The Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC) serves as an advisory body to the Interim Department Chair, Yafeng Yin, and Associate Department Chair of Graduate Programs Professor Krista Wigginton, in matters of student climate, and serves as an information resource to current students. It is made up of graduate students representing our different sub-disciplines within CEE. Please feel free to contact the GSAC at CEE-GSAC-group@umich.edu.
GSAC is on Slack! Join umcee.slack.com using your umich email to get updates on recent activities and chat with your fellow graduate students! This is an entirely student-focused group meant for graduate students and postdocs. Contact the GSAC at CEE-GSAC-group@umich.edu for any questions or connection issues.
Add the GSAC Events calendar to your Google calendar to stay up to date on upcoming GSAC events!
Advisory Council Members
Mira Chaplin
Mira is a PhD student in Environmental Engineering working with Associate Professor Krista Wigginton and the research group examines the source and fate of emerging contaminants in aqueous systems. Mira is very active with GSAC and in her spare time loves to travel and read novels.
Dan Li
Dan is a PhD student in Civil Engineering working with Dr. Peter Adriaens in Smart Infrastructure Finance. Her research involves impact investing in municipal bonds and infrastructure tokenization. In her free time she enjoys drawing, rock climbing and spending time with her cat.
Connor Ligeikis
Connor is a PhD student in the Civil Engineering program, advised by Professor Jeff Scruggs. His research is focused on self-powered vibration control systems for civil structures. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, reading and more recently, gardening.
Paixun Lin
Paixun is a master’s student in Civil Engineering studying Intelligent Systems. He is interested in emerging information technologies as well as cool gadgets. In his free time, he enjoys travelling and outdoor activities.
Jiawei Liu
Jiawei is a master’s student Environmental Engineering program. He works with Professor Glen Diagger’s environmental biotechnology group and gets data from the bioreactor in the Ann Arbor wastewater treatment plant. He is interested in the application of data analysis techniques in the water treatment field.
Hang (Alex) Song
Hang (Alex) is a first year PhD student in Environmental Engineering working with Prof. Lutgarde Raskin and Prof. Steven skerlos. Specifically, her research focuses on studying mainstream denitrification using recirculating dynamic membrane bioreactors. She enjoys reading, hiking and cooking.
Mohammed Uzair
Mohammed is a master’s student in Environmental Engineering. His interests lie in water treatment and resource recovery. In his free time, he enjoys reading the Quran and loves sleeping.
Tanmay Vora
Tanmay is a master’s student in civil engineering (structures). He is an ambitious person with huge passion for research in structural mechanics. In his spare time he likes to read about great conquerors and wars in history. He also loves researching about other fields especially in science. He is an avid trekker.
Awaakeh S. Wokpeh
Awaakeh is an international student from Liberia, West Africa. She is studying for her master’s of engineering in Smart Infrastructure Finance. She loves to serve and is a strong advocate for women’s empowerment.
Yuhao Xian
Yuhao is a first year PhD student in Environmental Engineering in Professor Szczuka’s lab, where he is working on the measurement and removal of DBPs. Yuhao likes traveling, cooking and playing videogames in his free time.
Hongrui Yu
Hongrui is a PhD student working with Prof. Kamat and Prof. Menassa. Her research interests are about proactive collaborative robots on construction sites. She likes to workout, cook and watch movies in her free time.
