Education

• Ph.D., Architectural Engineering (Structures), University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Expected December 2026), Advisor: Dr. Milad Roohi

• M.Sc., Earthquake Engineering, University of Tehran (2017)

  M.Sc. Thesis: “Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Concrete Gravity Dams Using Fragility Curves”

• B.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Kurdistan (2014)

Awards and Honors

• Chancellor’s Graduate Research Grant (CGRG), University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Fall 2025)
• Graduate Research and Creative Activity (GRACA) Grant, University of Nebraska Omaha ($5,000, Spring 2026)
• Travel Award, Tornado Hazard Wind Assessment and Reduction Symposium (THWARTS), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2024)
• Registration Grant, 2023 EERI Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, funded by Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI) (April 2023)

Leadership and Service

President, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Student Chapter

Bio

Saeid Ghasemi is a Ph.D. student in Architectural Engineering (Structures) at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL), where he conducts research in the Smart Resilient Infrastructure and Urban Systems (SiRIUS) Lab under the supervision of Dr. Milad Roohi. He joined UNL in Spring 2023 after earning an M.Sc. in Earthquake Engineering from the University of Tehran and a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Kurdistan.

His research focuses on the resilience of interdependent infrastructure systems and communities subjected to natural hazards. His work integrates computational resilience modeling, infrastructure inventory development, uncertainty quantification, and machine learning to improve risk assessment and recovery planning at regional scales. Current research topics include AI-driven imputation of missing infrastructure data, community resilience assessment using the IN-CORE platform, functional recovery modeling of transportation networks, and multi-hazard resilience analysis under earthquake and tornado scenarios.

Saeid has contributed to interdisciplinary research projects involving community resilience, infrastructure risk, and hazard mitigation. He has presented his work at major international conferences and workshops, including the 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (18WCEE), ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference, ICOSSAR, IABMAS, the NHERI Computational Symposium, THWARTS, and NIST Center of Excellence meetings.

His research aims to develop data-driven and decision-relevant tools that support hazard mitigation, resilience-informed infrastructure planning, and post-disaster recovery under uncertainty.

Research Interests

• Community and regional resilience assessment

• Interdependent infrastructure systems

• Earthquake and tornado risk modeling

• Infrastructure inventory development and uncertainty quantification

• Machine learning for hazard and resilience applications

• Functional recovery and recovery trajectory modeling

• Decision support for risk-informed infrastructure planning