- The University of Texas at Austin EERI Lecture Series (February, 2019)
We were so excited to host Dr. Reginald DesRoches, William and Stephanie Sick Dean of Engineering at Rice University, as EERI distinguished lecturer at The University of Texas at Austin on this Thursday (Feb, 28, 2019). He gave us an amazing lecture on “The Promise of Smart Materials in Earthquake Resistant Design.”
- The University of Texas at Austin EERI Lecture Series (February, 2019)
We were so excited to welcome Dr. Ronald Eguchi, President and CEO of ImageCat (www.imagecatinc.com), as EERI lecturer on Thursday (Feb, 21, 2019). He gave us an amazing lecture on “Communicating the Power of Earth Observation (EO) Technologies: A Picture is worth a Thousand Actions.”
- The University of Texas at Austin EERI Lecture Series (September, 2018)
We were so excited to welcome Dr. Maria Koliou, assistant professor at Texas A&M University, as EERI lecturer on this Friday (Sep, 28, 2018). She were giving a lecture on From Resilient Structures to Resilient Communities.
- The University of Texas at Austin EERI Lecture Series (July, 2018)
Farid, as the president of the UT EERI student chapter invited Dr. Elaina Sutley to give a presentation on Incorporating Social Science into Engineering for Community-Level Disaster Resilience at The University of Texas at Austin.
- The 15th Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition (SDC), Los Angeles, California (June, 2018)
Farid was selected as one of the judges for the 15th undergraduate seismic design competition (SDC), which took place during the 11th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Los Angeles, California, June, 2018.
- 5th Earthquake engineering and soil dynamics Conference at Austin, Texas (June, 2018)
Reunion of the great group of current and past people from Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering department of The University of Texas at Austin at the GEESDV conference.
- Shake Table Competition for St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Students (April, 2018)
Many high-school students built different types of buildings with different structural systems for a shake table competition. This program is led by Dr. Clayton, and the mentors and referees for this program were Dr. Clayton, Farid, and Sedef. They managed the whole event and evaluated the performance of the constructed buildings. The mentors also introduced the students to natural hazards engineering.
- 18 Annual Austin Earth Science Week Career Day (October, 2017)
It was a great day with almost 350 middle-school students. As a part of this big event, the mentors introduced the kids to earthquake engineering with shake table and soil liquefaction demonstrations. The kids also visited the NHERI@UTexas facility which houses large, one-of-a-kind shaker trucks. The mentors introduced them how the VibroSeis trucks are used to study the seismic performance of soils, foundations, and structures world-wide.
- Shake Table Competition for St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Students (March, 2017)
Many high-school students built different types of buildings with different structural systems for a shake table competition. This program is led by Dr. Clayton, and the mentors and referees for this program were Dr. Clayton, Farid, and Ghassam. They managed the whole event and evaluated the performance of the constructed buildings. The mentors also introduced the students to natural hazards engineering.
- Full-scale corbel test at FSEL (November, 2016)
This event is a part of a project that was done under supervision of Prof. Bayrak. In this project, three full-scale corbel specimens were designed, fabricated, and tested at the Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory of The University of Texas at Austin.
- The 2016 Structural Engineering Education Reunion (STEER)
