Ashly Cabas
Bio
Education
Ph.D. Civil Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2016
M.Sc. Civil Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2011
B.S. Civil Engineering Universidad Católica Andrés Bello 2009
Area(s) of Expertise
Dr. Cabas's research interests include the assessment of seismic hazards, performance-based design in geotechnical engineering, the prediction of the response of soils and foundation systems to seismic loading and dynamic soil-foundation-structure interaction. Her research focuses particularly on the advancement of the current understanding of the impact that local soil conditions have on ground motions, improving the assessment of site-specific seismic hazards, and elucidating the correlation between ground motion parameters and structural response and damage.
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Young Alumni Award at Virginia Tech
- NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award
- Center of Geospatial Analytics Faculty Fellow
- EERI Shah Family Innovation Prize
- NC State Impact Scholar
- NSF-Enabling the Next Generation of Hazards and Disaster Researchers Fellowship
- NCSU Women and Minorities in Engineering Program Award
- Outstanding Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Geotech. and Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd)
- EERI Best Graduate Student Paper