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Laurie Gaskins Baise
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Education
| 2000 |
Ph.D., the University of California at Berkeley,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Major
Field: Geotechnical Engineering. Dissertation: Investigations
in Earthquake Site Response from Ground Motion Observations
in Vertical Arrays. Thesis advisor: Prof. Steven D.
Glaser. |
| 2000 |
M.S., the University of California at Berkeley.
Department of Geology and Geophysics. Master’s Thesis:
Modeling of the Northern San Francisco Bay Velocity
Structure for the 18 August 1999 Bolinas Earthquake.
Thesis advisor: Prof. Douglas Dreger. |
| 1997 |
M.S., the University of California at Berkeley,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Major
Field: Geotechnical Engineering. |
| 1995 |
B.S.E., Princeton University, Department of
Civil Engineering and Operations Research. Certificate
in Geological Engineering. |
Research Interests
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Regional Earthquake Hazard, and Geostatistical Methods.
Visit the Geohazards
Engineering Research at Tufts web site to learn more about Professor Baise's research.
Teaching
Recognized for her ability to integrate research and
teaching by 2006 NSF Career Award. Faculty mentor in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM)
initiatives as part of the Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Scholars (CSEMS)
program.
EN 24 - Earthquake Engineering
CEE 147 - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
CEE 193A - Engineering Geology
The Boston Subsurface Projects Interactive Webpage is now up and running!! Take a look
here.
Professional Positions
January 2001-present Assistant Professor, Tufts University,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
September 2004-August 2005 Visiting Scholar,
Boston University, Department of Earth Sciences, Boston
University
Fall 1999 Graduate Student Instructor, University
of California at Berkeley, Introductory Engineering
Geology; Statistics for Engineers; Statistics
Fall 1997-Fall 2000 Graduate Student Researcher,
University of California at Berkeley
Summer 1997 Graduate Student Researcher, Port and Harbour
Research Institute, Yokosuka, Japan
Fall 1996 Graduate Student Instructor, University
of California at Berkeley, Introductory Engineering
Geology; Statistics for Engineers; Statistics
Summer 1996 Engineer, Chandler
Geotechnical, Inc., Bozeman, Montana
June 1995-May 1996 Engineer, Haley &
Aldrich, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
Professional Memberships
American Society of Civil Engineers
Seismological Society of America
American Geophysical Union
Engineer in Training, Massachusetts, 1995
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Student Research Projects
Undergraduate Research Assistants Needed!
Graduate Students
- Rebecca Higgins (graduated Spring 2003)
- Richard Driscoll (graduated Spring 2003)
- Kevin Dawson (graduated Spring 2004)
- Seth Pasakarnis (graduated Spring 2004)
- Mark Balfe (graduated Spring 2004)
- Eric Thompson
- Jennifer Lenz
- Eugene Morgan
- Thomas Oommen
- Hoda Mostafa (Visiting from Cairo University)
Undergraduate Students
- Jacob Halbrooks (Spring 2002) - Software system for Spectral Estimation (co-advised with Joe Noonan EECS)
- Craig Perkins (Fall 2002 - Spring 2003)
- Mary Nodine (Fall 2002) - Liquefaction Susceptibility in Back Bay
- Darrell Interress (Spring 2003) - Liquefaction Susceptibility in the 7.5' Lexington Quadrangle
- Timothy Nelson (Fall 2003) - Seismic Hazard of Boston
- Kelly Clark (Fall 2003) - Seismic Hazard of Boston
- Christina Mercado (Summer/Fall 2005) - Ground Motions in Kobe, Japan
Honors
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2006-2011.
- Undergraduate Initiative In Teaching Award (UNITE),
Tufts University, 2005.
- National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship,
1997-2000.
- California Universities for Research in Earthquake
Engineering Travel Award to 12th World Conference in
Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, 2000.
- Harry Bolton Seed Award in Geotechnical Engineering,
University of California at Berkeley, 1997.
- Jane Lewis Fellowship, University of California
at Berkeley, 1996-1997.
- W. Taylor Thom, Jr. Prize for excellence in Geological
Engineering, Princeton University, 1995.
Seminars
- "Boston Subsurface Project" at Tufts University: Tisch Library
Presentation of Berger Award: April 26, 2004 and Presentation to Academic
Technology's Summer Institute: May 28, 2004.
- "Earthquake Site Response at Treasure Island, California"
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University
of Massachusetts, Amherst. March 7, 2003.
- "Liquefaction Susceptibility Mapping of the Greater
Boston Area" Department of Geology. Boston University.
November 7, 2002
- "Geologic Variability and Earthquake Site Response"
Association of Engineering Geologists- March Meeting,
March, 2000.
- "Fundamental Aspects of Site Response Determined from
Inversion of Vertical Array Data" 12th World Conference
in Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, February, 2000.
- "Estimating Site Response" University of California,
Berkeley, Reliability Seminar, Fall 1999.
- "System Identification Analysis of Shake Table Tests
and Vertical Array Data for Port Island, Japan" ASCE
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
III, August, 1998.
- "System Identification Analyses of Vertical Array Ground
Motion Data" 12th ASCE Symposium on Engineering Mechanics,
San Diego, CA, May, 1998.
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