Position Title
Associate Director, Center for Geotechnical Modeling
Position Title
Associate Director, Center for Geotechnical Modeling
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
He/Him/His
Bio
Dan Wilson, associate director of the Center for Geotechnical Modeling, is interested in centrifuge modeling, geotechnical earthquake engineering, instrumentation and data acquisition, and equipment development. The CGM is a shared-use facility, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, that provides users access to world-class geotechnical modeling facilities, including 9-m and 1-m radius centrifuges with shaking tables, to enable major advances in the ability to predict and improve the performance of soil and soil-structure systems affected by earthquake, wave, wind and storm surge loadings.
Publications
- 1st Prakash Lecture: The Influence of Soil Gradation on the Penetration Resistance and Dynamic Response of Level and Sloping Ground
Conference Paper | DeJong, J., Martinez, A., Ziotopoulou, K., Carey, T., Wilson, D. Array, 1-23. 10.1061/9780784486719.001 - Brief communication: Hypergravity testing of thawing rates in frozen sand
Journal Article | Gardner, M., Buttery, S., Ham, S., Khan, H., Wilson, D., DeJong, J. The Cryosphere, 20, 3405-3413. 10.5194/tc-20-3405-2026 - NHERI centrifuge facility: systems-scale hypergravity modeling in engineering and scientific research
Journal Article | DeJong, J., Wilson, D., Martinez, A., Ziotopoulou, K., Ham, S., Boulanger, R. Frontiers in Built Environment, 11, 1568832. 10.3389/fbuil.2025.1568832 - Centrifuge modeling of the run-out behavior of fly ash deposits subjected to a loss of confinement
Journal Article | Madabhushi, S., Follett, S., O’Hara, K., Wilson, D., Kutter, B., Martinez, A. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 61, 375-399. 10.1139/cgj-2022-0585 - Field Evaluation of the Installation and Pullout of Snakeskin-Inspired Anchorage Elements
Journal Article | Martinez, A., Zamora, F., Wilson, D. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 150, 04024068. 10.1061/jggefk.gteng-12311 - See publications and more on Aggie Experts: https://experts.ucdavis.edu/expert/Wu3DyoJZ