Public Seminars


Wednesday Seminars

 

GeoSystems seminars are held weekly (Wednesdays, 1:00 - 2:00 P.M., 306 Soda Hall [CIVENG-298-2026-D]) 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 2026

Date Presenter Organization Title of Presentation

September 2

Doug Schwarm

Atlas

Construction Access - Apra Harbor Waterfront Repairs

September 9

Abigale Heckscher

GeoPier

Geopier Ground Improvement Systems

September 16

Peter Brady

Langan

A tale of two slopes - seismic slope performance in contrasting geologic settings on a site

September 23

Juan Perri

Exponent

 

September 30

Norman Abrahamson

UC Berkeley

 

October 7

Darci Maffioli, Craig Shields

Rockridge Geotechnical

 

October 14

Christopher Hunt

Geosyntec

 

October 21

Scott Anderson

BGC

 

October 28

Frank Wang

Parikh

 

November 4

Uri Eliahu

ENGEO

 

November 11

 

No seminar - Veterans Day

 

November 18

Jiahui Yang

UC Berkeley

 

November 25

 

No seminar - Thanksgiving

 

December 2

Thaleia Travasarou

Fugro

 

*all seminars are scheduled in person unless otherwise noted

 

 

 

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

ENGEO ROCKRIDGE GEOTECHNICAL GEOSYNTEC 1