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Laurie Gaskins Baise
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Geology
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.
EN75 - Geohazards Engineering
ES56 - Probability and Statistics in Engineering
CEE 147 - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
The Boston Subsurface Projects Interactive Webpage is now up and running!! Take a look
here.
Professional Positions
2008-present: Associate Professor, Tufts University, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2008-present: Adjunct Associate Professor, Tufts University, Dept. of Geology
2001-2008: Assistant Professor, Tufts University, Dept. 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 (graduated Summer 2007)
- 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
- Chelsea Morris (Spring 2007)
- Aliza Sandberg (Spring/Summer 2007)
- Kayla Burke (Summer 2007)
- Miriam Gale (Summer 2007/Summer 2008)
- James Kaklamanos (Fall 2007/Spring 2008) Cataldo Scholar
- Kipp Callahan (Summer 2008)
Honors
- Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.
- Outstanding Faculty Contribution to Graduate Studies, Graduate Student Council, Tufts University, 2007.
- Best Paper of the Year Award - 2008, Environmental
& Engineering Geoscience Journal, "Liquefaction
Susceptibility Mapping in Boston, Massachusetts." Feb.
2008.
- 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.
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