Dr. Ou’s research is inspired by the community-centered informed hazard-oriented decision-making, which lead to the development of high fidelity and computational efficient regional-scale simulation platform. Her research experience includes physical and surrogate modeling of complex civil infrastructure systems, machine learning, information theory, advanced experimental testing, model updating, and the integration of data analytics with physical-based modeling.

Primary Research Area

Structural Engineering

Research Interests

Sustainable Construction Engineering, Community Resilience

Education

Bachelor’s – Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2010, Harbin Institute of Technology; Civil Engineering, 2010, the University of Sydney
Ph.D. – Civil Engineering, 2016, Purdue University