Professor

Geotechnical

Email: rmoss@calpoly.edu 

Office Hours

OfficeMonTues       WedThur
13-217 1:10 – 3:00 pm2:10 – 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)