Address

Assistant Professor (Docent)

University of Montenegro

Department of Civil Engineering

Cetinjski Put bb.

81 000 Podgorica, Montenegro (Yugoslavia)

tel 381 81 245 214;      Fax 381 81 241 903

E-mail: sanjai@cg.yu                Univ. Web. Page: www.cis.ac.yu

Education

·         Dipl. Ing -     1989    University of Montenegro (Structural Engineering)

·         M.S. –          1992     Inst. Of Earthquake Eng. and Eng. Seismology (IZIIS),

                                         Univ. Kiril I Metodij (Earthquake Engineering)

·         Ph.D. –         1998    University of Southern California (Earthquake Engineering)

Research Interests  

• Full scale testing of structures using small (ambient vibration) and large (earthquake waves) response amplitudes.

• Structural heath Monitoring and model identification

• Spatial and temporal identification of earthquake damage

Employment Record:

• Assistant Professor (docent), Univ. of Montenegro, 1998 –

• Research Assistant, Univ. of Southern California, 1993-1998

Professional Societies:

•  Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

Scientific Research:

• Static and Dynamic modeling of structures with finite elements (1992+); Analysis and calibration of strong motion accelerographs (1993+); Ambient vibration testing of full scale structures (1994+); Interpretation of strong motion peak velocities and strains in the soil (1995+); Effects of differential strong ground motion on bridge structures (1997+); Identification and localization of damage in structural members (1998+); Analysis of spectral characteristics and of repeatability of site response amplification on the territory of former Yugoslavia (1999+)

Teaching Experience:  

• University of Montenegro (1989-1993)

  [1] Stability and Dynamics of Structures

  [2] Experimental Methods in Civil Engineering 

  [3] Theory of Structures

• University of Montenegro (1989-1993)

  [1] CE 358 - Theory of Structures

  [2] CE 458 - Theory of Structures II 

  [3] Theory of Structures

• University of Montenegro (1989-1993)

  [1] Stability and Dynamics of Structures

  [2] Earthquake Resistant Design  

Awards:

·        Year         1996 – Best Teaching Assistant, USC School of Engineering Award

·        Fall           1995 – Best Teaching Assistant Award in Civil Engineering, USC

·        Fall           1996 – Best Teaching Assistant Award in Civil engineering, USC

·        Spring       1997 – Best Teaching Assistant Award in Civil Engineering, USC

Scientific Publications:

           Journal Articles

• A Note on Distribution of Uncorrected Peak Ground Accelerations During the Northridge, California, Earthquake of 17 January 1994, with M.I. Todorovska and M.D. Trifunac, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., Vol. 13, No. 3, 187-196, (1994).  
• Peak Velocities, and Peak Surface Strains During Northridge, California, Earthquake of 17 January 1994, with M.I. Todorovska and M.D. Trifunac, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., vol. 15, No. 5, 301-310 (1996).  
• Advanced Accelerograph Calibration of the Los Angeles Strong Motion Array with M.I. Todorovska, E.I. Novikova and M.D. Trifunac, Earthquake Eng. and Struct. Dynamics, Vol. 27, No. 10, 1053-1068, (1998).  
• Experimental Evidence for Flexibility of a Foundation Supported by Concrete Friction Piles, with M.D. Trifunac, and M.I. Todorovska, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., vol. 18, No. 3, 169-187, (1999)
• On Identification of Damage in Structures via Wave Travel Times, with M.D. Trifunac and M.I. Todorovska, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Strong Motion Instrumentation for Civil Engrg. Structures, June 2-5, Istanbul, Kluwer (in press) (1999).
• Apparent Periods of a Building, part I: Fourier Analysis, with M.D. Trifunac and M.I. Todorovska (submitted for publ.) (2000).
• Apparent Periods of a Building, part I: Time-Frequency Analysis, with M.D. Trifunac and M.I. Todorovska (submitted for publ.) (2000).
• Ambient Vibration Tests of Damaged Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Building, with M.D. Trifunac, E.I. Novikova, A.A. Gladkov and M.I. Todorovska, (submitted for publication), (2000).

Technical Reports:

• Applications of Semi-analytic Finite Elements in Modeling Bridge Structures, University Monograph, Dept. of Civil Eng., Univ. of Montenegro (in Serbian), (1995)  

• Ambient Vibration Survey of Full Scale Structures Using Personal Computers (with examples in Kaprielian Hall), with M.D. Trifunac, Dept. Of Civil Eng. Rep. No. 95-05, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (1995).  

• Correction for Misalignment and Cross Axis Sensitivity of Strong Earthquake Motion Recorded by SMA-1 Accelerographs, with M.I. Todorovska, E.I. Novikova and M.D. Trifunac, Dept. of Civil Eng. Report No. 95-06, Univ. Southern California, Los Angeles, California (1995).  

• Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Building in Van Nuys California: Strong Motion Data Recorded Between 7 February 1971 and 9 December 1994, and Description of Damage Following Northridge, 17 January 1994 Earthquake, with M.D. Trifunac and M.I. Todorovska, Report CE 99-02, Univ. Southern California, Los Angeles, California.  

• Two Ambient Vibration tests of a Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Building Damaged by Northridge 1994 Earthquake, with M.D. Trifunac, M.I. Todorovska, E.I. Novikova and A..A. Gladkov, Report CE 99-03, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (1999).

Conference Papers:

• Influence of Soil-Structure Interaction on Response of a Structures Supported by Piles, Yugoslav Congress of Structural and Design Engineers (in Serbian) (1998).

• Seismic Response of an Instrumented Reinforced Concrete Building Founded on Piles, 12 world Conference on Earthquake Engrg., Auckland, New Zealand Paper No. 2325, (2000).

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