Principal Investigator
Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl, Ph.D., P.E. is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the Cal State LA. Professor Rodriguez-Nikl obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego and M.S. and B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is also credentialed as an Envision Sustainability Professional (Env SP) and CAL OESXXXXXX.
Additional information can be found on his faculty page at Cal State LA and Linked-in. Lists of publications can be found on Google Scholar (automated), Research Gate (unmaintained), and Academia (unmaintained). |
Graduate Students
Edwin Martinez joined the group in 2016 as an undergraduate and is now a Master's student. He has participated in several projects including analysis of unattached solar arrays, resilience and sustainability of underground transportation infrastructure, and literature reviews of blast and earthquake issues in underground infrastructure. He previously assisted with tasks related to the installation of the shake table, ranging from physical installation to analysis and design of the structure that will be used for characterization of the new shake table.
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Undergraduate Students
Freddy Cerezo joined the group in 2016. He has participated on and off as he shares his time with the EERI Seismic Design team. He is currently helping us review data collected from the Puebla-Morelos earthquake of 2017. He previously assisted with tasks related to the installation of the shake table, ranging from physical installation to analysis and design of the structure that will be used for characterization of the new shake table.
Jose Hernandez joined the group in 2017. He is working on resilience and sustainability of underground transportation infrastructure, applying the US DoT Vulnerability Assessment Scoring Tool to subway stations in New York and conducting a broad literature review.
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Previous Thesis Students
- Rohullah Jawed joined from 2016 to 2017 and wrote his Master's thesis titled "Analysis and Design of Steel Frame for Shake Table Verification".
- Alan Kong joined from 2014-2015 and wrote Master's thesis titled "Finite Element Analysis of a Conventional Wood Shear Wall Using Detailed Nail Parameters and Thermal Performance of Various Green Framing Arrangements". Alan is currently working at DCI Engineers in San Diego, CA.
- Josh Christiansen joined from 2010-2011 and wrote a Master's thesis titled "The Influence of Seismic Attack and Chloride-Induced Corrosion on a Life Cycle Inventory Assessment of Different Concrete Mixtures". Josh is currently working at Smith, Monroe, Grey in Portland, Oregon.
Previous Research Assistants
- Francisco Ojeda was a summer research assistant in 2017. He assisted with a literature review related to unattached solar arrays and worked in the concrete lab with Dr. Mazari. He is finishing his degree at UC Berkeley.
- Hector Herrera was a graduate assistant from 2013 to 2014. He wrote an in house GUI in Matlab to perform SDOF calculations. He is currently employed with the US Army Corps of Engineers in Los Angeles.
- Karina Estrada was an undergraduate assistant from 2013 to 2014. She worked on finite element analysis using LS-DYNA. She is currently pursing her Master's degree at the University of California, San Diego.
- Julio Perez was a graduate assistant in 2013. He conducted a literature review on life cycle assessment methods that consider disaster resilience.
- Colleen Charles was a graduate assistant in 2012. She worked on finite element analysis of wood shear walls using CASHEW.
- Jessica Kim was a graduate assistant in 2012. She worked on finite element analysis of wood shear walls using SAP.
- Katherine Hammer was an undergraduate assistant in 2011. She worked on qualitative analysis of survey data.
- Qing Xiao was a graduate assistant in 2011. She worked on statistical analysis of survey data.
- Anthonie Kramer was an undergraduate assistant. He worked on laboratory testing of wood shear walls. Anthonie finished his Master's degree in Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University and is now employed at Arup in Los Angeles.
- Kelli Walters was an undergraduate assistant in 2011. She worked on life cycle assessment calculations.
- Jason Kelley was an undergraduate assistant from 2009 to 2011. He worked on a broad literature review of sustainable construction methods and helped with laboratory testing of wood shear walls. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at Oregon State University in Water Resource Engineering.