Santiago Caballero

Dr. Santiago Caballero is a Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seaver College of Science and Engineering at LMU. He received his doctorate in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas, with specialization in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. He focuses on all aspects of geotechnical engineering including soil mechanics, foundations and earth structures, and geotechnical earthquake engineering. Dr. Caballero is a licensed civil engineer with approximately 10 years of experience in the industry.

He currently works as a Geotechnical Specialist at the well-known Turner Engineering Group, a prestigious group at Turner Construction Company at the Anaheim CA office. His projects focus on geotechnical engineering evaluations across various locations in the country and around the world, including projects in Ecuador, Brazil, Honduras, Saudi Arabia and Italy and clients including the Army Corp of Engineers, NAVFAC and various Department of Transportation (DOTs). Dr. Caballero often presents in national and international conferences and serves as reviewer and editor of various important Journals.

Dr. Caballero was awarded witth the 2024 J. James Croes Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for his paper titled "Geotechnical Visualization and Three-Dimensional Geostatistics Modeling of Highly Variable Soils of a Hydraulic Fill Dam" published in the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering in September 2022.