ShidehDashti

  • Professor
  • Associate Chair for Administration
  • GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING & GEOMECHANICS

Education:

  • PhD 勛圖厙 of California at Berkeley (2009)
  • M.S. 泭勛圖厙 of California at Berkeley (2005)
  • BS Cornell 勛圖厙 (2004)

Honors and Distinctions:

  • 2025 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Distinguished Lecture Award
  • 2024 Campus Sustainability Award, CU Boulder
  • 2021 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Price, ASCE
  • 2020 Associate Editor of the Year, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics
  • 2020 Provost Faculty Achievement Award, CU Boulder
  • 2018 Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award, ASCE
  • 2015 Outstanding Reviewer Recognition, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering.
  • 2015 Departmental Young Researcher Award, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, CU Boulder
  • 2015-16 Deans Faculty Fellowship, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, CU Boulder
  • 2015 National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award
  • 2014 Departmental Teaching Award, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, CU泭Boulder
  • 2009 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley
  • 20042005 UC Berkeley Graduate Fellowship in GeoEngineering
  • 2004 Magna cum Laude distinction, Cornell 勛圖厙
  • 2004 Distinguished Leadership Award, Cornell 勛圖厙

Professional Affiliations:

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE)
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
  • ATC Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) Provisions Update Committees (PUC) on liquefaction, foundation design, and seismic soil-structure interaction.
  • International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering泭(ISSMGE TC104 committee member and one of two U.S. representative)
  • Co-leader and Steering Committee member of GeoEngineering Extreme Event Reconnaissance (GEER) since 2018, also participated in 8 reconnaissance efforts since 2011 (leader of 3)
  • Elected board member to the Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Committee (Awards Subcommittee),泭ASCE Geo-Institute

Interests:

  • Physical Modeling (e.g., centrifuge)
  • Seismic soil-structure interaction and structure-soil-structure interaction
  • Seismic response of underground structures in dense urban environments
  • Consequences and triggering of soil liquefaction from local to regional scales
  • Performance-based design of liquefaction remediation techniques
  • Impact of compound hydrologic-seismic hazards on earthen infrastructure
  • Intersection of infrastructure resilience, environmental sustainability, and justice

Latest Publications:

  1. Bessette, C.,Dashti, S.,泭Liel, A.,泭Hwang, Y.W泭(2025). Machine learning-based settlement models for shallow-founded structures on interbedded sites considering dense granular columns,泭ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering泭(Accepted and In Press).
  2. Bessette, C.,泭Dashti, S.,泭Liel, A.,泭Brito, L.泭(2025). Influence of Stratigraphic Variability and Ground Motion Properties on the Effectiveness of Dense Granular Columns as Liquefaction Mitigation for Structures,泭ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering, 151(5),泭.
  3. Hwang, Y.W.,泭Dashti, S.,泭Bessette, C. (2025). Mitigation of Liquefaction Damage to Shallow-founded Structures with In-Ground Structural Walls,泭ASCEJournal of Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering, 151(2),泭.
  4. Brito, L.,泭Dashti, S.,泭Liel, A., Wham, B.,泭Bessette, C.泭(2024). Deformation Mechanisms in Stratigraphically-Variable Liquefiable Deposits Near Buildings on Shallow Foundations,泭ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering,泭151(3), 10.1061/jggefk.gteng-12741.
  5. Barron, B., Roudbari, S., Pezzulo, P.泭Dashti, S., Liel, A., Glade, S. (2024). Because Were Dying in Here:
    A Study of Environmental Vulnerability and Climate Risks in Incarceration Infrastructure,泭Journal of Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 7 (6): 2437-2465.
  6. Bessette, C.,泭Brito, L.,泭Dashti, S.+,泭Liel, A., Wham, B. (2024). Development of Dynamic Centrifuge Models for Measurement and Visualization of Deformation Mechanisms in Interlayered Liquefiable Soils,泭Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 181, ARTN 108651.
  7. Rose, H.R., Wham, B.P.,泭Dashti, S., Liel, A.B.泭(2024). Axial resistance of pipelines with enlarged joints,泭ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering, 150 (9), ARTN 04024077.
  8. Glade, S., Schmitz, C., Barron, B.N.,泭Dashti, S., Roudbari, S., Liel, A. B., Pezzullo, P.C., & Miller, S. L. (2024). Hazards and incarceration facilities: Evaluating facility-level exposure to floods, wildfires, extreme heat, and landslides in Colorado,泭Natural Hazards Review,泭.
  9. Hwang, Y.W.,泭Dashti, S.+泭(2023). Seismic Interactions Among Multiple Structures Founded on Liquefiable Soils in a City Block,泭ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics泭(Accepted and in press).
  10. Hwang. Y.W.,泭Dashti, S.泭+,泭Tiznado, J.C.泭(2023). Seismic Performance of Mat-Founded Building Clusters on Liquefiable Soils Treated with Ground Densification,泭Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering泭(Accepted and in press).
  11. Hwang, Y.W., Bullock, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A.B. (2022). A Probabilistic Predictive Model for Foundation Settlement on Liquefiable Soils Improved with Ground Densification, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics (Accepted and in press).
  12. Bullock, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A.B., Porter, K. (2022). Physics-Informed Probabilistic Models for Peak Pore Pressure and Shear Strain in Layered, Liquefiable Deposits, Geotechnique (Accepted and in press).
  13. Bullock, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A.B., Porter, K., and Maurer, B.W. (2022). Probabilistic Liquefaction Triggering and Manifestation Models Based on Cumulative Absolute Velocity, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics, 148(3).
  14. Hwang, Y.W.,泭Dashti, S.,泭Kirkwood, P.泭(2021). Impact of Ground Densification on the Response of Urban Liquefiable Sites and Structures,泭ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002710.
  15. Tiznado, J.C.,泭Dashti, S., Ledezma, C. (2021). A Probabilistic Predictive Model for Liquefaction Triggering in泭Layered Sites Improved with Dense Granular Columns,泭ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002609.
  16. Nagula, S.S.,泭Hwang, Y.W.,泭Dashti, S., Grabe, J. (2021). Numerical investigation of liquefaction mitigation potential with vibroflotation,泭Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering,泭Volume 146.
  17. Bullock, Z.,泭Liel, A.B., Porter, K.,泭Dashti, S.泭(2021). Site-Specific Liquefaction Fragility Analysis: Cloud, Stripe, and Incremental Approaches,泭J. of Earthquake Eng. and Structural Dynamics, Issue 9, DOI: .
  18. Hwang, Y.W.,泭Ramirez, J.,泭Dashti, S.,泭Kirkwood, P., Liel, A.B., Camata, G., Petracca, M. (2021). Seismic Interaction of Adjacent Structures on Liquefiable Soils: Insight from Centrifuge and Numerical Modeling,泭ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics, 147(8).
  19. Bullock, Z.,泭 Dashti, S., Liel, A., Porter (2021). Can Geotechnical Liquefaction Indices Serve as Predictors of Foundation Settlement?泭Earthquake Spectra, DOI: .
  20. Tsai, C., Lin, C.,泭Dashti, S.,泭Kirkwood, P.泭(2021). Influence of Container and Loading Characteristics on the Evaluation of Soil泭Dynamic Properties in the Geotechnical Centrifuge,泭Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 142, DOI: .
  21. Aghababaei,泭M.泭Okamoto, C., Koliou,泭M., Nagae, T., Pantelides,泭C.P., Ryan,泭K.L., Barbosa,泭A.R., Pei,泭S. van de Lindt,泭J.W., and Dashti,泭S. (2021). , ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 147(3).
  22. Bullock, Z., Liel, A., Dashti, S., Porter, K. (2020). A Suite of Ground Motion Prediction Equations for Cumulative Absolute Velocity in Shallow Crustal Earthquakes Including Epistemic Uncertainty, Earthquake Spectra, .
  23. Tiznado, J.C., Dashti, S., Ledezma, C., Wham, B. (2020). Performance of Embankments on Liquefiable Soils Improved with Dense Granular Columns: Observations from Case Histories and Centrifuge Experiments, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering, 146(9).