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RTHS Collaboration Meeting with Maffei and Oregon State University
From February 19 to 21, 2025, our lab held a collaborative meeting focused on Real-Time Hybrid Simulation (RTHS) methods. We exchanged technical insights, discussed current challenges, and explored future research directions with Dr. Schellenberg from Maffei Structural Engineering, as well as Dr. Bosma and Abilyn McConnell from Oregon State University. Participants from our lab included…
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Barbara Simpson and Bryam Astudillo Attend NHERI/E-Defense Research Collaboration Meeting in Japan
Professor Barbara Simpson and PhD student Bryam Astudillo attended the NHERI-NIED/E-Defense Research Collaboration Meeting, held on January 29–30, 2025, in Miki City, Japan. This meeting marked a renewed phase of U.S.–Japan collaboration in earthquake engineering research, bringing together leading researchers and agency representatives from both countries. Bryam was awarded a travel grant from the National…
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Akiri Seki Awarded Leavell Fellowship on Sustainable Built Environment
Akiri Seki has been awarded the Leavell Fellowship on Sustainable Built Environment for the 2024–2025 academic year by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. This fellowship recognizes graduate students whose work contributes to creating sustainable, resilient, and forward-thinking solutions for the built environment.
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Akiri Seki Receives Siebel Scholarship
Congratulations to Akiri Seki for being selected as a Siebel Scholar (2024-2025)! The Siebel Scholarship Program recognizes the most talented students at the world’s leading graduate schools. This prestigious award honors Akiri’s outstanding academic achievements, leadership, and commitment to advancing research in energy-related research.
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Top Golfing!
This fall, our research group took a well-deserved break from the lab and spent an evening at Topgolf. (October 26, 2024). There were a few questionable swings and a lot of laughs. It was a great way to unwind, connect outside of work, and remind ourselves that teamwork happens beyond the lab too.
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Zarak Kasi defended his Ph.D. research
Zarak Kasi defended his Ph.D. research. Congratulations, Dr. Kasi! (Sep. 17, 2024)
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Shayan Razi Honored with NAAHDRI Rising Star Award
Last summer, Shayan Razi was invited to attend the 49th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop and Researchers Meeting in Boulder, Colorado, where he received the Rising Star Award from the North American Alliance of Hazards and Disaster Research Institutes (NAAHDRI). Presented by the Natural Hazards Center and Dr. Lori Peek, this award recognizes early-career researchers demonstrating…
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Summer 2024 Photoshoot at the Blume Center
This past summer, our research group took a break from running experiments to do something a little different—a photoshoot! We spent the day at the Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, capturing what we do and the people who make it happen (August 12, 2024).
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Morgan McBain presented her research project in the CEE Summer Student Seminar Series!
Morgan McBain presented her research project in the CEE Summer Student Seminar Series. (Aug. 8, 2024)
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WCEE2024 in Milan, Italy
From Simpson’s group, Akiri Seki, Bryam Astudillo, Dingbin Li, Gustavo Araujo, Ludovica Pieroni, Morgan McBain, and Dr. Barb Simpson attended the 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE) in Milan, Italy. (July 1 – 5, 2024)