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Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos on CNN’s John Vause show discussing climate change and infrastructure

Professor Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos joined CNN's John Vause on his show last week to talk about the impact of climate change on the need for continued investment in infrastructure. For the full interview visit the YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEX8_XmyIic. For more information visit the UC Berkeley CEE website: https://ce.berkeley.edu/news/2598.

Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos is elected President of the United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER) Board

Professor Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos has been elected President of the U.S. Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER). She will serve a two-year term, from 2020-2022. Before her election as President, Athanasopoulos-Zekkos served as a Senior Board Member with USUCGER, which has 136 University Members. Read more at: https://ce.berkeley.edu/news/2390

Prof. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos joins the faculty in the CEE department at the University of California, Berkeley, starting January 1st 2020

Prof. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos has joined the CEE faculty at UC Berkeley and will be affiliated with the Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate and GeoSystems groups. Read more at:https://ce.berkeley.edu/news/2287

Professor Athanasopoulos-Zekkos elected to serve on the Board of the United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER)

Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos was elected to serve on the Board of the United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER). USUCGER is the national organization focused on advancing high quality geotechnical engineering research and education at US academic institutions. Prof. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos will serve a 4 year term starting in 2019.

Professor Athanasopoulos-Zekkos selected for Excellence in Teaching Award

Associate Professor Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos has been selected to receive the 2016 Chi Epsilon Excellence in Teaching Award for the Great Lakes District. This award recognizes dedication to teaching in the civil engineering profession. The Great Lakes District is comprised of universities in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana - including Purdue University, Ohio State University, Michigan State…

Seminar on “Pile Driving Induced Vibrations and Their Effects on Nearby Structures”

Dear Geoengineers, This week's University of Michigan Geotechnical Engineering Seminar will be delivered on November 4th at 4:30 in 2355 GG Brown by Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos University of Michigan. The presentation is titled "Pile Driving Induced Vibrations and Their Effects on Nearby Structures". (more…)

Professor Athanasopoulos-Zekkos earns Middlebrooks Award

Assistant Professor Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos recently received the 2015 Middlebrooks Award from ASCE Geo-Institute. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos and Raymond B. Seed, PhD, earned the award with their paper, "Simplified Methodology for Consideration of Two-Dimensional Dynamic Response of Levees in Liquefaction-Triggering Evaluation in the Journal of Geotechnical" and Geoenvironmental Engineering. (more…)

The U-M GeoWall team participated in the 2015 National GeoWall competition and was selected as one of the 20 national finalists. The team will travel to San Antonio in March 2015 to compete in the national finals. Notably, this is the first time in the department history that a team representing U-M has made it…

Athanasopoulos-Zekkos Earns the Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award

Adda M. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, is the recipient of the Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award for her contributions in the seismic risk assessment of levee protection systems against flooding. Assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Michigan, Athanasopoulous-Zekkos' studies of earthen levees have taken 3 important directions: risk assessment based on…

Professor Athanasopoulos-Zekkos featured in MDOT Research Spotlight

Assistant Professor Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos is the principal investigator of a project that was featured in a Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Research Spotlight. The story, titled, "Minimizing the effects of pile driving vibrations", describes piles, which are steel or concrete shafts that are driven into the ground during construction using large mechanical hammers. These piles…

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Greatly enjoyed presenting at the Annual Southwest Arizona G-I chapter Symposium on October 25, 2021, on the Lessons learned from past levee failures and the challenges these complex systems will face in the future due to extreme events! https://lnkd.in/eqMuEJRQ
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Join us for interesting and insightful discussions on the challenges of Urban Sustainability at the 2021 Urban Sustainability Symposium hosted by Cal State LA this Thursday, November 18, 2021 (register at https://www.calstatela.edu/academic/sikand/2021-urban-sustainability-symposium)
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I had a great conversation with CNN's John Vause, on his show last week, on the impact of #climatechange and the need for continued investment in #infrastructure.
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We welcome the incoming MS class of 2021-2022! 36 new Master's students joining us this year! So exciting to be back on the beautiful UC Berkeley campus!
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Check out the new ASCE Special Publication on the 2020 Edenville and Sanford Dam failures in Michigan. The report is available by ASCE at: https://sp360.asce.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Merchandise/Product-Details/productId/274480464

Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos

Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos on CNN’s John Vause show discussing climate change and infrastructure

Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos is elected President of the United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER) Board

Prof. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos joins the faculty in the CEE department at the University of California, Berkeley, starting January 1st 2020

Professor Athanasopoulos-Zekkos elected to serve on the Board of the United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER)

Professor Athanasopoulos-Zekkos selected for Excellence in Teaching Award

Seminar on “Pile Driving Induced Vibrations and Their Effects on Nearby Structures”

Professor Athanasopoulos-Zekkos earns Middlebrooks Award

GeoWall team selected as national finalist

Athanasopoulos-Zekkos Earns the Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award

Professor Athanasopoulos-Zekkos featured in MDOT Research Spotlight

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