
Office Hours
| Office | Mon | Tues | Wed | Thur | 
| 13-217 | 1:10 – 3:00 pm | 2:10 – 4:00 pm | 
Education
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1995 
- M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, 1997 
- Ph.D. in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, UC Berkeley, 2003 
Professional Registration
- Professional Engineer (PE) in Civil Engineering, California.
- Soil Mechanics
- Reliability and Probabilistic Analysis
- Lifelines Engineering
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Engineering Risk Analysis
- Liquefaction Engineering
- Engineering Seismology
- Geohazard Mitigation
- Publications on Google Scholar
- Research into these topics include field investigations, lab research, and analytical analysis.
- Co-Director, EERI LFE Program 2026-present
- Board of Directors, NHR3 (Natural Hazards Risk and Resiliency Research) Center, 2021 to present
- GEER Steering Committee, 2021 to present
- ASCE JGGE Editor, 2019-2025
- Distinguished Lecturer, UC Berkeley GeoEngineering 35th Annual, May 2017
- 2017-2020 Appointed as a Fulbright Specialist
- 2017 Elected as Fellow of ASCE (F.ASCE)
- 2015 ASCE Associate Editor of the Year (JGGE)
- 2007 ASCE Middlebrooks Award
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
- Seismological Society of America (SSA)