GeoSystems Engineering

2024 UC Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium

November 22, 2024 |  140 registered participants | Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall | UC Berkeley

 

Keynote Speakers:

 

  • Tianchen Xu - Distributed Strain Sensing for Pipeline Safety Against Fault and Landslide Movement
  • Yaobin Yang - Fiber-Optics Shape Sensing and Error Analysis with the Cosserat Theory of Rods
  • Youngseok Jo - A Next-Generation Multi-Scale approach for monitoring Landfill Surface Methane Emissions
  • Yuval Keissar - 3-D Kinematics in Rock Slope Stability
  • Joel Given - Advances in imposing Nonconforming Neumann Boundary Conditions in the Material Point Method

 

Industry panel discussion: 

  • Topic: Embracing the Future of Geosystems: Scaling Innovative Technologies
  • Panelists: Kenneth A Johnson (WSP), Phillip Gregory (Hayley & Aldrich), Marcus Pacheco (Municon West Coast), and Maggie Parks (CGS)

 

With 25 posters highlighting the student research in the GeoSystems Engineering Program at UC Berkeley. 

Happy hour after the event was hosted by GEI, Geosyntec, and SFGI at LaVal's Pizzeria. 

Tianchen Xu presenting his research as a keynote speaker
Tianchen Xu presenting his research as a keynote speaker
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Yaobin Yang presenting his research as a keynote speaker
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Youngseok Jo presenting his research as a keynote speaker

 

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Yuval Keissar presenting his research as a keynote speaker
Joel
Joel Given presenting his research as a keynote speaker
panel discussion
Industry Panel. Left to right: Maksymilian Jasiak (moderator), Kenneth A Johnson, Maggie Parks, Marcus Pacheco, and Phillip Gregory

2023 UC Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium

November 17, 2023 |  114 registered participants | Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall | UC Berkeley

 

Keynote Speakers:

  • Brittany Russo - Non-invasive Multi-sensor Approach for Levee Health Maintenance Practices using Machine Learning
  • Xinyi Qian - DEM Analysis of Density Effect on Arching in Shallow Trapdoors
  • Hasitha Wijesuriya - Characterizing Naturally Deposited Sands using X-Ray Computed Tomography
  • Jhih-Rou Huang - AI-Based Techniques for Ground Failure Detection/Monitoring and Mobility Assessment
  • Jaewon Saw - Monitoring Capabilities of Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing for Hydraulic Fracturing 

 

Industry panel discussion: 

  • Topic: Project Management in the World of GeoEngineering
  • Panelists: Tom Pennington, Brown and Caldwell; Chris Conkle, Geosyntec; Justin Lianides, Mott MacDonald; Jeramy Decker, Kiewit; Dave Ritzman, PG&E; Phoebe Cheng, BART

 

With 27 posters highlighting the student research in the GeoSystems Engineering Program at UC Berkeley. 

Happy hour after the event was hosted by COSMOS at LaVal's Pizzeria. 

Group photo
Group Photo of the Participants at the GeoSymposium
B. Russo Presenting
Brittany Russo presenting her research as a keynote speaker
Xinyi Qian
Xinyi Qian presented her research as a keynote speaker
Hasitha
Hasitha Wijesuriya presented his research as a keynote speaker
Jhih-Rou
Jhih-Rou Huang presenting her research as a keynote speaker
Jaewon
Jaewon Saw presenting her research as a keynote speaker
Poster presentation
Poster Presentation - PhD students Bofei Xu and William Zakka talking to industry professionals
Panel
Industry Panel. Left to right: Joel Given (moderator), Tom Pennington, Dave Ritzman, Jeramy Decker, Justin Lianides, Phoebe Cheng, Chris Conkle 

 

2022 UC Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium

November 18, 2022 | 132 registered participants | Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall | UC Berkeley

 

Keynote speakers:

  • Camilo Pinilla-Ramos – Broad-band evaluation of the San Francisco Bay Area velocity model through 3D seismological simulations
  • Weibing Gong – Regional-scale back-calculation and prediction of co-seismic landslides
  • Bodhinanda Chandra – Improving accuracy and efficiency in material point method (MPM) for both single and multi-phase continua
  • Kil-Wan Ko, Ph.D. – Energy-based method for prediction of excess pore water pressure in liquefiable soil

 

Industry panel discussion:

  • Topic – Climate impact on infrastructure resiliency
  • Panelists – Eric Bao, One Concern, Clifford Chan, EBMUD, Shah Vahdani, Applied GeoDynamics

 

With 24 research posters highlighting research in the UC Berkeley Geosystems Group

GeoSymposium Group Photo
GeoSymposium Group Photo
Camilo Panilla-Ramos
Camilo Panilla-Ramos Presenting
Weibing Gong
Weibing Gong Presenting
Bodhinanda Chandra
Bodhinanda Chandra Presenting
Kil-Wan Ko
Kil-Wan Ko Presenting
Panel Presentation
Panel Presentation - Left to right - Brittany Russo (Moderator), Shah Vahdani, Clifford Chan, Eric Bao
Posters
Poster Presentations - Left to Right - Joel Given, Kody Vandervort, Eli Trast, Jan Davin Tengdyantono

 

2021 UC Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium

November 12, 2021 - 137 registered participants

Keynote speakers:

Franklin Olaya, Dayu Apoji, Jongchan Kim Ph.D., Peng Tan, Peter Hubbard

Photo of GeoSymposium Participants

Industry Panel Discussion

2019 UC Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium

November 15, 2019

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We thank the following platinum and gold sponsors for supporting our students:

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