Jonathan D. Bray, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
453 Davis Hall, MC 1710
Phone: (510) 642-9843
Fax: (510) 642-7476
bray@ce.berkeley.edu
Recent
Publications
Education
Selected Awards and Honors
Shamsher Prakash Research Award, Shamsher Prakash Foundation, 1999
Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, ASCE,
1997
ASCE Technical Council on Forensic Engineering Outstanding Paper Award, 1995
North American Geosynthetics Society - State of the Practice Award of
Excellence, 1995
North American Geosynthetics Society - Geotech. Engrg. Technology Award of Excellence, 1993
David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship for Science and Engineering,
1992-1997
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation,
1991-1996
ASCE Trent R. Dames and William W. Moore Award, 1992-1993
National Science Foundation Fellowship in Engineering (3 year graduate
scholarship), 1980-81, 1986-88
Commandant's Award (Highest rating in U.S. Army Engineer Officer Advanced
Course), 1985
Italian Veterans of Foreign Wars Award (Outstanding United States Military
Academy graduate), 1980
The Robert E. Lee Memorial Award (Highest rating in Mathematics), 1980
West Point Fund Award (Highest rating in Advanced Engineering Fundamentals),
1980
National Society of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Award
(Highest rating in Classical and Modern Physics), 1980
General Terry de la Mesa Allen Award (Highest rating in Military Science),
1980
Professional Qualifications
Registered Professional
Civil Engineer in
Registered Professional
Engineer in
Teaching and Research
Prof. Bray teaches undergraduate and graduate level Soil
Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics,
and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.
His research interests include earthquake engineering, geotechnical engineering, physical and numerical modeling, and environmental geotechnics.