New and Updates
Yost Research Group work presented at EERI 2024 Annual Meeting
March 2024
Kaleigh attended the 2024 EERI annual meeting and presented a poster and at a special session on the ongoing project studying hydroclimatic change and liquefaction hazard in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. Special thanks to Aavash for his leadership in preparing the poster!
Kaleigh organizes session on climate change and geohazards at GeoCongress 2024 in Vancouver
February 2024
Kaleigh traveled to Vancouver for GeoCongress and chaired a session entitled “Changing Climate, Changing GeoChallenges.”
New paper published in Earthquake Spectra
January 2024
This article presents a combined laboratory and numerical cone penetration test (CPT) database for use in improving existing and creating new procedures to correct for multiple thin-layer effects. An accompanying Jupyter notebook was developed to facilitate data usage.
Kaleigh to serve as co-chair of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Public Policy and Advocacy Committee
December 2023
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Public Policy and Advocacy (PPA) Committee seeks to take proactive leadership for earthquake engineering and seismic safety legislation by working with like-minded organizations to raise awareness and to generate momentum within EERI in engaging with local government and developing relationships with our lawmakers to improve earthquake resilience. Kaleigh is excited to take on this new role!
Penn State team wins NSF CLIMA grant to study maladaptive levee networks
September 2023
A team of four Penn State faculty (Alfonso Mejia, Cibin Raj, Kaleigh Yost, and Daniel Brent) were awarded a $757,974 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a methodology to design climate-resilient levee infrastructure in Pennsylvania that supports floodplain communities in an equitable way.
Trip to Auckland and Napier New Zealand
November 2023
Penn State faculty (Kaleigh, Alfonso, Cibin), PhD student Aavash, and undergraduate students Elena and Gabe traveled to New Zealand over Thanksgiving break to host the US-New Zealand Workshop on Interconnected Hazards, and to collect field data to support our study on climate change and liquefaction hazard in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.
Yost Research Group to host workshop on interconnected hazards in collaboration with the University of Auckland
November 2023
Climate change is driving more frequent and severe hydroclimatic events that overlap with and exacerbate existing hazards. The workshop aims to engage multi-disciplinary researchers and practitioners in conversation about the future of interconnected hazards research.
PhD student Aavash Ghimire honored as University Graduate Fellow
October 2023
114 students across the Penn State graduate school were awarded prestigious fellowships and celebrated at a reception at the Bryce Jordan Center. Congratulations, Aavash!
Yost Research Group welcomes new PhD student
August 2023
Aavash Ghimire joins the lab!
Kaleigh visits University of Texas San Antonio and University of Washington on NHERI travel grants
July 2023
Kaleigh attended the NHERI ECO Summer Institute for early career researchers at UTSA as well as the NHERI RAPID Intensive Training Workshop at UW.
Kaleigh presents work on climate change and earthquake hazards at 2023 Natural Hazards Workshop
July 2023
Yost Research Group wins grant in collaboration with University of Auckland
June 2023
Penn State Global grant funding was awarded to PIs Dr. Kaleigh Yost (PSU) and Dr. Andrew Stolte (University of Auckland) to study the linkage of climate change and seismic hazard in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.
New Paper Published in Computers and Geotechnics
March 2023
This article discusses the complexities of numerical modeling of cone penetration tests in homogenous and highly interlayered soil profiles. It was a collaboration with researchers at Virginia Tech and Deltares as a part of the IIE fellowship program.
Kaleigh Yost joins the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at Penn State
January 2023