Risk, Reliability, Resilience of Engineering Systems
My research spans the areas of risk, reliability and resilience assessment and optimization of complex systems through data analytics, artificial intelligence, and operation research methods, where the uncertainties arising from limited knowledge, data scarcity and natural variability are considered in the formulated models. The ultimate goal of my research is to increase the operational safety of complex systems, enhance their abilities against unexpected events, such as malicious attack, or natural disasters, and make the engineering systems (e.g., infrastructure systems, air transportation system, nuclear power plant) pervasive in our daily life operate safer.
The investigation along these fronts will help us better understand how to prevent the escalation of the initiating events at their early stages, mitigate the catastrophic consequence of such events if they already happened, and restore system performance quickly in the aftermath of unanticipated disastrous events, thereby enhancing the safety and efficiency of many engineering systems. Explore these pages to learn more about my research, ongoing projects, publications, job opportunities, and more.