Research projects
animation 1
Numerical Simulations of Tornadoes

Simulation of natural hazards and their actions on built environment (e.g., tornadoes, hurricanes with storm surge, flooding and winter storm) using CFD simulations
Structural responses under winds
Structural responses under winds, flooding and waves
Hazard mitigation and community resilience

Hazard mitigation and community resilience by conducting collaborative, convergence research between Engineering and Social Science, Psychology and Humanities and including all stakeholders
Improvement of risk awareness

Improvement of risk awareness of natural hazards and informed decision-making through Virtual Reality Animation of natural disaster
Raising money for community resilience

Raising money for community resilience, with social equality considered, such as providing guidance for the government to issue resilience bonds
Strengthen social infrastructure

Strengthen social infrastructure by improve extreme weather warning communication
Reconnaisance surveys
Reconnaisance surveys to collect perishable data
Structural health monitoring and condition assessment

Structural health monitoring and condition assessment (Linear/Nonlinear system identification and damage detection under multi-hazard environments)

For more information, contact us, 
View Profile
Dr. Grace Yan

Associate Professor, Civil Engineering

(573) 341-6280 | yang@mst.edu |

331 Butler-Carlton Hall

Areas of Interest

Simulation of Natural Hazards, Hazard Mitigation and Community Resilience, Improvement of Risk Awareness of Natural Hazards and Informed Decision-making, Computational Wind Engineering, Structural Health monitoring and Condition Assessment