{"id":230,"date":"2020-12-08T18:47:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T18:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/martinez\/?page_id=230"},"modified":"2023-11-01T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T20:32:10","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/martinez\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"230\" class=\"elementor elementor-230\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c07306f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c07306f\" 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-29f092c6\" data-id=\"29f092c6\" 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-434874c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"434874c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tBiography  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b8b3c24 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7b8b3c24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13ff758a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13ff758a\" 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>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Teaching Certificate, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015.<\/li>\n<li>M.S.C.E., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012.<\/li>\n<li>B.S., Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Academic Appointments<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px\">Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, 2022 \u2013 present.<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, 2016 \u2013 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Post-doctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Honors and Awards<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>75th G\u00e9otechnique Anniversary Early Career Award, 2023<br><\/li><li>ASCE Geo-Institute Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award, 2022<\/li>\n<li>DFI Young Professor Paper Competition for paper titled \u201cSkin friction directionality in monotonically- and cyclically-loaded bio-inspired piles in sand\u201d, 2020<\/li>\n<li>NSF CAREER Award, 2020<\/li>\n<li>Vic Milligan Award (runner up) for paper titled \u201cinterface response-based soil classification framework\u201d, 2020<\/li>\n<li>Hellman Fellowship, 2018<\/li>\n<li>ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) ASCE Fellow, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Jean-Lou Chameau Research Excellence Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015.<\/li>\n<li>George F. Sowers Distinguished Ph.D. Student Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015.<\/li>\n<li>ADSC Scholarship, 2015<\/li>\n<li>International Student Leadership Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Goizueta Fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013, 2015.<\/li>\n<li>James S. Lai Outstanding Master\u2019s Student Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Professional and Service Activities<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">Diversity Lead at UC Davis, NSF Center for Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Geo-Institute<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px\">Member, Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px\">Member, Geo-Institute Engineering Geology and Site Characterization Committee<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px\">Member, Geo-Institute Soil Properties and Modeling Committee<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px\">Corresponding Member, ISSMGE Geomechanics from Micro to Macro Technical Committee (TC 105)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px\">Member, ISSMGE Geomechanics from Tailings and Mine Wastes (TC 221)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight )\">Editorial Board Member, Canadian Geotechnical Journal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px\">Editorial Board Member, International Journal for Physical Modeling in Geotechnics<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px\">Associate Editor, Biogeotechnics Journal<\/li>\n<li>Reviewer,&nbsp;Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, G\u00e9otechnique, G\u00e9otechnique Letters, Powder Technology, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, Engineering Mechanics, International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Acta Geotechnica, Engineering Geology, Ocean Engineering, Geotechnical Testing Journal, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Journal of Cultural Heritage, Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Computers and Geotechnics, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, International Journal of Physical Modeling in Geotechnics, Transportation Geotechnics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavis.box.com\/s\/73sj885olf3t68zjch1pabj4akwfk0dx\">Link<\/a>&nbsp;to professional CV<\/p>\n<p><\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography Education Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015. Advanced Teaching Certificate, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015. M.S.C.E., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. B.S., Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010. Academic Appointments Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, 2022 \u2013 present. 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