When attempting to model seismic site effects, most studies have focused on the importance of vertically characterizing subsurface geomaterials. However, laterally characterizing the geomaterials’ variability has generally been either overlooked or oversimplified.
Granular flows, despite their ubiquity, have been historically resistant to modeling. While grain-by-grain discrete element methods (DEM) exist, these are often far too costly at the length-scales of full-size industrial or geotechnical problems.
The current academic reward system creates a fundamental misalignment between research incentives focused on individual productivity and science's true objective of advancing collective knowledge.
This presentation will discuss two separate topics. First, the development of models to predict permanent ground deformation (PGD) as a result of liquefaction and seismically induced landsliding in the San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA) are presented.
This exhibit showcases how scientists-turned-artists in civil and environmental engineering use both science and art to solve complex challenges in water, the environment, geotechnics, transportation, and structures.
As a part of NASA’s Artemis program to establish a long-term human presence on the Moon, NASA will need to design and construct infrastructure to enable lunar exploration and science.
We are pleased to host Prof. Paige Novak of the University of Minnesota to deliver a Civil & Environmental Engineering Distinguished Lecture at 12:10 pm on March 11th. Prof. Novak specializes in research on the biological transformation of hazardous substances or pollutants.
During Winters 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, the state of California was impacted by a series of atmospheric rivers (ARs) that caused flooding, landslides and led to Presidential Disaster Declarations for the impacted areas.
Guest Speakers: Marco Pavone, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University. Director of the Autonomous Systems Laboratory and the Center for Automotive Research
Guest Speakers: Sofia Perez-Guzman, Assistant Professor within the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology
