Seminar Series at Peer Institutions & Companies

  • “Fundamentals of Dynamic Properties of Soils and Testing”, 21st Jennings Lecturer, South African Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Division, Johannesburg, October 15 2024, October 16 2024, Durban, October 17 2024, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • “Seismic Performance of Ports during the 2014 Cephalonia Earthquake: reconnaissance, field testing and numerical modelling”, 14th Annual GZA Lecturer, ASCE Metropolitan Section Geo-Institute Chapter, New York, February 15 2024.
  • “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Surface and Subsurface Characterization Following Natural Disasters”, 2nd Joint Workshop, Korean Geotechnical Society and ASCE Geo-Institute. August 9 2024.
  • “Towards Community-Scale Landslide Resiliency: From Integrated Monitoring & Modeling of Past Natural Disasters to Preparing for Future Disasters”, Northwestern University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, January 10 2024.
  • “Numerical Assessment of Rammed Aggregate Pier Performance under Dynamic Loading in Liquefiable Soils”, Geopier technical workshop, Oakland, CA, November 1st 2023, Los Angeles, CA, November 16th 2023, Los Angeles, CA, October 24th 2024.
  • “UAS-enabled 4D Monitoring & Modeling of a coastline subjected to earthquakes and storms”, panel presentation at UAS Applications for Infrastructure Health Monitoring and Geotechnical Asset Management – Geocongress 2023, April 3 2023.
  • “Applications of Autonomy in Geotechnical Engineering”, May 20 2023, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • “The 2021 Hwy-1 Embankment Failure at Rat Creek, Big Sur, CA & Lessons Learned”, Geo-Institute Live Event, Geocongress 2023 Preview Event, February 21, 2023 (online).
  • “Development of Regional Co-seismic Landslide Inventories and Predictive Models: The Example of the 2015 Lefkada, Greece, Earthquake”, Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists, & San Francisco Bay Area Chapter & San Francisco Geo-Institute, October 11 2022.
  • “The 2021 Hwy-1 Embankment Failure at Rat Creek in Big Sur & Lessons Learned”, August 18 2022, Caltrans
  • “Waste Settlement Measurements using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on MSW Landfills”, June 9 2022, Fabricated Geomembrane Institute.
  • “The 2021 Hwy-1 Embankment Failure at Rat Creek, Big Sur, CA & Lessons Learned”, June 8 2022, Vancouver geotechnical society
  • “Towards Community-level Co-Seismic Landslide Resiliency: The Case of the 2015 Lefkada Earthquake”, March 3 2022, UC Davis Geotechnical Seminar Series.
  • “Emerging Opportunities from Autonomous Multi-Scale Monitoring and Assessment of Geo-Infrastructure”, National Academies Fall Meeting of the Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering, October 14 2021.
  • “Integrated Satellite, UAV and ground-based assessment of landslides: The 2015 Mw 6.5 Lefkada earthquake in Greece”, Berkeley-San Francisco Geo-Institute Distinguished Lecture Series, May 7 2021.
  • “Emerging Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geotechnical Engineering Practice”, ASCE Florida Section, West Coast Chapter, May 13 2021.
  • “Integrated Satellite, UAV and ground-based assessment & back-calculation of landslides in Lefkada, Greece, following the November 17 2015 Mw 6.5 earthquake”, November 17 2020, UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Guest Seminar Speaker.
  • “Emerging Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geotechnical Engineering Practice”, San Francisco Geo-Institute Chapter, January 23 2020.
  • “Characterization of large populations of  landslides caused by earthquakes: The example of the November 17th 2015 Mw 6.5 earthquake in Lefkada, Greece”, January 21 2020 Bentley (virtually).
  • “Multi-Scale Assessment of Landsliding caused by earthquakes”, NASA GSFC Disaster Working Group, May 23 2019 (with Marin Clark).
  • “Recent Advances in Infrastructure and Geosystems Resiliency empowered by Autonomy”, University of California at Berkeley, April 29 2019.
  • “Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Infrastructure and Geosystem Resiliency”, Nanyang Technological University, NTU-JTC Industrial Infrastructure Innovation Centre, March 12 2019.
  • “Applications of Aerial and Land-Based Robotic Platforms in Landfills.” CTI Associates, Novi, August 29 2018.
  • “Robot-enabled Research Efforts to Promote Resiliency and Sustainability of Geo-Systems.” Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Michigan, January 27 2017.
  • “Evaluation of the mechanical properties of Municipal Solid Waste.” Hellenic Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, June 15 2016, Athens.
  • “From Waste Containment to Energy Harvesting:  Experimental Assessment of Coupled Physico-Biochemical & Mechanical Processes of Municipal Solid Waste Undergoing Biodegradation.” February 19 2016,  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley.
  • “Seismic Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills,” University of Illinois, Chicago, Civil and Materials Departmental Lecture, April 10, 2014.
  • “Recent Advances on the Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste,” Queen’s University and RMC Geoengineering Centre, Kingston, Canada, February 15, 2012.
  • “Stability of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: Fundamentals and Recent Advances,” Waste and Hazardous Materials Division, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), Lansing, MI, June 17, 2010.
  • “Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste,” Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, April 28, 2008.
  • “Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste,” Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, April 7, 2008.
  • “Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste,” Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, April 2, 2008.
  • “Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste,” Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, CA, February 22, 2008.
  • “Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste,” ASCE-Geo-Institute Chapter of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, November 14, 2006.
  • “Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste,” webinar presented to all offices of Geosyntec Consultants, June 30, 2006.
  • “Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste,” Berkeley Geoengineering Society, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, September 7, 2005.
  • “Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste,” ASCE San Francisco Geotechnical Group, Oakland, CA, August 23, 2005.
  • “Recent Advances in the Properties of Municipal Solid Waste,” Fugro West, Oakland, CA, July 11, 2005. 
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