Medina-Cetina, Zenon
individual record
Associate Professor
Positions:
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), Division of Research
- Faculty affiliate, Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
- Associate Professor, Ocean Engineering, College of Engineering
- Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, College of Engineering
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
selected publications
Academic Articles17
- 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.
- Arson, C., & Medina-Cetina, Z. (2015). Bayesian paradigm to assess rock compression damage models. Environmental Geotechnics. 2(3), 155-165.
- 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.
- Medina-Cetina, Z., & Esmailzadeh, S. (2014). Joint states of information from different probabilistic geo-profile reconstruction methods. Georisk Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards. 8(3), 171-191.
- Ranalli, M., Medina-Cetina, Z., Gottardi, G., & Nadim, F. (2014). Probabilistic Calibration of a Dynamic Model for Predicting Rainfall-Controlled Landslides. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. 140(4), 04013039-04013039.
Chapters1
- Medina-Cetina, Z., Eidsvig, U. M., Kveldsvik, V., Glimsdal, S., Harbitz, C. B., & Sandersen, F. (2016). Bayesian Risk Assessment of a Tsunamigenic Rockslide at Åknes. Multi-hazard Approaches to Civil Infrastructure Engineering. (pp. 413-442). Springer International Publishing.
Conference Papers19
- Medina-Cetina, Z., Son, J., & Moradi, M. (2019). Bayesian stratigraphy integration of geophysical, geological, and geotechnical surveys data. Offshore Technology Conference, Proceedings. 2019-May,
- Das, R., Varela, P., & Medina-Cetina, Z. (2019). The effect of Bayesian updating in the hazard assessment of submarine landslides. Offshore Technology Conference, Proceedings. 2019-May,
- 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 FRONTIERS 2017: TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, STRUCTURES, AND SITE INVESTIGATION. (285), 69-80.
- González, P. V., & Medina-Cetina, Z. (2017). Risk Assessment for Landslides Using Bayesian Networks and Remote Sensing Data. GEOTECHNICAL FRONTIERS 2017: TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, STRUCTURES, AND SITE INVESTIGATION. (285), 113-123.
- 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.
researcher on
Co-Principal Investigator2
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- CVEN305 Mechanics Of Materials Instructor
- CVEN365 Intro To Geotech Engr Instructor
- CVEN485 Directed Studies Instructor
- CVEN491 Hnr-research Instructor
- CVEN491 Research Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Ortiz Cahun, Miguel Fernando (2018-05). Micro-Scale Parametric Analysis of Independent Components of a Masonry Wall System. (Master's Thesis)
- Varela Gonzalez, Patricia Y (2017-12). PROBABILISTIC RISK MAPPING COUPLING BAYESIAN NETWORKS AND GIS, AND BAYESIAN MODEL CALIBRATION OF SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES.. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Das, Roneet (2016-05). Probabilistic Slope Stability Assessment of Submarine and Slides by the Use of Bayesian Inference. (Master's Thesis)
- Moridis, Nefeli G (2015-05). A Production Characterization of the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas - A Bayesian Analysis Approach. (Master's Thesis)
- Seyedpour Esmailzadeh, Saba (2014-08). Bayesian Model Selection for the Solution of Spatial Inverse Problems with Geophysical, Geotechnical and Thermodynamical Applications. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
zenon@tamu.edu
First Name
Zenon
Last Name
Medina-Cetina
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Civil Engineering; 3136 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3136
USA