Researchers at the Center for Smart Infrastructure (CSI) testing lab conducted an assessment of a buried pipe subjected to the extreme conditions found in landslides or earthquake fault rupture zones. The test subject was an approximately 40-foot long, 4-inch diameter… Read More »Advanced Sensing Technology Deployed for Earthquake-Resistant Pipe Tested for Fault Rupture Interaction
A new paper titled “Real-time well integrity monitoring in underground gas storage wells using distributed temperature and strain sensing: a field demonstration” has been published in Structural Health Monitoring. The paper is authored by Linqing Luo, Tianchen Xu, Jiannan Wang,… Read More »New Paper Demonstrates Real-Time Well Integrity Monitoring Using Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensing
A new paper by Jidu Yu, Jidong Zhao, Kenichi Soga, Shiwei Zhao, and Weijian Liang, titled “A fully coupled THMC-MPM framework for modeling phase transition and large deformation in methane hydrate-bearing sediment,” has been published in the Journal of the… Read More »New Paper Develops a Fully Coupled THMC-MPM Framework for Methane Hydrate-Bearing Sediment
A new paper titled “Structural health monitoring of offshore wind turbines using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS)” has been published in the Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring. The paper is authored by James T. Xu, Linqing Luo, Jaewon Saw, Chien-Chih… Read More »New Paper on Structural Health Monitoring of Offshore Wind Turbines Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing
Professor Kenichi Soga delivered the 27th Ralph B. Peck Lecture at Geo-Congress 2026 in Salt Lake City. The Ralph B. Peck Lecture is one of the notable invited lectures in geotechnical engineering, recognizing major contributions to the field and providing… Read More »Professor Kenichi Soga Delivers the 27th Ralph B. Peck Lecture at Geo-Congress 2026
A new paper by Yong Liang, Joel Given, Bodhinanda Chandra, Zhixin Zeng, Xiong Zhang, and Kenichi Soga, titled “The Virtual Stress Boundary Method to Impose Nonconforming Neumann Boundary Conditions in the High-Order Material Point Method,” has been published in the… Read More »New Paper Extends the Virtual Stress Boundary Method to High-Order MPM
A new paper by Michael Benedict Virtucio, Bingyu Zhao, Masahiko Iwama, and Kenichi Soga, titled “Quantifying inter-agency coordination impacts on highway network recovery after disruptions,” has been published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. The study investigates how… Read More »New Paper on Inter-Agency Coordination in Highway Network Recovery After Earthquakes
A new paper by Yaobin Yang, Linqing Luo, Maksymilian Jasiak, Chien-Chih Wang, Shih-Hung Chiu, and Kenichi Soga, titled “Cosserat rod-based modeling and stochastic analysis for distributed fiber optics shape-sensing,” has been published in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. The paper… Read More »New Paper on Distributed Fiber-Optic Shape Sensing Using Cosserat Rod Theory
A new paper by Yaobin Yang, Gyu-Beom Shin, Loizos Pelecanos, Chien-Chih Wang, Linqing Luo, and Kenichi Soga, titled “Inference of pile capacity from distributed strain sensing via PDE-constrained optimization,” has been published in Computers and Geotechnics. The study develops a… Read More »New Paper on Inferring Pile Capacity from Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing Data
Professor Kenichi Soga delivered Plenary Lecture I at PARTICLES 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on October 20, 2025. His plenary lecture, titled “Recent Advances in the Material Point Method for Modelling Fluids, Granular Materials, and Coupled Fluid–Granular Behavior,” highlighted recent developments… Read More »Professor Kenichi Soga Gives Plenary Lecture at PARTICLES 2025 in Barcelona