The seventh annual UC Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium was held on November 17, 2023, 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 five Ph.D. researchers in the GeoSystems Engineering program. They presented their research findings and potential avenues for future projects. The presenters and the title of their presentation were:

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 

An industry panel followed a successful networking and poster presentation. Six prominent engineers from the industry, Tom Pennington (Brown and Caldwell), Chris Conkle (Geosyntec), Justin Lianides (Mott MacDonald), Jeramy Decker (Kiewit), Dave Ritzman (PG&E), and Phoebe Cheng (BART), gave their insight on the topic of "Project Management in the World of GeoEngineering."

The event was organized by the GeoEngineering Graduate Student Association at UC Berkeley and funded by the UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly. The happy hour after the event was sponsored by COSMOS.