Dr. Anagnos is a professor in General Engineering at San Jose State University where her teaching and research interests include mechanics, structural analysis, reliability, seismic hazard, loss estimation, and engineering education and pedogogy. She is the Past-President of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), the former editor of the EERI Newsletter, and a former member of the Editorial Board of the EERI journal Earthquake Spectra. She currently serves as the co-Leader Education, Outreach, and Training for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). She is also on the Institutional Board of the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center. She served as President of the San Jose Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) during the 2000-2001 term. In 2006 she served as coordinator for the Expanding Your Horizons Conference to interest more young women in mathmatics, science and engineering.
Articles
Motivating Technical Writing through Study of the Environment (with J. Linsdell), Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, ASCE (2011)
Today’s engineers must be more than just technically competent. To be successful in our increasingly...
Building Sustainable Assessment: One University’s Experience (with B. Conry, S. Guenter, J. Snell, and B. Von Till), Assessment Update (2008)
This article focuses on some steps taken at San Jose State University (SJSU) to develop...
Codified Design of Steel Structures using Monte Carlo Techniques (with Pavel Marek and Milan Gustar), Journal of Constructional Steel Research (1999)
Considering the development of computers and information technology, the present reliability assessment concept and format...
Development of a National Earthquake Loss Estimation Methodology (with R. Whitman, C. Kircher, P. Schneider, H. Lagorio, and R. S. Lawson), Earthquake Spectra (1997)
This paper summarizes the development of a geographic information system (GIS)‐based regional loss estimation methodology...
Slotted Bolted Connections in Aseismic Design for Concentrically Braced Connections (with T. F. Fitzgerald, M. Goodson, and T. Zsutty), Earthquake Spectra (1989)
The use of concentrically braced steel frames to satisfy lateral force requirements is a common...
Books
Simulation Based Reliability Assessment for Structural Engineers (with Pavel Marek and Milan Gustar) (1996)
Simulation-Based Reliability Assessment for Structural Engineers provides an overview of the basic concepts in structural...
Contributions to Books
The Golden Gate Bridge (Chapter 3), Statics: Analysis and Design of Systems in Equilibrium (2005)
Statics: Analysis and Design of Systems in Equilibrium, by Sheri D. Sheppard of Stanford University,...
Reactions (Chapter 4), The Engineering Handbook (2004)
For purposes of analysis, forces and moments acting on a structure or structural element can...