and sustainability
Specific Research Area:
Transportation and infrastructure reliability
Other Interests & Activities: Urban development and equity in infrastructure
Student Bio: Steven is a First Year Graduate student in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He is interested in sustainable development within urban and underserved communities. His research revolves around community resilience and decision making for municipal entities, considering the social, economic, and environmental impacts of infrastructure projects and planning. He spent ten years working in the hospitality industry, but his passion for community and the environment pushed him to continue his education and led him to work with the disaster Mitigation Lab at UConn.
Indrani Chattopadhyay
University of Connecticut
Degrees:
B.Tech Civil Engineering – West Bengal University of Technology – 2014
M.Tech Structural Engineering – National Institute of Technology, Durgapur – 2017
Ph.D. Structural Engineering – University of Connecticut – In Progress
Preferred Career after Graduation:
Research and Development or private sector
Broad research Area:
Extraterrestrial habitats and Infrastructure systems
Specific Research Area:
Resilient structures
Other Interests & Activities: Traveling and exploring new places
Student Bio: Indrani Chattopadhyay is a second year Ph.D. student studying structural engineering at the University of Connecticut. Her research focuses on the development of the resilient structures like bridges, buildings, and Extraterrestrial Habitats etc. Her work with the TIDC involves to develop a resilient bridge model which can help to reduce the probability of failure of the bridge under different conditions like increasing scour depth, deck dislodgement, accumulation of large woody debris etc. in different multi-hazard aspects.
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