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Bowei Li serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering at Texas Tech University's Whitacre College of Engineering, with additional affiliation to the National Wind Institute. His research integrates artificial intelligence with structural and wind engineering to advance hazard resilience and performance-based design methodologies.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and Scientific Computing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2022)
- Master of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2022)
- Master of Civil Engineering, Tongji University (2018)
- B.E. in Civil Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2015)
Dr. Li's research centers on AI-powered structural resilience, specializing in machine learning-based metamodeling for multi-hazard risk assessment and wind engineering. His work develops neural operator frameworks for stochastic structural response modeling and real-time hurricane damage forecasting, enabling rapid performance assessment of large-scale infrastructure systems. Current efforts focus on AI-driven automated design protocols and decision-making systems for engineered buildings under extreme wind loads.
His publication record demonstrates a clear trajectory toward integrating deep learning with structural dynamics, shifting from traditional nonlinear analysis toward neural operator implementations for stochastic hazard modeling. Recent work emphasizes computational efficiency in performance assessment for wind-excited structures, with increasing focus on multi-hazard scenarios and real-time risk forecasting capabilities.
Scientific Recognition:
- Best Paper Award for 2023 in Engineering Structures
Dr. Li actively mentors graduate and undergraduate researchers through the Resilient and Intelligent Built Environment Lab (BRI Lab), currently advising Ph.D. student Manisha Sapkota alongside undergraduate researchers Manish Basnet and Daniel Willoughby. His collaborative work spans institutions including Michigan Technological University and the University of Miami, where he delivered seminars on performance-based wind design frameworks. The lab maintains active research partnerships through the National Wind Institute, focusing on computational frameworks for infrastructure resilience.
The BRI Lab operates as a specialized research unit within Texas Tech's wind engineering ecosystem, developing the WiRA software for reliability assessment and performance-based wind design. Current projects emphasize neural operator implementations for stochastic structural response and real-time hurricane damage forecasting systems.
