Engagement with Community Organizations in Wildfire Preparedness Activities
As part of our Smart and Connected Communities (SCC) project “Designing Smart, Sustainable Risk Reduction in Hazard-Prone Communities: Modeling Risk Across Scales of Time and Space”, funded by NSF, our SCC team participated in two recent events. Read more…
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Vienna Workshop of Geothermal-based Optimization Energy System (GOES) Project
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. Read more …
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PHMSA Project: Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing for Pipeline Safety Against Fault Movement and Landslides
The Soga Research Group secured funding from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to assess the feasibility of a Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Measurement System for long-term monitoring of buried gas pipelines at risk of ground deformation due to faults and landslides. Read more …
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New MPM paper in the Journal of Computational Physics
Researchers in our group recently published an article in the Journal of Computational Physics on material point method (MPM). Read more …
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SimCenter REU Project
In collaboration with NHERI SimCenter, Tianyu co-mentored Cristian Varela, a student from NSF’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Read more …
The Soga Research Group is a multi-disciplinary organization with expertise in infrastructure monitoring & resilience, computational geomechanics, city-scale modeling, and artificial intelligence as it applies to construction and infrastructure management. The group is based at the University of California, Berkeley and includes researchers from all over the world with different backgrounds and interests. It is led by Professor Kenichi Soga who has appointments in geosystems engineering, systems engineering, and materials science & engineering. Please follow us to stay updated on all of the cutting-edge research that we are involved with and connect with group members.
Call for prospective MSc and PhD students
The Soga Research Group is looking for new students for the academic year 2024-25. More information here.
