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Welcome to the Soga Research Group

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New Framework and Case Studies for Evaluating Emerging Technologies in Civil Infrastructure Resilience

We are excited to share a recent two-part publication led by Professor Kenichi Soga that proposes and applies a novel framework to evaluate how emerging technologies (ETs) contribute to the resilience of civil infrastructure systems. Read more …

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PhD Graduation Commencement 2025

Jaewon Saw, Lauren Talbot, Michael Virtucio, Tianchen Xu, Yaobin Yang participated in UC Berkeley’s Ph.D. commencement 2025 on Saturday, May 24th. Read more …

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Kenichi Soga and Andrew Yeskoo Present on Fiber Optic Sensing at Geo-Institute Web Conference

Andrew Yeskoo, who is a former PhD student of the group and Kenichi Soga gave a talk on “Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing for Geotechnical Applications” at the 9th Geo-Institute Annual Web conference Read more…

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2024 Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium

The eighth annual UC Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium was held on November 22, 2024, at the Banatao Auditorium in Sutardja Dai Hall. Read more …

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Group Dinner (November 2024)

The SRG gathered for a special dinner to bid farewell to Florian and to welcome our new members — Gyubeom, Temitope, and Jimmy. Read more …

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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 2025-26. More information here.

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