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
The lack of human-centric built environments can lead to problems such as sick building syndrome, lack of productivity, challenges in navigating unknown spaces and other difficulties that affect people of different abilities. Existing human-in-the-loop methods use intermittent human feedback and… Read More »Understanding and Enhancing the Interconnections between Human Experience and the Built Environment – Carol C. Menassa
Associate Engineer at East Bay Municipal Utility District Email: pongsiri.prachya ‘at’ ebmud ‘dot’ com
Engineering Manager at East Bay Municipal Utility District Email: carlton.chan ‘at’ ebmud ‘dot’ com
Active engagement with community organizations in wildfire preparedness activities is an important goal for our Smart and Connected Communities (SCC) project “Designing Smart, Sustainable Risk Reduction in Hazard-Prone Communities: Modeling Risk Across Scales of Time and Space”, funded by the… Read More »Engagement with Community Organizations in Wildfire Preparedness Activities
The UC Berkeley Center for Smart Infrastructure (CSI) hosted a visit by the California Energy Commission (CEC) on October 7, 2024. CSI co-directors Kenichi Soga and Matt DeJong provided a guided tour for Pooya.Khodaparast, CEC’s Commission Agreement Manager (CAM) on the OpenSRA 2 project.… Read More »CEC visits CSI lab
The Soga Research Group secured funding from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to assess the feasibility of a Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Measurement System for long-term monitoring of buried gas pipelines at risk of ground deformation due… Read More »PHMSA Project: Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing for Pipeline Safety Against Fault Movement and Landslides
In collaboration with NHERI SimCenter, Tianyu co-mentored Cristian Varela, a student from NSF’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Over ten weeks, Cristian worked on the project, Impact of Urban Flooding on Transportation Infrastructure, with the support from his mentors. The project… Read More »SimCenter REU Project
Professor Kenichi Soga did a presentation on the PEER recovery bridge project at the 2024 Researchers’ Workshop held on August 15, 2024. This project aims to identify critical corridors by comparing post-earthquake networks. For more information about the presentation, please… Read More »PEER Recovery Bridge Project – 2024 Researchers’ Workshop
A novel DFOS-embedded steel strand tendon ground anchor was developed with embedded fiber optic cables for strain measurement throughout the anchor cross-section. This unique cable configuration enables distributedstrain sensing (DSS) along the steel strand tendon, internal grout, and external grout… Read More »DFOS Embedded Ground Anchor Field Testing