Michael Virtucio

Our group, together with collaborators from UCLA, published a paper in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction last December 2023 entitled “A granular framework for modeling the capacity loss and recovery of regional transportation networks under seismic hazards: a case study on the Port of Los Angeles”. The paper is authored by PhD candidate Michael Virtucio, Dr. Barbaros Cetiner, Dr. Bingyu Zhao, Prof. Kenichi… Read More »A new article in IJDRR on post-earthquake resilience assessment of regional transportation networks

The Soga Research Group secured funding from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to create a distributed monitoring system designed for steel pipelines transporting hydrocarbons through geohazard-prone areas. This innovative system has been implemented on a substantial PG&E steel pipeline, responsible for transporting natural gas across regions susceptible to potential faulting (the Calaveras Fault), and land sliding zones in Gilroy, CA. The installation… Read More »USDOT – Distributed fiber optic sensing of pipelines affected by fault crossing and landslide

Michael was a speaker at the 2023 PEER Annual Meeting held on August 24-25, 2023 at the Pauley Ballroom on the UC Berkeley campus. His presentation was entitled “Performance Based Economic Loss Assessment Due to a Hypothetical Large Southern California Earthquake Based on the Disruption and Recovery of Port of Los Angeles Freight Traffic”. Having presented this at the previous year’s PEER Researchers’ Workshop, Michael… Read More »Michael’s Presentation at 2023 PEER Annual Meeting

Michael was a speaker at the 2022 PEER Researchers’ Workshop. The workshop was held on September 19-20, 2022 at the Richmond Field Station. His presentation was entitled “Performance Based Economic Loss Assessment Due to a Hypothetical Large Southern California Earthquake Based on the Disruption and Recovery of Port of Los Angeles Freight Traffic”. In this work, Michael and Barbaros Cetiner, a collaborator formerly from UCLA,… Read More »Michael presented at the PEER Researchers’ Workshop