Brady Cox

Dr. Brady Cox is a Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah State University, with previous appointments at University of Texas and University of Arkansas. He holds a Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from University of Texas (2006). Research specializes in geotechnical earthquake engineering, subsurface imaging, and in-situ site characterization for seismic design.

Teaching includes foundation design, soil mechanics, soil/rock dynamics, and geotechnical earthquake engineering. Research focuses on experimental field testing combined with computational analyses for subsurface imaging, with applications in nuclear facilities, transportation infrastructure, and earthquake reconnaissance.

• Major awards include Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2012), ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal Award (2019), and ISSMGE Young Researcher Award (2017)

Directs field deployments for seismic characterization globally, including Ecuador, Haiti, Japan, New Zealand, Peru, and Turkey. Manages NHERI@UTexas facility with large-scale mobile shakers. Recent publications advance surface wave inversion methods, uncertainty quantification, and 3D ambient noise tomography.