Thomas T.C. Hsu (FOUNDING DIRECTOR)
Thomas T. C. Hsu is John and Rebecca Moores Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston. Dr. Hsu served as chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from 1980 to 1984, and the founding director of Thomas T. C. Hsu Structural Research Laboratory from 1982 to 2003. He obtained his M. S. and Ph. D. degrees from Cornell University, and is the author of more than a hundred technical publications and two books: "Unified Theory of Reinforced Concrete" and "Torsion of Reinforced Concrete." His national awards include: ACI's Arthur J. Boase Award for Reinforced Concrete Research in 2007, Anderson Award for Research in 1990 and Wason Medal for Materials Research in 1965, ASCE's Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize in 1974, and ASEE's Research Award in 1969. His UH awards include: Fluor-Daniel Faculty Excellence Award in 1998, Dukler Distinguished Engineering Faculty Award in 1998, Award of Excellence in Research and Scholarship in 1996, Senior Faculty Research Award in 1992, and Halliburton Outstanding Teacher in 1990. His email address is thsu@uh.edu.

Y.L. Mo (DIRECTOR)
Y. L. Mo is a Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston and the director of Thomas T. C. Hsu Structural Research Laboratory. He was formerly Professor of Civil Engineering at National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan and Head of Fundamental Research Division at the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan. He obtained his Ph. D. degree from the University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, and is the author or co-author of one hundred refereed journal publications and three books: "Dynamic Behavior of Concrete Structures," "Earthquake Engineering Handbook," and "Vibration and Shock Handbook." His international awards include: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow Award from Germany in 1995 and Distinguished Research Award from the National Science Council of Taiwan in 1999. His email address is ymo@uh.edu. People, who are interested in joining Dr. Mo's research group, are welcome to email resumes to Dr. Mo. He will contact you when openings are available.

Arghadeep Laskar
Email: alaskar@mail.uh.edu
Education: Master of Technology – Civil Engineering - 2004 Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering - 2002 Bengal Engineering College (D.U.), Shibpur, India.
Current Position: Research Assistant – Ph.D. Candidate
Research Interests: Finite Element Modeling of Structures; Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering.

Norman Hoffman
Email: eshoffman007@aol.com
Education: Master of Science inCivil Engineering - 1990 Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Civil Engineering - 1985 Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA
Current Position: Research Assistant - Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Behavior of prestressed concrete panels under shear; constitutive models of prestressed concrete, construction management, Earthquake Engineering..

Claudio Olmi
Email: colmi@uh.edu
Education: Master of Science – Computer and Systems Engineering - 2006 - University of Houston .
Bachelor of Science – Computer Engineering - 2005 - University of Houston.
Current Position: Research Assistant – Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: Instrumentation, Mechatronics, Embedded Systems, Digital Controls .

Padmanabha Rao VVSS Tadepalli
Email: pvtadep3@uh.edu
Education: Master of Technology – Civil Engineering - 2006 Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering - 2004 Gayatri Vidya Parishad, Visakhapatnam,, India.
Current Position: Research Assistant – Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Concrete Technology and Earthquake Engineering

Yashar Moslehy
Email: ymoslehy@uh.edu
Education: Master of Structural Engineering - 2006 University of Tehran,Iran.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering - 2003 Khajeh Nasir University of Technology, Iran
Current Position: Research Assistant – Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Smart Structures, Health Monitoring of RC Structures with Smart Material, Combined Loading on RC Structures

Rachel Nicole Howser
Email: rnhowser@uh.edu
Education:Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering - 2008 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN
Current Position: Research Assistant – Masters Student
Research Interests: Modeling and Seismic Analysis of Structures

Jeffrey Miller, Machine Shop Supervisor

Robert Van Vickle, Electronic Technician

Gerald McTigret , Welding Technician

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