University of Georgia

Brian M. Staes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Brian M. Staes, Ph.D.
Email
Address

Boyd 708A
Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center
200 D.W. Brooks Drive
Athens, Georgia 30602

Brian Staes’s research goals are to establish interdisciplinary methods and provide decision-making support tools to address complex natural-physical-human systems related to natural and man-made hazards, compounded extreme events, and the risk and resilience of community and infrastructure networks towards the betterment of people’s livelihood and societal growth. At UGA, Building Resilient Infrastructure and Adaptive Network Systems (BRIANS) Lab, develops data-driven, simulation-based, and governance-aware tools to understand how transportation and infrastructure systems perform under climate extremes, natural hazards, and operational disruptions.

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, 2025
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, University of South Florida, 2020
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Florida Gulf Coast University, 2018

Professional Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, University of Georgia College of Engineering, 2026
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Clemson University, 2025-2026
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University, 2025
  • Research Assistant, Oregon State University, 2021-2025
  • Research Assistant, University of South Florida, 2018-2020

Awards & Honors

  • Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award, Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC), national student award for the best master’s thesis in science and technology in transportation studies, 2022.
  • Cunard Award, best first young-author paper in the area of operations, Transportation Research Board, 2022.
  • Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) University Transportation Council (UTC), Student of the Year, 2021.
  • Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, Federal Highway Administration, 2019–2022.
  • Center for Transportation Equity, Decisions and Dollars (CTEDD) University Transportation Council (UTC) Student of the Year, 2019.

Areas of Expertise

Risk and Resilience Engineering, Natural Hazards, Evacuations, Agent Based Modeling, Traffic Flow Theory, Network Analysis, Rail Engineering, Wildfire Modeling, Community Resilience

Other Links

Google Scholar profile

Brian M. Staes, Ph.D.
Email
Address

Boyd 708A
Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center
200 D.W. Brooks Drive
Athens, Georgia 30602

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