Wei Li
Assistant Professor
Address
116 Heavy Engineering
Contact Information
(631) 632-8882
Personal Website
Education
- PhD, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019
- MS, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
- BS, Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2012
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, 2022 - present
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019 - 2022
Research Interests
Wei Li is a civil engineer and geoscientist with a strong interest in the geosystems that sustain the life and infrastructure above; and host water, wastes, and resources within. The overarching goal of his research is to advance the engineering of geosystems in the context of climate change, infrastructure resilience, and energy- and water resources. Li's research involves innovative experimenting, visualization, and modeling of geosystems of various scales, to elucidate the fundamental physics and guide the real-life engineering of geosystems. Examples of this endeavor are, infrastructure resilience against geohazards, enhanced energy recoveries, and management of induced earthquakes.