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Feb. 10
Presenters: Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØStudent Researchers - Mohammadali Behboodi and Shahriar Khorami
Seminar: ÌýModeling the Initial Swelling and Capillary Contraction of Porous Materials During Wetting and Drying and Centrifuge Modeling of Laterally Loaded Piles: Effect of Plasticity Index

Feb. 23
Presenter: Dr. Shaivan Shivaprakash, postdoctoral researcher, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Seminar:Influence of Micro-scale Mechanisms on Macro-scale properties of Bio-cemented soils

Mar. 2
Presenter: Dr. Pouyan Asem, researcher and lecturer, University of Texas Permian Basin
Seminar: Coupled subsurface processes in changing climate

Mar. 3
Presenter: Dr.ÌýNikitaÌýBondarenko, Post-doctoral Research Associate, ETH Zurich
Seminar: Time, Stress, and Damage: Experimental Rheology of Subcritical Rock Behavior

Mar. 4
Presenter: Dr. Sabrina Ip, Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley
Seminar: Phase-field approaches to failure in porous media

Mar. 24
Presenter: Professor Shahrzad Roshankhah
Seminar: Hydromechanical Response of Jointed Rock Masses in Civil, Energy, and Environmental Geosystems

Mar. 27
31st Jack W. Hilf Memorial Lecture in Geotechnical Engineering
Presenter: Dr. Ahmed Elgamal, distinguished professor, Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego
Seminar: Seismic response of ground and ground-structure systems: Insights from earthquake records, large scale testing, and computational simulation

Apr. 14
Presenter: W.W. Wheeler & Associates, Inc.
Seminar: Practical Application of Geotechnical Engineering, Hydrology andHydraulics in Water Resources Projects

Oct. 6
Presenters: Graduate Student Researchers—Jonathan Schmidt, Mohd Sheob, and Jenna SteinÌý
Seminar: Next generation probabilistic liquefaction model building, Landslide Triggering of Thermally Sensitive Slopes due to Climate Change (Temperature and Relative Humidity), and Novel Measurement and Calibration Techniques to Track Chloride Movement through Structural Backfill Material.

Oct. 20
±Ê°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù±ð°ù:ÌýAnne Voigtlaender, Earth & Environmental Sciences Area (EESA), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL),ÌýPostdoctoral Researcher in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) – Geosciences program with Professor Yida Zhang.
³§±ð³¾¾±²Ô²¹°ù:ÌýWhy firn quakes - a continuum mechanics theory with granular legacy

Nov. 3
Speaker: Professor Xiong Zhang, geotechnical engineering, Center for Intelligent Infrastructure, Missouri University of Science & Technology
Seminar:ÌýIndefinability of Effective Stress in Unsaturated Soils

Nov. 10
Presenter:Dr. Hubert Law, PhD, PE, Earth Mechanics, Inc.
Seminar: California Toll Bridge Seismic Safety Program

Sept. 6
±Ê°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù±ð°ù:ÌýMohammad Amin Hariri-Ardebili,ÌýPREP researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Oct. 11
±Ê°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù±ð°ù:ÌýMiguel Mánica Malcom, associated researcher,ÌýNational Autonomous University of Mexico

Oct. 18
Speaker: Eric Thompson, PhD, research geophysicist, earthquakes hazard program, US Geological Survey
Topic:Ìý Recent Advances to USGS Near-Real-Time Earthquake Information Products

Oct. 25
±Ê°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù±ð°ù:ÌýKyle Rollins, professor, Brigham Young University
Topic:ÌýInsights on Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction for Bridges from Large-Scale Field Tests

Nov. 8
±Ê°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù±ð°ù:ÌýKane Bennett, research scientist, Los Alamos National Library

Nov. 15
Presenter:ÌýAlejandro Mota, research scientist, Sandia National Laboratories

Nov. 22
Presenter: Zhou Lei,Ìýresearch scientist III, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Presenters
Mike Mooney, Grewcock Distinguished Chair Professor of Underground Construction & Tunneling;
professor, civil and environmental engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Erin Nebel, director, HR communications, BGC EngineeringÌý

Oct. 13
±Ê°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù±ð°ù:ÌýDavid Wald, supervisory research geophysicist, U.S.ÌýGeological Survey

Oct. 20
Presenter: Robb Moss, professor, civil and environmental engineering, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Oct. 27
±Ê°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù±ð°ù:ÌýJeff Coffin, PhD, principal engineer; Zach Fox, senior engineer; Nicholas Sianta, staff engineer; and Stefan Pauley, staff engineer, Knight Piésold
Title:ÌýEngineering Consulting in the Mining Industry

Nov. 3
±Ê°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù±ð°ù:ÌýAndrew Makdisi, research civil engineer, U.S.ÌýGeological Survey

Nov. 10
Presenter: Todd Schlittenhart, principal engineer, Yeh and Associates

Nov. 17
±Ê°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³Ù±ð°ù:ÌýChristian Ledezma, associate professor and department head,ÌýPontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Dec. 8
Presenter: Asaad Faramarzi, associate professor and head of civil engineering, University of Birmingham

Presenters
Ben Mason, research civil engineer with the Earthquake Hazards Program, US Geological Survey

Farshid Vahedifard, professor, Richard A. Rula School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mississippi State University

Aaron Leopold, professional engineer, Dan Brown and Associates

Ian Moore, faculty, civil engineering Queen's University

Kevin Franke, associate professor, Brigham Young University

Nicholas Brinke, geotechnical and mining engineer, Stantec

Trevor Carey, assistant professor, The University of British Columbia