Shideh Dashti

Faculty Director, Shideh Dashti, CEAE associate professor in geotechnical engineering and geomechanics, is a world-renowned researcher in the design and assessment of hazard resilient physical infrastructure, innovative sensing technologies, and intersection of resilience, environmental sustainability, and justice. She served as co-director of the Center for Infrastructure, Energy, and Space Testing (2015-22), acting associate dean for research (2022-23), and director of CEAS-funded Resilient Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RISE) (since 2020). For additional information, visit her website or email her at shideh.dashti@colorado.edu. 

Education

• PhD University of California at Berkeley (2009)
• MS University of California at Berkeley (2005)
• BS Cornell University (2004)

Interests

• Centrifuge Modeling
• Seismic soil-structure interaction and structure-soil-structure interaction
• Seismic response of underground structures in dense urban environments
• Consequences of liquefaction
• Performance-based design of liquefaction remediation techniques
• Interdisciplinary research involving sensing technologies and information technology in earthquake engineering

Selected Publications

1. Deniz, D., Arneson, E.E., Liel, A.B., Dashti, S., Javernick-Will, A. (2016). “Flood Loss Models for Residential Buildings, Based on the 2013 Colorado Floods,”  Natural Hazards, 85(2), 977-1003. DOI:10.1007/s11069-016-2615-3.
2. Hushmand, A., Dashti, S., Davis, C., McCartney, J.S., Hushmand, B. (2016). “A Centrifuge Study of the Influence of Site Response, Relative Stiffness, and Kinematic Constraints on the Seismic Performance of Buried Reservoir Structures,” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Journal, 88, 427-438.
3. Hushmand, A., Dashti, S., Davis, C., Hushmand, B., McCartney, J., Hu, J., Lee, Y. (2016). “Seismic Performance of Underground Reservoir Structures: Insight from Centrifuge Modeling on the Influence of Backfill Soil Type and Geometry,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001544 , 04016058.
4. Karimi, Z., and Dashti, S. (2016). “Seismic Performance of Structures on Liquefiable Soils: Insight from Numerical Simulations and Centrifuge Experiments,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001479.
5. Hushmand, A., Dashti, S., Davis, C., Hushmand, B., Zhang, M., Ghayoomi, M., McCartney, J., Lee, Y., Hu, J. (2016). “Seismic Performance of Underground Reservoir Structures: Insight from Centrifuge Modeling on the Influence of Structure Stiffness,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001477.
6. Hashash, Y., Dashti, S., Romero Arduz, M.I., Ghayoomi, M., and Musgrove, M. (2015). “Evaluation of 1-D Seismic Site Response Modeling of Sand using Centrifuge Experiments,” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Journal, 78, 19-31.
7. Karimi, Z., and Dashti, S. (2016). “Numerical and Centrifuge Modeling of Seismic Soil-Foundation-Structure-Interaction on Liquefiable Ground,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 04015061(14), 1-14.
8. Dashti, S., Bray, J.D., Reilly, J., Glaser, S., Bayen, A., Ervasti, M. (2014). “Evaluating the Reliability of Mobile Phones as Seismic Monitoring Instruments,” Earthquake Spectra Journal, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, 30(2), 1-22.
9. Dashti, S., Bray, J.D., Pestana, J., Riemer, M.R., and Wilson, D. (2010). “Centrifuge Testing to Evaluate and Mitigate Liquefaction-Induced Building Settlement Mechanisms,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 136 (7), 918-929.
10. Dashti, S., Bray, J.D., Pestana, J.M., Riemer, M.R. and Wilson, D. (2010). “Mechanisms of Seismically-Induced Settlement of Buildings with Shallow Foundations on Liquefiable Soil,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 136 (1), 151-164.