PhD Students

Renmin Pretell

  • PhD Student
  • Expected: 2022
Renmin earned his B.Sc. in civil engineering from the National University of Engineering (UNI) in Peru (2012). From 2013 to 2017, Renmin worked for Golder Associates in the Lima (Peru) and Denver (CO) offices, mainly focused on geotechnics applied to mining projects. Renmin joined the University of California, Davis, in 2017...

Francisco Humire

  • PhD Student
  • Expected: 2021
Francisco received his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (2011) and Master's degree in Geotechnical Engineering (2013) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. During his Master's he studied how to improve the reliability of geophysical surveys for seismic soil classification...

Maya El Kortbawi

  • PhD Student
  • Expected: 2021
Maya earned her Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Lebanese American University (LAU) in 2013. After graduation, she worked on a research project studying earthquake-induced landslides in Lebanon...