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SiRIUS Lab

Director

  1. Avatar for Milad Roohi, Ph.D.
    Milad Roohi, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    milad.roohi@unl.edu
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Postdoctoral Researchers

  1. Avatar for Reza Filizadeh, Ph.D.
    Reza Filizadeh, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Associate Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    rfilizadeh2@unl.edu
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Ph.D. Students

  1. Avatar for Saeid Ghasemi
    Saeid Ghasemi
    Graduate Research Assistant Durham School Arch Engr & Const University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    sghasemigavabar2@huskers.unl.edu
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    Pramodit Adhikari
    Graduate Research Assistant Durham School Arch Engr & Const University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    adhikaripramodit@huskers.unl.edu
  3. Avatar for Mohammadali Nasrabadi
    Mohammadali Nasrabadi
    Graduate Teaching Asst Durham School Arch Engr & Const University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    mnasrabadi2@huskers.unl.edu

Former Graduate Researchers

  1. Avatar for Abdallah Al-Zu'bi
    Abdallah Al-Zu'bi
    Graduate Research Assistant Durham School Arch Engr & Const University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    aalzubi@unomaha.edu
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    Milad Cheraghzade
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    Aleem Ullah
    Graduate Research Asst Durham School Arch Engr & Const University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    aullah@unomaha.edu

PhD Student

Saeid Ghasemi

Infrastructure & community resilience

Saeid leads interdisciplinary research on cascading failures and seismic resilience of interdependent infrastructure systems using NIST's IN-CORE platform. His work directly supported Salt Lake City's Fix the Bricks program, contributing to seismic retrofits. He has coauthored peer-reviewed journal articles and a forthcoming Springer book chapter, received competitive travel grants, and serves as President of UNL's EERI Student Chapter.

PhD Student

Pramodit Adhikari

Climate & multi-hazard resilience

Pramodit's doctoral research focuses on climate-driven risks to infrastructure systems and Al-enabled decision support for community resilience. He was selected for a competitive research internship at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), where he worked on wind-fire resilience of the built environment. His work reflects SiRIUS Lab's emphasis on applied, policy-relevant resilience research.

PhD Student

Mohammadali (Ali) Nasrabadi

Digital twins & structural monitoring

Ali develops data-driven, physics-informed methods for structural health monitoring and multi-sensor integration. His research advances digital twin frameworks that combine sensing data with computational models to support post-event infrastructure assessment and resilience-based decision-making.

Graduate Leadership

Student Research & Leadership

National engagement & impact

SiRIUS Lab PhD students regularly present at international conferences (e.g., WCEE, ICASP, IABMAS), receive competitive travel and research awards, and contribute to open-source resilience modeling platforms used by communities and agencies.

Undergraduate Researchers

  1. Avatar for Geoffrey Sanderson
    Geoffrey Sanderson
    UCARE Student Worker Graduate Studies University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    gsanderson2@huskers.unl.edu
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    Leo Pechous
    Undergraduate Researcher Graduate Studies University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    lpechous2@huskers.unl.edu
  3. Avatar for Tyler Reida
    Tyler Reida
    UCARE Student Worker Graduate Studies University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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    treida2@huskers.unl.edu
  4. Avatar for Christian Anderson
    Christian Anderson
    Undergraduate Researcher Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Former Undergraduate Researchers

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    Jordan Taylor
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    Jed Fuller
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Undergraduate Researcher

Geoffrey Sanderson

Architectural Engineering — Seismic resilience

Geoffrey conducted undergraduate research on data-driven seismic functionality assessment of buildings in the SiRIUS Lab. He presented his work at UNL Student Research Days (2025), earning an Outstanding Research Presentation Award, and was selected for the Mitacs Globalink Research Internship to conduct international research in Canada.

Undergraduate Research

UCARE & Competitive Awards

Funded undergraduate research

SiRIUS Lab undergraduate researchers have received UCARE research awards to support independent and team-based research projects focused on infrastructure resilience, sensing, and community risk modeling.

Undergraduate Research

Conference & Symposium Participation

Professional development

Undergraduate researchers in the SiRIUS Lab regularly present their work at campus research symposia and engage in professional development activities that prepare them for graduate study and industry research roles.