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Includes investigation of finite difference schemes in computational gas dynamics with chemical reactions (1984-1986); accuracy of determination of hypocenters of      earthquake sources by a seismic array (1986-1988); study of the source of Armenian earthquake (1988-1989); study of seismological coda: its origin, properties and applications to determination of the characteristics of earthquake source (1986+); development of the new algorithms for the correction of the digitized strong motion records for the instrument response (coupled transducer-galvanometer devices and force balance accelerometers) (1990+); development of the new regression equations for modelling the duration of earthquake strong ground motion in terms of properties of the source, of the propagation path and of the site conditions in different geological regions (1991+); study of the earthquake intensity scales: their correlation with the measurable characteristics of the earthquake caused strong motion and use of these correlations for the comparison of the scales between each other (1993+); study of the duration of the earthquake source rupture (1993+); analysis and interpretation of the effects of the geological structure (along the ray path) on the duration and attenuation of strong ground motion (1993+); development of the geological site characterization for strong motion studies (1993+); investigation of the analytical solution of the wave equation in parabolic coordinates: the case of parabolic valley (1993+).

• Scientist, Geophex Inc. Raleigh, N.C. 1995 -
• Research Assistant, University of Southern California, l990 - 1994
• Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California, 1990-1993.

• Engineer-Research Associate in Seismology, Moscow Institute of Physics of the Earth, Seismological Expedition in Garm region, Tadjik Republic, 1986-1989.

1. A.A. Denisov, A.B. Koldoba, E.I. Novikova, Yu.P. Popov and V.M. Chechetkin, Computation of Detonation Waves with the Model Equation of Kinetics of Burning (1987), Moscow Institute of Applied Mathematics of thc Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Report No.124, 1987, Moscow, USSR (in Russian).
2. E.I. Novikova and T.G. Rautian, Parameters of the Source of Armenian (Spitak) December 7 (1988) Earthquake (1991), Fizika Zemli (Physics of thc Earth), 12, 32-45, Moscow, USSR (in Russian).
3. E.I. Novikova and T.G. Rautian, Construction of the Map of Uncertainties in the Calculations of the Hypocentral Depths (1991), in the book: “Earthquakes and the Processes of Their Preparation,” Moscow, Publishing House “Nauka” (in Russian).
4. T.G. Rautian, V.I. Khalturin, E.I. Novikova and O.K. Kunakova, Source Spectra and Parameters of Earthquakes in Central Asia, Kopetdag, North Tian-Shan and Adjacent Territories (1991), in the book: “Earthquakes in the USSR in 1988,” Moscow, Publishing House “Nauka” (in Russian).
5. E.I. Novikova, T.G. Rautian and V.I. Khalturin, Determination of the Source Spectra and Other Earthquake Parameters From Chiss-Coda (1991), in the Report: “Automatic Data Gathering on Garm Seismological Expedition,” Complex Seismological Ezpedition of the Institute of Physics of the Earth, Moscow-Garm, USSR (in Russian).
6. E.I. Novikova and M.D. Trifunac, Instrument Correction for a Coupled Transducer­Galvanometer System (1991), Department of Civil Engineering, Report No.91-02, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
7. E.I. Novikova, Instrument Correction for a Coupled Transducer-Galvanometer System (1992), Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Madrid, Spain, Publ. by A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam.
8. E.I. Novikova and M.D. Trifunac, Digital Instrument Response Correction for the Force-Balance Accelerometer (1992), Earthquake Spectra, 8, No.3, 429-442.
9. E.I. Novikova and M.D. Trifunac, Duration of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion: Physical Basis and Empirical Equations (1993), Department of Civil Engineering, Report No.98-02, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
10. E.I. Novikova and M.D. Trifunac, Empirical Models of the Duration of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion Based on the Modified Mercalli Intensity (1994), Department of Civil Engineering, Report No.94-018, University of Southern California, Los An­geles, California.
11. E.I. Novikova and M.D. Trifunac, Duration of Strong Ground Motion in Terms of Earthquake Magnitude, Epicentral Distance, Site Conditions and Site Geometry (1994), Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 23, No. 6, 1023-1043.
12. E.I. Novikova and M.D. Trifunac, Influence of the Geometry of Sedimentary Basins on the Frequency Dependent Duration of Strong Ground Motion (1994), Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Vol. 14, No. 2, 7-14.
13. E.I. Novikova and M.D. Trifunac, Modified Mercalli Intensity Scaling of the Frequency Dependent Duration of Strong Ground Motion (1993), Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 5, 309-322.
14. E.I. Novikova and M.D. Trifunac, Modified Mercalli Intensity and the Geometry of the Sedimentary Basin as the Scaling parameters of the Frequency Dependent Duration of Strong Ground Motion (1993), Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 12, 209-225.
15. E.I. Novikova, M.I. Todorovska and M.D. Trifunac, A Preliminary Study of the Duration of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion on the Territory of Former Yugoslavia (1993), Departmcnt of Civil Enginecring, Rcport No.98-09, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
16. M.D. Trifunac and E.I. Novikova, Duration of Earthquake Fault Motion in California (1995), Earthquake Eng. and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 24, No. 6, 781-799.
17. E.I. Novikova, M.I. Todorovska and M.D. Trifunac, Frequency Dependent Duration of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion on the Territory of Former Yugoslavia. Part I: Magnitude Models (1995), European Earthquake Eng., Vol. VIII, No. 3, 11-25.
18. E.I. Novikova, M.I. Todorovska and M.D. Trifunac, Frequency Dependent Duration of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion on the Territory of Former Yugoslavia. Part II: Local Intensity Models (1995), European Earthquake Eng., Vol. VIII, No. 3, 26-37.
19. M.D. Trifunac and E.I. Novikova, State of the Art Review on Strong Motion Duration, 10th Eu­ropean Conf. Earthquake Eng., Vol. 1, 131-140, Aug. 28 - Sept. 2, 1994, Vienna, Austria.
20. E.I. Novikova and M.D. Trifunac, Frequency Dependent Duration of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion. Updated Empirical Equations,  Dept. of Civil Eng. Report No. CE 95-01, Univ. Southern California, Los Angeles, California (1995).