Dr. John E. Taylor
Director
Dr. Neda Madi
City Infrastructure Analytics Director
Neda is research faculty in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech, and currently the City Infrastructure Analytics Director in the Network Dynamics Lab at Georgia Tech. She holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, where she studied the dynamic interrelationships between space-time fluctuations of human mobility and energy use in urban areas. Her primary research is in the area of city infrastructure systems with a focus on human-infrastructure system interactions. She primarily explores the complexities of evolving human-infrastructure interrelationships and their space-time fluctuations to quantify, explain, predict, and enhance urban dynamics towards sustainable urbanization.
Zhangding Liu
PhD Student
Zhangding Liu is a Ph.D. student in the Computational Science and Engineering program at Georgia Tech. His research focuses on large language models, multimodal learning, digital twins, and smart cities. His work is focused on advancing artificial intelligence capabilities in understanding, reasoning, and interacting with complex real-world environments. Outside of academia, Zhangding enjoys playing basketball, exploring diverse cuisines, and traveling.
Yusen Su
PhD Student
Yusen is a PhD student majoring in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) at Georgia Tech. He also holds double master’s degrees in CSE and in Quantitative and Computational Finance at Georgia Tech. He received his BS degree in Engineering Management from Aston University, UK. His research focuses on leveraging AI and scalable machine learning algorithms to develop innovative solutions in engineering. Currently, he is researching data-centric decision-making solutions for smart cities and natural disaster response. Yusen is also working on a startup concept aimed at creating an autonomous wildfire control system. Aside from his academic pursuits, he enjoys cooking diverse cuisines, crafting cocktails, traveling, and practicing meditation.
Hoang Ly
Undergraduate Student
Hoang Ly is an undergrad civil engineering student minoring in chemistry, in the BS/MS program for environmental engineering, and a 2020 UN Millennium Fellow. He was the UG researcher on our Smart Uptown project to develop a Smart City Digital Twin of Columbus, GA, and is starting the Smart Sustainable Cities Club at GT this fall. He is currently researching connected job site technologies and asset management systems with Shadow Ventures in conjunction with Bosch. In his free time, Hoang enjoys hiking, mountain biking, and cycling.
Maithly Bishnoi
Masters Student
Maithly is a master’s student in Civil Engineering with a major in Construction Engineering Management. She has completed her bachelor’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a concentration in Construction project management and Environmental engineering. Her research interest is in engineering and project management in the construction industry which includes learning about the impact of emerging technologies in this field. She is also interested in methods that can be used for sustainable and energy-efficient construction. She continuously tries to learn and implement new skills involving engineering and management principles for designing, developing, and implementing technical systems and processes during her time at Georgia Tech. In her free time, she likes to cook, dance, work on digital and black & white photography, try out different restaurants and read. She is currently reading Harry Potter!
Chenyu Li
Masters Student
Chenyu is a master’s student in the Geographic Information Science & Technology program in the School of City & Regional Planning. She earned her BS degree in Geographic Information Science with a concentration in Remote Sensing at Sun Yat-sen University. Chenyu is interested in how to improve construction planning with multi-dimensional data, and the simulation and analysis of urban incidence using spatial data in virtual reality. Her research focuses on digital twins, GIS system building and management, and urban analytics with spatial data. She enjoys traveling, watching movies, and eating donuts in her free time.
Mathias Bermeo
Masters Student
Mathias is a first-year master’s student in the CEE program at Georgia Tech. Mathias completed a BS in Civil Engineering with a concentration in structures and a Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from Purdue University. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Belgian American Education Foundation. He is interested in the application of new technologies and methods in the construction industry and seeks to explore social, environmental and economic effects in the lifecycle of constructed facilities. Outside of his studies, Mathias enjoys playing chess, listening to classical music and spending time outdoors.
Christin Salley
PhD Student
Christin is a PhD student in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech. She received her BS in Fire Protection Engineering, along with a certification and citation in Science, Technology, and Society from the University of Maryland in 2019. She received her MSE in Civil Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University in 2020. Christin’s research is at the intersection of social media, infrastructure systems, and disaster response. She is also personally passionate about pathways of engineering (investigating pursuits of engineering at different educational levels) and desires to train, mentor, and teach the next generation of engineers while conducting research that benefits various communities. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, and trying new restaurants.
Dr. John E. Taylor
Director
Dr. Neda Madi
City Infrastructure Analytics Director
Neda is research faculty in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech, and currently the City Infrastructure Analytics Director in the Network Dynamics Lab at Georgia Tech. She holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, where she studied the dynamic interrelationships between space-time fluctuations of human mobility and energy use in urban areas. Her primary research is in the area of city infrastructure systems with a focus on human-infrastructure system interactions. She primarily explores the complexities of evolving human-infrastructure interrelationships and their space-time fluctuations to quantify, explain, predict, and enhance urban dynamics towards sustainable urbanization.
Zhangding Liu
PhD Student
Zhangding Liu is a Ph.D. student in the Computational Science and Engineering program at Georgia Tech. His research focuses on large language models, multimodal learning, digital twins, and smart cities. His work is focused on advancing artificial intelligence capabilities in understanding, reasoning, and interacting with complex real-world environments. Outside of academia, Zhangding enjoys playing basketball, exploring diverse cuisines, and traveling.
Yusen Su
PhD Student
Yusen is a PhD student majoring in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) at Georgia Tech. He also holds double master’s degrees in CSE and in Quantitative and Computational Finance at Georgia Tech. He received his BS degree in Engineering Management from Aston University, UK. His research focuses on leveraging AI and scalable machine learning algorithms to develop innovative solutions in engineering. Currently, he is researching data-centric decision-making solutions for smart cities and natural disaster response. Yusen is also working on a startup concept aimed at creating an autonomous wildfire control system. Aside from his academic pursuits, he enjoys cooking diverse cuisines, crafting cocktails, traveling, and practicing meditation.
Hoang Ly
Undergraduate Student
Hoang Ly is an undergrad civil engineering student minoring in chemistry, in the BS/MS program for environmental engineering, and a 2020 UN Millennium Fellow. He was the UG researcher on our Smart Uptown project to develop a Smart City Digital Twin of Columbus, GA, and is starting the Smart Sustainable Cities Club at GT this fall. He is currently researching connected job site technologies and asset management systems with Shadow Ventures in conjunction with Bosch. In his free time, Hoang enjoys hiking, mountain biking, and cycling.
Maithly Bishnoi
Masters Student
Maithly is a master’s student in Civil Engineering with a major in Construction Engineering Management. She has completed her bachelor’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a concentration in Construction project management and Environmental engineering. Her research interest is in engineering and project management in the construction industry which includes learning about the impact of emerging technologies in this field. She is also interested in methods that can be used for sustainable and energy-efficient construction. She continuously tries to learn and implement new skills involving engineering and management principles for designing, developing, and implementing technical systems and processes during her time at Georgia Tech. In her free time, she likes to cook, dance, work on digital and black & white photography, try out different restaurants and read. She is currently reading Harry Potter!
Chenyu Li
Masters Student
Chenyu is a master’s student in the Geographic Information Science & Technology program in the School of City & Regional Planning. She earned her BS degree in Geographic Information Science with a concentration in Remote Sensing at Sun Yat-sen University. Chenyu is interested in how to improve construction planning with multi-dimensional data, and the simulation and analysis of urban incidence using spatial data in virtual reality. Her research focuses on digital twins, GIS system building and management, and urban analytics with spatial data. She enjoys traveling, watching movies, and eating donuts in her free time.
Mathias Bermeo
Masters Student
Mathias is a first-year master’s student in the CEE program at Georgia Tech. Mathias completed a BS in Civil Engineering with a concentration in structures and a Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from Purdue University. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Belgian American Education Foundation. He is interested in the application of new technologies and methods in the construction industry and seeks to explore social, environmental and economic effects in the lifecycle of constructed facilities. Outside of his studies, Mathias enjoys playing chess, listening to classical music and spending time outdoors.
Christin Salley
PhD Student
Christin is a PhD student in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech. She received her BS in Fire Protection Engineering, along with a certification and citation in Science, Technology, and Society from the University of Maryland in 2019. She received her MSE in Civil Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University in 2020. Christin’s research is at the intersection of social media, infrastructure systems, and disaster response. She is also personally passionate about pathways of engineering (investigating pursuits of engineering at different educational levels) and desires to train, mentor, and teach the next generation of engineers while conducting research that benefits various communities. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, and trying new restaurants.
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