Curriculum Vitae of   Prof.  Mihailo D. Trifunac

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

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University of Southern California
Civil Engineering Department, KAP 216D
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531
tel. (213) 740-0570; FAX (213) 744-1426; E-mail: trifunac@usc.edu

Education

Employment

  • Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, 1980-
  • J.S.P.S. Research Professor, School of Civil Eng. Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan 1988/89.
  • Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, 1976-1980
  • Assistant Professor of Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, 1972-1975
  • Consultant to Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards 1971-1994
  • Consultant to Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste, 1989-1994
  • Research Associate, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory and Lecturer in the Department of Geology of Columbia University, 1971-1972
  • Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, 1970-1971
  • Research Fellow in Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology,  July 1969-September 1970
  • Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology, 1966-1969
  • Research Assistant, Princeton University, 1965-1966

Membership in Professional Societies

  • American Geophysical Union
  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Seismological Society of America
  • Sigma Xi
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
  • Indian Society of Earthquake Technology
  • New York Academy of Sciences

Honors and Awards:

  • Elected Foreign Member of the Yugoslav Academy of Engineering
  • Elected Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Elected Foreign Fellow Indian National Academy of Engineering.
  • Honorary Member of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology
  • Crown and Eagle Medal of Honor, for outstanding contributions and services in the field of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, 2005, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
  • P.L. Kapitsa Gold Medal of Honor to author of scientific discovery, 2002, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
  • Lockhead Martin Senior Reseach Award, April 2000, for seminal contributions in the field of earthquake engineering and seismology.
  • Hanumatacharya Joshi Award, July 1991, for the best paper in structural dynamics.
  • ISET Award in Earthquake Technology, February 1989, for the paper ``Order Statistics of Peaks of the Response to Multi-Component Seismic Excitation''.


Scientific Research

Includes investigation of strong earthquake ground motions following Parkfield, California, 1966 Earthquake (1967+); high-frequency resolution and strong-motion mechanism study of Imperial Valley, California 1940 earthquake (1968+); simple mathematical models of an alluvial valley subject to strong earthquake motion (1968+); ambient and forced vibration studies of several multi-story structures (1968+); laboratory evaluation and instrument correction methods of strong motion accelerographs (1970+); statistics and triggering mechanism of earthquakes (1968+); studies of microtremor vibrations in the Imperial Valley (1970+); study of new methods for synthesizing artificial strong ground motion (1970+); amplification and focusing effects in complicated geologic structures (1971+); stress estimates and source mechanism studies of earthquakes based on the recorded strong-motion accelerograms (1971+); development of seismic design criteria in terms of response spectra (1975+); development of approximate scaling methods for strong earthquake ground motion in terms of peak accelerations, velocities and displacements (1975+); studies on duration of strong earthquake ground motion (1974+); soil-bridge-soil interaction problems (1975+); frequency dependent duration of strong shaking (1976+); principles and methodology of seismic zonation (1976+); automatic digitization of strong motion accelerograms (1976+); seismic risk analysis (1976+).


Teaching Experience

  • Columbia University:
    • W694y - Strong-Motion Seismology (1971-72)
  • Caltech:
    • CE 180 - Experimental Methods in Earthquake Engineering
    • CE 181 - Principles of Earthquake Engineering
    • CE 182 - Structural Dynamics of Earthquake Engineering
  • University of Southern California:
    • CE 307 - Analytical Mechanics (Dynamics)
    • CE 525 - Engineering Analysis (Eng. Applied Mathematics)
    • CE 535a,b - Earthquake Engineering
    • CE 226 - Analytical Mechanics I (Statics and Dynamics)
    • CE 227 - Analytical Mechanics II (Statics and Dynamics)
    • CE 541ab - Dynamics of Structures
    • CE 358 - Theory of Structures
    • CE 457 - Reinforced Concrete Design


Other Selected Activities and Experience

  • Served on the Panel Strong Motion Seismology, Committee of  Seismology, National Academy of Science;
  • Participated in UNESCO Symposium of Experts on Strong Motion Seismology;
  • Participated in ATC-3 Effort for Improvement on Earthquake Resistant Design Code;
  • Member of Panel on National, Regional and Local Seismograph Networks, National Academy of Sciences, Committee of Seismology;
  • United Nations Development Program: Consultant in India, Yugoslavia, Soviet Union;
  • Member of Editorial Board of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Journal.
  • Presented numerous scientific papers during national and international conferences.


Strong Motion Data Reports Edited By M.D. Trifunac, D.E. Hudson, and A.G. Brady

(distributed online by Caltech Library System - Caltech Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory Technical Reports - at http://caltecheerl.library.caltech.edu/.  The following provides direct links to this site)

Strong-Motion Earthquake Accelerograms, Digitized and Plotted Data, Volume I, Part A, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 70-20, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, NTIS-PB-287 847.

  1.  , Volume I, Part B, EERL 70-21, PB-196 823.
  2.  , Volume I, Part C, EERL 71-20, PB-204 368.
  3.  , Volume I, Part D, EERL 71-21, PB-208 529.
  4.  , Volume I, Part E, EERL 71-22, PB-209 749.
  5.  , Volume I, Part F, EERL 71-23, PB-210 619.
  6.  , Volume I, Part G, EERL 72-20, PB-211 357.
  7.  , Volume I, Part H, EERL 72-21, PB-211 781.
  8.  , Volume I, Part I, EERL 72-22, PB-213 422.
  9.  , Volume I, Part J, EERL 72-23, PB-213 423.
  10.  , Volume I, Part K, EERL 72-24, PB-213 424.
  11.  , Volume I, Part L, EERL 72-25, PB-215 639.
  12.  , Volume I, Part M, EERL 72-26, PB-223 023.
  13.  , Volume I, Part N, EERL 72-27, PB-223 023.
  14.  , Volume I, Part O, EERL 73-20, PB-222 417.
  15.  , Volume I, Part P, EERL 73-21, PB-227 481/AS.
  16.  , Volume I, Part Q, EERL 73-22, PB-232 315/AS.
  17.  , Volume I, Part R, EERL 73-23, PB-239 585/AS.
  18.  , Volume I, Part S, EERL 73-24, PB-241 551/AS.
  19.  , Volume I, Part T, EERL 73-25, PB-241 943/AS.
  20.  , Volume I, Part U, EERL 73-26, PB-242 262/AS.
  21.  , Volume I, Part V, EERL 73-27.
  22.  , Volume I, Part W, EERL 73-28.
  23.  , Volume I, Part X, EERL 73-29.
  24.  , Volume I, Part Y, EERL 73-30.
  25. Strong Motion Earthquake Accelerograms, Corrected Accelerograms and Integrated Velocity and Displacement Curves, Volume II, Part A, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 71-50, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, NTIS-PB-208 283.
  26.  , Volume II, Part B, EERL 72-50, PB-220 161.
  27.  , Volume II, Part C, EERL 72-51, PB-220 162.
  28.  , Volume II, Part D, EERL 72-52, PB-220 836.
  29.  , Volume II, Part E, EERL 73-50, PB-223 024.
  30.  , Volume II, Part F, EERL 73-51, PB-224 977/AS.
  31.  , Volume II, Part G, EERL 73-52, PB-229 239/AS.
  32.  , Volume II, Part H, EERL 74-50, PB-231 225/AS.
  33.  , Volume II, Part I, EERL 74-51, PB-232 316/AS.
  34.  , Volume II, Parts J and K, EERL 74-52, PB-233 257/AS.
  35.  , Volume II, Parts L and M, EERL 74-53, PB-237 174/AS.
  36.  , Volume II, Part N, EERL 74-54, PB-236 399/AS.
  37.  , Volume II, Parts O and P, EERL 74-55, PB-239 586/AS.
  38.  , Volume II, Parts Q and R, EERL 74-56, PB-239 587/AS.
  39.  , Volume II, Part S, EERL 74-57, PB-241 552/AS.
  40.  , Volume II, Part T, EERL 75-50, PB-242 433/AS.
  41.  , Volume II, Part U, EERL 75-51.
  42.  , Volume II, Part V, EERL 75-52.
  43.  , Volume II, Parts W and Y, EERL 75-53.
  44. Strong-Motion Earthquake Accelerograms, Response Spectra, Volume III, Part A, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 72-80, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, NTIS - PB-212 602.
  45.  , Volume III, Part B, EERL 73-80, PB-221 256.
  46.  , Volume III, Part C, EERL 73-81, PB-223 025.
  47.  , Volume III, Part D, EERL 73-82, PB-227 469/AS.
  48.  , Volume III, Part E, EERL 73-83, PB-227 470/AS.
  49.  , Volume III, Part F, EERL 73-84, PB-227 471/AS.
  50.  , Volume III, Part G, EERL 73-85, PB-231 223/AS.
  51.  , Volume III, Part H, EERL 74-80, PB-231 319/AS.
  52.  , Volume III, Part I, EERL 74-81, PB-232 326/AS.
  53.  , Volume III, Part J, K and L, EERL 74-82, PB-236 110/AS.
  54.  , Volume III, Parts M and N, EERL 74-83, PB-236 400/AS.
  55.  , Volume III, Parts O and P, EERL 74-84, PB-238 102/AS.
  56.  , Volume III, Parts Q and R, EERL 74-85, PB-240 688/AS.
  57.  , Volume III, Part S, EERL 74-86, PB- 241 553/AS.
  58.  , Volume III, Part T, EERL 75-80.
  59.  , Volume III, Part U, EERL 75-81.
  60.  , Volume III, Part V, EERL 75-82.
  61.  , Volume III, Parts W and Y, EERL 75-83.
  62. Strong Motion Earthquake Accelerograms, Fourier Spectra, Volume IV, Part A, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 72-100, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, NTIS - PB$-$212 603.
  63.  , Volume IV, Part B, EERL 73-100, PB-220 837.
  64.  , Volume IV, Part C, EERL 73-101, PB-222 514.
  65.  , Volume IV, Part D, EERL 73-102, PB-223 969/AS.
  66.  , Volume IV, Part E, EERL 73-103, PB-229 240/AS/.
  67.  , Volume IV, Part F, EERL 73-104, PB-229 241/AS.
  68.  , Volume IV, Part G, EERL 73-105, PB-231 224/AS.
  69.  , Volume IV, Part H, EERL 74-100, PB-232 326/AS.
  70.  , Volume IV, Part I, EERL 74-101, PB-232 328/AS.
  71.  , Volume IV, Parts J, K, L, and M, EERL 74-102, PB-236111/AS.
  72.  , Volume IV, Parts N, O, and P, EERL 74-103, PB-238 447/AS.
  73.  , Volume IV, Parts Q, R, and S, EERL 74-104, PB-241 554/AS.
  74.  , Volume IV, Parts T, U, EERL 75-100.
  75.  , Volume IV, Parts V, W, and Y, EERL 75-101.


Scientific Publications

 

(Reprints of many of the journal papers listed below can be downloaded as PDF files from   http://www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/Trifunac_reprents_of_journal-papers, with file names corresponding to the publication order number in the list below.  PDF files of the USC reports can be downloaded from http://www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/CE_Reports/CE_Reports.html.)

 

1.         Analysis of Accelerograms-Parkfield Earthquake, with G.W. Housner, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 57, 1193-1220, pp.27, 1967.

2.         Analysis of Strong Motion Accelerograph Records, with D.E. Hudson and N.C. Nigam, Fourth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, Vol. I, A2, 1-17, 1969.  Also printed as Appendix I in Strong Motion Earthquake Accelerograms, Volume I - Uncorrected Accelerograms, EERL 70-20, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.

3.         Strong-Motion Earthquake Accelerograms, Digitized and Plotted Data, Vol.I, with D.E. Hudson and A.G. Brady, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 70-20, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.20, 1969.

4.         Investigation of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.147, 1969.

5.         Analysis of the Station No.2, Seismoscope Record-1966 Parkfield, California Earthquake, with D.E. Hudson, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 60, 785-794, pp.9, 1970.

6.         Wind and Microtremor Induced Vibrations of a 22-Story Steel Frame Building, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 70-01, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.48, 1970.

7.         Complexity of Energy Release during the Imperial Valley, California Earthquake of 1940, with J.N. Brune, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 60, 137-160, pp.23, 1970.

8.         Ambient Vibration Test of a 39-Strory Steel Frame Building, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 70-02, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.40, 1970.

9.         On the Statistics and Possible Triggering Mechanism of Earthquakes in Southern California, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 70-03, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.56, 1970.

10.     Laboratory Evaluation and Instrument Corrections of Strong Motion Accelerographs, with D.E. Hudson, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 70-04, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.113, 1970.

11.     Response Envelope Spectrum and Interpretation of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 70-06, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.23, 1970.

12.     Low frequency Digitization Errors and a New Method for Zero Baseline Correction of Strong Motion Accelerograms, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 70-07, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.55, 1970.

13.     Response Envelope Spectrum and Interpretation of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 61, 343-356, pp.13, 1971.

14.     Zero Baseline Correction of Strong-Motion Accelerograms, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 61, 1201-1211, pp.10. 1971.

15.     A Method for Synthesizing Realistic Strong Ground Motion, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 61, 1739-1753, pp.14, 1971.

16.     Surface Motion of a Semi-Cylindrical Alluvial Valley for Incident Plane SH Waves, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 61,1755-1770, pp.15, 1971.

17.     Analysis of the Pacoima Dam Accelerogram, San Fernando, California Earthquake of 1971, with D.E. Hudson, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 61, 1393-1411, pp.18, 1971.

18.     High frequency Errors and Instrument Corrections of Strong-Motion Accelerograms, with F.E. Udwadia and A.G. Brady, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 71-05, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.49, 1971.

19.     Strong-Motion Earthquake Accelerograms, II, Corrected Accelerograms and Integrated Velocity and Displacement Curves, with D.E. Hudson, A.G. Brady and A. Vijayaraghavan, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 71-50, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.22, 1971.

20.     Engineering Features of the San Fernando Earthquake, February 9, 1971, Chapter II, edited by P.C. Jennings, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 71-02, 110-139, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.29, 1971.

21.     Strong-Motion Accelerograms, III, Response Spectra, with D.E. Hudson and A.G. Brady, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 72-80, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.25, 1972.

22.     Strong-Motion Earthquake Accelerograms, IV, Fourier Spectra, with D.E. Hudson, F.E. Udwadia, A. Vijayaraghavan, and A. Brady, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory,EERL 72-100

, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.42, 1972.

23.     Interaction of a Shear Wall with the Soil for Incident Plane SH Waves, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 62, 63-83, pp.20, 1972.

24.     A Note on Correction of Strong-Motion Accelerograms for Instrument Response, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 62, 401-409, pp.8, 1972.

25.     Stress Estimates for San Fernando, California Earthquake of February 9, 1971: Main Event and Thirteen Aftershocks, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 62, 721-750, pp.29, 1972.

26.     Tectonic Stress and Source Mechanism of the Imperial Valley, California Earthquake of 1940, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 62, 1283-1302, pp.19, 1972.

27.     Comparison between Ambient and Forced Vibration Experiments, Int. J. of Earthquake Engineering and Struct. Dynamics, 1, 133-150, pp.17, 1972.

28.     Studies of Strong Earthquake Motions and Microtremor Processes, with F.E. Udwadia, Proc. International Conference of Microzonation, Seattle, Washington, Vol.I, 319-334, pp.16, 1972.

29.     Analysis of Errors in Digitized Strong-Motion Accelerograms, with F.E. Udwadia, and A.G. Brady, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 63, 157-187, pp.30, 1973.

30.     A Note on Scattering of Plane SH Waves by a Semi-Cylindrical Canyon, Int. J. of Earthquake Engineering and Struct. Dynamics, 1, 267-281, pp.14, 1973.

31.     Characterization of Response Spectra by Parameters Governing the Gross Nature of Earthquake Source Mechanism, Proc. Fifth World Conf. on earthquake Engineering, Rome, Italy, pp. 4, 1973.

32.     Recent Developments in Data Processing and Accuracy Evaluations of Strong-Motion Acceleration Measurements, with F.E. Udwadia, and A.G. Brady, Proc. Fifth World Conf. on earthquake Engineering, Rome, Italy, pp.10, 1973.

33.     Ambient Vibration Tests of Full-Scale Structures, with F.E. Udwadia, Proc. Fifth World Conf. on earthquake Engineering, Rome, Italy, pp.10, 1973.

34.     Comparison of Earthquake and Microtremor Ground Motions in El Centro, California, with F.E. Udwadia, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 63, No.4, 1227-1253, pp.25, 1973.

35.     Analysis of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion for Prediction of Response Spectra, Int. J. of Earthquake Engineering and Struct. Dynamics, 2(1), 59-69, pp.10, 1973.

36.     The Fourier Transform, Response Spectra and their Relationship through the Statistics of Oscillator Response, with F.E. Udwadia, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 73-01, California Institute of Technology, pp.78, 1973.

37.     Damped Fourier Spectrum and Response Spectra, with F.E. Udwadia, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 63, 1775-1783, pp.8, 1973.

38.     Routine Computer Processing of Strong-Motion Accelerograms, with V. Lee, Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, EERL 73-03, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, pp.360, 1973.

39.     Characterization of Response Spectra through the Statistics of Oscillator Response, with F.E. Udwadia, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 64, 205-219, pp.15, 1974.

40.     A Three-Dimensional Dislocation Model for the San Fernando, California, Earthquake of February 9, 1971, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 64, 149-172, pp.23, 1974.

41.     Parkfield, California, Earthquake of June 27, 1966: A Three-Dimensional Moving Dislocation, with F.E. Udwadia, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 64, 511-533, pp.22, 1974.

42.     Time and Amplitude Dependent Response of Structures with F.E. Udwadia, Intl. J. of Earthquake Engineering and Struct. Dynamics, 2, 359-378, pp.19, 1974.

43.     A Note of the Accuracy of Computed Ground Displacements from Strong-Motion Accelerograms, with V.W. Lee, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 64, 1209-1219, pp.10, 1974.

44.     Variations of Strong Earthquake Ground Shaking in the Los Angeles Area, with F.E. Udwadia, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 64,1429-1454, pp.25, 1974.

45.     Scattering of Plane SH-Waves by a Semi-Elliptical Canyon, with H.L. Wong, Intl. J. of Earthquake Engineering and Struct. Dynamics, 3, 157-169, pp.12, 1974.

46.     Surface Motion of a Semi-Elliptical Alluvial Valley for Incident Plane SH-Waves, with H.L. Wong, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 64, 1389-1408, pp.19, 1974.

47.     Interaction of a Shear Wall with the Soil for Incident Plane SH-Waves: Elliptical Rigid Foundation, with H.L. Wong, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 64, 1825-1842, pp.17, 1974.

48.     An Array of Strong Motion Accelerographs in Bear Valley, California, with R.J. Dielman and T.C. Hanks, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 65, 1-12, pp.11, 1975.

49.     A Note on the Dynamic Response of Rigid Embedded Foundations, with J.E. Luco and H.L. Wong, Intl. J. of Earthquake Engineering and Struct. Dynamics, 4(2), 119-127, pp.8, 1975.

50.     On the Correlation of Seismic Intensity Scales with the Peaks of Recorded Strong Ground Motion, with A.G. Brady, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 65, 139-162, pp.23, 1975.

51.     On the Correlation of Seismoscope Response with Earthquake Magnitude and Modified Mercalli Intensity, with A.G. Brady, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 65, 307-321, pp.14, 1975.

52.     A Study on the Duration of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion, with A.G. Brady, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 65, 581-626, pp.45, 1975.

53.     Two-Dimensional, Antiplane, Building-Soil-Building Interaction for Two or More Buildings and for Incident Plane SH-Waves with H.L. Wong, Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 65, 1863-1885, pp.22, 1975.

54.     Correlations of Peak Acceleration, Velocity and Displacement with Earthquake Magnitude, Epicentral Distance and Site Conditions, with A.G. Brady, Intl. J. of Earthquake Engineering and Struct. Dynamics, 4, 455-471, pp.16, 1975.

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