Public Seminars
GeoSystems seminars are held weekly (Wednesdays, 12:10 - 1:00 P.M., 406 Davis Hall [CE 298 - 004 - CCN: 32505]) during the academic year. They feature speakers from the industry and from academia. The seminars are open to all members of the academic community and the public.
UC Berkeley Geosystems Engineering Seminar Series - Fall 2022
| Date | Presenter | Organization | Title of Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|
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August 24 |
Welcome session |
UC Berkeley |
Welcome session |
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August 31 |
Victor Romero |
McMillen Jacobs Associates |
Geotechnical Characterization and design for the Alameda St Wet Weather Tunnel in San Francisco |
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September 7 |
Darcie Maffioli |
Rockridge Geotechnical |
Napa Pipe: transforming a former industrial site into a new community |
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September 14 |
Doug Schwarm |
Atlas Geotechnical |
Constructability obligations in geostructure design |
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September 21 |
Andrew Traut |
USACE |
Use of high-fidelity geo-environmental and sensor computational modeling to support explosive threat remote sensing and detection |
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September 28 |
Neil Hoult |
Queens University |
Distributed sensing: helping to uncover the mysteries of buried infrastructure |
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October 5 |
Tore Valstad |
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) |
Arch, Catenary, and Tension Bridges |
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October 12 |
Elena Ayers |
Langan |
1066 Market Street, San Francisco – Transforming an Old Theater Site into a 12-Story Mixed-Use Gem Adjacent to BART Tunnels |
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October 19 |
Kord Wissman |
Geopier |
Careers in Geotechnical Engineering |
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October 26 |
David Simpson |
AECOM |
Challenging Geologic Investigations for the First Large New Dam in 21st Century California |
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November 2 |
Uri Eliahu et al |
ENGEO |
Advanced Seismic Analysis in Geotechnical Practice |
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November 9 |
Chris Hunt |
Geosyntec Consultants |
Use of geotechnical instrumentation to support real time decision makin during construction |
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November 16 |
Jonathan D. Bray |
UC Berkeley |
Learning from Disasters |
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November 23 |
Non Instructional Day |
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November 30 |
Wayne Magnusen |
A3GEO |
Title Pending |
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December 7 |
Camilo Pinilla Ramos |
UC Berkeley |
PhD thesis presentation seismological simulations and development of ground motion models |
*all seminars are scheduled in person unless otherwise noted
