HR job title
- Associate Professor
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Medina-Cetina, Zenon Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor, Ocean Engineering, College of Engineering
- Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, College of Engineering
- Faculty affiliate, Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
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Overview
Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Shafii, I., Medina-Cetina, Z., Shidlovskaya, A., & Briaud, J.
(2023).
Relationship between Soil Erodibility and Soil Properties. JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.
149(1), 04022121.
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Zhu, Y., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2022).
Assessment of Spatio-Temporal Kinematic Phenomena Observed along the Boundary of Triaxial Sand Specimens. Applied Sciences.
12(16), 8091-8091.
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Albu-Jasim, Q., Medina-Cetina, Z., & Muliana, A.
(2022).
Calibration of a concrete damage plasticity model used to simulate the material components of unreinforced masonry reinforced concrete infill frames. Materials and Structures.
55(2), 36.
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Medina-Cetina, Z., Song, A., Zhu, Y., Pineda-Contreras, A. R., & Rechenmacher, A.
(2022).
Global and Local Deformation Effects of Dry Vacuum-Consolidated Triaxial Compression Tests on Sand Specimens: Making a Database Available for the Calibration and Development of Forward Models. Materials.
15(4), 1528-1528.
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Beall, K., Loisel, J., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2022).
PermaBN: A Bayesian Network framework to help predict permafrost thaw in the Arctic. Ecological Informatics.
69, 101601-101601.
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Zhu, Y., Medina-Cetina, Z., & Pineda-Contreras, A. R.
(2022).
Spatio-Temporal Statistical Characterization of Boundary Kinematic Phenomena of Triaxial Sand Specimens. Materials.
15(6), 2189-2189.
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Zhu, Y., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2022).
Statistical Characterization of Boundary Kinematics Observed on a Series of Triaxial Sand Specimens. Applied Sciences.
12(22), 11413-11413.
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Dirani, K., Baldauf, J., Medina-Cetina, Z., Wowk, K., Herzka, S., Bello Bolio, R., Gutierrez Martinez, V., & Munoz Ubando, L. A.
(2021).
Learning organization as a framework for networks' learning and collaboration. The Learning Organization: the international journal of knowledge and organizational learning management.
28(4), 428-443.
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Hernandez-Martinez, F. G., Al-Tabbaa, A., Medina-Cetina, Z., & Yousefpour, N.
(2021).
Stiffness and Strength of Stabilized Organic Soils-Part I/II: Experimental Database and Statistical Description for Machine Learning Modelling. Geosciences.
11(6), 243-243.
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Yousefpour, N., Medina-Celina, Z., Hernandez-Martinez, F. G., & Al-Tabbaa, A.
(2021).
Stiffness and Strength of Stabilized Organic Soils-Part II/II: Parametric Analysis and Modeling with Machine Learning. Geosciences.
11(5), 218-218.
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Medina-Cetina, Z., Yousefpour, N., & Briaud, J.
(2020).
Probabilistic Evaluation of Unknown Foundations for Scour Susceptible Bridges. Journal of Bridge Engineering.
25(10),
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Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2018).
SUT-US: Volunteering to advance education in underwater technology. Underwater Technology.
35(2), 33-34.
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Fox, W. E., Medina-Cetina, Z., Angerer, J., Varela, P., & Chung, J. R.
(2017).
Water Quality & natural resource management on military training lands in Central Texas: Improved decision support via Bayesian Networks. Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology.
9, 39-52.
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Arson, C., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2015).
Bayesian paradigm to assess rock compression damage models. Environmental Geotechnics.
2(3), 155-165.
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Esmailzadeh, S., Medina-Cetina, Z., Kang, J. W., & Kallivokas, L. F.
(2015).
Varying dimensional Bayesian acoustic waveform inversion for 1D semi-infinite heterogeneous media. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics.
39, 56-68.
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Yousefpour, N., Medina-Cetina, Z., & Briaud, J.
(2014).
Evaluation of Unknown Foundations of Bridges Subjected to Scour Physically Driven Artificial Neural Network Approach. Transportation Research Record.
2433(2433), 27-38.
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Medina-Cetina, Z., & Esmailzadeh, S.
(2014).
Joint states of information from different probabilistic geo-profile reconstruction methods. Georisk.
8(3), 171-191.
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Ranalli, M., Medina-Cetina, Z., Gottardi, G., & Nadim, F.
(2014).
Probabilistic Calibration of a Dynamic Model for Predicting Rainfall-Controlled Landslides. JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.
140(4), 04013039.
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Medina-Cetina, Z., & Arson, C.
(2014).
Probabilistic calibration of a damage rock mechanics model. Geotechnique Letters.
4(1), 17-21.
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Arjwech, R., Everett, M. E., Briaud, J., Hurlebaus, S., Medina-Cetina, Z., Tucker, S., & Yousefpour, N.
(2013).
Electrical resistivity imaging of unknown bridge foundations. Near Surface Geophysics.
11(6), 591-598.
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Yu, O., Medina-Cetina, Z., Guikema, S. D., Briaud, J., & Burnett, D.
(2012).
Integrated approach for the optimal selection of environmentally friendly drilling systems. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering.
3(1), 25-25.
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Eidsvig, U. M., Medina-Cetina, Z., Kveldsvik, V., Glimsdal, S., Harbitz, C. B., & Sandersen, F.
(2011).
Risk assessment of a tsunamigenic rockslide at Aknes. Natural Hazards.
56(2), 529-545.
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Murphy, R. R., Steimle, E., Hall, M., Lindemuth, M., Trejo, D., Hurlebaus, S., Medina-Cetina, Z., & Slocum, D.
(2011).
Robot-Assisted Bridge Inspection. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: theory and applications.
64(1), 77-95.
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Medina-Cetina, Z., & Rechenmacher, A.
(2010).
Influence of boundary conditions, specimen geometry and material heterogeneity on model calibration from triaxial tests. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics.
34(6), 627-643.
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Yang, S., Medina-Cetina, Z., & Nadim, F.
(2010).
Uncertainty analysis on remoulded undrained shear strength of marine clay. Georisk.
4(1), 43-50.
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Ranalli, M., Gottardi, G., Medina-Cetina, Z., & Nadim, F.
(2010).
Uncertainty quantification in the calibration of a dynamic viscoplastic model of slow slope movements. Landslides.
7(1), 31-41.
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Kaynia, A. M., Papathoma-Khle, M., Neuhuser, B., Ratzinger, K., Wenzel, H., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2008).
Probabilistic assessment of vulnerability to landslide: Application to the village of Lichtenstein, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany. Engineering Geology.
101(1-2), 33-48.
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Medina-Cetina, Z., & Nadim, F.
(2008).
Stochastic design of an early warning system. Georisk.
2(4), 223-236.
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Rechenmacher, A. L., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2007).
Calibration of Soil Constitutive Models with Spatially Varying Parameters. JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.
133(12), 1567-1576.
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Shafii, I., Medina-Cetina, Z., Shidlovskaya, A., & Briaud, J.
(2023).
Relationship between Soil Erodibility and Soil Properties. JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.
149(1), 04022121.
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chapter
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Medina-Cetina, Z., Eidsvig, U. M., Kveldsvik, V., Glimsdal, S., Harbitz, C. B., & Sandersen, F.
(2016).
Bayesian Risk Assessment of a Tsunamigenic Rockslide at knes. Multi-hazard Approaches to Civil Infrastructure Engineering.
(pp. 413-442).
Springer Nature.
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Medina-Cetina, Z., Eidsvig, U. M., Kveldsvik, V., Glimsdal, S., Harbitz, C. B., & Sandersen, F.
(2016).
Bayesian Risk Assessment of a Tsunamigenic Rockslide at knes. Multi-hazard Approaches to Civil Infrastructure Engineering.
(pp. 413-442).
Springer Nature.
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conference paper
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Medina-Cetina, Z., Son, J., & Moradi, M.
(2019).
Bayesian stratigraphy integration of geophysical, geological, and geotechnical surveys data. Annual Offshore Technology Conference.
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Das, R., Varela, P., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2019).
The effect of Bayesian updating in the hazard assessment of submarine landslides. Annual Offshore Technology Conference.
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Moridis, N., Soltanpour, Y., Medina-Cetina, Z., Lee, W. J., & Blasingame, T. A.
(2017).
A Production Characterization of the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas - A Bayesian Analysis Approach
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Zhu, Y., Cong, L. u., Hu, X., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2017).
Probabilistic Calibration of a Modified Van der Poel Model Representing the Viscoelastic Behavior of Sandstone. Geotechnical Special Publications.
69-80.
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Gonzalez, P. V., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2017).
Risk Assessment for Landslides Using Bayesian Networks and Remote Sensing Data. Geotechnical Special Publications.
113-123.
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Dokic, T., Dehghanian, P., Chen, P., Kezunovic, M., Medina-Cetina, Z., Stojanovic, J., & Obradovic, Z.
(2016).
Risk Assessment of a Transmission Line Insulation Breakdown due to Lightning and Severe Weather. Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
2488-2497.
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Esmailzadeh, S., Medina-Cetina, Z., Kang, J. W., & Kallivokas, L. F.
(2015).
Bayesian mechanistic imaging of two-dimensional heterogeneous elastic media from seismic geophysical observations. 951-956.
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Khandelwal, S., Sanchez, M., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2013).
Effect of depth of desiccation cracks on earth embankments. Geotechnical Special Publications.
800-803.
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Yu, O. Y., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2012).
Best selection of oil and gas environmentally friendly drilling systems using Bayesian decision networks. 47-57.
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Song, A., Medina-Cetina, Z., & Rechenmacher, A. L.
(2012).
Local Deformation Analysis of a Sand Specimen Using 3D Digital Image Correlation for the Calibration of a Simple Elasto-Plastic Model. Geotechnical Special Publications.
2292-2301.
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Yousefpour, N., Medina-Cetina, Z., Jahedkar, K., Delphia, J., Briaud, J. L., Hurlebaus, S., ... Arjwech, R.
(2011).
Determination of Unknown Foundation of Bridges for Scour Evaluation Using Artificial Neural Networks. Geotechnical Special Publications.
1514-1523.
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Yu, O., Medina-Cetina, Z., & Briaud, J.
(2011).
Towards an Uncertainty-Based Design of Foundations for Onshore Oil and Gas Environmentally Friendly Drilling (EFD) Systems. Geotechnical Special Publications.
172-181.
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Al-Yami, A. S., Schubert, J., Medina-Cetina, Z., & Yu, O. Y.
(2010).
Drilling expert system for the optimal design and execution of successful cementing practices. 322-344.
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Medina-Cetina, Z., & Khoa, H.
(2009).
Probabilistic calibration of discrete particle models for geomaterials. 704-707.
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Murphy, R. R., Steimle, E., Lindemuth, M., Trejo, D., Hall, M., Slocum, D., Hurlebaus, S., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2009).
Use of unmanned marine vehicles for hurricane damage inspection. 783-790.
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Murphy, R. R., Steimle, E., Hall, M., Lindemuth, M., Trejo, D., Hurlebaus, S., Medina-Cetina, Z., & Slocum, D.
(2009).
Robot-Assisted Bridge Inspection after Hurricane Ike. 1-5.
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Gauer, P., Medina-Cetina, Z., Lied, K., & Kristensen, K.
(2009).
Optimization and probabilistic calibration of avalanche block models. Cold Regions Science and Technology.
251-258.
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Medina-Cetina, Z., & Rechenmacher, A.
(2006).
Image-Based Sensing of 3-D Displacements for Enhanced Soil Model Calibration. 1-6.
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Rechenmacher, A. L., Medina-Cetina, Z., & Ghanem, R. G.
(2005).
Calibration of heterogeneous, probabilistic soil models. 851-854.
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Medina-Cetina, Z., Son, J., & Moradi, M.
(2019).
Bayesian stratigraphy integration of geophysical, geological, and geotechnical surveys data. Annual Offshore Technology Conference.
Research
co-principal investigator on
- An International Network-to-Network Approach to Generating New Scientific Community Collaborations in the Gulf of Mexico and Surrounding Region - A Case Study awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2018 - 2020
- Southwest Region University Transportation Center awarded by United States Department of Transportation - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2012 - 2016
Teaching
teaching activities
- CVEN305 Mechanics Of Materials Instructor
- CVEN365 Intro To Geotech Engr Instructor
- CVEN485 Directed Studies Instructor
- CVEN491 Hnr-research Instructor
- CVEN650 Stochastic Mechanics Instructor
- CVEN651 Geomechanics Instructor
- CVEN655 Structural Reliability Instructor
- CVEN685 Directed Studies Instructor
- CVEN691 Research Instructor
- ENGR291 Research Instructor
- GEOG491 Research Instructor
- ITDE691 Research Instructor
- OCEN685 Directed Studies Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Das, Roneet (2016-05). Probabilistic Slope Stability Assessment of Submarine and Slides by the Use of Bayesian Inference.
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Dontha, Lakshman (2012-05). Thermo-Hydrological-Mechanical Analysis of a Clay Barrier for Radioactive Waste Isolation: Probabilistic Calibration and Advanced Modeling.
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Khandelwal, Siddharth (2011-05). Effect of Desiccation Cracks on Earth Embankments.
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Moridis, Nefeli G (2015-05). A Production Characterization of the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas - A Bayesian Analysis Approach.
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Noble, Patrick (2012-08). Uncertainty Quantification of the Homogeneity of Granular Materials through Discrete Element Modeling and X-Ray Computed Tomography.
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Ortiz Cahun, Miguel Fernando (2018-05). Micro-Scale Parametric Analysis of Independent Components of a Masonry Wall System.
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Seyedpour Esmailzadeh, Saba (2014-08). Bayesian Model Selection for the Solution of Spatial Inverse Problems with Geophysical, Geotechnical and Thermodynamical Applications.
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Song, Ahran (2012-08). Deformation Analysis of Sand Specimens using 3D Digital Image Correlation for the Calibration of an Elasto-Plastic Model.
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Varela Gonzalez, Patricia Y (2017-12). PROBABILISTIC RISK MAPPING COUPLING BAYESIAN NETWORKS AND GIS, AND BAYESIAN MODEL CALIBRATION OF SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES..
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Varela Gonzalez, Patricia Ysolda (2013-05). Bayesian Networks and Geographical Information Systems for Environmental Risk Assessment for Oil and Gas Site Development.
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Yousefpour, Negin (2013-08). Comparative Deterministic and Probabilistic Modeling in Geotechnics: Applications to Stabilization of Organic Soils, Determination of Unknown Foundations for Bridge Scour, and One-Dimensional Diffusion Processes.
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Zhang, Yanbei (2010-08). Probabilistic Calibration of a Discrete Particle Model.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Stochastic Mechanics, Johns Hopkins University - (Baltimore, Maryland, United States) 2006
- M.Sc. in Stochastic Mechanics, Johns Hopkins University - (Baltimore, Maryland, United States) 2005
- M.E. in Soil Mechanics, National Autonomous University of Mexico - (Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico) 1996
- B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Autonomous University of Yucatan - (Mérida, Mexico) 1994
awards and honors
- Fellow, conferred by Society for Underwater Technology - (London, United Kingdom), 2013
Contact
first name
- Zenon
has last name
- Medina-Cetina
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Civil Engineering
3136 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3136
USA
Other
- zenon@tamu.edu