From Geo-monitor to Geo-adapt: leveraging distributed sensing and data analytics for performance-based design, construction, and maintenance

63rd Rankine Lecture

Prof. Kenichi Soga

Join us for the 63rd Rankine Lecture, delivered by Professor Kenichi Soga, one of the world’s leading experts in infrastructure sensing and data-driven engineering. This highly anticipated lecture, From Geo-monitor to Geo-adapt, explores how distributed sensing technologies and data analytics are transforming geotechnical engineering—enabling smarter, performance-based approaches to design, construction, and maintenance. The Rankine Lecture is the most prestigious invited lecture in geotechnics, hosted annually by the British Geotechnical Association. It commemorates William John Macquorn Rankine, a pioneer in soil mechanics and civil engineering education, best known for his foundational work on earth pressure theory. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with cutting-edge developments in geotechnical monitoring and adaptation.

About the speaker

Prof. Kenichi Soga Donald H. McLaughlin Professor in Mineral Engineering and a Distinguished Professor

Kenichi Soga is the Donald H. McLaughlin Professor in Mineral Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. He is the director at the Berkeley Center for Smart Infrastructure and is a faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. A pioneer in infrastructure sensing and energy geotechnics, he has authored over 500 publications and co-authored Fundamentals of Soil Behavior. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of several prestigious engineering societies. Before joining UC Berkeley in 2016, he was a professor at the University of Cambridge.

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