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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: Brittany Russo, Drew Gomberg, Joel Given, Jhih-Rou Huang, Maksymilian Jasiak

 

Events

The 6th annual GeoSymposium will be held from 1 pm - 5 pm on November 18, 2022 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. 

To register: GeoSymposium Tickets



Latest Student News


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 ...

GeoSystems Master Students Learn about Bay Area Geology

With a month into the term, the GeoSystems Master students who are enrolled in CE 281 Engineering Geology took their first field trip of the semester. The class visited a total of six different sites to learn about geology and its role in engineering. The first stop of the trip was at Treasure Island where the students learned about the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and how there were two seismograph stations a mile apart, one on rock and the ot ...

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