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    • Network-Scale Road Disruption from Liquefaction in Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes
    • Parametric Modeling of Shear Wave Velocity Profiles for the Conterminous U.S.
    • Artificial Intelligence Across Geotechnical Engineering: From Language Models to Liquefaction
    • Towards Improved Regional Liquefaction Hazard Assessments using Geospatial Surrogate Models
    • Data-Driven Seismology for Nonstationary Wavefields and Hydromechanics
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    • Liquefaction impacts on PacTrans mobility: Mechanics-informed AI modeling for simulation, disaster equity, and near-real-time response
    • Lessons in geotechnical earthquake engineering from large-magnitude earthquakes in Mexico
    • AI-driven seismic velocity modeling in the North Sea: using onshore data to predict offshore conditions
    • Integrating public and proprietary geotechnical data sources for improved parameter mapping
    • Mechanics-informed machine learning for geospatial modeling of liquefaction: global and national surrogate models for simulation and near-real-time response
    • Lessons from the graveyard: resurrecting AI for geohazard prediction in a riskier world
    • Why most AI models are ignored and why some probably shouldn’t be + geotechnical trends: Musings on education, research, and the future
    • Mechanics-informed machine learning for regional geohazard modeling
    • Application of AI/ML to large geospatial and geotechnical data sets for improved natural hazard modeling
    • A mechanics-informed machine learning model for regional liquefaction hazard planning and response
    • Rapid Map: A mechanics-informed machine learning model for regional liquefaction hazard planning and response
    • Mechanics-informed, geospatial machine learning for natural hazard planning and response
    • Why most “AI” models are ignored, plus some that probably shouldn’t be
    • Geosp-AI-tial liquefaction: mechanics-informed AI and geospatial data for liquefaction hazard planning and response
    • AI in geotechnical engineering practice
    • Navigating geohazards: AI-driven, near-real-time liquefaction predictions and insights for transportation networks
    • Introduction to generative AI and large language models
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    • Chemistry of recycled concrete aggregate leachate in pavement base course applications
    • Chemistry of recycled concrete aggregate leachate in pavement base course applications
    • Fate and transport of recycled concrete aggregate leachate
    • Assessing the impact of contact time on leachate chemistry from recycled concrete aggregate
    • Eva the Engineer: encouraging young women at the intersection of engineering and sustainability
    • Eva the Engineer: encouraging young women at the intersection of engineering and sustainability
    • Revisiting geophysical interpretations of the Midcontinent Rift below Lake Superior
    • Seismic interpretation of the 1.1 Ga Midcontinent Rift volcanic interval beneath Lake Superior
    • Environmental benefits of cold-in-place recycling
    • Environmental benefits of cold-in-place recycling
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    • Towards improved regional liquefaction hazard assessments using geospatial surrogate models
    • 2025 EERI LFE Travel Study – Mexico: Lessons in soft soils, subsidence, and site effects
    • A framework for modeling liquefaction-induced road disruptions after earthquakes: Implications for emergency response and access in the Cascadia region of North America
    • EERI Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) Phase 1 Report on the 2026 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake
    • EERI Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) Phase 1 Report on the 2026 Yumare, Venezuela Earthquakes
    • Geospatial AI for liquefaction hazard and impact forecasting: a demonstrative study in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
    • Have Large Language Models Enhanced the Way Civil & Environmental Engineers Write? A Quantitative Analysis of Scholarly Communication over 25 Years
    • Liquefaction-induced road disruptions after a magnitude-9 rupture of the Cascadia Subduction Zone
    • Machine learning-driven, near-surface velocity modelling in the North Sea: Using onshore data to predict offshore conditions
    • Network-scale road disruption from liquefaction in Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes
    • Parametric modeling of shear wave velocity profiles for the conterminous U.S.
    • Report for "Machine learning-driven, near-surface velocity modelling in the North Sea: Using onshore data to predict offshore conditions"
    • Supplement to 'Have Large Language Models Enhanced the Way Civil & Environmental Engineers Write? A Quantitative Analysis of Scholarly Communication over 25 Years'
    • U.S. national liquefaction hazard maps
    • U.S. national liquefaction hazard maps and their implications for engineering practice and policy
    • A database of cone penetration tests from North America (version 2)
    • A database of shear wave velocity tests from North America
    • AI-driven seismic velocity modelling in the North Sea: using onshore data to predict offshore conditions
    • Mechanics-informed machine learning for geospatial modeling of soil liquefaction: global and national surrogate models for simulation and near-real-time response
    • Pacific Northwest liquefaction hazard simulations
    • A U.S. national soil velocity model based on machine learning of geospatial information: National map products of Vs2.5, k, and n
    • An AI-Driven Velocity Model for Physics-Based Simulations of Seismic Hazards and Impacts
    • Cascadia Liquefaction Hazard Maps for Scenario Planning and Rapid Response: Partnering Around Community Data and Mechanics-Informed AI
    • Informing Predictions from Above with Community Data from Below: Mechanics-Informed ML Surrogate Modeling of Soil Liquefaction for Simulation and Near-Real-Time Response
    • Informing predictions from above with data from below: a hierarchical geospatial liquefaction model for rapid response and simulation
    • Mechanics-informed machine learning for geospatial modeling of soil liquefaction: example model implementation in Jupyter Notebook and Matlab
    • Mechanics-informed machine learning for geospatial modeling of soil liquefaction: global model map products for LPI, LPIISH, and LSN
    • Mechanics-informed machine learning for geospatial modeling of soil liquefaction: New Zealand model map products for LPI, LPIISH, and LSN
    • Transportation infrastructure performance under seismic hazards with SimCenter Tools
    • A database of cone penetration tests from the Cascadia Subduction Zone
    • On the underutilization of artificial intelligence models in geotechnical practice
    • A database of cone penetration tests from North America
    • Why AI models for predicting soil liquefaction have been ignored, plus some that shouldn’t be
    • Meet Geo P. Tech, AI Chatbot Geotechnical Engineer: How AI Language Models Like 'ChatGPT' Could Change the Profession
    • Recycled concrete aggregate in base course applications: Review of field and laboratory investigations of leachate pH
    • Neutralization of high pH and alkalinity effluent from recycled concrete aggregate by common subgrade soil
    • Early introduction of STEM through sustainable engineering
    • Chemistry of recycled concrete aggregate leachate in pavement base course applications
    • Characterization of recycled concrete aggregate after eight years of field deployment
    • Fate and transport of recycled concrete aggregate leachate
    • Assessing the impact of contact time on leachate chemistry from recycled concrete aggregate
    • Environmental benefits of cold-in-place recycling
    • Environmental benefits of cold-in-place recycling
    • Revisiting geophysical interpretations of the Midcontinent Rift below Lake Superior
    • Seismic interpretation of the 1.1 Ga Midcontinent Rift volcanic interval beneath Lake Superior
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Science Is Drowning in AI Slop

Aug 20, 2026 · 0 min read
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