On May 21, Lake Temescal in Oakland hosted the vibrant centennial celebration of the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). The event, a tribute to EBMUD’s 100 years of service and dedication to the community, showcased the organization’s legacy. For a special presentation,… Read More »CSI Team Celebrates EBMUD’s 100th Anniversary
Congratulations to CEE Professor Kenichi Soga on his induction into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)! Soga was elected for his achievements in geomechanics and computational modeling, as well as underground infrastructure simulation and monitoring. He is one of 106 new members… Read More »Congratulation on Kenichi Soga’s NAE Election
Together with industry collaborators, we successfully held the UC Berkeley Tunneling Course titled “Principles, Practices, and Recent Development Using Data-Driven Methods” on February 7 at 454 Conference Room, Richmond Field Station. This initiative was aimed at developing the UC Berkeley… Read More »Collaboration with industry partners for UCB Course on Tunneling & Data Driven Methods
The first preliminary assessment of the GPR-based mapping tool was conducted at two intersections on Van Buren Avenue, Oakland in December 2022 and January 2023 by CSI and GEO SEARCH. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a technology that can help… Read More »First GPR-based mapping tool assessment was conducted by CSI team and GEO Search
Two ductile iron pipes manufactured by U.S. Pipe were tested by the CSI group on November 30 and December 15 of 2022. The pipes were tested under bending forces to evaluate the rotation capacity of the bell of the pipe.… Read More »Two 4-point bending tests on ductile iron pipes were performed in CSI
Ph.D. Student Email: jasiak ‘at’ berkeley ‘dot’ edu Maksymilian Jasiak is a PhD Student in GeoSystems Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. His current research focuses on Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) for pipeline water leak detection and structural… Read More »Maksymilian Jasiak
PhD Candidate Office: Davis 409 Email: tyhan ‘at’ berkeley ‘dot’ edu Tianyu Han is a PhD student working with Professor Kenichi Soga at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently working on the vulnerability and resilience of the urban transit… Read More »Tianyu Han
PhD Candidate Office: Davis 409 Email: shchiu ‘at’ berkeley ‘dot’ edu Shih-Hung Chiu graduated from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 2019 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and obtained M.S. in Systems Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of… Read More »Shih-Hung Chiu
As a new activity by the Center for Smart Infrastructure (CSI), Professor Kenichi Soga, Won-jun Cha, Shih-Hung Chiu, and East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) subject-matter experts, led by Clifford Chan (General Manager) and David Katzev, opened a new undergraduate… Read More »CE 112: Water & Wastewater Systems Design and Operation
Three iPVC pipes were tested in October and November, 2022 at the Center for Smart Infrastructure. The pipes were equipped with two types of restraints which were used to restrict the relative movement between the pipes. The pipe is designed… Read More »Bending capacity of iPVC pipe was tested by CSI group