“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
Principal Investigator
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Jun-Whan Lee (he/him/his)
Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA, 2021
M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, South Korea, 2014
B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, South Korea, 2012
Email: junwhanlee@austin.utexas.edu
Link: CV
Ph.D. Students
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Hyunje Yang
M.S. Forest Environmental Science, Seoul National University, South Korea, 2018
B.S. Forest Environmental Science, Seoul National University, South Korea, 2016
Links: Website
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MD Enayet Chowdhury
M.S. Water Resources Development, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, 2023
B.S. Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, 2019
Links: Website
Master’s Students
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Armando Ulises Santos Cruz
B.S. Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, 2021
2023 Fulbright-García Robles scholarship recipient
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Youngchul Choi
B.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering (Minor in Big Data Science), Hanyang University, South Korea, 2019
Undergraduate Researchers
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Habiba Syeda
Oct 2024 – Present
Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Group Alumni
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Emma George
Undergraduate Researcher
May 2023 – Mar 2024
Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
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John Lee
Undergraduate Researcher
Mar 2023 – Aug 2023
Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Lab Mascot
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Luna (she/her/hers)
From Blacksburg, VA (Rescued in 2020)