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 ...

Since 1987, MCEER, formerly the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) and the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research ( NCEER), has produced over 600 ...

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...