Ashly Cabas

Assistant Professor

Education

Ph.D. 2016

Civil Engineering

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

M.Sc. 2011

Civil Engineering

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

B.S. 2009

Civil Engineering

Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

Research Description

Dr. Cabas's research interests include the assessment of seismic hazards, performance-based design in geotechnical engineering, the prediction of the response of soils and foundation systems to seismic loading and dynamic soil-foundation-structure interaction. Her research focuses particularly on the advancement of the current understanding of the impact that local soil conditions have on ground motions, improving the assessment of site-specific seismic hazards, and elucidating the correlation between ground motion parameters and structural response and damage.

Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Young Alumni Award at Virginia Tech, 2023
  • NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2022
  • Center of Geospatial Analytics Faculty Fellow, 2022
  • EERI Shah Family Innovation Prize, 2021
  • NC State Impact Scholar, 2021
  • NSF-Enabling the Next Generation of Hazards and Disaster Researchers Fellowship, 2019
  • NCSU Women and Minorities in Engineering Program Award, 2019
  • Outstanding Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Geotech. and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2018
  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd), 2017
  • EERI Best Graduate Student Paper, 2014

Publications

A DesignSafe earthquake ground motion database for California and surrounding regions
Ji, C., Cabas, A., Kottke, A., Pilz, M., Macedo, J., & Liu, C. (2023, February), EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA, Vol. 39, pp. 702–721. https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930221141108
Fluvial geomorphic factors affecting liquefaction-induced lateral spreading
Abayo, N. I., Cabas, A., Chamberlin, E., & Montoya, B. (2023), EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA, 39(4), 2518–2547. https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231190655
Resonant Column Testing Procedure for Microbial-Induced Carbonate- Precipitated Sands
Na, K., Cabas, A., & Montoya, B. M. (2023, January 23), GEOTECHNICAL TESTING JOURNAL, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20220056
Quantifying the Error Associated with the Elastic Halfspace Assumption in Site Response Analysis
Cabas, A., Rodriguez-Marek, A., Green, R. A., & Ji, C. (2022), JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 148(10). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002893
Effects of Nonlinear Soil Behavior on Kappa (kappa): Observations from the KiK-Net Database
Ji, C., Cabas, A., Bonilla, L. F., & Gelis, C. (2021), BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 111(4), 2138–2157. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200286
Geotechnical lessons from the M-w 7.1 2018 Anchorage Alaska earthquake
Cabas, A., Beyzaei, C., Stuedlein, A., Franke, K. W., Koehler, R., Zimmaro, P., … Lorenzo-Velazquez, C. (2021), EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA, 37(4), 2372–2399. https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930211012013
Introduction to the Special Section on Advances in Site Response Estimation
Kaklamanos, J., Cabas, A., Parolai, S., & Gueguen, P. (2021, August), BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Vol. 111, pp. 1665–1676. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120210152
Site Effects on Ground Motion Directionality: Lessons from Case Studies in Japan
Ramos-Sepulveda, M. E., & Cabas, A. (2021), SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING, 147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2021.106755
Turning Disaster into Knowledge: Geotechnical Aspects of the 2018 Mw 7.1 Anchorage Alaska Earthquake
Cabas, A., Beyzaei, C., Franke, K., Koehler, R., Pierce, I., Stuedlein, A., … Christie, S. (2020), ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication: Proceedings from ASCE GeoCongress. Presented at the ASCE GeoCongress 2020, Minneapolis, MN. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482810.020
Within station variability in kappa: evidence of directionality effects
Ji, C., Cabas Mijares, A., Cotton, F., Pilz, M., & Bindi, D. (2020), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 110(3), 1247–1259. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120190253

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Grants

Toward multiscale evaluations of lateral spreading: Collaborative Research with North Carolina State University, and Bucknell University
US Geological Survey (USGS)(5/16/23 - 5/15/24)
Rapid Post-Earthquake Displacement-Based Assessment Methodology for Bridges
State of Alaska, Department of Transportation(1/10/22 - 6/30/25)
CAREER: Multiscale Probabilistic Characterization of Seismic Site Response in Highly Uncertain Environments
National Science Foundation (NSF)(8/01/22 - 7/31/27)
Coastal Plain Amplification and Hazard Model for the National Seismic Hazard Maps: Collaborative Research with University of Memphis and Merrimack College
US Geological Survey (USGS)(1/01/22 - 12/31/22)
Improving the Assessment of Site-Specific Seismic Hazards Through the Lens of Novel Attenuation Models
US Dept. of Interior (DOI)(5/15/19 - 5/14/20)
Building a Stronger and Diverse Professional Network to Support the Growth of the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Research Group at North Carolina State University
National Science Foundation (NSF)(9/07/17 - 4/30/18)
Assessment of the Contribution of Input Motion Selection Procedures to Uncertainty in Ground Motion Intensity Measures
US Geological Survey (USGS)(1/01/18 - 12/31/18)