Biography
Education
- Ph.D. Geotechnical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, 1998
Soil-Pile-Superstructure Interaction in Liquefying Sand and Soft Clay
- M.S. Geotechnical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, 1994
- B.S. Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis, 1992
Appointments
- 2010 – present: Associate Director, Center for Geotechnical Modeling, and Academic Administrator, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA.
- 1997 – 2010: Manager, Center for Geotechnical Modeling, and Associate Project Scientist, Assistant Research Engineer / Academic Coordinator, Post-Graduate Research Engineer, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA.
- 1992 – 1997: Post-Graduate Research Engineer, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA.
- 1990 – 1992: Research Assistant, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA.
Awards
- Most Effective Education, Outreach, and Training Activity 2008 – “Demonstration Day at ASCE GEESD Conference.” Recognizing NEES@UC Davis. Awarded by NEES at the 6th annual NEES meeting, June 2008, Portland, OR. (co-chair of activity)
- US Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship in Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA. (1994 and 1995)
Professional Societies
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
- ISSMGE Technical Committee 104 “Physical Modelling in Geotechnics”
- George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Consortium
- Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE)
- United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER)
