Ying Huang received the Ph.D. degree from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, in 2012. She is currently an Associate Professor and a Welch Faculty Fellow with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University. Her research focuses on steel corrosion protection and mitigation, smart cities and autonomous systems, smart materials and structural health monitoring, intelligent transportation systems, pavement and traffic monitoring, railroad damage and defect assessment, big data for civil engineering application, and emergency evacuation for multi-hazards.