Tim Yao - Family and friends

Family and friends

I am happily married to Nan Fancher, who, in addition to many other accomplishments, has a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Illinois.
Our daughter, Kristiana graduated with highest honors from the University of Miami in 2018 and subsequently was named a 2019 Rhodes Scholar, following her 2017 naming as a Truman Scholar and her 2014 Stamps Scholarship.
There are still pictures of Kristiana from 1999. Here's a picture of Kristiana wearing her Mouse Ears at age 1.5. She won honorable mention in a poetry/prose contest sponsored by Reading Is Fundamental. Over 1,100 kids competed in the contest.
My dad, James T-P. Yao, who sadly passed away in 2009, was the former holder of the Lohman Professorship at Texas A&M University. During his long career, this University of Illinois alumnus has made important contributions to the areas of structural reliability, earthquake engineering, structural control, system identification and engineering education. He was mentioned on a University of Houston radio program and had an interest in paper folding and watercolor painting.
My mom, Anna Yao , sadly passed away in 2006.
My younger sister Shana Yao was an award-winning Marketing Director of Fashion Square.
My Auntie Dora is an artist in Boston. You can find samples of her work at her online gallery or her website.
My cousin Bob Hsiung is a a really neat guy with many talents.
His sister Carol Hsiung is also very talented.
Mike Schneider is one of my volleyball friends from the University of Illinois Vball on Thursdays group.
Bob Black, one of my friends from PALS'80 from long ago, is a published author.
Ann Tucker is a talented Oil Pastel Artist and Editor for the international Oil Pastel Society Newsletter.
Paolo Venini and his wife Claudia were very supportive when I was a visiting researcher at the University of Pavia under Professor Fabio Casciati. Paolo, Arturo Tena-Colunga, Dimitris Eliopoulos, Parvis Banan, Mike Wu, and I all played tennis together while graduate students at the University of Illinois.
Ken Katano was one of my roommates during my undergraduate years at Illinois.
Just renewed contact with Illini John Shalamskas and Chris Love (who contacted me through linkedin)
David Bernholdt and Jan Musfeldt are U of I friends.