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Dominic Assimaki

Associate Professor

Presentations

  1. “Topography Effects on a Single Slope: The Effects of SV Incidence Angle”, Annual Meeting Seismological Society of America, San Diego CA, 17-19 April, 2012
  2. Dynamic soil-structure interaction analyses of pile foundations in liquefiable soils: Numerical Formulation and Validation, Invited Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, April 11, 2012
  3. "Ground motion amplification at Hotel Montana during the M7.0 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Topography Effects?” D. Assimaki and Jeong S., American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 December 2011
  4. “Ground motion amplification during the M7.0 Haiti Earthquake: Topography or Soil Effects?” D. Assimaki and Jeong S., Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting 2011, Palm Springs, CA, September 2011
  5. “Integrating nonlinear site response models in broadband ground motion preditions”, Assimaki D. and W. Li, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting 2011, Palm Springs, CA, September 2011
  6. “Observations and Simulations of Topography Effects during the M7.0 Haiti Earthquake”, Annual Meeting Seismological Society of America, Memphis TN, April 11-13 2011
  7. “Three-dimensional topographic amplification of seismic ground motion on an idealized convex feature”, Annual Meeting Seismological Society of America, Memphis TN, April 11-13 2011
  8. Geotechnical Engineering Reconnaissance of the M8.8 Chile Earthquake, Invited Talk, ASCE Georgia Chapter Geo Institute, March 15, 2011
  9. A non-linear dynamic macroelement for dynamic soil-structure interaction analyses of pile foundations in liquefiable soils, Invited Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, March 24, 2011
  10. “Seismic slope stability via maximum dynamic shear stress estimation based on 1D wave propagation theory”, Engineering Mechanics Conference, USC, Los Angeles CA, 8-11 August 2010
  11. “Nonlinear Site Effects in Inelastic Structural Deformation Demand Predictions”, Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland OR, 21-23 April 2010
  12. Geotechnical Engineering Reconnaissance of the M8.8 Chile Earthquake, Invited Seminar, Georgia Tech Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, April 7 2010
  13. A wavelet-based seismogram inversion algorithm for the in-situ characterization of nonlinear soil behavior, Invited Speaker, Workshop on Inverse Problems and System Identification of Geo Systems, Inverse Problem Center at RPI, 29-30 March 2010
  14. A nonlinear macroelement for dynamic soil-structure interaction analyses of pile foundations in liquefiable soils, Invited Seminar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston TX, 15 February 2010
  15. "Site effects in nonlinear structural performance predictions”, D. Assimaki and W Li*, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting 2009, Palm Springs, CA, September 2009
  16. “Systematic analysis of temporal changes in site response associated with strong ground motion in Japan”, C. Wu, Z. Peng, and D. Assimaki, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting 2009, Palm Springs, CA, September 2009
  17. “A wavelet-based inversion for in-situ characterization of nonlinear soil behavior”, Kalos A* and Assimaki D., NEES 7th Annual Meeting 2009 Seismic Mitigation in a Flat World, June 23-25, Honolulu, Hawaii
  18. “Nonlinear dynamic macroelements for performance-based optimization of liquefaction mitigation strategies”, Varun V* and Assimaki D., NEES 7th Annual Meeting 2009 Seismic Mitigation in a Flat World, June 23-25, Honolulu, Hawaii
  19. Nonlinear Site Response in Ground Motion Predictions, AEG Shlemon Specialty Conference, Advancing New Madrid Region Time-History Determination, Memphis TN, June 3 – 5, 2009
  20. Physics based earthquake simulations from ‘source-to-structure’ and the role of site response predictions, Invited Seminar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX, 11 March 2009
  21. Synthetic ground motions from ‘rupture-to-rafters’ and the role of nonlinear soil response, Invited Seminar, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA, 20 February 2009
  22. "Rupture-to-rafters synthetic ground motions and the role of nonlinear site response predictions”, Invited Seminar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern Carolina, Columbia, SC, 14 November 2008
  23. "Rupture-to-rafters synthetic ground motions and the role of nonlinear site response predictions”, Invited Seminar, Structures Group Seminar Series, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, 10 October 2008
  24. “From seismic record pairs to hazard mitigation: Examples from the 2003 Myiagi-Oki earthquake sequence”, Invited Seminar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 7 March 2007
  25. “Strong motion ground response effects: State-of-the-art vs. Observations”, Invited Seminar, Department of Structural Engineering, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 3 April 2006.
  26. “Strong motion ground response effects: State-of-the-art vs. Observations”, Joint NSF CMS-EAS Geophysics Invited Seminar, Arlington, VA, 9 March 2006.
  27. “Downhole Array Seismogram Inversion: Emerging Trends in Strong Motion Site Response Analysis” USGS Invited Seminar, Memphis, TN, November 2005.
  28. “Topography effects in strong ground motion: A case study”, Invited Seminar, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 9 March 2005.
  29. “Topography effects in the 1999, Athens Earthquake: Engineering issues in seismology,” Invited Lecture, Seminar Series in Geotechnical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, January 2004, Athens, Greece
  30. “Effects of spatial variability of soil properties on surface ground motion,” 2nd International Rose School Seminar, June 2002, Pavia, Italy.
  31. “A wavelet-based seismogram inversion algorithm for the in-situ characterization of nonlinear soil behavior”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 13-18 December 2009
  32. “Synthetic ground motions for engineering applications and the role of nonlinear site response”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 14-19 December 2008
  33. “Systematic analysis of temporal changes in site response associated with strong ground motion in Japan”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 14-19 December 2008
  34. “Rupture-to-rafters synthetic ground motions and the role of nonlinear site response predictions”, Assimaki D. and Li W*, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting 2008, Palm Springs, CA, September 2008.
  35. “Systematic analysis temporal changes of site response associated with strong ground motion in Japan”, Wu C., Peng Z. and Assimaki D., IRIS Meeting, June 2-5, Stevenson, Washington, 2008.
  36. “Estimating nonlinear dynamic soil properties in-situ via full-waveform inversion: Parameterization and synthetic seismogram implementation”, Assimaki D. and Kalos A*, Sixth NEES Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, 18-20 June 2008.
  37. “Non-linear dynamic macroelements for performance-based optimization of liquefaction mitigation strategies: Soil-structure interaction analyses of waterfront structures”, Varun V* and Assimaki D, Sixth NEES Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, 18-20 June 2008.
  38. “Efficient integration of nonlinear site response predictions in broadband ground motion models”, Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 18-21, 2008
  39. “Parameter uncertainty in nonlinear site response for typical sedimentary sites in Southern California”, Special Session on Source Characterization and Site Characterization, Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 16-18 April 2008
  40. Modeling Nonlinear Site Response Uncertainty in Broadband Ground Motion Simulations for the Los Angeles Basin”, Li W* and Assimaki D, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10-14 December 2007.
  41. “Modeling uncertainty of nonlinear site response in the Los Angeles basin” Li W* and Assimaki D, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting 2007, Palm Springs, CA, September 2007
  42. “Ground motion amplification and the role of near-surface geology in the 2003 Myiagi-Oki aftershock sequence”, Invited paper, Special Session on Site Effects on Ground Motion, Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Kona, Hawaii, 11-13 April 2007
  43. “A Nonlinear Dynamic Macroelement for Soil-Structure Interaction Analyses of Pile Supported Wharves: From 3D FEM simulations to Practice”, Varun V* and Assimaki D., Fifth NEES Annual Meeting, Snowbird UTAH, 19-21 June 2007.
  44. “Integrating nonlinear site effects in broadband ground motion simulations: Observations and simulations in the Los Angeles basin”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11-15 December 2006
  45. “Nonlinear site response simulation in broadband ground motion models”, Li W* and Assimaki D, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting 2006, Palm Springs, CA, September 2006.
  46. Site Amplification and Attenuation Assessment through Downhole Seismogram Inversion”, Assimaki D, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 December 2005.
  47. “Understanding Site Effects through Downhole Array Inversion” Eastern Section, Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN, October 2005.
  48. Inverse Analysis of Weak and Strong Motion Data: Theory and Applications” Assimaki D, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting 2005, Palm Springs, CA, September 2005.
  49. “Local attenuation and velocity structure via downhole array data inversion: A hybrid global-local optimization algorithm,” Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, April 27-29, 2005
  50. “Using borehole vertical array data to determine local attenuation and velocity structures: A hybrid global-local optimization algorithm for plane wave seismogram inversion,” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17, 2004
  51. “Using borehole vertical array data to determine local soil properties: A combined global local optimization algorithm for plane wave seismogram inversion,” Assimaki D, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting 2004, Palm Springs, CA, September 19-22, 2004
  52. “Effects of spatial variability of soil properties on surface ground motion,” SAFERR Mid-Term Review Meeting, May 2002, Joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy.
  53. “Effects of spatial variability of soil properties on surface ground motion,” SAFERR Research Training Network Round Table Meeting, September 2001, INSA, Geo-Network, Lyon, France.
  54. “Frequency- and depth-dependent attenuation of strong ground motions in deep sites,” Mid-America Earthquake Center, Research Assistant Symposium, October 1999, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
  55. “Frequency- and depth-dependent attenuation of strong ground motions in deep sites,” 71st Annual Meeting of the Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America, Memphis, TN, September 1999

Reports

  1. The M 8.8 Maule, Chile Earthquake of February 27, 2010, EERI Special Earthquake Report - Learning from Earthquakes, EERI Newsletter, Pedro Arduino, Scott Ashford, Dominic Assimaki, Jonathan Bray, Terry Eldridge, David Frost, Tara Hutchinson, Laurie Johnson, Keith Kelson, Robert Kayen, Christian Ledezma, Gonzalo Montalva, Robb Moss, George Mylonakis, Scott Olson, Kyle Rollins, Nicholas Sitar, Jonathan Stewart, Alfredo Urzua, , Ramon Verdugo, Rob Witter, and Nick Zoa, June 2010.
  2. Geo-Engineering Reconnaissance of the February 27, 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake, Report of the National Science Foundation-Sponsored Geoengineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Team: Jonathan Bray, David Frost, Ramon Verdugo, Christian Ledezma, Terry Eldridge, Pedro Arduino, Scott Ashford, Dominic Assimaki, Tara Hutchinson, Laurie Johnson, Keith Kelson, Robert Kayen, Gonzalo Montalva, Robb Moss, George Mylonakis, Scott Olson, Kyle Rollins, Nicholas Sitar, Jonathan Stewart, Alfredo Urzua, Rob Witter, and Nick Zoa, April 2010