{"id":11,"date":"2020-11-25T04:19:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T04:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/dejong\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:42:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:42:26","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/dejong\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11\" class=\"elementor elementor-11\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49bcd8b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49bcd8b8\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41738cdf\" data-id=\"41738cdf\" 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-7b051a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b051a2\" 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>Jason T. DeJong, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n<h3>Professor, Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering<\/h3>\n<p>College of Engineering<br>3101 Ghausi Hall<br>One Shields Avenue<br>Davis, CA 95616<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #002855;font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'\">Director, Center for Geotechnical Modeling<\/h3>\n<p>2655 Brooks Road<br>Davis, CA 95616<br><br><\/p>\n<h3><i>Summary<\/i><\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Jason DeJong is a Professor at the University of California, Davis. Jason is the Director of the NSF NHERI Center for Geotechnical Modeling and the UC Davis lead for the NSF ERC Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics. Prof. DeJong\u2019s major technical achievements have been in the areas soil and site characterization, earthquake engineering, biogeotechnics, and geotechnical sustainability. Jason has developed or refined several in situ, laboratory, and modeling tools as well as data quality and correction methods, to improve the characterization of difficult soils \u2013 soft sediments, intermediate soils, tailings, and gravelly soils. Results from his research program have been disseminated through more than 250 publications. His contributions have been recognized through the ASTM International Hogentogler Award (2x), ICE TK Hsieh Prize, ASCE Huber Research Prize, ASCE Casagrande Professional Development Award, Prakash Research Award, ICE Telford Premium Prize, ASCE Prakash Award, Cross-Canada Lecturer, and as an ASCE Fellow. Jason is actively engaged with industry in implementing research advancements into practice and serving as a technical reviewer for large infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>Download a professional CV&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/dejong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/JTD-CV-professional-2025-09-30-web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><i>Interested in Graduate Opportunities?<\/i><\/h3>\n<p>Interested in geotechnical earthquake engineering, cracking and overtopping failure of dams, in situ testing for site characterization, and evaluation of gravelly soils and tailings? If so, consider contacting me and applying to our geotechnical engineering program [<a href=\"https:\/\/cee.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/graduate\/prospective-graduate-students\/online-application\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>].<\/p>\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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a06dc9f\" data-id=\"4a06dc9f\" 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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-48905a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48905a4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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DeJong, Ph.D. Professor, Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering College of Engineering3101 Ghausi HallOne Shields AvenueDavis, CA 95616 Director, Center for Geotechnical Modeling 2655 Brooks RoadDavis, CA 95616 Summary Dr. Jason DeJong is a Professor at the University of California, Davis. 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