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, 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
Current 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
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)
Visiting Scholars
Firdes Celik
Visiting PhD Student, University of Houston – Fall 2023/Spring 2024
PhD, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, 2026 (expected)
Rafael Cabral
Visiting PhD student Fall 2024/Spring 2025
PhD Student, University of Porto
Undergraduate Students
Jonathan Gaucin
Eric Cabrera
Sahran Ashoor
Former members
Nayani Wickramaratne
BS in Mechanical Engineering, May 2024
Jeff Nesrsta
BS in Electrical Engineering, Fall 2022
George Bittar
BS in Electrical Engineering, December 2022
Pemu Utienyin
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2022
Oscar Leon
BS in Civil Engineering, Fall 2021
Kaspar Skatka
Andrew Almasi
Paul Nuova
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