Excellence in Teaching Award, Chi Epsilon Great Lakes District, 2016
Thomas Middlebrooks Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2015
Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award: For "contributions in the seismic risk assessment of levee protection systems against flooding", American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2015
Excellence in CEE, Departmental Faculty Award, University of Michigan, 2014
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2013
National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow for NEES ENHANCE, 2012
Elizabeth C. Crosby Research Award, ADVANCE, University of Michigan, 2010, 2011
Member of the Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society, 2009
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
National Science Foundation (NSF), Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) Award, 2004-2007
Harry Bolton Seed Outstanding Graduate Student Award, University of California, Berkeley, Geoengineering Group, 2004
Check out my presentation on "Performance of Levees: Learning from the Past-Looking to the Future" for the Vancouver Geotechnical Society Lecture Series (1/12/2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrOpQHyhp30&feature=emb_logo
Excited for our research project on "Liquefaction Evaluation of Gravels" to be among those funded by PEER in 2021! More info here: https://peer.berkeley.edu/news/projects-awarded-peer-tsrp-rfp-20-02-and-peer-bridge-program?utm_source=PEER+News+Alerts&utm_campaign=6848f1f779-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_June_12_2019_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_07f631cf22-6848f1f779-460052389
It was a lot of fun to appear on the Director's Cut Series with Brad Keelor! We talk all thing geotech and not. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/qF-h-7LrxDk
Presenting on levee performance following hurricanes and earthquakes for the Vancouver Geotechnical Society this Tuesday (1/12) at 5:30pm PST! See link for details: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6752775038686027776/
Honored to deliver the 30th Annual Mueser Rutledge Memorial Lecture on "Liquefaction of Gravelly Soil and the Impact on Critical Infrastructure" https://www.ascemetsection.org/images/files/geotech/2020_seminar/2020-11-11_Lecture_Announcement_-_30th_Annual_MRCE_Lecture.pdf