Bio
Yuchen Lu was a Ph.D. student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Rice University. She defended her Ph.D. thesis, “Probabilistic Analysis of Nonstationary Hydroclimate Extremes,” on July 15, 2026. Yuchen completed a BE at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in China and a MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She is interested in infrastructure adaptation in the face of climate change.
Education
- Rice University | Houston, TX, USA
Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2026 - Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA, USA
MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2020 - Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | Wuhan, China
BE in Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, 2019