People

Director and Principal Investigator

Vedhus Hoskere, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Joint appointment)

PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020 
MS, Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020
MS, Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016
BS, Civil Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, India, 2014

Vedhus Hoskere, is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at UH where he directs the Structures and Artificial Intelligence Lab. Dr. Hoskere has 10+ years of experience in the research and development of artificial intelligence, computer vision, and deep learning methods for applications in structural engineering. He currently serves as the director of the NSF IUCRC VISER Center Site at UH. Dr. Hoskere also serves as the PI on several projects including those funded by TxDOT, DoD, NSF, and NASA. Dr. Hoskere has won several awards including the best paper award at the ASCE EMI Conference in 2017 and at the SHMII-9 Conference in 2019. Dr. Hoskere received an MS in Computer Science and an MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Graduate Students
AllCivil EngineeringElectrical and Computer EngineeringEngineering Data Science

Subin Varghese

PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, 2025 (Expected)

MS, Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, 2021

BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 2018

Awards and honors: Subin was a prize winner for the best paper award at the ASCE EMI Conference SHMC competition in 2023.

Deepank Singh

PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Houston, Spring 2026 (Expected)

BS in Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jaipur, 2021

Asad Rahman

PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Houston, Fall 2026 (Expected)

MS, National University of Sciences and Technology, 2020

Awards and Honors: Recipient of the US-PAK HEC Scholarship

Joshua Genova

MS/PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, Spring 2026 (expected)

BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2018

Awards and Honors: Joshua received the UH Presidential Fellowship, 2024

Charles Abdo

MS, Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, 2025 (Expected)

BS, Computer Science, University of Houston, 2023

Joshua Gao

PhD, Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Spring 2029 (expected)

BS, Congnitive Science, University of Texas at Dallas, 2021

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Chanmin Park

MS, Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, 2025 (Expected)

BS, Computer Science, Northeastern University, 2021

Saurav Silwal

PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Houston, Fall 2029 (expected)

BS, Kathmandu Engineering College

Abdul Wahid Mangi

PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Houston, 2026 (Expected)

BS, Civil Engineering, QUEST, 2021

Awards and Honors: Recipient of the US-PAK HEC Scholarship

Taseer Ali

PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Houston, 2027 (Expected)

BS, Civil Engineering, University of Engineering Technology, Peshawar

Awards and Honors: Recipient of the US-PAK HEC Scholarship

Muhammad Arslan

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 2027 (Expected)

BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering Technology, Lahore

Awards and Honors: Recipient of the US-PAK HEC Scholarship

Delaram Hassanlou

PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Houston, 2028 (expected)

Undergraduate Students

Oscar Leon

BS in Civil Engineering, Fall 2021

Pemu Utienyin

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2022
Gurvinder Rai

Gurvinder Rai

BS in Civil Engineering, Spring 2024

Jeff Nesrsta

BS in Electrical Engineering, Fall 2022

Nayani Wickramaratne

BS in Mechanical Engineering, May 2024

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