Gabriela Yanez Gonzalez

Academic Degrees

• PhD, Civil Engineering -Structural, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA, 2021-Present
• BS, Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez, PR, 2016-2021

Employment History

• University of Nebraska – Lincoln, GTA & GRA, 08/2022 – Present
• University of Nebraska – Lincoln, GRA, 01/2022 – 07/2022
• University of Nebraska – Lincoln , GTA, 08/2021 – 12/2021

Area of Research and Professional Interest

• Functional recovery of rural infrastrucutres
• Risk and hazard mitigation

Research Experience

• Practices leveraging social media data for emergency preparedness and response, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, 01/2022 – Present
• Examining the vulnerability and recovery of small farms to natural hazards and the impact to rural community resilience, National Science Foundation, 01/2022 – Present
• Scaled Shake table tests validation of flexible rocking structures with variable material interfaces, National Science Foundation, 08/2021 – Present
• Resilience of Rural Infrastructure: Shake table tests of Scaled Silos, National Science Foundation, 06/2019 – 08/2019

Teaching Experience

• GTA for CIVE 102 (Geometric Control Systems Lab) (Fall 2022)
• GTA for CIVE 221 (Geometric Control Systems Lab) (Fall 2021)

Publications and Presentations

• Wang, C., Moore, K.J., Yáñez González, G., Wittich, C.E. (2022). Energy isolation in a multi-floor nonlinear structure under harmonic excitation. Nonlinear Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-022-07744-5
• Rodríguez-Román, D., Camacho Bonet, A.G., Yáñez González, G., Acosta Pérez, F.A., del Valle González, C.A., Colucci-Ríos, B., & Figueroa-Medina, A.M. (2022). Travel patterns and spatial access in a dockless e-scooter service in Puerto Rico. Case Studies on Transport Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2022.03.005
• Rodríguez-Román, D., Camacho Bonet, A.G., Yáñez González, G., Acosta Pérez, F.A., Villa Zapata, L., del Valle Gonzalez, C.A., Colucci-Ríos, B., and Figueroa-Medina. A.M. (2021). User characteristics, spatiotemporal patterns, and spatial access in a dockless e-scooter service in Puerto Rico. 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
• Yáñez González, G., Ahmadi, Y. Lather, J., Wittich, C.E. (2022). Planning for Riverine/Inland Waterway Flood Disaster Resilience: Current and Future Trends. Nebraska Annual Planning Conference, Lincoln, NE, USA, 09/14/2022

Honors and Awards

• Chancellor’s Fellowship (2021 – Present)
• Program for Engineering Access, Retention and LIATS Success (ePEARLS) (2018-2021)
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund (2020 – 2021)
• ASCE Region 5 Civil Engineering Student of the Year (2020)