Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Youngguk Seo
Professor of Civil Engineering

Current Members

Tahmina Akter
Ph.D. Student in Interdisciplinary Engineering
M.Sc. in Physics, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
B.Sc. in Physics, Dhaka University, Bangladesh 
Kennesaw State University
(August 2025 - August 2028) 

Josuha Hardy
First Year Scholars: Office of Research
Kennesaw State University
(August 2025 - May 2026)

Teddy Tzvetkov
First Year Scholars: Office of Research
Kennesaw State University
(August 2025 - May 2026)

Former Members

Cameron Ramsey
First Year Scholars Program: Office of Research
Kennesaw State University
(August 2023 - May 2024)

Aqib Syed
Undergraduate research assistant: KEC/KCI project 
Kennesaw State University
(August 2024 - December 2024) 
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Vu Nguyen/Co-advised with Dr. M.A. Karim
Undergraduate Research and Direct Study: Office of Research
Kennesaw State University
(January 2023 - May 2023)

Matthew Henry/Co-advised with Dr. M.A. Karim
Undergraduate Research and Direct Study: Office of Research
Kennesaw State University
(January 2023 - May 2023)

Sravani Ambadapudi/Co-advised with Dr. M.A. Karim
Undergraduate Research and Direct Study: Office of Research
Kennesaw State University
(January 2023 - May 2023)

Abdulaziz Alebra/Co-advised with Dr. M.A. Karim
Undergraduate Research and Direct Study: Office of Research
Kennesaw State University
(January 2023 - May 2023)

Mohamad Alamayreh/Co-advised with Dr. M.A. Karim
Undergraduate Research and Direct Study: Office of Research
Kennesaw State University
(January 2023 - May 2023)

Ibrahim Alamayreh/Co-advised with Dr. M.A. Karim
Undergraduate Research and Direct Study: Office of Research
Kennesaw State University
(January 2023 - May 2023)

Brian Banderas Vargas/Co-advised with Dr. M.A. Karim
Undergraduate Research and Direct Study: Office of Research
Kennesaw State University
(August 2022 - December 2022)
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Kyle Rosales/Co-advised with Dr. M.A. Karim
Undergraduate Research and Direct Study: Office of Research
Kennesaw State University
(August 2022 - December 2022)

Chris Parra/Co-advised with Dr. M.A. Karim
Undergraduate Research and Direct Study: Office of Research
Kennesaw State University
(August 2022 - December 2022)

Ryujin Pyo
Undergraduate research assistant
Kennesaw State University
(December 2019 - December 2020) 
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Yasin Ben Mahmud 
Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
Kennesaw State University
(Fall 2020 - Spring 2021)

Ahmed Sami Hassan
MS Thesis advisee 
Kennesaw State University
(Spring 2018) 
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Keerith Giramaii
Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
Kennesaw State University
(Fall 2017 - Spring 2018)
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Clint Morris
Undergraduate research assistant
Kennesaw State University
(Summer 2017) 
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William Silloway
Undergraduate research assistant
Kennesaw State University
(Summer 2017) 
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Shruthi Rajuri
Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
Kennesaw State University
(Summer 2016) 

Pe-tseskme Afi Lakte
MS thesis advisee 
Kennesaw State University
(Spring 2016) 

Andrew K Raessler
MS Thesis advisee
Kennesaw State University
(Spring 2016) 

Lucas Castro
International Internship Program
Kennesaw State University
(Summer 2015) 

Thesis Advisees

Tahmina Akter
Thesis Committee Chair and Faculty Advisor for Graduate Research, Ph.D
(Fall 2025 – Fall 2028)

Sarala Ralle
Thesis Committee Member, Ph.D
(Fall 2024 – Spring 2026)

Billy Rushama
Thesis Committee Member and Faculty Advisor, MSCE
Improvement of the Correlation between Soil California Bearing Ratio (CBR) and Shear Strength
(Spring 2021)

Ahmed Sami Hassan
Thesis Committee Member and Faculty Advisor, MSCE
Utilization of high percentage of fly ash in silt soils to enhance the engineering properties for subgrade usage
(Spring 2018)

Pe-tseskme Afi Lakte
Thesis Committee Member, MSCE
Effect of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Contents on Dynamics (E*) of Asphalt Mixtures - A Case Study of Georgia
(Spring 2016)

Andrew K Raessler
Thesis Committee Member, MSCE
Warrant Criteria for Left Turn Treatments
(Spring 2016)

Myung-Hwan Cho
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
Kyonggi University, Korea (Spring 2010)
Current Affiliation: DoWha Engineering, Seoul