Professional Activities

INTERNATIONAL LEVEL PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Geo-Institute Liaison, Younger Member Presidential Group, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, June 2020 to present
Conference Secretary, Twelfth International Symposium on Geo-disaster Reduction, International Consortium on Landslides, November 2013 to November 2014

NATIONAL LEVEL PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Chair, Student Involvement Subcommittee of Embankments, Dams and Slopes Commiteee, American Society of Civil Engineers' Geo-Institute, January 2020 to Present
Member, Student Awards Committee, International Consortium on Landslides, September 2019 to Present
Representative from North Dakota State University to the International Consortium on Landslides, International Consortium on Landslides, September 2018 to Present
Member, Embankments, Dams and Slopes Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers' Geo-Institute, April 2019 to Present
Member, National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) Oversight Committee (NOC), Council for Undergraduate Research, June 2016 to Present
Councilor, Engineering Division, Council for Undergraduate Research, June 2016 to Present
Member, Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamic Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers’ Geo-Institute, October 2015 to Present
Member, Student Participation Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers’ Geo-Institute, September 2015 to Present
Co-Advisor to Geo-Institute Student Leadership Council, Student Participation Committee, ASCE Geo-Institute, August 2015 to Present
Small Grants Committee Chair, Student Leadership Council, ASCE Geo-Institute, August 2014 to October 2015
Vice Chair, Student Leadership Council, ASCE Geo-Institute, February 2014 to March 2015
GeoCongress Student Activities Committee Chair, Student Leadership Council, June 2014 to March 2015
Public Relations Committee Member, Student Leadership Council, ASCE Geo-Institute, February 2012 to March 2015
Chair of GeoCongress 2014 Student Day Activities, Student Leadership Council, March 2013 to February 2014
Small Grants Committee Member, Student Leadership Council, ASCE Geo-Institute, February 2011 to October 2015

REGIONAL LEVEL PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

President-Elect, North Dakota Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, April 2021 to present
Vice President, North Dakota Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, May 2020 to April 2021
Treasurer, North Dakota Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, April 209 to May 2020

REVIEWER AND EDITOR OF JOURNALS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Journal/Proceedings Editorship

Editor, Landslides, Journal of International Consortium on Landslides, November 2015 to present
Session Editor, Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk, Volume 4, World Landslide Forum 5, International Consortium on Landslides, October 2018 to present
Associate Editor, Advancing the Culture of Living with Landslides, Volume 2, World Landslide Forum 4, International Consortium on Landslides, February 2016 to June 2017

Journals

Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Springer, since August 2020
Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, since August 2019
Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers, since October 2018
Geoenvironmental Disasters, Journal of the International Consortium on Geo-Disaster Reduction, since October 2018
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, ElSevier, since December 2017
Journal of Testing and Evaluation, American Society of Testing and Materials, since January 2017
Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (formerly, CUR Quarterly) Journal of the Council on Undergraduate Research, since March 2016
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, since August 2015
ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers and American Society of Mechanical Engineers, since March 2015
Landslides, Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides, since March 2012

Conference Proceedings

Poster on the Hill 2021, Council on Undergraduate Research
GeoExtreme 2021, ASCE Geo-Institute
National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, Council on Undergraduate Research
International Foundations Conference and Equipment Expo 2021, ASCE Geo-Institute
World Landslide Forum 5, International Consortium on Landslides
GeoCongress 2020, ASCE Geo-Institute
Posters on the Hill 2021, Council on Undergraduate Research
GeoShanghai 2018, Chinese Institution of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
International Foundations Conference and Equipment Expo 2018, ASCE Geo-Institute
Second Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils 2017, ASCE Geo-Institute
World Landslide Forum 4, International Consortium on Landslides
GeoFrontiers 2017, ASCE Geo-Institute
GeoChicago 2016, ASCE Geo-Institute
Twelfth International Symposium on Geo-Disaster Reduction, International Consortium on Geo-Disaster Reduction
22nd Annual Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research, Southern California Conferences on Undergraduate Research
GeoCongress 2012, ASCE Geo-Institute

CONFERENCE AND SESSION ORGANIZATION

Conference Organization/Steering Committee

Member, North Dakota Society of Professional Engineers and North Dakota American Society of Civil Engineers Joint Conference, 2021 (Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Chair, Student & Young Members Activities Subcommittee, Geo-Extreme 2021
Member, North Dakota Society of Professional Engineers and North Dakota American Society of Civil Engineers Joint Conference, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Conference Secretary, Twelfth International Conference on Geo-Disaster Reduction, 2014

Student Competition Organization

Assistant Director, National GeoWall Competition, Student Participation Committee, ASCE Geo-Institute, July 2018 to present
Co-Director, Annual GeoShirt Design Competition, Student Participation Committee, ASCE Geo-Institute, July 2016 to March 2019
Co-Organizer, Second Annual Spaghetti Bridge Competition, ASCE Orange County/California State University, Fullerton, 2016

Exhibit Organization

The California Geotechnical Engineering Association/ Geo-Institute Graduate Student Organization Poster Exhibit, California State University, Fullerton, 2012

Session Chair

Session 121 – Engineering, National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, 2021
Session 209 – Civil Engineering, National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, 2021
Session 318 - Engineering, National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, 2021
"Lessons Learned," International Foundations Conference and Equipment Expo 2021, ASCE Geo-Institute, 2021
"Recent Development in Physical and Numerical Modeling of Landslides," World Landslide Forum 5, International Consortium on Landslides, 2020
"Recent Development in Soil and Rock Testing Techniques," World Landslide Forum 5, International Consortium on Landslides, 2020
"Slopes, Dams, and Embankments, Part II," International Foundations Conference and Equipment Expo, 2018
“Landslide Investigation: Field Investigations and Laboratory Testing,” World Landslide Forum 4, International Consortium on Landslides, 2017
"Landslide Modeling: Landslide Mechanics and Simulation Models," World Landslide Forum 4, International Consortium on Landslides, 2017
"Landslide Hazard, Risk Assessment and Prediction: Landslide Inventories and Susceptibility Hazard Mapping Methods, Damage Potential," World Landslide Forum 4, International Consortium on Landslides, 2017
“WLF4 Student Session,” World Landslide Forum 4, International Consortium on Landslides, 2017
“Unconventional Materials for Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering Practice Parts 1 to 2,” Geotechnical Frontiers 2017, ASCE Geo-Institute, 2017
“Slope Stability and Stabilization Parts 1 to 5,” Geotechnical Frontiers 2017, ASCE Geo-Institute, 2017
“Stability and Stabilization of Slopes, Dams and Embankments, Part 2,” Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress, ASCE Geo-Institute, 2016

Judge

GeoShirt Student Competition, ASCE Geo-Institute, International Foundations Conference and Equipment Expo 2021
GeoWall Student Competition, ASCE Geo-Institute, GeoCongress 2020
GeoWall Student Competition, ASCE Geo-Institute, GeoCongress 2019
Fifth Annual GeoShirt Design Competition, ASCE Geo-Institute, GeoCongress 2019
GeoWall Student Competition, ASCE Geo-Institute, International Foundations Conference and Equipment Expo 2018
Fourth Annual GeoShirt Design Competition, ASCE Geo-Institute, International Foundations Conference and Equipment Expo, 2018
GeoWall Student Competition, ASCE Geo-Institute, Geotechnical Frontiers Conference, 2017
Third Annual GeoShirt Design Competition, ASCE Geo-Institute, Geotechnical Frontiers Conference 2017
Second Annual Spaghetti Bridge Competition, California State University, Fullerton 2016
California State University, Fullerton Research Competition, California State University, Fullerton 2016
Second Annual SEI/GI Geo T-Shirt Design Student Competition, ASCE Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016
GeoPrediction Student Competition, ASCE Geo-Institute, GeoCongress, 2014

Moderator

“Economics,” “Sociology,” and “Engineering,” 22nd Annual Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2014

Panel Member

Post Pandemic Future, Office of Teaching and Learning and Learning and Applied Innovation Center, North Dakota State University, May 2021
Including U: Women in Higher Education, North Dakota State University, Faculty Affairs and Equity, March 2021
HyFlex Experiences: Teaching a Lab-Based Course, HyFlex Experience and Best Practices Open Forum, North Dakota State University Information Technology, December 2020
HyFlex Teaching and Learning, College of Engineering Advisory and Advancement Board, North Dakota State University, November 2020
Launching Session of the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020, International Consortium on Landslides, November 2020
Hyflex Instruction in the Classroom, North Dakota State University, October 2020
Faculty Luncheon Panel: Things I Wished I Had Known in My First Year, North Dakota State University, August 2019
Town Hall with Civil & Environmental Engineering New Chair & Faculty, North Dakota State University, October 2018
Project RAISE Undergraduate Research Experience 2017 (URE17), California State University, Fullerton, July 2017
Meet the Leaders Workshop, ASCE Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress, February 2016
Graduate Student Voices, California State University, Fullerton, September 2011, January 2012
Graduate Student Orientation, California State University, Fullerton, September 2011

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE AND DEPARTMENT

University Level

Instructor, HyFlex Teaching and Learning Faculty Development Course, North Dakota State University, February 2021 to March 2021
Member, Faculty Senate Standing Committee on Equity and Diversity, North Dakota State Unviersity, January 2021 to present
Member, Dean of the College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies (Internal) Search Committee, North Dakota State University, May 2020 to June 2020

College Level

Member, CoE Research and Graduate Committee, North Dakota State University, August 2019 to present
Member, ECS International Programs and Global Engagement Committee, California State University, Fullerton, October 2016 to August 2018
Co-Chair, ECS Faculty Learning Community on Assessment, California State University, Fullerton, August 2016 to May 2017

Department Level

Faculty Advisor, GeoPrediction Team, North Dakota State University, October 2020 to present
Faculty Advisor, American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter, North Dakota State University, May 2020 to present
Faculty Co-Advisor, American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter, North Dakota State University, January 2020 to May 2020
Faculty Advisor, National GeoWall Team, North Dakota State University, October 2019 to present
CEE Scholarship Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University, August 2019 to present
Faculty Advisor, GeoVideo Teams (2 teams), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University, December 2018 to present
Faculty Advisor, GeoWall Team, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University, October 2018 to present
Faculty Meeting Secretary, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University, August 2018 to May 2019
Member, CEE Laboratory Technician III Search Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, June 2016 to August 2017
Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, August 2016 to August 2018
Member, Academic Standards Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, August 2016 to August 2018
Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, August 2016 to August 2018
Member, Laboratory Equipment/Safety Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, August 2016 to August 2018
Member, Research Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, August 2016 to August 2018
Member, Assessment and Continuous Improvement Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, August 2016 to August 2018
Geotechnical Engineering Program Coordinator, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, September 2015 to August 2018
Faculty Advisor, GeoWall Team, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, August 2015 to August 2018
Faculty Advisor, California Geotechnical Engineering Association, California State University, Fullerton, August 2015 to August 2018
Faculty Advisor, Geo-Institute Graduate Student Organization, California State University, Fullerton, August 2015 to August 2018
Member, Library Committee, California State University, Fullerton, August 2015 to August 2018

MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers Geo-Institute
Council on Undergraduate Research
International Consortium on Landslides
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Tau Beta Pi
United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research
United States Society of Dams