Welcome
Hello and welcome to my webpage.
I am currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. My program concentration is Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials (SEMM) and I have a designated emphasis in Computational Science and Engineering with minors in statistics and risk analysis. I am currently working under the guidance of my advisor Professor Armen Der Kiureghian (UC-Berkeley) and co-advisor Dr. Daniel Straub (Technical University of Munich). My dissertation research relates to the development of a Bayesian Network framework for seismic infrastructure risk assessment and management.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions/comments.
Thank you,
Michelle "Shelby" Bensi
Summary of technical qualifications
- Research experience dedicated to risk assessment/management of infrastructure subject to natural and man-made hazards
- Research objectives and experience involving the application of statistical/machine learning to civil engineering problems
- Multi-disciplinary expertise in earthquake engineering (including PSHA), structural engineering, risk/decision analysis, structural/system reliability, probability and statistics, machine learning, economics/econometrics, political science
- Diverse leadership and management experience including academic committee membership, mentoring, teaching, team captain, management of peers, and student organization leadership (including founding an organization)
- Skills in communicating technical concepts to researchers and practioners through presentations, lectures, & technical writing
- Extensive experience communicating concepts in probability/statistics to engineers (and engineering students) with little experience in applications of probabilistic methods to engineering (including courses at undergraduate & graduate levels)
- Proficiency in numerous computer programs and aptitude for learning new software
Contact Info
mbensi@berkeley.edu
Michelle Bensi
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
SEMM Program, Davis Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1710