Our Research Lab
Our mission is to make a positive impact on society and individual lives by utilizing innovative domain-informed and data-driven methods and applications.
We are dedicated to finding answers to three central questions:
1. What are the wicked problems in wind engineering?
We strive to identify the most pressing and challenging issues in the field that require urgent attention.
2. How can disruptive technologies help address these problems?
We aim to develop and implement cutting-edge technologies that can revolutionize the way we approach these problems and provide effective solutions.
3. What interdisciplinary collaborations are needed to solve these problems?
We recognize that wind engineering problems require a collaborative approach that draws upon expertise from various disciplines. Therefore, we work closely with experts from different fields to develop comprehensive solutions.
Meet the Team
Monica Arul
Assistant Professor
Current Students
Graduate
Huy Pham
PhD Student: 2024 - Present
Dissertation: Advancing the resilience of manufactured homes to tornadoes & downbursts
Undergraduate
Alec Busch
Department of Civil Engineering
Fall 2025 - Present
Project: Assessing the Structural Vulnerability of Churches to Tornadoes
Former Students
Graduate
Axel Soto
Engineer, Thornton Tomasetti
Masters Student: 2022 - 2024
Thesis title: A Methodology for Vulnerability Assessment of Glass Facades During Extreme Wind Events
Huy Pham
Current PhD
Masters Student: 2022 - 2024
Thesis title: Unstructured to Actionable: Extracting wind event impact data for enhanced infrastructure resilience
Undergraduate
Khaled Dulli
Department of Mechanical Engineering
2024 Summer Researcher
Project: Vulnerability of Tilt-up structures during windstorms
Brandon Ordoobadi
Department of Electrical Engineering
2024 Summer Researcher
Project: Data Sonification of Thunderstorms