CSI Director Kenichi Soga co-authored a new book, “Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, FourthEdition.” Co-authors include Professor Emeritus James K. Mitchell and Geosystems alumnaProfessor Catherine O’Sullivan. The previous third edition attracted over 13,000 citations acrossgeotechnical engineering and related fields like granular… Read More »Kenichi Soga co-authors “Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, Fourth Edition”
A collaboration composed of CITRIS, Kajima Corporation, and researchers led by Prof. Kenichi Soga is advancing the future of resilient, data-driven infrastructure through real-world deployment. One major research project uses long-range fiber optic cables to detect subtle vibrations in the… Read More »Research collaboration advances sensing and modeling for resilient cities
CSI co-director Dimitrios Zekkos is co-PI of the Center for Land Surface Hazards (CLaSH), recently awarded a 5-year, $15million grant from NSF. CLaSH is a multi-institutional center headquartered at the University of Michigan, and it will develop new scientific frameworks… Read More »Dimitrios Zekkos co-leads new 5-yr NSF Center on Geohazard Cascades
UC Berkeley and the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) announce a second-phase collaboration agreement to tackle infrastructure and operational challenges facing water and wastewater utilities. The Phase 2 funding of $2.8 million will build on the accomplishments of EBMUD’s initial… Read More »CSI extends innovation partnership with EBMUD
By Julie Bobyock Energy supply and demand can drastically change across seasons, geography, and in response to various extremes like heatwaves or floods. Storing excess energy underground when demand is low and extracting the extra resources when demand is high can… Read More »Fiber Optic Sensing for Smarter and Safer Natural Gas Storage
As part of Ignited‘s “Sustainable Solutions: Water & Green Jobs Experience” Week at the end of June 2025, 30 East Bay teachers visited the CSI lab, where they explored advancements in seismic resilience, leak detection and predictive analytics – tools that are… Read More »Educators visit CSI
The Berkeley Center for Smart Infrastructure (CSI) and the Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA) recently convened industry leaders and researchers for the FOSA 2025 mid-year meeting on June 3-4, 2025, at the UC Berkeley campus and Richmond Field Station. The… Read More »Berkeley CSI hosts FOSA mid-year meeting
At the recent National Academy of Engineering regional meeting on Artificial Intelligence in Engineering held at UC Berkeley on May 15, 2025, Professor Kenichi Soga delivered an insightful presentation on how AI is revolutionizing infrastructure monitoring. Prof. Soga discussed applications where machine… Read More »Kenichi Soga Highlights AI Applications for Infrastructure at NAE Regional Meeting
The rise of digitized records and advances in text analysis methods is transforming the way researchers and policymakers understand governance and decision-making. A recent study published in Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science explores how these innovations can change… Read More »UC Berkeley Researchers Consult Firmographs Data to Understand Transit Innovation
Ph.D. Student Office: Davis Hall 508 Email: ajensen5919 ‘at’ berkeley ‘dot’ edu Andrew is a Ph.D. student in the Matt DeJong Research Group within the StructuralEngineering, Mechanics, and Materials (SEMM) program in Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering at U.C. Berkeley, funded by… Read More »Andrew Jensen