Mohamad Hallal

Mohamad Hallal is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include data-driven applications in civil and environmental engineering, geotechnical earthquake engineering, noninvasive subsurface imaging, and natural hazards engineering. Hallal focuses on integrating multidisciplinary tools to develop holistic methods for subsurface imaging and applications in natural hazards engineering. He is passionate about data science education and geostatistics research, aiming to bridge engineering with statistics to design resilient infrastructure. His work emphasizes theoretical fundamentals, field and laboratory testing, and computational modeling to address societal-scale challenges.

Mohamad M. Hallal is an Assistant Teaching Professor at UC Berkeley, specializing in Geotechnical Engineering, Data Science, Subsurface Imaging, Earthquake Engineering, and Geostatistics. His research focuses on integrating data science techniques with geotechnical engineering to enhance subsurface imaging and seismic site response analysis. Hallal's work addresses spatial variability in ground response analyses, utilizing geostatistical methods to develop pseudo-3D Vs models and improve the accuracy of seismic site characterization. His studies often involve downhole arrays and advanced numerical simulations to understand multidimensional site effects and quantify uncertainties in shear wave velocity.