Daniel Pradel

Daniel Pradel works in geotechnical engineering, the branch of civil engineering that studies soil and rock behavior for construction and hazard mitigation. His work centers on landslides, slope failures, dam failures, and earthquake-related ground damage, often through detailed case studies of specific real-world events such as the Tohoku earthquake, the Gorkha (Nepal) earthquake, and the Edenville/Sanford dam failures in Michigan. Much of his research documents field observations and engineering lessons from natural disasters and infrastructure failures to inform future design and remediation practices.

Publication output peaked around 2017-2018, has become more sporadic since 2019, and there is a gap with no publications recorded in 2023-2024, giving a relatively low recent average of under one publication per year.

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