Min Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, RPI
Dr. Min Li is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Before joining RPI, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She obtained her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University, and holds a B.Eng. and M.S. from Southeast University, China.
Her research focuses on risk assessment and mitigation, as well as resilience-based decision-making for civil infrastructure systems under natural hazards. She leverages surrogate modeling, machine learning, and data analytics to improve computational efficiency and enable solutions to complex engineering problems.
Education
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, 2021
- M.S., Structural Engineering, Southeast University, China, 2017
- B.Eng., Civil Engineering, Southeast University, China, 2014
Selected Awards
- NSF Travel Award, NHERI Summer Institute for Early-Career Faculty, 2025
- Mitigation Matters Research Award, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder, 2024
- Best Student Paper Award, ASCE EMI/PMC Conference, 2021
- SEI Student Scholarship, ASCE Structures Congress, 2020
- National Scholarship for Graduate Students, Chinese Ministry of Education, 2017