Robert Kayen

Robert Kayen

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Senior Scientist, US Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center

Boelter Hall 5713

Email: rkayen@ucla.edu
Phone: (650) 329-4195
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RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
Geomatics and Terrestrial Laser-Topographic Modeling, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Engineering Geology, Applied Geophysics.
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION

Ph.D. (1993), Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

M.S. (1989), Civil Engineering/Geology, University of California, Berkeley

B.S. (1981), Civil Engineering/Geology, Tufts University, Boston, MA

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  • 2010 Ames Honor Award, NASA-Ames Research Center, Nat’l Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mtn. View, CA
  • 2007 Best Paper, International Conference on Landslides and Climate Change, Isle of Wight, UK
  • 2006 Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award, from the American Society of Civil Engineers
  • 2001 Commendation Awarded from the United States Department of Justice, Environmental Division
  • Editor, Earthquake Hazards of the Pacific Northwest Coastal and Marine Regions, USGS
  • Editorial Board, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 1997-2003
  • Sustained Service Award, DOI
  • STAR Awards, USGS
  • Jane Lewis Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley
  • Malcolm Stacey Fellowship, University of California
COURSES
C&EE 129L: Engineering Geomatics