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Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Dr. Ji Yun Lee\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\n\n

Associate Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2001 Grimes Way, PACCAR 158<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pullman, WA 99164<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: jiyun.lee@wsu.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: 509-335-3018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Ji Yun Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Washington State University (WSU). Prior to joining WSU in 2017, Dr. Lee served as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (2016-2017) and a Visiting Faculty in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering at the University of Central Florida (2015-2016). She received her Ph.D. (2015) in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, her M.S. (2011) in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, and her B.S. (2009) in Architectural Engineering from Korea University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Lee’s research experience and interests lie in the general field of risk-informed decision-making for civil infrastructure performance and integrity, with specific interests ranging from stochastic models of natural hazards to structural reliability and risk assessment, optimization, human decision-making, and infrastructure\/community resilience. Dr. Lee’s exceptional contributions to research have garnered significant recognition, including the 2023 NSF CAREER Award, the 2022 Google Research Scholar Award, the 2025 PacTrans (Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium) Outstanding Researcher Award, and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) US Frontiers of Engineering member. More detailed information on Dr. Ji Yun Lee can be found here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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Current Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Postdoctoral Scholar<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Zhujun Wang\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

wangzj@umd.edu<\/p>\n

Research Topics: Interdependent Decision-Making between Government and Citizens; Game-Theoretic Model Development<\/p>\n

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Graduate Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"\"Abdel-Aziz Sanad\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n

abdel-aziz.sanad@wsu.edu<\/p>\n

PhD Student (Spring 2023 – Present)
M.S., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
B.S., University of Jordan<\/p>\n

Research Topics: Physics- and Data-driven Hurricane Vulnerability Assessment; Wildfire Simulation<\/p>\n

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Nasimeh Rashidi\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

nasimeh.rashidi@wsu.edu<\/p>\n

PhD Student (Spring 2022 – Present)
M.S., University of Tehran
B.S., Sadjad Higher Education Institute<\/p>\n

Research Topics: Dynamic Wildfire Risk Assessment through Deep Learning; Wildfire Risk Management Behaviors<\/p>\n

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Md. Mehedi Hasan<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

mdmehedi.hasan@wsu.edu<\/p>\n

MS Student (Fall 2025 – Present)
M.S., University of Dhaka
B.S., University of Dhaka<\/p>\n

Research Topics: Wildfire-Related Power Outage Prediction Model Using Satellite Imagery<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Former Group Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Former Postdoctoral Scholars and Graduate Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Vishnupriya Jonnalagadda\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Ph.D. (May 2025)
Currently Post-doctoral Scholar at Florida State University<\/p>\n

Research Topics: Advances in Uncertainty Analysis for Infrastructure Risk and Resilience Assessment<\/p>\n

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Fangjiao Ma\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Ph.D. (Dec. 2023)
Currently Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO)<\/p>\n

Research Topics: Wildfire Risk and Resilience Assessment; Homeowner Proactive Actions<\/p>\n

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Jie Zhao\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Ph.D. (Aug. 2022)
Currently Engineer at Verisk Analytics<\/p>\n

Research Topics: Supply Chain Resilience; Catastrophe Insurance<\/p>\n

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Seyed Hooman Ghasemi\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Postdoctoral Scholar (Feb. 2020 – Jan. 2021)
Currently Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/p>\n

Research Topics: Structural Reliability; Transportation Resilience<\/p>\n

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Stanley Kouassi\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

M.S. (Dec, 2019) with Fulbright Scholarship
Currently Project Manager at Louis Berger International<\/p>\n

Research Topics: Life-Cycle Assessment Under Uncertainty<\/p>\n

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Former Undergraduate Researchers<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Jane Gorski<\/li>\n
  • Nathan Dickerson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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