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Ashly Cabas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University (NC State). She leads the GEOHAZARDS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING (GEOQUAKE) RESEARCH LAB, focusing on geotechnical aspects of earthquake engineering, including seismic hazard assessment, ground motion modeling, and liquefaction-induced ground deformations. Her work integrates geospatial analytics, numerical modeling, and probabilistic frameworks to enhance infrastructure resilience against seismic risks.
Research interests include:
- Predictive modeling of liquefaction-induced lateral spreading
- Regional seismic velocity modeling for coastal plains
- Geostatistical analysis of ground motion data
- Impact of fluvial geomorphology on seismic hazards
- Advances in site response analysis methodologies
Her research team examines large-scale ground motion databases (e.g., KiK-Net, DesignSafe) and collaborates on projects like the 2023 Gulf/Atlantic Coastal Plains Seismic Model. Key recent contributions involve improving input ground-motion selection protocols and developing databases for hazard mitigation.
Grants & Awards: She leads a NSF CAREER Award (2022) focused on probabilistic seismic site response modeling under uncertainty. Her work emphasizes reproducible research practices, as highlighted in publications advocating for open data/code sharing.
Labs/Teams: Directs the GEOQUAKE Lab, which bridges geotechnical engineering and computational methods to address societal risks from earthquakes. Collaborations include global case studies (e.g., 2011 Christchurch earthquake, 2018 Anchorage earthquake).
