Director and Principal Investigator
Vedhus Hoskere, Ph.D.
Assistant ProfessorCivil 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 joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2020. His current research interests are highly interdisciplinary, at the intersection of civil engineering, computer science and robotics. His doctoral work at the University of Illinois with Billie F. Spencer Jr. focused on developing artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision solutions for rapid and automated civil infrastructure inspection and monitoring.
Graduate Students
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
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
Chanmin Park
MS, Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, 2025 (Expected)
BS, Computer Science, Northeastern University, 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
Reza Bazrgary
PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Houston, 2028 (Expected)
BS, Civil Engineering Sharif University of Technology, 2019
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
Delaram Hassanlou
PhD Civil Engineering, University of Houston, 2028 (Expected)
BS Civil Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, 2023
Undergraduate Students
Oscar Leon
BS in Civil Engineering, Fall 2021
Pemu Utienyin
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2022
Gurvinder Rai
BS in Civil Engineering, Spring 2024
Jeff Nesrsta
BS in Electrical Engineering, Fall 2022
Nayani Wickramaratne
BS in Mechanical Engineering, May 2024Interested in joining SAIL? Visit our positions page to learn more. https://sail.cive.uh.edu/positions/