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The SRG gathered for a special dinner to bid farewell to Florian and to welcome our new members — Gyubeom, Temitope, and Jimmy. It was a delightful evening filled with good company and great conversation!

Nanda participated in UC Berkeley’s Ph.D. commencement 2024 last Saturday, May 18th. The memorable occasion was captured in photos, including the hooding session by Prof. Kenichi Soga and a moment with Berkeley Geosystems Engineering faculty and other Ph.D. graduates. A few SRG folks also celebrated the moments together with Nanda.  Upon graduation from CEE, Nanda recently accepted a postdoctoral position in the Department of Mechanical… Read More »PhD Graduation Commencement 2024

The SRG recently gathered for a special dinner to welcome Gersena into the team! It was a wonderful evening of good company and great conversation. Welcome aboard, Gersena! We’re excited to have you with us.

In a recent milestone event, National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Smart and Connected Communities (SCC) Project team invited community members in Alameda County to the 2nd Alameda Community Meeting on January 12, 2024. The workshop, graciously hosted by the Head-Royce School in Oakland, shared updates on the SCC Project’s diverse endeavors. The gathering delved into progress updates on organizational networks research, digital twin development, and the exploration of… Read More »SCC Project’s Recent Workshop and Ongoing Initiatives in Alameda County

Seismic events, such as earthquakes, have the potential to induce ground movements that can adversely affect the structural integrity of gas well casings, thereby leading to the occurrence of gas leakage. An experimental investigation conducted in November 2023 aimed to explore the feasibility of employing fiber optic sensing technology for real-time monitoring of gas well conditions during seismic activities, particularly instances of significant fault movements.… Read More »Gas well shearing experiment using fiber optic sensing

The Center for Smart Infrastructure (CSI) recently hosted a visit by State Assembly Members Buffy Wicks, Pilar Schiavo, and Juan Alanis. During the visit, CSI provided an overview of its ongoing initiatives related to water infrastructure, natural disasters, and wildfire evacuation, and discussed the issues that the state is currently facing in these areas. The highlight of the event was a large-scale 4-point bending testing… Read More »Visit by state assembly members Buffy Wicks, Pilar Schiavo, and Juan Alanis

Dayu Apoji was invited to talk at the Annual Congress of the Geotechnical Engineering Society Indonesia (HATTI), which was held in Jakarta on November 9, 2023. His presentation, titled “Applications of Machine Learning in Geo-Engineering, with an Emphasis on Tunneling Research,” focused on various machine learning applications in tunneling. These applications, developed over recent years at UC Berkeley, include real-time geological interpretation, real-time geological anomaly… Read More »Invited talk at the Annual Congress of the Geotechnical Engineering Society Indonesia

Our group has recently published a paper titled “Shaping the Future of Tunneling with Data and Emerging Technologies,” authored by Dayu Apoji, Prof. Kenichi Soga, and Prof. Brian Sheil of The University of Cambridge, UK, in the Data-Centric Engineering Journal. This work envisions the potential integration of advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, and bio-inspired designs, as key enablers to revolutionize the… Read More »Paper: Envisioning a Transformation in the Future of Tunneling

Soga Research Group (SRG) collaborated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) to host the second workshop of the GOES project at the Berkeley campus from September 25 to 27, 2023. Participating research teams from various countries presented updates on a range of topics, such as the full-physics modeling framework, city-scale geothermal modeling, underground coupling, and the Platform-Based Design (PBD) framework. Notably, SRG showcased its ongoing… Read More »Geothermal-based Optimized Energy System (GOES) Workshop

In Framingham, MA, a pioneering “Networked Geothermal” project is underway to explore the potential of shallow geothermal for district heating and cooling, aiming to lower carbon emissions. During 2022 and 2023, SRG carried out four distributed thermal response tests to evaluate the geothermal capabilities of the site. Presently, SRG is collaborating with HEET to design and install a distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) system in… Read More »Learning from the Ground Up (LeGUp)