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)

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