Dr. Pei is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at The City College of New York. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 2023 and holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from both Oklahoma State University and Southwest Jiaotong University, completed in 2017.
His research currently focuses on advancing the scientific understanding and forecasting of climate-induced geohazards by unifying geoscientific domain knowledge with artificial intelligence and machine learning. His work aims to enhance the resilience of natural and built environments and communities in responding to the challenges posed by geohazards under climate change. In addition to his work on geohazards, Dr. Pei has contributed to broader areas of geotechnical engineering and geomechanics, including soil-structure interaction, granular mechanics, and data-driven concrete science.
His expertise spans machine learning, numerical modeling, and laboratory testing in geotechnical engineering and geoscience. He has authored over 20 journal and conference publications. Dr. Pei's research has led to both internal and external funding.
He is the recipient of the 2024 CUNY Interdisciplinary Research Grant and has a three-year project recently recommended for funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF), in which Dr. Pei will serve as the PI to continue his research on geohazards and their causality.
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