Jan 2024

Our team received a grant from the joint NSF/NIST Disaster Resilience Research Grant (DRRG)(Jan.2024-Jan.2027; $399,922; PI Dr. Ao Du, Co-PI Dr. Jiannan Cai).

Nov 2023

Our team received a grant from the Transportation Infrastructure Precast Innovation Center (TRANS-IPIC) (Jan.2024-Jan.2025; $97,500; PI Dr. Jiannan Cai, Co-PI Dr. Ao Du, Co-PI Dr. Ibukun Awolusi).

April 2022

Our team received a grant from the Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET) (April.2022-Sept.2023; $100,000; PI Dr. Ao Du, Co-PI Dr. Jiannan Cai from UTSA).

Sept 2021

Our team received a grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Research Initiatives in Support of Structural Engineering Programs (Sept.2021-Aug.2024; $246,743; PI Dr. Ao Du, Co-PI Dr. Sabarethinam Kameshwar).

June 2021

Dr. Ao Du participated in the NHERI Summer Institute hosted at UTSA. Great in-person experience to get to know new friends.

June 2021

Our team received the GREAT seed grant from the Office of the Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise (VPREDKE) at UTSA (Oct. 2021-July.2022; $20,000; PI Dr. Ao Du, Co-PI Dr. Yanmin Gong).

Apr 2021

Dr. Ao Du attended the 2021 NSF ENG CAREER proposal workshop.

Aug 2020

Dr. Ao Du started his position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UTSA.