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Masnun has completed his B.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. During his undergraduate, he gained research experience on construction materials and structural engineering. He has work experience in construction management and project implementation on different types of structures for more than two years. He will be working as a Graduate Research Assistant and will be pursuing his MS degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is interested to work on structural dynamic analysis & structural health monitoring. He will be working on machine learning methods for structural health prediction, numerical analysis of railroad bridges, and use the methods of data sciences in various aspects of structural analysis. 

Bilal had finished his Master's by Research in Structural Engineering from Malaysia. He completed his undergraduate studies in Urban Engineering at NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan. Bilal was involved in teaching at DHA Suffa University, Pakistan from Nov 2021 - Aug 2022. He had worked for almost 3 years (i.e., July 2017 – March 2020) as a Research Assistant (Full-time) at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia. In addition, he also served as Research Assistant (Part-time) from Apr 2020 – Oct 2021 during the pandemic. He had nine (9) research publications in the last four years. He received Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Research Fund (UTAR-RF), Malaysia, and currently holds a Graduate Research Assistantship position at UTRGV. Bilal is currently working on the topic "Tuned Mass friction damper for seismic protection of multistory buildings and energy harvesting". He is interested in assessing the effectiveness of a tuned mass friction damper (TMFD) in suppressing the dynamic response of the structure. 

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Mahesh completed his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering and M.Sc. in Structural Engineering in Tribhuvan University, Nepal. He has more than 7 years hands-on experience with different organizations in Nepal in the civil engineering field mostly dealt with earthquake engineering. He received the Presidential Research Fellowship (PRF) award from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2021. His research interest includes dynamic analysis, design, testing and evaluation of structures focusing on load rating and structural analysis of railroad bridges and highway bridges. He is interested in numerical modeling for structural analysis, data processing with a focus on machine learning methods.

Rudy is currently an undergraduate student who has previously been a research assistant. He has previously been part of the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) and competes alongside colleagues in steel bridge competition which deals with design and construction of a bridge to determine how much weight the bridge can withstand. He is interested to work on structural dynamic analysis & structural health monitoring. He will be working on railroad truss bridge research.