Boase Geotechnical Engineering & Geomechanics Seminar Series


Schedule for FallÌý2025

In person —Ìý ECCE 1B47 (Engineering Building)

  • Time:ÌýMondays, 1Ìý- 2 p.m. MTÌý ÌýÌý
  • Coordinators:ÌýAssistant Professor Srikanth Madabhushi and Jenna Stein, MS student

We will be adding to our FallÌý2025Ìýschedule as the information becomes available. Please check back soon!

Oct. 6
Presenters: Graduate Student Researchers
Seminar: TBA

Oct. 20
Presenter:ÌýAnne Voigtlaender, Earth & Environmental Sciences Area (EESA), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL),ÌýPostdoctoral Researcher in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) – Geosciences program with Professor Yida Zhang
Seminar:Ìý Why firn quakes - a continuum mechanics theory with granular legacy

Nov. 3
Speaker: Professor Xiong Zhang, geotechnical engineering, Center for Intelligent Infrastructure, Missouri University of Science & Technology
Seminar:ÌýIndefinability of Effective Stress in Unsaturated Soils

Nov. 17
Presenter: Shabnam Semnani, assistant professor of structural engineering, UC San Diego
Seminar: TBA

Sept. 6
Presenter:ÌýMohammad Amin Hariri-Ardebili,ÌýPREP researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Oct. 11
Presenter:ÌýMiguel Mánica Malcom, associated researcher,ÌýNational Autonomous University of Mexico

Oct. 18
Speaker: Eric Thompson, PhD, research geophysicist, earthquakes hazard program, US Geological Survey
Topic:Ìý Recent Advances to USGS Near-Real-Time Earthquake Information Products

Oct. 25
Presenter:ÌýKyle Rollins, professor, Brigham Young University
Topic:ÌýInsights on Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction for Bridges from Large-Scale Field Tests

Nov. 8
Presenter:ÌýKane Bennett, research scientist, Los Alamos National Library

Nov. 15
Presenter:ÌýAlejandro Mota, research scientist, Sandia National Laboratories

Nov. 22
Presenter: Zhou Lei,Ìýresearch scientist III, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Presenters
Mike Mooney, Grewcock Distinguished Chair Professor of Underground Construction & Tunneling;
professor, civil and environmental engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Erin Nebel, director, HR communications, BGC EngineeringÌý

Oct. 13
Presenter:ÌýDavid Wald, supervisory research geophysicist, U.S.ÌýGeological Survey

Oct. 20
Presenter: Robb Moss, professor, civil and environmental engineering, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Oct. 27
Presenter:ÌýJeff Coffin, PhD, principal engineer; Zach Fox, senior engineer; Nicholas Sianta, staff engineer; and Stefan Pauley, staff engineer, Knight Piésold
Title:ÌýEngineering Consulting in the Mining Industry

Nov. 3
Presenter:ÌýAndrew Makdisi, research civil engineer, U.S.ÌýGeological Survey

Nov. 10
Presenter: Todd Schlittenhart, principal engineer, Yeh and Associates

Nov. 17
Presenter:ÌýChristian Ledezma, associate professor and department head,ÌýPontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Dec. 8
Presenter: Asaad Faramarzi, associate professor and head of civil engineering, University of Birmingham

Presenters
Ben Mason, research civil engineer with the Earthquake Hazards Program, US Geological Survey

Farshid Vahedifard, professor, Richard A. Rula School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mississippi State University

Aaron Leopold, professional engineer, Dan Brown and Associates

Ian Moore, faculty, civil engineering Queen's University

Kevin Franke, associate professor, Brigham Young University

Nicholas Brinke, geotechnical and mining engineer, Stantec

Trevor Carey, assistant professor, The University of British Columbia


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