• BS, Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2015
• MS, Geotechnical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2017
• PhD, Geotechnical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2022

Journal Articles

Kaleigh M. Yost, Alba Yerro, Eileen R. Martin and Russell A. Green, 2024, "A cone penetration test database for multiple thin-layer correction procedure development", Earthquake Spectra, 40, (1), pp. 803-827

Kaleigh Yost, Mario Martinelli, Alba Yerro, Russell A. Green and Dirk A. de Lange, 2023, "Addressing complexities in MPM modeling of calibration chamber cone penetrometer tests in homogenous and highly interlayered soils", Computers and Geotechnics, 158, pp. 105378

Kaleigh Yost, Alba Yerro, Russell A. Green, Eileen Martin and Jon Cooper, 2022, "MPM Modeling of Cone Penetrometer Testing for Multiple Thin-Layer Effects in Complex Soil Stratigraphy", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 148, (2), pp. 04021189

Jon Cooper, Eileen R. Martin, Kaleigh M. Yost, Alba Yerro and Russell A. Green, 2022, "Robust identification and characterization of thin soil layers in cone penetration data by piecewise layer optimization", Computers and Geotechnics, 141, pp. 104404

Kaleigh Yost, Russell A. Green, Sneha Upadhyaya, Brett W. Maurer, Alba Yerro-Colom, Eileen R. Martin and Jon Cooper, 2021, "Assessment of the efficacies of correction procedures for multiple thin layer effects on Cone Penetration Tests", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 144, pp. 106677

• September 2023 - August 2026, "CLIMA: Climate-resilient infrastructure adaptations for maladaptive levee networks," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).

• July 2024 - June 2025, "Visualizing Inland Flood Hazard in the Face of Climate Change," (Sponsor: Institute for Energy and the Environment).

• June 2023 - December 2024, "Towards Linking Hydro-Climatic Change and Earthquake Hazard," (Sponsor: Penn State Global).

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