Jakob Strasilla

Jakob Strasilla is an experienced geotechnical engineer currently working as Engineering Staff at GRI since November 2022. Concurrently, Jakob serves as a Graduate Student Researcher at the University of California, Davis, focusing on the development of a centrifuge model to analyze the impact of sand and gravel gradation on liquefaction potential, while also working on a thesis related to the influence of sonic borings on CPTs and SPT energy correlations. Previous experience includes serving as a Geotechnical Engineer for the US Army Corps of Engineers, where Jakob assisted with levee feasibility studies, as well as roles as a Geotechnical Engineering Intern at Terracon and a Summer Research Intern at the NHERI RAPID Facility, where Jakob created 3-D models using structure from motion photogrammetry. Jakob holds a Master of Science in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Davis.