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Curriculum Vitae of   Prof.  Hung Leung (Dave) Wong

University of Southern California http://www.usc.edu
Civil Engineering Department, MC 2531, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531

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• Address
• Education
• Employment
• Research Interests
• Scientific Research
• Teaching Experience
• Professional Societies
• Other Selected Activities and Experiences
• Awards
• Scientific Publications
• Journal Articles
• Technical Reports
• Conference Proceedings

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Address

University of Southern California
Civil Engineering Department, KAP 216B
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531
tel. (213) 740-0574; FAX (213) 744-1426; E-mail: hlwong@usc.edu

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Education

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering - The University of Utah, 1972
• M.S. Applied Mechanics - California Institute of Technology, 1973
• Ph.D. Applied Mechanics - California Institute of Technology, 1975

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Employment

• Research Fellow of Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, 1975-1976.
• Research Associate of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, 1976-1977.
• Research-Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, 1977-1979.
• Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, 1979 - 1984.
• Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, 1984 - 1990.
• Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, 1990 - .

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Research Interests

• Computer Applications in Civil and Earthquake Engineering.
• Derivation of computational algorithms for numerical solutions in wave propagation, fluid mechanics, transportation, and a certain class of singular integral equations.
• Computer generated movies.

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Scientific Research

• Experimental and theoretical evaluation of adhesive properties and the constitutive equation of polymers (1971-72); Theoretical and experimental analysis of the dynamic buckling of liquid storage tanks (1973-74); theoretical analysis of the topographical effects on strong ground motion (1973+); theoretical and experimental analyses on the effects of soil-structure  interaction in earthquake engineering (1974+); application of the finite element method to geotechnical problems (1975+); correction of strong motion data (1975-78); experimental analysis of topographic and layering effects on strong ground motion (1975-78); solid-fluid interaction (1975-77); generation of synthetic acceleration (1976-78); compilation and comparison of international strong motion earthquake data (1976-78); computer graphics and graphic motion pictures (1980-1984); transportation engineering and Urban Planning (1982-1985); numerical algorithms for concurrent processors (1987+).

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Teaching Experience

• Course AM 113 (Caltech): Engineering Mathematics
• Course CE 108 (USC): Introduction to Computer Methods in Engineering
• Course CE 228 (USC): Engineering Mechanics II: Dynamics
• Course CE 309 (USC): Fluid Mechanics
• Course AE 353 (USC): Aerospace Structures
• Course CE 406 (USC): Microcomputer Applications in Civil Engineering
• Course CE 408 (USC): Risk Analysis in Civil Engineering
• Course CE 471 (USC): Introduction to Transportation Engineering
• Course CE 525b (USC): Engineering Analysis
• Course CE 541a (USC): Dynamics of Structures

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Professional Societies

• Member, Pi Tau Sigma
• Member, Tau Beta Pi
• Member, Seismological Society of America

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Other Selected Activities and Experiences

• Consultant of Bechtel Power Corporation, Norwalk and San Francisco, California, on Nuclear Reactor Design Procedures.
• Consultant of Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Walnut Creek, California.
• Consultant of Electricite de France, Paris, France.

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Awards

• 1979-1980 Wilson Associates Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher  (Dept. of Civil Engineering).
• 1982-1983 Wilson Associates Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher (Dept. of Civil Engineering).
• 1987-1988 TRW Excellence in Teaching Award (College of Engineering).
• Havenna Memorial Award from the Southern California Automobile Club for the improvement of Transportation Engineering at USC.

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Scientific Publications

Journal Articles

1. Wong, H.L., and M.D.Trifunac (1974). Scattering of Plane SH-waves by a Semi-Elliptical Canyon, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 3, 157-169.
2. Wong, H.L., and M.D.Trifunac (1974). Surface Motion of a Semi-Elliptical Alluvial Valley for Incident Plane SH Waves, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 64, 1389-1408. 
3. Wong, H.L., and M.D.Trifunac (1974). Interaction of Shear Wall with the Soil for Incident Plane SH Waves: Elliptical Rigid Foundation, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 64, 1825-1842.
4. Luco, J.E., H.L.Wong, and M.D.Trifunac (1975). A Note on the Dynamic Response of Rigid Embedded Foundations, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 4, 119-128. 
5. Wong, H.L., and P.C.Jennings (1975). Effects of Canyon Topography on Strong Ground Motion, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 65, 1239-1258.
6. Wong, H.L., and M.D.Trifunac (1975). Two-Dimensional, Anti-Plane Building-Soil-Building Interaction for Two or More Buildings and for Incident Plane SH Waves, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 65, 1863-1885.
7. Wong, H.L., and J.E. Luco (1976). Dynamic Response of Rigid Foundations of Arbitrary Shape, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol.4, 576-587. 
8. Wong, H.L., M.D.Trifunac, and K.K. Lo (1976). Effects Caused by Topography on Structural Responses, Engineering Mechanics Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, EM4, 681-684.
9. Wong, H.L., J.E. Luco, and M.D.Trifunac (1977). Contact Stresses and Ground Motion Generated by Soil-Structure Interaction, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 5, 67-79.
10. Wong, H.L., M.D.Trifunac and B.D. Westermo (1977). On the Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Analyses of the Effects of Surface and Subsurface Irregularities on the Amplitudes of Monochromatic Waves, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 67(2), 353-368.
11. Wong, H.L., and M.D.Trifunac (1977). Effects of Cross-Axis Sensitivity and Misalignment on the Response of Mechanical-Optical Accelerographs, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 67(3), 929-956.
12. Wong, H.L., and J.E. Luco (1978). Dynamic Response of Rectangular Foundations to Obliquely Incident Seismic Waves, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 6, 3-16.
13. Wong, H.L., and M.D.Trifunac (1979). Generation of Artificial Strong Motion Accelerograms, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 7, 509-527.
14. Luco, J.E., M.D.Trifunac, and H.L.Wong (1978). Effects of Soil-Structure Interaction on Forced Vibration Test of Structures, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 6, 238-256.
15. Wong, H.L., and M.D.Trifunac (1979). A Note on the Comparison of the Modified Mercalli (MMI) and the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) Intensity Scales, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 7(l), 75-83.
16. Werner, S.D., L.C. Lee, H.L.Wong, and M.D.Trifunac (1979). Structural Response to Traveling Seismic Waves, Structures Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, ST12, 2547-2564.
17. Wong, H.L. (1982). Effects of Surface Topography on the Diffraction of P, SV and Rayleigh Waves, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 72(4), 1167-1183.
18. Luco, J.E. and H.L.Wong (1982). Response of Structure to Nonvertically Incident Seismic Waves, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 72(1), 275-302.
19. Liao, Z.P. and H.L.Wong (1984). A Transmitting Boundary for the Numerical Simulation of Elastic Wave Propagation, International Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 3(4), 174-183.
20. Wong, H.L. and J.E. Luco (1985). Table of Impedance Functions for Square Foundations on Layered Media, International Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 4(2), 64-81.
21. Gordon, P. and H.L.Wong (1985). The ``Costs of Urban Sprawl:'' Some New Evidence, Environment and Planning, 17, 32-37.
22. Wong, H.L. and J.E. Luco (1985). Dynamic Interaction between Rigid Foundations in a Layered Half Space, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 5(3), 149-158.
23. Luco, J.E. and H.L.Wong (1986). Response of a Rigid Foundation to a Spatially Random Ground Motion, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 14, 891-908.
24. Luco, J.E. and H.L.Wong (1986). Response of Hemispherical Foundation Embedded in Half-Space, Engineering Mechanics Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, 112(12), 1363-1374.
25. Luco, J.E., and H.L.Wong (1987). Seismic Response of Foundations Embedded in a Layered Half-Space, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 15(2), 233-247.
26. Luco, J.E., M.D.Trifunac and H.L. Wong (1987). On the Apparent Change in Dynamic Behavior of a Nine-Story Reinforced Concrete Building, Bulletin of the Seismological Society America, 77(6), 1961-1983.
27. Wong, H.L., J.E. Luco and M.D. Trufunac (1988). A Comparison of Soil-Structure Interaction Calculations with Results of Full-Scale Forced Vibration Tests, International Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 7, 22-31.
28. Luco, J.E., M.D.Trifunac and H.L.Wong (1988). Isolation of Soil-Structure Interaction Effects by Full-Scale Forced Vibration Tests, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 16(1), 1-21.
29. Luco, J.E., H.L.Wong and F.C.P. de Barros (1990). Three-dimensional Response of a Cylindrical Canyon in a Layered Half-space, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 19(6), 799-817.
30. Crouse, C.B., B. Hushmand, J.E. Luco, and H.L.Wong (1990). Foundation Impedance Functions: Theory vs Experiment, Geotechnical Engineering Division, A.S.C.E., 116(3), 432-449.
31. Luco, J.E. and H.L.Wong (1990). Forced Vibration of the Lotung Containment Model: Theory and Observations, Engineering Mechanics Division, A.S.C.E., 116(4), 845-861.
32. Wong, H.L. and J.E. Luco (1990). Seismic Response of the Lotung Containment Model: Theory and Observations, Engineering Mechanics Division, A.S.C.E., 116(6), 1332-1350.
33. Wong, H. L.; Luco, J. E. (1991). Structural control including soil-structure interaction effects, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 117(10), 2237-2250.
34. Luco, J. E.; Wong, H. L.; Mita, A. (1992). Active control of the seismic response of structures by combined use of base isolation and absorbing boundaries, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 21(6), 525-541.
35. Luco, J.E. and H.L.Wong (1992). Identification of Soil Properties From Foundation Impedance Functions, Geotechnical Engineering Division, A.S.C.E., 118(5), 780-795.

Selected papers can be downloaded from: http://www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/HLWong_papers/

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Technical Reports

1. Wong, H.L. (1975).  Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction, Report No. EERL 75-01*, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
2. Werner, S.D., L.C. Lee, H.L.Wong, and M.D.Trifunac (1977). An Evaluation of the Effects of Traveling Seismic Waves on the Three-Dimensional Response of Structures, Report No.R-7720-4514, Agbabian Associates, El Segundo, California.
3. Wong, H.L., and M.D.Trifunac (1978). Synthesizing Realistic Strong Motion Accelerograms, Report No. CE 78-07, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
4. Wong, H.L., and J.E. Luco (1978). Tables of Impedance Functions and Input Motions for Rectangular Foundations, Report No. CE 78-15, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
5. Wong, H.L. (1979). Soil-Structure Interaction: a Linear Continuum Mechanics Approach, (CLASSI User's Manual), Report No.79-04, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
6. Wong, H.L. (1979). Diffraction of P, SV and Rayleigh Waves by Surface Topographies, Report No. CE 79-05, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
7. Luco, J.E., and H.L.Wong (1979). Response of Structure to Nonvertically Incident Seismic Waves, October report, University of California, San Diego.
8. Wong, H.L. and J.E. Luco (1981). Identification of Sensitive Parameters for Soil-Structure Interaction, Report NUREG/CR-3044, UCRL-15493, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California (Prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission).
9. Wong, H.L. and J.E. Luco (1984). Engineering Characterizations of Ground Motion - Task II: Soil-Structure Interaction Effects on Structural Response, Report NUREG, Woodward Clyde Consultants, Walnut Creek, California (Prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission).
10. Luco, J.E., H.L.Wong and M.D.Trifunac (1986). Soil-Structure Interaction Effects on Forced Vibration Tests, Report CE 86-05, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
11. Wong, H.L. (1986). Writing Assembler Language Subroutines, Definicon Systems Technical Reports and Manuals, Westlake Village, California.
12. Wong, H.L., and J.E. Luco (1987). Validation of Soil-Structure Interaction Methodology: Forced Vibration of Containment Building, Report, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
13. Wong, H.L., and J.E. Luco (1987). Validation of Soil-Structure Interaction Methodology: Seismic Response to the Lotung Earthquake, Report, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
14. Wong, H.L., and J.E. Luco (1988). Validation of Soil-Structure Interaction Methodology: Forced Vibration of Foundation Slab, Report, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
15. Wong, H.L., and J.E. Luco (1988). Validation of Soil-Structure Interaction Methodology, Final Report, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
16. Luco, J.E., H.L. Wong and F.C.P. de Barros (1989). Three-dimensional Response of a Canyon in a Half-Space, August report, University of California, San Diego, pp. 24.
17. Luco, J. E.; Wong, H. L.; DeBarros, F. C. P. (1990). Three-dimensional response of a canyon in a layered half-space, Dept. of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, Univ. of California at San Diego, La Jolla, Aug., p. 34.

USC Technical Reports can be downloaded from: http://www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/CE_Reports/CE_Reports.html

* Caltech Library System - Caltech Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory Technical Reports - at http://caltecheerl.library.caltech.edu.

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Conference Proceedings

1. Westermo, B.D., and H.L.Wong (1977). On the Fundamental Difference of Three Basic Soil-Structure Interaction Models, Proceedings of the 6^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, New Delhi, India.
2. Wong, H.L. (1977). An Experimental Study of Topographic Effects on the Identification of Ground Motion, Proceedings of the 6^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, New Delhi, India.
3. Luco, J.E., and H.L.Wong (1977). Dynamic Response of Rectangular Foundations for Rayleigh Wave Excitation, Proceedings of the 6th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, New Delhi, India.
4. Wong, H.L., and J.E. Luco (1977). The Application of Standard Finite Element Programs for Soil-Structure Interaction, Proceedings of the 2nd SAP User's Conference, University of Southern California.
5. Wong, H.L. (1977). The Coupled Translations and Rotations Caused by the Weight Distribution of a Nearby Building, Symposium on Applications of Computer Methods in Engineering, University of Southern California.
6. Werner, S.D., L.C. Lee, H.L.Wong, and M.D.Trifunac (1978). Response of Structures to Traveling Seismic Waves, American Society of Civil Engineers Convention and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois.
7. Liao, Z.P. and H.L.Wong (1983). A Transmitting Boundary for Discrete Methods, Proceedings of the ASCE Specialty Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, May 23-25.
8. H.L.Wong (1984). Effects of Surface Topography and Site Conditions, Proceedings of the EPRI Workshop on Strong Ground Motion Simulation and Earthquake Engineering Applications, Los Altos, California, April 30 - May 3.
9. Gordon, P., H. Richardson and H.L.Wong (1984). The Distribution of Population and Employment in a Polycentric City: the Case of Los Angeles, Proceedings of the 31st Annual North American meetings of the Regional Science Association, Denver, Colorado, November 10.
10. Liao, Z.P. and H.L.Wong (1984). A Unified Transmitting Boundary of Discrete Models, Proceedings of International Workshop on Earthquake Engineering, Vol. I, Shanghai, China, March 27-31.
11. Chang, C.Y., J.E. Luco, V. Wilhelmy, H.L.Wong and M.R. Akky (1985).Three-Dimensional Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis of an Offshore Gravity Platform, Proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, June 27-July 3.
12. Wong, H.L. and J.E. Luco (1986). Dynamic Structure-to-Structure Interaction for Closely Spaced Buildings, Proceedings of the Third U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, August 24-27, 1986, Charleston, South Carolina.
13. Luco, J.E. and H.L.Wong (1987). Prediction of the Forced Vibration and Seismic Response of the Lotung (Taiwan) Large-Scale Containment Model and Comparison with Observations, Proceedings of the EPRI Workshop on Soil-Structure Interaction Predictions, Palo Alto, California, December 11-13.
14. Luco, J.E., H.L.Wong and A. Mita (1988). Response of Foundations and Structures to Spatially Random Ground Motion, Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Strong Motion Arrays, Institute of Earth Science, Taipei, Taiwan, January 14-16.
15. Luco, J.E. and H.L.Wong (1990). Identification of Soil Properties from Vibration Tests of Small Footings, Proceedings of the Fourth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, May, 1990, Palm Springs, California, Vol. 3, 875-884.
16. Wong, H. L.; Luco, J. E. (1992). Effects of soil-structure interaction on the seismic response of structures subjected to active control, Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Vol., 2137-2142.
17. Luco, J. E.; Wong, H. L. (1994). Control of the seismic response of adjacent structures, Proceedings First World Conference on Structural Control, International Assn. for Structural Control, Los Angeles, Vol. 2, TA2-21-TA2-30.

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