Research Bio

Matt DeJong is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. His research focuses on earthquake engineering, structural dynamics and monitoring and modelling of civil infrastructure. Within these fields, he has particularly interested in aging infrastructure, renewable energy infrastructure, tunneling-induced structural damage, and historic structures. DeJong’s work integrates structural engineering, computational modeling, and advanced sensing methods to evaluate the resilience of new and existing structures under both typical and extreme loading events. At Berkeley, he teaches courses on structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, and conceptual structural design.

Research Expertise and Interest

earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, infrastructure, soil/structure interaction, monitoring, heritage conservation, masonry structures