Media Coverage & Awards

Awards & Honors

2024 Honorable Mention: Portland State University Civil & Environmental Engineering David E. Wedge Excellence in Teaching.

2023 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute: Younger Member Award

2021 Western States Seismic Policy Council Excellence Award: Liquefaction Mitigation of Silts Research Project (with Prof. Arash Khosravifar).

Media Coverage

Motherboard: These Scientists are Changing Soil at the Molecular Level to Withstand Earthquakes

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a35kea/these-scientists-are-changing-soil-at-a-molecular-level-to-withstand-earthquakes

KATU: Researchers use ‘fake quake’ for tests that help prepare Portland for the Big One

https://katu.com/news/local/researchers-test-with-fake-quake-to-prepare-portland-for-the-big-one

KGW: PSU simulates earthquake to study soil

https://www.kgw.com/video/news/local/psu-simulates-earthquake-to-study-soils/283-0a958870-99e9-421b-bed2-209463a37b98

FOX 12 Oregon: Researchers use ‘fake quake’ for tests that help prepare Portland for the Big One

https://www.kptv.com/news/researchers-use-fake-earthquake-study-soil-to-prepare-portland-for/article_2201cf68-d5de-11e9-9e11-2b49c1815c5a.html