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Yating Zhang (IntlAssoc)
PREP Researcher
Dr. Yating Zhang is a PREP Researcher at NIST and the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research interests include future hazard loads and conditions, earthquake risk assessment and mitigation, and sustainable buildings and infrastructure.
Her ongoing and past research projects include:
- Improving Assessment of Potential Impacts from Building Damage and Failure
- A Framework to Evaluate the Cost-Effectiveness of Recovery-Based Design
- Promoting Earthquake Risk Reduction for Wood-Frame Soft-Story Buildings
- Complex Event Resilience of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Natural Disaster Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Life-Cycle Analyses and Performance Assessment for Highways Constructed using Recycled Materials
Yating is currently a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Engineering Institute, and SEA-MW Sustainable Design Committee. She received her PhD and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a licensed professional engineer in Maryland.