{"id":1254,"date":"2021-02-24T03:41:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T03:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nwekenest.com\/?page_id=1254"},"modified":"2024-07-22T19:29:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T02:29:13","slug":"pi_group-lead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nwekenest.com\/index.php\/pi_group-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"PI\/Group Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Office: 216B Kaprielian Hall<\/p>\n

Email: ccnweke@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Phone: (213) 740-0574<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Dr. Chukwuebuka C. Nweke<\/h3>\n
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Provost's Assistant Professor<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Nweke\u00a0focuses on applying components of data analytics (including statistical analysis, machine learning, and database management) to solve problems at the intersection of geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, seismology, and geomorphology. His research interests are modeling geo-materials, and investigating seismic and other natural hazards at the local (site) and regional scales. This includes characterizing sedimentary basin effects in earthquake ground motions, assessing and evaluating physics-based earthquake simulations, and investigating the mechanical behaviors (static and dynamic) of bio-cemented soils.<\/p>\n

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Additional applications include 1) earthquake ground motion spatial variability on the performance of lifeline infrastructure systems, 2) novel data acquisition methods for hazard reconnaissance (Structure-from-Motion, Lidar, Synthetic Aperture Radar-based maps), and 3) cloud-based data management and computation for hazard analysis, resilient infrastructure designs, and post-hazard assessments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Education<\/h3>\n
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Postdoctoral Scholar<\/strong>, (2017 - 2020) University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

Ph.D.<\/strong>, (2017) University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n

M.S.<\/strong>, (2013) University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n

B.S.<\/strong>, (2012) University of California, Davis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Appointments<\/h3>\n
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2021 - Present, Assistant Professor<\/em><\/b>, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

2020 - 2021, Staff Engineer<\/em><\/b>, ENGEO Incorporated<\/p>\n

2017 - 2020, Postdoctoral Researcher<\/em><\/strong>, University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

2013 - 2017, Graduate Student Researcher<\/em><\/strong>, University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n

2010 - 2012, Student Assistant<\/em><\/strong>, University of California, Davis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Office: 216B Kaprielian Hall Email: ccnweke@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-0574 Provost’s Assistant Professor Dr. Nweke\u00a0focuses on applying components of data analytics (including statistical analysis, machine learning, and database management) to solve problems at the intersection of geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, seismology, and geomorphology. His research interests are modeling geo-materials, and investigating seismic and other natural hazards … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1254","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwekenest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwekenest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwekenest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwekenest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwekenest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1254"}],"version-history":[{"count":218,"href":"https:\/\/nwekenest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2715,"href":"https:\/\/nwekenest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1254\/revisions\/2715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwekenest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}