{"id":6396,"date":"2026-06-10T19:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/?post_type=person&#038;p=6396"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:35:52","slug":"ghan-prakash-badu","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/ghan-prakash-badu\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/ghan prakash-badu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghan Prakash Badu<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BIOGRAPHY: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghan Prakash (GP) Badu is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering at the 麻豆原创 (starting fall 2025). His research specializes in structural health monitoring to assess damage and corrosion in civil infrastructures using acoustic emission techniques. He is also actively exploring the application of computer vision for structural health monitoring. 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