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Director<\/h3>\n

Dr. Navid Tahvildari<\/p>\n

Associate Professor<\/p>\n

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n

Florida International University<\/p>\n

Brief Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

_____________________________________________________<\/h3>\n

Current Members<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ali Shahabi,\u00a0Ph.D. Student (Expected: December 2026)<\/p>\n

Dissertation Topic: Application of Machine Learning for Rapid Coastal Flood Modeling<\/p>\n

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Abdollah Ojaghi, Ph.D. Student (Expected: December 2027)<\/p>\n

Dissertation Topic: Quantifying Hydrodynamic Loads on Near-Coast Structures<\/p>\n

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Shanawaz Uddin, Ph.D. Student (Expected: August 2030)<\/p>\n

Dissertation Topic: Evaluating the Role of Nature-Based Solutions in Flood Reduction under Sea Level Rise<\/p>\n

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Siam Chowdhury, Ph.D. Student (Expected: August 2030)<\/p>\n

Dissertation Topic: Quantifying Wave Interaction with Flexible Vegetation<\/p>\n

_____________________________________________________<\/h3>\n

Alumni<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Postdocs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunghoon Han<\/p>\n

Mohammad Islam<\/p>\n

Ramin Familkhalili<\/p>\n

Graduate Students (Ph.D. and M.S. Thesis Students)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elham Sharifineyestani (Ph.D.)<\/p>\n

Luca Castrucci (M.S.)<\/p>\n

Akash Sahu (M.S.)<\/p>\n

Ohiedul Haque Mohammad Asad (M.S)<\/p>\n

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Director Dr. Navid Tahvildari Associate Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Florida International University Brief Bio: _____________________________________________________ Current Members Ali Shahabi,\u00a0Ph.D. Student (Expected: December 2026) Dissertation Topic: Application of Machine Learning for Rapid Coastal Flood Modeling   Abdollah Ojaghi, Ph.D. Student (Expected: December 2027) Dissertation Topic: Quantifying Hydrodynamic Loads on Near-Coast Structures   Shanawaz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7094,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/ntahvild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/ntahvild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/ntahvild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/ntahvild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/ntahvild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/ntahvild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/ntahvild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}