Articles
Bounding the Probability of Failure for Levee Systems (with Justin C. Hollenback), Georisk 2011 Conference Proceedings: Atlanta, GA (2011)
An exact solution for the probability of failure of large complex infrastructure systems is rarely...
Teaching Reliability at the Undergraduate Level, Georisk 2011 Conference Proceedings: Atlanta, GA (2011)
For Cal Poly's Civil and Environmental Engineering curriculum a stand‐alone introductory course called Engineering Risk...
Retesting of Liquefaction/Nonliquefaction Case Histories from the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake (with R. E. Kayen, L-Y Tong, S-Y Liu, G-J Cai, and J. Wu), Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (2011)
A field investigation was carried out to retest liquefaction and nonliquefaction sites from the 1976...
Seismic Response of Peaty Organic Soils as a Levee Foundation Material (with Justin C. Hollenback), Geo-Frontiers 2011 Conference Proceedings: Dallas, TX (2011)
The dynamic response of peaty organic soils is not well understood but its poor competency...
Shake Table Testing of Seismic Soil-Foundation-Structure-Interaction (with Steven Kuo and Victor Crosariol), Geo-Frontiers 2011 Conference Proceedings: Dallas, TX (2011)
This research involves shake table testing of 1g scale models that mimic the coupled seismic...
Theses & Dissertations
CPT-Based Probabilistic Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Initiation., Dissertation (2003)
The correlation of seismic field performance with in situ index test results has been proven...
Technical Reports
Reduced Uncertainty of Ground Motion Prediction Equations through Bayesian Variance Analysis, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Report 2009/105 (2009)
A ground motion prediction equation estimates the mean and variance of ground shaking with distance...
Reinvestigation of Liquefaction and Nonliquefaction Case Histories from the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake (with Robert Kayen, Liyuan Tong, Songyu Liu, Guojun Cai, and Jiaer Wu), Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Report 2009/102 (2009)
A field investigation was carried out to retest liquefaction and nonliquefaction sites from the 1976...
Investigation of the Performance of the New Orleans Flood Protection System in Hurrican Katrina on August 29, 2005 (with Raymond B. Seed; Robert G. Bea; Remon I. Abdelmalak; Adda G. Athanasopoulos; Gordon P. Boutwell, Jr.; Jonathan D. Bray; Jean-Louis Briaud; Carmen Cheung; Diego Cobos-Roa; Julien Cohen-Waeber; Brian D. Collins; Luke Ehrensing; Dan A. Farber; W. Michael Hanneman; Leslie F. Harder; Kofi S. Inkabi; Anne M. Kammerer; Deniz Karadeniz; Robert E. Kayen; Jennifer Nicks; Seshu Nimala; Juan M. Pestana; Jim Porter; Keunyong Rhee; Michael F. Riemer; Karlene Roberts; J. David Rogers; Rune Storesund; Anand V. Govindasamy; Xavier Vera-Grunauer; Joseph E. Wartman; Conor M. Watkins; Ed Wenk, Jr.; and Solomon C. Yim), Independent Levee Investigation Team: Final Report (2006)
This report presents the results of an investigation of the performance of the New Orleans...
CPT-Based Probabilistic Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Initiation (with R. B. Seed, R. E. Kayen, J. P. Stewart, and Armen Der Kiureghian), PEER Report 2005/15 (2006)
The correlation of seismic field performance with in situ index test results has been proven...
Retesting of Liquefaction and Non-Liquefaction Case Histories in the Imperial Valley using CPT (with Brian D. Collins, Daniel H. Whang, and Jonathan P. Stewart), PEER Report 3D04 - CPT Testing of Deposits in Imperial Valley (2004)
This report documents the retesting of liquefaction and non-liquefaction field case histories in the Imperial...
Conference Proceedings
Shake Table Testing to Quantify Seismic Soil Structure Interaction of Underground Structures (with Vic Crosariol and Steven Kuo), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics: San Diego, CA (2010)
This research uses shake table testing of scale soil-structure models to mimic the coupled seismic...
Spatial Variability of Levees as Measured Using the CPT (with J. C. Hollenback and J. Ng), Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing: Huntington Beach, CA, (2010)
The spatial variability of a soil deposit is something that is commonly discussed but difficult...
Uncertainty Propagation in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering (2009)
This paper describes recent advances in evaluating, quantifying, and propagating various forms of uncertainty in...
Estimating the Probability of Failure and Associated Risk of the California Bay Delta Levee System (with J. Michael Eller), Proceedings of Geo-Denver 2007: New Peaks in Geotechnics (2007)
Recent events in New Orleans have shown the magnitude of life loss and property damage...
Incorporating Parameter Uncertainty into Attenuation Relationships (with Armen Der Kiureghian), Proceedings of the 8th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering: San Francisco, CA (2006)
Strong ground motion attenuation relationships estimate the mean and variance of ground shaking as it...