Professor at LSU | Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Baton Rouge, LA
Joined March 2022
BREAKING NEWS: Jean-Louis and Janet Briaud are designating $500,000 of their $1 million @ASCETweets endowment to support G-I student activities! Today, G-I launches a campaign to double the impact of the Briauds' gift and endow G-I student programs. Info: geoinstitute.org/news/g-i-st…
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Navid Jafari retweeted
The @NSF supported #neer and #geer associations are conducting a large data collection effort in response to #HurricaneHelene and #hurricanemilton. It is my great honor to host this effort at @essie_uf @UFcoastal. We're expecting more than 20 researchers and @NHERI_RAPID
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Our recent #NSFfunded deployment to Florida to support the #NEER team led by @NinaStark18 was written about in the University of Washington news. Read more about the work here: bit.ly/3TXE4aG @NHERIDesignSafe
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Congratulations to the 2024 Croes Medal winners: Anand Puppala of @TAMUCVEN, Santiago Caballero of @Geosyntec, Tejo Bheemasetti of @UACEEM, and Sayantan Chakraborty of @bitspilaniindia! More info on the award at asce.org/career-growth/award…
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Our lineup is finalized for next week's Labor Day Director's Cut Extravaganza! Priscilla Nelson of @coschoolofmines, Soheil Nazarian of @EngineeringUTEP, Joel Dellaria of @Keller_NA, and Cassie Rutherford of @ISU_CoE. 4 episodes in 4 days. Are you ready to be back? #FeelTheTeal
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DO NOT FORGET that the call for abstracts is open for #GeoExtreme 2025! Think really extreme thoughts and then start your submission at geoinstitute.org/news/geo-ex…
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DEVELOPING STORY: The call for abstracts for #GeoExtreme is open and ready for your excellent submission! Details at geoinstitute.org/news/geo-ex…
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And with that, the 2024 workshop comes to an end! 🎉 Congratulations to all participants, now advanced users of the @NHERI_EER RAPID Facility. And a big thank you to all instructors, staff, and students for bringing together a fantastic event. #NSFfunded #Research #Education
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Navid Jafari retweeted
#NHERIHurricanePrep @NSF -funded Extreme Events Research teams conduct recon missions to collect _perishable data_ after hurricanes. Learn about this vital data, from @NHERI_CONVERGE : doi.org/10.1111/disa.12592
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RAPID collaborated with #GEER and #NEER in a deployment after Hurricane Ida (2021), documenting flood protection system performance using remote sensing technology. This data was featured in a recently published article: bit.ly/3KF1L2p #NHERIHurricanePrep #Geotechnical
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Hail, hail, the Board's all here! We had a great meeting at #GeoCongress2024 in Vancouver yesterday. We welcomed the new G-I Intl Secretary, Ellen Rathje, approved the FY25 G-I budget request, and did a lot of important stuff! Say hi if you see one of them throughout the week!
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Navid Jafari retweeted
On my way to #GeoCongress24 in Vancouver. Join our (with @JafariLabLSU) short course tomorrow on Coastal Geotechnics
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Another @LSU Championship Team! #ScholarshipFirst
A small contingent of the total #LSU presence at this week's Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM24 in New Orleans, sharing world-class research and celebrating 70 years of the LSU Coastal Studies Institute. #ScholarshipFirst @LSU_CCE @lsuscience @LSUEngineering @theAGU
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>100 #LSU researchers are at the leading ocean sciences conference in the world #OSM24 this week to showcase our collective work to protect coastal land and communities under LSU’s #ScholarshipFirst Agenda. lsu.edu/mediacenter/news/202… @LSU_CCE @lsuscience @LSUEngineering @theAGU
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