Adda  Athanasopoulos-Zekkos

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

421 Davis Hall

University of California, Berkeley

Tel:510-642-3489

E-mail: [email protected]

Presentations

Invited Lecture Presentations

  1. "Laboratory and In-Situ Assessment of Liquefaction of Gravelly Soils", Themed Lecture, Geosystems Session, 3rd International Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering”, Vancouver BC, July 18, 2017
  2. "Liquefaction Triggering and Post-Liquefaction response of Gravelly Soils", 4th Annual ACEC NY Geotechnical Symposium, Syracuse, NY, May 8, 2017
  3. "Evaluation of Gravelly Soil Liquefaction through Laboratory and Field Testing", 35th Geoengineering Distinguished Lecture Series, UC Berkeley, May 4, 2017
  4. "Post-Liquefaction Response of Gravelly Soils", US-NZ-Japan International Workshop on Liquefaction-Induced Ground Movement Effects, UC Berkeley, November 3, 2016
  5. "Characterization of pile-driving induced vibrations", invited by the Civil Engineering Dept. of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece, and the National Scientific Committee of Geotechnical Engineering, June 1, 2016
  6. "Pile driving induced vibrations and their effects on nearby structures", University of Michigan, CEE Geotechnical Seminar, November 4, 2015
  7. "Pile driving induced vibrations and their effects on nearby structures", UC Davis, CEE Geotechnical Seminar, April 2, 2015
  8. Keynote presentation: "Assessment of Seismic Vulnerability of Earthen Levees", 22nd Vancouver Geotechnical Society Symposium, Vancouver B.C., June 13, 2014
  9. "Effect of pile-driving induced vibrations on nearby structures and other assets", 2013 Midwest Geotechnical Conference, Madison, WI, September 24, 2013
  10. "Levees: Learning from the past – Looking to the future", CEE Department, Syracuse University, NY, April 12, 2013
  11. "Techniques for reviewing journal articles and the process for getting your work published", UROP/WISE seminar, University of Michigan, October 17, 2012
  12. "Performance of the flood-protection systems of New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina - Lessons Learned", invited by the Civil Engineering Dept. of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece, the National Scientific Committee of Geotechnical Engineering and the National Committee of Earthquake Engineering, December 17, 2010
  13. "Investigation of the levee failures in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina", UROP Research seminar, University of Michigan, October 20, 2010
  14. "Teaching techniques for increasing female participation and retention in Civil Engineering" at the 6th National Hellenic Conference on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, in Volos, Greece, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2010 for the special session titled: 'Innovative teaching methods in Geotechnical Engineering", September 30, 2010
  15. "Lessons learned from the performance of the flood-protection systems after Hurricane Katrina" 2010 CEEFA Spring Technical Session, University of Michigan, April , 2010
  16. "Levees: Learning from the past - Looking to the future", ASCE chapter, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 13, 2009
  17. "Assessment of Seismic Vulnerability of Levees in Select California Regions", EERI Student Chapter of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, January 27, 2009
  18. "Variability of Levee Response Due to Time History Selection", COSMOS annual meeting and technical session, Oakland, CA, November 21, 2008
  19. "Assessment of Seismic Vulnerability of Levees in Select California Regions", University of California, Berkeley, Geoengineering Wednesday Seminar Series, April 16, 2008
  20. "Seismic Levee Fragility and Flooding Hazard for Select California Regions", ASCE San Francisco chapter - Geotechnical Group Workshop, February 19, 2008
  21. "Investigation of the performance of the flood-protection systems of New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina, on August 29, 2005", Technical Chamber of Greece, Special Scientific Committee of Soil Mechanics and Foundations and the Technical Chamber of Greece, December 19, 2006
  22. "Overview of the Investigation of the Performance of the New Orleans' Flood Protection Systems in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005", ASCE-Geo-Institute chapter of Texas A&M University, College Station, November 16, 2006
  23. "Performance of the flood-protection systems of New Orleans in hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 - Lessons Learned", University of California at Berkeley, Civil & Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Societ,. October 24, 2006