I grew up in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, a small French-speaking town in Québec, Canada. In Québec, almost all the electricity (close to 97%) comes from hydroelectricity due to its extensive freshwater ...

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Luna’s research interests lie in the dynamic response of soils and liquefaction, geographic information systems in civil engineering, and advances in foundation and earthquake engineering. Wang, S., ...

Above: The Center for Infrastructure, Energy, and Space Testing centrifuge Brito is using. Header Image: Lianne Brito For Lianne Brito, ‘resiliency’ is her personal watchword. Overcoming obstacles has ...

Over the course of his career, Chatterjee has worked in several different areas associated with geotechnical engineering. He has experience in heavy industrial onshore and near-shore oil, gas and ...

Pile group interaction during lateral loading reduces lateral resistance. Based on full-scale lateral pile group testing, the reduction is a function of pile spacing, row position and soil type.

Yingqing Qiu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering at Santa Clara University (SCU). She received her Ph.D. in Geotechnical Earthquake ...

The book “An Integrated Geophysical and Geotechnical Assessment of Hazards Around The Abu Serga Church” is of interest to practical geotechnical engineers and experts in the Conservation Engineering ...

The Aberdeen School District is an active participant in the Washington State Seismic Safety Grant program. The Seismic Safe Schools Grant Program is a major effort of the Washington state Legislature ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...