GEO Faculty

Abrahamson headshot Norman Abrahamson
Adjunct Professor
GeoSystems Engineering
Research Interests: Earthquake ground motions, spectral attenuation relations
Adda Zekkos headshot Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos
Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Associate Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, GeoSystems Engineering
Research Interests: Geotechnical Engineering infrastructure, Population growth and densification, Soil dynamics, Multi-hazard stressor mitigation strategies
Bray headshot Jonathan D. Bray
Faculty Chair in Earthquake Engineering Excellence
Distinguished Professor
GeoSystems Engineering
Research Interests: Earthquake engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Physical and numerical modeling, Environmental geotechnics
Kayen headshot Robert Kayen
Adjunct Professor
Senior Scientist, U. S. Geological Survey
GeoSystems Engineering
Research Interests: Earthquake geotechnical engineering, Interferometric Synthetic-Aperture Radar, Terrestrial Laser Scanning-LIDAR, Structure-From-Motion geomatics, Engineering geophysics, Engineering Geology, Seismic Soil Liquefaction, Hazard and Risk.
Rector headshot James W. Rector
Professor
GeoSystems Engineering
Research Interests: Exploration geophysics, Applied seismology, Machine Learning (oil & gas industry)
Riemer headshot Michael Riemer
Adjunct Professor
GeoSystems Engineering
Research Interests: Static and dynamic evaluation of soil properties, Constitutive behavior of sands, Liquefaction of unusual soil
Rubin headshot Yoram N. Rubin
Chancellor's Professor Emeritus
Professor of the Graduate School
Environmental Engineering, GeoSystems Engineering
Research Interests: Groundwater hydrology, Inverse modeling, Modeling of flow & contaminant transport, Environmental risk assessment, Hydrogeology, Geostatistics
Sitar headshot Nicholas Sitar
Edward G. Cahill and John R. Cahill Professor of Civil Engineering
GeoSystems Engineering
Research Interests: Geotechnical earthquake engineering, Wireless sensors, Seismic slope stability, Seismic Earth pressure, Rock erosion, Groundwater remediation
Soga headshot Kenichi Soga
Donald H. McLaughlin Chair in Mineral Engineering
Chancellor's Professor
Construction Systems, GeoSystems Engineering, Systems Engineering
Research Interests: Infrastructure sensing and modeling, Energy Geotechnics, Fundamentals of soil behavior, Geotechnical structures, Ground engineering, Soil & granular mechanics
Dimitrios Zekkos headshot Dimitrios Zekkos
Vice Chair for Strategic Planning and Implementation
Professor
Construction Systems, GeoSystems Engineering, Systems Engineering
Research Interests: Geotechnical engineering, Landslides, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Satellites, Earthquakes, Natural hazards