Taciroglu Research Group Natural hazards engineering at regional scales

Alumni

Since 2006, the group has graduated twenty-four doctoral students and hosted twelve postdoctoral researchers, now working across academia, national laboratories, public agencies, and industry.

Doctoral graduates

  • Mustafa CetinkayaAssistant Professor, Adiyaman UniversityGoogle Scholar
    2026
  • Elias GueidonWalt Disney Animation StudiosLinkedIn
    2025
  • Clifford (Chu-Han) YenSTRUCTUS Inc.LinkedIn
    2025
  • Yufeng DongAssistant Professor, Juniata CollegeLinkedIn
    2023
  • Shuochuan MengARUPLinkedIn
    2023
  • Henan MaoANSYSLinkedIn
    2021
  • Peng-Yu ChenAssociate Professor, National Central UniversityLinkedIn·Google Scholar
    2021
  • Barbaros CetinerNHERI SimCenter, UC BerkeleyLinkedIn
    2020
  • Wenyang ZhangTexas Advanced Computing Center, UT AustinLinkedIn
    2019
  • Arastoo DasmehSpaceXLinkedIn
    2019
  • Abdoulreza GhotbiEnglekirkLinkedIn·Google Scholar
    2018
  • Elnaz Seylabi EsmaeilzadehAssociate Professor, University of Nevada, RenoLinkedIn
    2016
  • Ali NojoumiX-energyLinkedIn
    2015
  • Richard GashVice Dean, United States Military AcademyWork
    2015
  • Jaedal JungGE Global ResearchLinkedIn
    2014
  • Maximiliano RepupilliAlphaStar Inc.LinkedIn
    2012
  • Rani HarbSyensqoLinkedIn
    2011
  • Roshanak OmraniSalesforceLinkedIn
    2010
  • William ElmerLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLinkedIn
    2009
  • Payman TehraniSimpson Gumpertz & HegerLinkedIn
    2009
  • Can AlpdoganNUMESYS EngineeringLinkedIn
    2008
  • Jing Zhao-StafsuddRaytheon Space & Airborne Systems
    2006
  • C.W. LiuWSPLinkedIn
    2006
  • Chang Soon RhaProfessor, Kookmin UniversityWork
    2006

Postdoctoral researchers

  • Riyaaz Uddin ShaikBerkshire HathawayLinkedIn
    2022–25
  • Hesam SoleimaniGoogle Scholar
    2022–25
  • Debasish JanaAssistant Professor, Colorado State UniversityLinkedIn
    2022–25
  • Ahmad DehghanpoorJacobsLinkedIn
    2021–23
  • Mohamad AlipourResearch Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignLinkedIn·Google Scholar
    2020–21
  • Mohammad Reza AzadiPortakabinLinkedIn
    2018–19
  • Seyed Farid GhahariCalifornia Department of Conservation, CSMIPLinkedIn
    2014–18
  • Fariba AbazarsaCaltransLinkedIn
    2014–18
  • Alp KarakocSimulia Corp.LinkedIn
    2016–17
  • Chanseok JeongAssociate Professor, Central Michigan UniversityLinkedIn
    2011–13
  • Shi-Yu XuAssociate Professor, NTUSTGoogle Scholar
    2011–13
  • Arun PrakashAssociate Professor, Purdue UniversityGoogle Scholar
    2007–09