Speakers

Michael is currently the Chief Engineer for MBIE supporting the Building System and Performance team, the team responsible for the NZ Building Code.  He has been a practicing engineer for over 30 years.  Previously he worked for BECA in a number of roles, most recently as Regional Manager for the central region.  In this role…

Dr Chris Haberfield BSc, BE(Hons), PhD, FIEAust, CPEng, RPEQ Principal, Golder Associates, Melbourne, Australia Biography Dr Chris Haberfield is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer with Golder Associates Pty Ltd working out of their Melbourne, Australia office. He concurrently holds the position of Research Associate with the Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia. He has over…

Prof Ross W. Boulanger PhD, PE, NAE Professor and Director, Center for Geotechnical Modeling. University of California at Davis, U.S.A. Biography Professor Ross W. Boulanger is the Director of the Center for Geotechnical Modeling in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He received his PhD and MS degrees in…

Dr Sissy Nikolaou, PhD, PE, D.GE, F.ASCE AVP, Principal of Multi-Hazards & Geotechnical Engineering WSP Fellow of Earthquake Engineering Biography Dr. Sissy Nikolaou is an Assistant Vice President at WSP with over 25 years of global engineering experience. As a Principal, she oversees WSP’s geotechnical earthquake engineering practice and leads its multi-hazard resilience initiative. Her…

Dr George Gazetas Emeritus Professor of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece Biography George Gazetas has been for 30 years Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, following an academic career in the US, where he taught at SUNY-Buffalo, Rensselaer (RPI), and Case Western Reserve University. His main research interests…