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Tara Hutchinson is a Professor in the Department of Structural Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, and a Faculty Affiliate at Calit2. She received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from UC Davis in 2001 and began her academic career as an assistant professor at UC Irvine. Her research focuses on performance evaluation of structural and foundation components under seismic loads and extreme environmental conditions. Professor Hutchinson has significantly contributed to the fields of earthquake and civil engineering, authoring numerous impactful publications in top journals. She utilizes machine learning and computer vision methods for assessing earthquake damage to structures, applying innovative technology in her work. An energetic educator, she has received several awards for her teaching excellence, including the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research and the National Science Foundation Career Award in 2004. She also serves on the board of directors of the Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering and is an editorial board member for Earthquake Spectra.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).