PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR


F. Estéfan T. Garcia Headshot

F. Estéfan T. Garcia

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2018

M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2014

B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2013, summa cum laude

Estéfan joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2021. He completed his PhD at UC Berkeley studying the propagation of earthquake surface fault rupture through granular media and the interaction of surface fault rupture with the built environment. His current research interests are in granular systems and the characterization of such systems using advanced imaging and modeling techniques. When not in his office, you can find Estéfan biking on roads and trails or climbing at his local rock gym. 

Awards

Geotechnique 75th Anniversary Early Career Award

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Chancellor’s Fellowship at University of California, Berkeley

Current Students & Postdocs

Cassandra Champagne

PhD Candidate

 

Cyrena Ridgway

PhD Candidate

 

Debadrita Das

PhD Candidate

 

Dr. Hui Yang

Visiting Postdoc (Northwest University)

 

Dr. Yumeng Zhao

Postdoc

 

Dr. Xin Wei

Postdoc (co-advised w/ Prof. Sabine Loos)

Previous Team Members


Xin Hui Ooi (Caltech Class of ’23; co-advised through the SURF program at Caltech)

Leina Kaehr (B.S. 2023)

Xinyi Qian (Ph.D. 2024; co-advised at UC Berkeley w/ Prof. Jonathan Bray)

Fan Yi (Visiting PhD Student, Tianjin University)