1. Assistant Teaching Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice Univ., 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005; Dept. of Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Avenida de los proceres 49, Dominican Republic (corresponding author). ORCID: .
2. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Engineering, Univ. of Palermo, Piazza Marina, 61, Palermo PA 90133, Italy.
3. Lewis B. Ryon Professor in Mechanical and Civil Engineering, and Professor, Dept. of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice Univ., 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005.