The 4th workshop of GOES project was held from Sep. 25 to Sep. 27, 2024, in Vienna. Soga Research Group remotely present their contribution of integrating the shallow geothermal into the building energy simulation and optimization. Primary works include introducing… Read More »Vienna Workshop of Geothermal-based Optimization Energy System (GOES) Project
Kenichi Soga has completed his term as chairperson of the Technical Committee 105 on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. This announcement was made during the 5th International Symposium on Geomechanics… Read More »Kenichi Soga Completes Term as Chair of TC105 on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro
CSI hosted a lab tour for the San Francisco Geo-Institute (SFGI) on August 29. An introduction to CSI was give by Clifford Chan, the general manager of EBMUD, and Kenichi Soga. Figure 1. Introduction by Clifford Chan Figure 2. Presentation… Read More »CSI + SFGI Tour
Kenichi Soga was an invited lecturer of the 26th International Conference of the Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM 2024), which was held on August 25-30, 2024 at Daegu, Korea. He presented a topic on large formation behavior of sols based… Read More »Kenichi Soga Gives Invited Lecture at ICTAM 2024 in Korea
The Evacuation Simulations Team visited Sunol on a site visit (May 7, 2024) to learn more about wildfire risk and emergency preparedness. Professor Louise Comfort and PhD Student Paola Lorusso with Sunol Experts Sunol site visit trailhead Sunol site visit… Read More »Evacuation Simulations site visit to Sunol
Listen to the interview of Prof. Thomas Maiorana with radio stations regarding the Tomales Board Game Workshop (June 8, Tomales Town Hall) here: Emergency experts evaluating Tomales resilience Prof. Thomas Maiorana Emergency preparedness game simulation with PhD Students Pengshun Li… Read More »Tomales Resilience: A Wildfire Board Game Workshop
On April 4, 2024, our very own Clifford C. Chan was inducted by the Academy of Distinguished Alumni (ADA) at Berkeley CEE into its Class of 2023. This year’s banquet celebrated the 12th anniversary of the ADA’s founding and brought together… Read More »Clifford C. Chan inducted to UC Berkeley Academy of Distinguished Alumni
A UC Berkeley engineering research team, led by Professor Kenichi Soga, was recently granted $3 million by the California Energy Commission to enhance the seismic risk assessment of natural gas storage and pipeline infrastructure. Over a 3 year period, the… Read More »CEC awards $3 million to integrate advanced technologies for enhanced risk assessment
Senior Civil Engineer East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) Email: dustin.lavallee ‘at’ ebmud ‘dot’ com Dustin is a Senior Civil Engineer with EBMUD in Oakland where he works on the design and project management of various water distribution pipeline and… Read More »Dustin La Vallee
On March 13, 2024, the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) announced that our very own Professor Kenichi Soga will be delivering the 63rd Rankine Lecture in March 2025 at Imperial College London. The Rankine Lecture is renowned as one of the… Read More »Professor Kenichi Soga announced as 63rd Rankine Lecturer