Professor Kenichi Soga Delivers the 27th Ralph B. Peck Lecture at Geo-Congress 2026
Professor Kenichi Soga delivered the 27th Ralph B. Peck Lecture at Geo-Congress 2026 in Salt Lake City. Read more …
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New Paper Compares City-Scale Shallow Geothermal Potential in Cambridge and Berkeley
A new paper by N. Makasis and collaborators, titled “Finding common ground: A comparative study of city-scale shallow geothermal potential for Cambridge, UK, and Berkeley, USA,” has been published in Applied Energy.
The study develops a framework for evaluating shallow geothermal potential at the city scale Read more …
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New Paper on Inter-Agency Coordination in Highway Network Recovery After Earthquakes
A new paper by Michael Benedict Virtucio, Bingyu Zhao, Masahiko Iwama, and Kenichi Soga, titled “Quantifying inter-agency coordination impacts on highway network recovery after disruptions,” has been published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Read more …
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New Paper Demonstrates Real-Time Well Integrity Monitoring Using Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensing
A new paper titled “Real-time well integrity monitoring in underground gas storage wells using distributed temperature and strain sensing: a field demonstration” has been published in Structural Health Monitoring. The article presents the first successful field demonstration of a combined distributed temperature and strain sensing system Read more …
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New Paper on Optimal Control Modeling for Traffic Evacuation
A new paper by Yanglan Wang, Maria Laura Delle Monache, and Kenichi Soga, titled “Modeling and Optimization of Traffic Evacuation Using Optimal Control Model,” appears in connection with the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Read more …
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New Paper on Inferring Pile Capacity from Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing Data
A new paper by Yaobin Yang, Gyu-Beom Shin, Loizos Pelecanos, Chien-Chih Wang, Linqing Luo, and Kenichi Soga, titled “Inference of pile capacity from distributed strain sensing via PDE-constrained optimization,” has been published in Computers and Geotechnics. 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 2025-26. More information here.
