Students

Current

John E. Lens, PE, PhD candidate

Education:
  • B.S. Civil Engineering
    University of Vermont, 1979
  • M.S. Civil Engineering
    University of California at Berkeley, 1983
Topic(s) of research

Bayesian risk analysis of deteriorating bridges

Field applications for passive antennas/sensors

Contact Information
Email: jelens@uvm.edu

Benjamin Leblanc, PhD candidate

Education:
  • B.S Mechanical Engineering
    Columbia University, 2014
Topic(s) of research

Structural health monitoring

Fatigue damage diagnosis and prognosis of wind turbines

Contact Information
Email: bpleblan@uvm.edu

Milad Roohi, PhD candidate

Education:
  • B.S. Civil Engineering
    Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Iran, 2011
  • M.S. Civil Engineering
    University of Tehran, 2014
Topic(s) of research

Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment of Instrumented Buildings

Performance-Based Seismic Design.

Contact Information
Email: mroohigh@uvm.edu

Chandler Smith, PhD candidate

Education:
  • B.S. Civil Engineering
    University of Vermont, 2013
Topic(s) of research

Vibration-based damage detection

Sparse inverse problems in vibration

Contact Information
Email: chandler.smith@uvm.edu

Alumni

Kalil Erazo

  • M.Sc. Georgia Tech 2011
  • Ph.D. University of Vermont 2015
Doctoral Dissertation:
  • Bayesian filtering in nonlinear structural systems with application to structural health monitoring:
    Link
Contact Information
Email: kalilerazo@gmail.com

Geoffrey May

  • B.Sc. Clarkson University 2010
  • M.Sc. University of Vermont 2013
Master Thesis

Weighted Multi-metric Finite Element Updating: Application to Non-composite Bridge Decks

Nathan Tirk

  • B.Sc. University of Vermont 2012
  • M.Sc. University of Vermont 2014
Master Thesis

Data Driven Uncertainty Quantification of Vehicular Live Load Effects in Bridges

Elizabeth Richards

Education:
  • B.S. Civil Engineering
    University of Vermont, 2017 (expected)
Topic(s) of research

Damping in structures

Contact Information
Email: emrichar@uvm.edu

Steven Bellavance

Education:
  • B.S. Civil Engineering
    University of Vermont, 2016 (expected)
Topic(s) of research

Damping in structures

Contact Information
Email: stevenscbell@gmail.com