Alyssa DeSimone

Alyssa DeSimone

Alyssa DeSimone

Assistant Professor


Contact:

Office Phone: (202) 994-3662
3655 SEH

Dr. DeSimone’s research interests include engineering education and structural hazard modeling. In her education research, she aims to lower barriers for engineering faculty members to include student-centered learning approaches and active engagement activities in their lectures and shape effective teaching methodologies in engineering aimed at improving student comprehension. Her research experience in structural engineering includes computational structural modeling for fire engineering applications, with the intent of improving structural fire safety.


  • Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, 2021
  • M.S. in Structural Engineering, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, 2018
  • B.S. in Civil Engineering, The College of New Jersey, 2016
  • DeSimone, A., Jeffers, A.E., Modeling Fire Spread in Large Compartments Using Transient Flux-Time Product for Ignition. Fire Technol, 1671–1696 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-023-01399-3
  • DeSimone, A., Jeffers, A.E., Best practices for modeling structural boundary conditions due to a localized fire,” Fire Mater 44, 409-422 (2019).https://doi.org/10.1002/fam.2774