I am a Ph.D. student in geotechnical engineering, working with Prof. Scott Brandenberg and Prof. Jonathan Stewart. I am still exploring the broad domain of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. I have worked on understanding the effect of fines on liquefaction intitiation analyses. Currently, I'm working on liquefaction induced lateral spreads. If you work with liquefaction, check out the Next-Generation liquefaction database.
B. Tech. (Honors), (2021), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras M.S., (2023), University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA Graduate Student Fellowship, 2025 IGS-AIMIL Biennial Award, 2024 UCLA Graduate Student Fellowship, 2024 Future Research Talent Award, 2020 Merit cum Means Scholarship, 2017-21
3771 Boelter Hall Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095-1593 varunnigesh@g.ucla.edu