Raymond B. Seed

Raymond B. Seed is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a leading expert in geotechnical and earthquake engineering whose research spans seismic stability analysis of dams and embankments, soil liquefaction, and soil-structure interaction. He is best known for leading the independent NSF-sponsored investigation of the New Orleans levee failures during Hurricane Katrina, in which he concluded the failures resulted primarily from human error and design deficiencies rather than storm surge overtopping.