Research

Geohazards

  1. Development of monitoring and modeling approaches for coastal land subsidence. (Primary sponsor: Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency; PIs: Pengfei Wang & Xixi Wang; Period: 06/2023 – 09/2023).
  2. Investigation of surface wave inversion methods on land subsidence analysis in Hampton Roads. (Primary sponsor: Seed Grant at Old Dominion University, Summer Research Fellowship Program; PI: Pengfei Wang; Period: 07/2023 – 09/2023).
  3. Statewide landslide risk assessment on transportation infrastructure in Virginia. (Primary sponsor: Seed Grant by Civil and Environmental Engineering Visiting Council; PI: Pengfei Wang; Period: 04/2023 – 04/204).
  4. Compound flooding from storm surge and rainfall under dynamic sea level rise and its impacts on sediment delivery in the Elizabeth-Lafayette Estuarine Complex. (Primary sponsor: Seed Grant by the BCET Multidisciplinary Research at Old Dominion University; PIs: Gangfeng Ma, Pengfei Wang (co-PI), Rip Hale (co-PI); Period: 02/2023 – 02/2024).

Seismic Hazards

  1. Spatial correlation of ground motion intensity measures in California using an enhanced dataset. (Primary sponsor: United States Geological Survey; PIs: Scott J. Brandenberg, Pengfei Wang (co-PI); Period: 07/2023 – 06/2024).
  2. Geo-hazard risk assessment for spatially distributed infrastructure systems. (Primary sponsor: California Energy Commission; PI: Yousef Bozorgnia; Period: 10/2020 – present)
  3. Site response of peaty organic soils in San Francisco/San Joaquin Delta region of California. (Primary sponsor: California Department of Water Resources; PIs: Jonathan P. Stewart & Scott J. Brandenberg; Period: 04/2020 – present)
  4. Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) database and its application on site response prediction. (Primary sponsor: California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program, California Geological Survey; PI: Jonathan P. Stewart; Period: 10/2019 – 04/2020)
  5. Linear site response predictability and repeatability in California. (Primary sponsors: California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program, California Geological Survey & US Geological Survey; PI: Jonathan P. Stewart; Period: 09/2018 – 06/2020)
  6. Region-specific site response modeling for peaty organic soil in Hokkaido, Japan. (Primary sponsor: California Department of Water Resources; PI: Jonathan P. Stewart; Period: 09/2017 – 09/2018)