Qiling Zou
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolQiling Zou is a structural engineering researcher with a decade of experience studying resilience and interdependencies in critical infrastructure, currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Carnegie Mellon University based in Fort Collins. Trained in bridge engineering at Hunan University (ranked 2nd in her class) and a PhD candidate in Structural Engineering at Colorado State University, she specializes in bridge-vehicle interaction and system-level resilience. Her work bridges academic rigor and applied research, having led graduate research on infrastructure interdependency and now advancing postdoctoral projects at a top U.S. institution. Actively pursuing a PhD placement in the U.S. and fluent in translating complex simulations into actionable insights, she combines strong quantitative skills with practical engineering judgment.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Structural Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Structural Engineering at Colorado State UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Bridge Engineering, Weighted Average Score = 88.3 (100 scale), Ranked 2nd out of 82 students, Bachelor’s Degree, Bridge Engineering, Weighted Average Score = 88.3 (100 scale), Ranked 2nd out of 82 students at Hunan University
Japanese, Chinese, English
Github Skills (2)
vim1
zsh1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
maccmu/macposts
Oct 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:2 releases, 5 reviews, 60 PRs in 2 years 5 months
maccmu/macposts-contrib
Jun 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:34 PRs, 20 pushes, 33 branches in 1 year 9 months
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