SiRIUS Lab

Smart Resilient Infrastructure and Urban Systems

The SiRIUS Lab advances digital twins, sensing, and AI-enabled decision support to strengthen infrastructure and communities facing earthquakes, extreme wind, flooding, fire, and climate-driven hazards.

 

SiRIUS Lab

Drawing inspiration from Sirius, the most luminous beacon in our night sky, SiRIUS Lab leads the way in pioneering solutions for infrastructure resilience!

Methods

Digital Twins & Monitoring

Physics-based and data-driven digital twins of buildings and infrastructure using sensing, data fusion, and structural health monitoring.

Hazards

COMPOUNDING HAZARDS

Interacting hazards-earthquakes, extreme wind, flooding, fire, and climate change-and cascading impacts across systems and communities.

Applications

Resilience & Decision Support

Community resilience modeling, recovery simulation, and decision-support tools for planners, engineers, and policymakers.

Funding & Partnerships

SiRIUS Lab is supported by federal agencies, state and local partners, and university programs advancing multi-hazard resilience, digital twins, and decision support for communities.

Sponsers
Research Impact
IN-CORE
Community resilience testbeds
Open modeling environment and tools supporting resilience analysis
Recognition
2025
IABSE People & Paper Awards
International recognition for scientific excellence
Leadership
Chair
ASCE Objective Resilience Committee
Elected Chair (2025–present)
Publication Highlight
Editor’s Choice
ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering

Research Opportunities

SIRIUS Lab seeks motivated undergraduate and graduate students interested in multi-hazard resilience, digital twins, sensing, and decision support for communities. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive research environment.
How to apply: Email Dr. Milad Roohi at milad.roohi@unl.edu with subject line Prospective Student - LAST NAME. Attach one combined PDF: (1) CV, (2) unofficial transcripts, (3) short statement of research experience and interests.