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Yanlin Guo

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Yanlin Guo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Director of Center for Sustainable and Intelligent Transportation Systems at Colorado State University (CSU). Her research expertise lies in the areas of mitigation of wind and compound (e.g., concurrent hurricane wind and surge) hazards in the built environment, real-time structural health monitoring (SHM), data-and-physics integrated simulation and modeling of extreme winds and wind effects on structures, remote sensing using computer vision, system identification, and structural dynamics. These research topics embrace the advances in natural hazard engineering, modeling, monitoring, dynamics and data science to help evaluate the conditions of buildings, transportation and energy infrastructure, provide quick decision-making support regarding emergency response, maintenance or retrofitting, etc., and ultimately improve the life-long performance and resilience of structures subjected to both in-service loadings and multiple hazards. Guo completed her undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering at the Southeast University in Nanjing, China in 2007 and obtained her Master of Philosophy degree in Civil Engineering from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2010. Later she received her Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2015. Prior to joining CSU, Guo worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Notre Dame.

Research Focus Areas

  • Natural hazards engineering with focus on wind and compound (e.g., concurrent hurricane wind and surge) hazards
  • Simulation and modeling of extreme winds and wind effects on structures
  • Resilience planning in a changing climate
  • Structural health monitoring (SHM)
  • System identification and diagnosis
  • Remote sensing
  • Structural dynamics and vibration

Education

  • B.S. 2007, Southeast University – Civil Engineering
  • M.S. 2010, Hong Kong Polytechnic University – Civil Engineering
  • Ph.D. 2015, University of Notre Dame – Civil Engineering