Full Name
Christine Beyzaei
Job Title
Senior Engineer
Organization
Exponent
Speaking At
Christine Beyzaei's lecture hosted by Portland State University
Christine Beyzaei's lecture hosted by Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Christine Beyzaei's lecture hosted by Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Speaker Bio
Christine Z. Beyzaei, Ph.D., P.E. is a Senior Engineer with Exponent in Oakland, California specializing in geotechnical earthquake engineering. Dr. Beyzaei has consulting experience on U.S. and international projects for critical infrastructure, new and existing buildings, high-rise structures, bridges, and embankment dams. Dr. Beyzaei also has significant experience with geotechnical site investigation, seismic testing, and advanced laboratory testing of geotechnical materials under static and dynamic conditions. She is a registered civil engineer in the state of California.
Dr. Beyzaei earned her Ph.D. in 2017 from the University of California, Berkeley. Her doctoral research focused on liquefaction of silty soils, evaluating potential over-conservatism in established liquefaction assessment procedures at silty soil sites in Christchurch, New Zealand. She investigated post-earthquake observations from the Canterbury earthquake sequence through field sampling, cyclic triaxial testing, alternative site characterization techniques, and consideration of depositional environment effects on liquefaction performance. Dr. Beyzaei graduated from the George Washington University in 2009 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010 with an M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering. From 2010-2013 she worked as a geotechnical engineer at Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers in New York City.
In addition to her academic and professional pursuits, Dr. Beyzaei is active in EERI, ASCE, and the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association (GEER). She received the 2016-2017 EERI/FEMA-NEHRP Graduate Fellowship for Earthquake Hazard Reduction, was on GEER reconnaissance teams following the 2014 South Napa earthquake and the 2018 Anchorage, Alaska earthquake, and serves on committees for school earthquake safety, continuing education, and innovative technologies.
Dr. Beyzaei earned her Ph.D. in 2017 from the University of California, Berkeley. Her doctoral research focused on liquefaction of silty soils, evaluating potential over-conservatism in established liquefaction assessment procedures at silty soil sites in Christchurch, New Zealand. She investigated post-earthquake observations from the Canterbury earthquake sequence through field sampling, cyclic triaxial testing, alternative site characterization techniques, and consideration of depositional environment effects on liquefaction performance. Dr. Beyzaei graduated from the George Washington University in 2009 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010 with an M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering. From 2010-2013 she worked as a geotechnical engineer at Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers in New York City.
In addition to her academic and professional pursuits, Dr. Beyzaei is active in EERI, ASCE, and the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association (GEER). She received the 2016-2017 EERI/FEMA-NEHRP Graduate Fellowship for Earthquake Hazard Reduction, was on GEER reconnaissance teams following the 2014 South Napa earthquake and the 2018 Anchorage, Alaska earthquake, and serves on committees for school earthquake safety, continuing education, and innovative technologies.
