Her current research focuses on modeling and simulating operational safety risks of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV) from a probabilistic risk assessment and human-system interactions perspective, and is also a member of the organizing committee of the International Workshop for Autonomous System Safety (IWASS). 

Dr. Theresa M. Stewart’s focus is on model-based systems engineering. Projects include risk assessment for nuclear energy facilities, and system reliability modeling for the JPL “Lunar Flashlight” satellite.

Dr. Tingting Cheng holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in human-system interaction safety and human reliability in autonomous systems. She has extensive experience on operational experiment of human-autonomy collaboration, and risk-based decision modeling for maritime transportation systems.

Dr. Hoda Jafary earned her M.Sc and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, specializing in System Reliability, from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her doctoral research centered on exploring how correlated component failure affects system reliability.

Dr. Meibai Li research focuses on the impact of site effect on the intensity of ground motions. She is currently working on the development ground motion models (GMMs) for probabilistic seismic hazard analysis of Western North America (WNA).

Dr. Donahue is the President/Owner of JL Donahue Engineering, based in California, with twenty-seven years of experience focused on managing and supporting a variety of civil geotechnical and seismic projects.

Dr. Parhizkar’s specialties are modeling, prognostic health monitoring, and operation optimization of complex systems.

Dr. Mazzoni joined the Garrick Institute in June 2018 as a Project Scientist. She is currently working on several projects in Earthquake Engineering, where she contributes her expertise in data management, structural engineering, numerical simulation and ground-motion management.