Grace Yan

Yan advances tornado resilience at state and national summits

Posted by on November 5, 2024

Dr. Grace Yan, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, recently delivered speeches at two resiliency summits.

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Yan delivers keynote speech at international conference on wind and structures

Posted by on November 5, 2024

In August, Dr. Grace Yan, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, delivered a keynote speech titled “High-fidelity Tornado-community Interaction Modeling and Its Application to Enhance Tornado Resilience” at the 2024 International Conference on Advances in Wind and Structures.

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Yan selected National Academies committee on extreme weather

Posted by on October 1, 2024

Dr. Grace Yan, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, has been selected to serve on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s committee on attribution of extreme weather events, climate change and their impact.

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19 S&T faculty members receive tenure, promotions

Posted by on September 10, 2024

Nineteen faculty members at Missouri S&T received promotions and/or tenure, effective Sept. 1. Those faculty members are:

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Yan elected Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers

Posted by on August 6, 2024

Dr. Grace Yan, an associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering with expertise in structural engineering, was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. 

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S&T hosts first National Summer Transportation Institute

Posted by on August 6, 2024

Sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration through the Missouri Department of Transportation, Missouri S&T welcomed 15 rising students in grades 10-12 for the inaugural National Summer Transportation Institute. S&T’s civil, architectural and environmental engineering department hosted the program in collaboration with the Kummer Center for STEM Education July 21-26.

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Yan delivers keynote in Hong Kong

Posted by on January 25, 2024

Dr. Grace Yan, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, gave a keynote speech at the Distinguished Workshop of Climate Change and Zero Carbon Future, an event hosted by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 7-8.

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Yan helps organize ASCE conference

Posted by on January 9, 2024

To demonstrate its commitment to a sustainable, resilient future, the American Society of Civil Engineers hosted its Infrastructure Innovation and Adaptation for a Sustainable and Resilient World (INSPIRE) Conference Nov. 16-18 in Arlington, Virginia.

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Yan wins $14 million NSF Mid-scale RI-1 grant

Posted by on October 13, 2023

Dr. Grace Yan, associate professor of structural engineering and director of the Center for Hazard Mitigation and Community Resilience, is a co-principal investigator (co-PI) on a $14 million NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 grant (Mid-scale RI-1). The project, led by Iowa State University, is titled “National Testing Facility for Enhancing Wind Resiliency of Infrastructure in Tornado-Downburst-Gust Front […]

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Yan to host 15th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering

Posted by on September 5, 2023

During the closing ceremony of the 17th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Dr. Claudia Borri and Dr. Ahsan Kareem, the current and past presidents of the International Association of Wind Engineering, announced that Dr. Grace Yan will host the 15th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering (ACWE).

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