{"id":245,"date":"2020-12-09T22:56:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T22:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/boulanger\/?page_id=245"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:05:02","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/boulanger\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"245\" class=\"elementor elementor-245\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7802dcb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7802dcb8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-103ed4bb\" data-id=\"103ed4bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57fa0bb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57fa0bb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Education<\/h3><ul><li>Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1990<\/li><li>M.S. University of California, Berkeley, CA, May 1987<\/li><li>B.A.Sc. University of British Columbia, Canada, May 1986<\/li><\/ul><h3>Academic appointments and work history<\/h3><ul><li><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight )\">Consulting Civil Engineer, Davis, CA (2023 &#8211; present)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight )\">Distinguished Professor Emeritus (2023 &#8211; present), Distinguished Professor (2020 &#8211; 2023), Professor (2002 &#8211; 2020), Vice-Chair (1998 &#8211; 2001), Associate Professor (1998 &#8211; 2002) and Assistant Professor (1992 &#8211; 1998), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA<\/span><\/li><li>Director, Center for Geotechnical Modeling, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA (2009 &#8211; 2023)<\/li><li><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight )\">Senior Staff Engineer, Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Oakland, CA (1990 &#8211; 1992)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><h3>Awards and honors<\/h3><ul><li>H. Bolton Seed Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers (2026)<\/li><li>Ishihara Lecture, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2024)<\/li><li>Academy of Distinguished Alumni, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley (inducted 2021)<\/li><li>Distinguished Lecture Award, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (2019)<\/li><li>Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) Shamsher Prakash Award, India (2018)<\/li><li>Member, National Academy of Engineering (elected 2017)<\/li><li>Cross Canada Lecturer, Fall 2016 Tour, Canadian Geotechnical Society (2016)<\/li><li>Ralph B. Peck Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (2016)<\/li><li>TK Hsieh Award, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK (2014)<\/li><li>Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (2012)<\/li><li>Norman Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers (2006)<\/li><li>Outstanding Paper Award, United States Society on Dams (USSD), 25th Annual Conference (2005)<\/li><li>Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers (2002)<\/li><li>Shamsher Prakash Research Award, SP Foundation (2001)<\/li><li>Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (1998)<\/li><li>Distinguished Alumni Award, University College of the Cariboo, BC, Canada (1998)<\/li><li>National Science Foundation CAREER Award (1995)<\/li><\/ul><h3>Curriculum vitae<\/h3><ul><li>PDF copy (<a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavis.box.com\/s\/huyecrhv65wn5yib35loxfihbm6mb56n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CV_Boulanger_September_2025.pdf<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1990 M.S. University of California, Berkeley, CA, May 1987 B.A.Sc. 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