Shideh Dashti

Title: Assistant Professor
Group: Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics
Office: ECOT 426
Phone: 303-492-3118
E-mail: shideh.dashti@colorado.edu

Education:

  • Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley (2009)
  • M.S. University of California at Berkeley (2005)
  • B.S. Cornell University (2004)

Website: http://shidehdashti.wordpress.com/

Honors and Distinctions:

  • 2009 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley
  • 2006–2009 Research Fellowship
  • 2004–2005 UC Berkeley Graduate Fellowship in GeoEngineering
  • 2004 Magna cum Laude distinction, Cornell University
  • 2004 Distinguished Leadership Award, Cornell University

Professional Affiliations:

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
  • GeoEngineering Earthquake Reconnaissance (GEER)
  • San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association (SPUR)

Interests:

  • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
  • Physical and numerical modeling
  • Use of innovative sensing technologies, knowledge dissemination tools, and information technology in earthquake engineering, planning, and policy
  • Resilience of cities and societies to natural disasters