NHERI Graduate Student Council
Reconnaissance RSR Meeting
Marshal Fire, Colorado: Field Reconnaissance Overvirew
I hosted Dr. Brad Wham as part of the ongoing NHERI GSC webinar series on reconnaissance research and data collection.
Dr. Brad Wham is a civil and geotechnical engineering researcher specializing in lifeline infrastructure resilience, pipeline performance, and earthquake engineering. Based at the University of Nevada, Reno, he leads research that informs the design and protection of buried utilities against extreme ground deformation events.
Dr. Wham’s work examines how buried pipelines respond to seismic and geotechnical hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, and tunneling. Through full-scale testing and computational modeling, his studies have advanced understanding of jointed and polymer pipe behavior under large ground movements, providing data crucial for modern infrastructure design standards.
You can watch the talk on the NHERI ECO YouTube channel.