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GeoEngineering Graduate Student Association at Berkeley


 

Graduate Student Association

 

The main objective of the GeoEngineering Graduate Student Association at Berkeley is to provide GeoSystems graduate students, postdoctoral and visiting researchers with:

  1. an executive/steering committee to coordinate the activities of the abovementioned students,
  2. a forum to share technical details of ongoing research,
  3. a platform for constructive peer review and support, and
  4. to promote student collaboration, outreach, and social interaction.

CalLink: https://callink.berkeley.edu/organization/geoengineering

Contact us here: geoengineering@berkeley.edu   

Leadership Committee:

Chair: Brittany Russo

Vice Chair: Joel Given 

Social Chair: Maksymilian Jasiak

Academic Chair: Gabriela Paredes

Master Student Rep: Jack Lawrence

 

Events

GeoSymposium: The 7th annual GeoSymposium will be held from 1 pm - 5 pm on November 17, 2023 at Banatao Auditorium in Sutardja Dai Hall at UC Berkeley. This symposium showcases current research conducted in the GeoSystems Engineering group at UC Berkeley. All are welcome to attend. 

Visit our page here: https://geotechnical.berkeley.edu/activities/annual-geotechnical-engineering-research-symposium 

 

 

Guest Lecture: In partnership with the UC Berkeley EERI chapter, we are pleased to have Dr. Srikanth S. C. Madabhushi from the University of Colorado, Boulder on October 20th to present on: Misconceptions with Dynamic Earth Pressure Coefficients: Improving the Seismic Limit State Design of Earth Retaining Structures.

 

Start of Term Happy HourCelebration of welcoming the new master students to the program at LaVal's Pizzeria sponsored by SFGI.

HappyHour


Latest Student News


Geosystems PhD student Weibing Gong joins Faculty at Missouri Science and Technology

PhD student Weibing Gong completed his doctoral thesis in August and has already joined the Faculty of the Geosciences, Geological and Petroleum Engineering Department at Missouri Science and Technology as an Assistant Professor. Weibing's thesis was on "A Numerical Model for Regional-Scale Back-Calculation and Prediction of Earthquake-Induced Landslides" under the supervision of Professor Dimitrios Zekkos and Prof. Marin Clark from the Univ ...

The 2022 Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium was a success!

The sixth annual UC Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium was held on November 18, 2022, at the Banatao Auditorium in Sutardja Dai Hall. The symposium showcased current research works in the GeoSystems Engineering group at UC Berkeley and bridged academic and industry communities.   The keynote speakers for the event were four Ph.D. and postdoctoral researchers in the GeoSystems Engineering program. They presented their ...

GeoSystems Master Students go on the Annual CE 281 Sierra Nevada Camping Trip

Early on Friday, September 30, 2022, the GeoSystems Master students in CE 281 Engineering Geology left for the Sierra Nevada Foothills. The first stop of the trip was Auburn Dam. The students were able to see the foundation for Auburn Dam, which was never built and learned about the surrounding geology. The second stop of the trip was another dam, Spaulding Dam. PG&E hosted the class and took the students to the spillway of the dam in order t ...

Register for the 6th Annual UC Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium

The 6th annual Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium will be held on Friday, November 18, 2022, from 1-5 pm at the Banatao Auditorium in Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley Campus. The symposium highlights the research conducted by current Ph.D. students and Research Associates at UC Berkeley in the GeoSystems Group through spotlight presentations and poster presentations. To register, please follow this link: Register Here & ...

Master Students visit Pardee Dam and Camanche Dam hosted by EBMUD

The GeoSystems Master Students enrolled in CE 281 Engineering Geology travelled with the CE 112 Water and Wastewater Systems Design and Operations students to Pardee Dam and Camanche Dam. The students were joined by Clifford Chan of EBMUD who explained the operation of Pardee Dam and Camanche Dam. Pardee Dam is a cold water dam and provides most of the drinking water to the Bay Area. The students were taken on a tour of the inside of Pard ...

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