I am currently seeking graduate students.
Preferred Skills: Python, Java, C#, NLP, Machine Learning, AI
If you are interested in conducting research with me, please send your transcripts, resume, and a short statement of interest to jee.park@unlv.edu. Please use the email subject line: “Prospective MS or Ph.D. Applicant for Semester/Year”.
Current Team
Ph.D. Students
Unmesa Ray
Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Engineering
Dissertation Topic: TBD
Expected Graduation: TBD
Email: rayu1@unlv.nevada.edu
January 2023 – Current
Laura Alvarez
Ph.D. Student in Civil Engineering
Dissertation Topic: TBD
Expected Graduation: TBD
Email: alvarezq@unlv.nevada.edu
January 2023 – Current
Niloy Das
Ph.D. Student in Civil Engineering
Dissertation Topic: TBD
Expected Graduation: TBD
Email: dasn1@unlv.nevada.edu
January 2024 – Current
Tilak Barua
Ph.D. Student in Civil Engineering
Dissertation Topic: TBD
Expected Graduation: TBD
Email: baruat1@unlv.nevada.edu
August 2024 – Current
MS. Students
Taofeek Raheem
M.S. Student in Civil Engineering
August 2025 – Present
Email: raheet2@unlv.nevada.edu
Undergraduate Students
Maximus Shffer
B.S. Student in Civil Engineering
August 2025 – Present
Email: sheffm1@unlv.nevada.edu
Trinity Hou
B.S. Student in Computer Science
May 2026 – August 2026
Alexa Alisangco
B.S. Student in Civil Engineering
October 2025 – Fall 2026
Past Team: Graduates
Pedram Moussavi
M.S. Graduate in Civil Engineering
January 2024 – May 2025
Dr. Lei Jia
Ph.D. Graduate in Civil Engineering
Dissertation Topic: Non-contact Acoustic Emission Approach for Rail Health Monitoring
Expected Graduation: Fall 2024
Email: jial5@unlv.nevada.edu
August 2017 (July 2019 with me) – Current
Montserrat Ahumada
Undergraduate Graduate in Civil Engineering
Assisting research in two projects:
- Smart Technology Implementation for Traffic Records Data Quality Improvements
- Enhancing Critical Transitions in Undergraduate Civil Engineering
Dr. Ali Khodabandelu
Ph.D. Graduate in Civil Engineering
Dissertation Topic: Improving Multi-Crane Planning on Construction Sites
Graduation: December 2023
Email: khodaban@unlv.nevada.edu
August 2018 – December 2023
Currently working for Universal Engineering Sciences
Dr. Cristian Arteaga
Ph.D. Graduate in Civil Engineering
Dissertation Topic: Identification of Factors Contributing to Traffic Crashes by Analysis of Text Narratives
Graduation: December 2022
Email: arteagas@unlv.nevada.edu
August 2017 (November 2018 with me) – December 2022
Currently working for an AI transportation company (name to be updated)
Dr. Sayan Sakhakarmi
Ph.D. Graduate in Civil Engineering
Dissertation Topic: Automated Approach for the Enhancement of Scaffolding Safety Monitoring with Strain Sensor Data
Graduation: December 2022
Email: sayan.sakhakarmi@unlv.edu
January 2018 – December 2022
Last known employer (as of Jan 2022): WSP
Dr. Shakhawat Hossen
Ph.D. Graduate in Civil Engineering (Co-advised with Dr. Brendan Morris)
Dissertation Topic: Improving Pedestrian Safety with Implementation of the Demand-Responsive Transverse Rumble Strip as New Traffic Safety Countermeasure
Graduation: Fall 2021 (Dissertation completed)
Email: hossen@unlv.nevada.edu
August 2017 (November 2018 with me) – Fall 2021
Last known employer (as of Jan 2022): WSB
Naveed Ahmed
M.S. Graduate in Civil Engineering
Dissertation Topic: An Exploratory Pilot Study on Generating an Emergency Evacuation VR Experience for a Real-Life Building Without Existing BIM or Floor Plans
Graduation: Fall 2023
Email: ahmedn8@unlv.nevada.edu
August 2021 – Fall 2023
Mahendra Ghimire
M.S. Graduate in Civil Engineering
Graduation: Spring 2024
Email: ahmedn8@unlv.nevada.edu
Spring 2023 – Spring 2024
Erick Wakayu
M.S. Graduate in Computer Science
Leopold Falkensammer
M.S. Graduate in Civil Engineering (Co-advised with Dr. Ryan Sherman)
Dissertation Topic: Galena Creek Bridge Structural Health Monitoring Instrumentation and Modeling
Graduation: Fall 2019
Last known employer (as of Fall 2021): HDR
Dr. Chunhee Cho
Postdoctoral Researcher, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
Appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
August 2017 – June 2018
Interns/Others
- Inhwa Oh, Visiting Scholar from Seoul National University, South Korea (Sp 2023 to Sp2024)
- Raphael Dupuy, Undergraduate Student from Cesi, School of engineering, Nice, France (Fall 2023)
- Nathalie Devine, Undergraduate Student from Cesi, School of engineering, Nice, France (Fall 2023)
- Victor Colson, Graduate Student from Cesi, School of engineering, Nice, France (Fall 2023)
- MiHyun Kim, Undergraduate Student from Pukyung National University (Fall 2019)
- Sunhee Woo, Undergraduate Student from Pukyung National University (Fall 2019)
- SeongGwang Park, Undergraduate Student (Fall 2019)
- Yunji Yang, Undergraduate Student in Electronic Engineering at Pukyung National University (Summer 2019)
- Benjamin Del Regno, Undergraduate Student in General engineering school at CESI (Summer 2019)
- Baptise Bernardini, Undergraduate Student in Electronic Systems at ESIEE Paris (Summer 2019)
- Candice Gerard, Undergraduate Student in Industrial Engineering at ESIEE Paris (Summer 2019)
- SeongKeun Yeon, Undergraduate Student in Information Engineering at Pukyung National University (Summer 2018)
- Corentin Debarre, Undergraduate student in Electrical and Software Engineering at Engineering School, France (Fall 2018)
