AI/ML Webinar Series

Chishiki AI and NHERI DesignSafe are proud to announce a new webinar series on AI/ML in Engineering.

Transformative potential of Machine Learning and AI in Geotechnical Engineering

Youssef Hashash, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE, NAE Professor and Grainger Distinguished Chair of Engineering University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

June 16, 2025 12:00 PM Central

In this presentation we explore the past, present and future potential of AI in Geotechnical Engineering. The presentation will provide a brief history and context of AI and its uses in Civil Engineering in general and Geotechnical Engineering in particular. The presentation will then track developments over the past three decades including the use of Artificial Neural Networks for developing correlations in lieu of conventional regression analysis, as well as the use of ANN to represent material constitutive behavior. The presentation will also explore the role of AI in inverse analysis and discovering material behavior. Lastly the presentation will delve into the world of Large Language Models and Generative AI application in Geotechnical Engineering with several illustrative examples.

About the speaker

Prof. Youssef Hashash holds a B.S. (1987), an M.S. (1988) and a Ph.D. (1992) in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a leading expert in numerical modeling, artificial intelligence and geotechnical engineering. Professor Hashash is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a past president of the Geo-institute of ASCE and has received a number of teaching, university and professional awards including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and the ASCE 2014 Peck medal. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022. For more info visit

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