Named among Top 20 Authors Worldwide on the Special Topic – Earthquakes for the period 1993-2003 (one of only two earthquake engineers) by the Institute of Scientific Information (http://esi-topics.com/earthquakes/).
Named among Top 1% Authors Worldwide in Engineering for the period 1995- by the Institute of Scientific Information (http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=ESI&Func=Frame ).
Named among “18 prominent women in civil engineering” selected worldwide as role models for aspiring female engineering students, in a paper by Prof. Yin Kiong Hoh of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, published in the International Journal of Engineering Education (Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 817-824, 2008). http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2008/viterbi-earthquake-engineer.htm
Kapitsa Gold Medal, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, 2004.
Foreign Member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, 2004.
Fall 1986 Best Teaching Assistant Award in the Dept. of Civil Engr., Univ. of Southern California.

Employment

Univ. of Southern California, Dept. of Civil Engineering.

2005- Research Professor
1998-2005 Research Associate Professor
1992-1998 Research Assistant Professor
1989-1991 Research Associate
1984-1987 Research Assistant
1985-1987 Teaching Assistant

Univ. of Southern California, Dept. of Mathematics

1987-1988 Teaching Assistant

Membership in Professional Societies

Seismological Society of America (SSA), member, 1988-.

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), member, 1993-.

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), member, 1998-.

Society for Industrial Applications of Mathematics (SIAM), member, 1998-.

Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET), life member, 1998-.

American Geophysical Union (AGU), member, 2006-.

Consortium of Organizations for Strong-Motion Observation Systems, 2000-.

American Association of University Women (AAUW), 1998-.

Wilson Associates (USC Alumni Group), 1997-.

Professional Service

Membership in Professional Committees and Journal Editorial Boards

Member of Editorial Board of Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Research Institute, 2008-.

Member of Editorial Board of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (Elsevier Sci.. J.), 2001-.

Guest Editor, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., Special issue on Rotational Seismology and Engineering Applications” (Lee WHK, Celebi M, Todorovska MI, Igel H eds.), Vol. 99, May 2009, in press.

Member of Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects of U.S.-Japan Natural Resources Program (UJNR), 2005-.

Member of Strong Motion Programs Board of Consortium of Organizations for Strong-Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS); 2002-.

Member of the Dynamics Committee, ASCE, Engineering Mechanics Division; 1996-.

Other Service to the Professional Community

Organizer of First International Workshop on Rotational Seismology and Engineering Applications, Menlo Park, 2007.

Organizer of Third and Fourth U.S.-Japan (UJNR) Workshop on Soil-Structure Interaction, Menlo Park, 2004; Tsukuba, 2007.

Founding member of International Working Group on Rotational Seismology, 2006-.

Organized sessions at World Conferences on Earthquake Engineering, European Conferences on Earthquake Engineering, ASCE conferences and AGU meetings.

Reviewer of proposals for NSF, USGS and foreign science foundations.

Reviewer of papers for: ASCE J. Eng. Mech., ASCE J. Geotech. and Geoenvir. Eng., ASCE J. of Structural Eng., Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., Geofísica Internacional, Earthq. Eng. & Struct. Dyn, Earthquake Spectra, Soil Dyn.& Earthq. Eng., Indian J. Earthq. Tech., J. Sound & Vib., Archive of Applied Mechanics, Mechanics Research Communications, Acta Mechanica, IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, Canadian J. Civil Engineering, etc..

University Service (USC)

Provost's Committee on Academic Leadership and Advancement, member 2005/2006.

Academic Senate Committee on Non-Tenure Track Faculty, member 2005/2006, 2004/2005, 2003/2004, 2002/2003.

USC Ambassador, 2004-.

Mellon Mentoring Program Steering Committee, member 2003/2004.

School of Engineering Faculty Council Committee on Rights and Responsibilities of Research Faculty, member 2002/2003.

Academic Senate Committee in charge of producing a white paper on Non-Tenure Track Faculty, member 2001/2002.

Panellist of Research Faculty Forum, April 2002.

Hosted visit of 2001/2002 Provost Distinguished Visitor – Prof. Francisco Jose Sáchez-Sesma of the Mexico National Autonomous University (UNAM).

Civil Engineering Department Research Seminars Coordinator, 1998/1999 and 1999/2000.

Prepared and graded Engineering Mathematics problems for Civil Engineering Department Screening Examination.

Served on Qualifying Examination Committees.

Professional Interests

Research Interests

Interdisciplinary research synthesizing knowledge and technology from different branches of engineering, earth sciences, mathematics and social sciences, and aiming to solving advanced problems in earthquake engineering and engineering mechanics.

· Structural health monitoring and Soil-structure system identification.

· Rotational seismology and engineering applications.

· Seismic wave propagation in structures, soils and sedimentary deposits.

· Wavelets and multiscale analysis.

· Strong motion and Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis.

· Soil-structure interaction and Full-scale testing of structures.

· Seismic monitoring arrays, instrumentation, data processing and databases.

· Organization and mining of large sets of seismic monitoring and laboratory experiment data.

· Assessment of damage and losses from earthquakes.

· Passive isolation of structures.

· Specification of earthquake resistant design criteria for structures.

· Near-source tsunami modelling.

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate courses in Mechanics, Structures and Risk Analysis.

Graduate courses in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, Dynamics of Structures, Elasticity and Wave Propagation, Engineering Mathematics, and Probabilistic Methods.

Organize new courses in Digital Signal Processing, Estimation Theory, and Information Management for Civil Engineering students.

Promote education in Soil-Structure Interaction.

Professional Experience

Research Experience

· Includes analysis of the effects of propagating earthquake waves on long buildings (without major discontinuities, with stiff shear walls at the ends, with stiff central core and with soft first floor), analytical solutions, 1987; effects of propagating waves on semi-circular dam structures, analytical solution, 1986; probabilistic description of attenuation of earthquake intensities in the Balkan region for probabilistic seismic risk, 1986; diffraction of plane seismic waves from shallow circular alluvium valleys, or soil deposits, for incident plane SH-, P- and SV-waves, and surface Rayleigh-waves, analytical solutions, 1988; foundation-soil and building-foundation-soil interaction for in-plane wave excitation; influence of the embedment on the system damping, system frequency, and system response amplitudes during soil-structure interaction, 1989-1990; source mechanism of the 1987 Whittier-Narrows earthquake using near-field strong motion data, 1989; scattering of plane seismic waves from shallow spherical canyons, closed-form solutions, 1989; scattering of plane SH-, P- and SV-waves from two-dimensional canyons and valleys with irregular boundaries, 1990-1991; seismic hazard assessment, 1991-1992; probabilistic assessment of losses caused by earthquakes, 1991; passive isolation of buildings from strong earthquake ground motion: classical approach and innovative ideas, 1991-1992; energy transfer in buildings during building-foundation-soil interaction, 1992; generalization of seismic hazard assessment to peaks in responses of structures, 1993; frequency dependent duration of strong ground motion on the territory of former Yugoslavia, 1993; probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of ground motion: effects of source characteristics, attenuation with distance and local soil and geologic site conditions, 1993-1994; application of order statistics to functionals of strong ground motion, 1993-1994; 3-D soil-structure interaction for eccentric buildings, 1994; dynamic response of a solid waste deposit to earthquake wave motion, 1994; probabilistic modeling of liquefaction hazard in sands via energy and regression over observed data, 1994; analyses of strong ground motion during the Northridge, California, earthquake: distribution of peak acceleration, velocity, peak strain and PSV amplitudes, nonlinear soil response in relation to recorded peak accelerations, 1994-1996; analysis of damage during the Northridge, 1994, earthquake (red-tagged buildings, breaks in water pipes, fire outbreaks) in relation to recorded strong ground motion, 1996; probabilistic mapping of earthquake induced peak strains in soils and of liquefaction opportunity for specified exposure, 1995-1996; new developments in earthquake data processing: algorithms for instrument calibration and for correction of accelerograms recorded on film for misalignment and cross-axis sensitivity, 1995-1997; analyses of differential ground motion and effects on structures, 1995-; probabilistic hazard modeling of tsunami runup, 1997-; simulation of generation and propagation in the near-field of tsunami created by a source spreading with uniform velocity, 1997-; experimental analysis of response of full scale-structures to ambient noise and to strong earthquakes, 1997-; simulation of earthquake ground motion by explosions, 1998; identification of nonlinear soil-structure systems from recorded seismic response (Hilbert transform, Gabor transform and wavelet transform methods), 2000, 2003; interpretation of recorded earthquake response of buildings by wave propagation methods, 2000-; modeling and simulation of soil-structure interaction for structures on flexible foundations and with deformable structure-foundation and foundation-soil interfaces using wave expansion method, 2000-; modeling of generation and propagation in the near-field of tsunami created by submarine slides and slumps spreading with uniform velocity, with variable velocity, and with variable final uplift, 2001-2002; empirical estimation of maximum distance and minimum energy to initiate liquefaction in water saturated sands for probabilistic seismic hazard computations, 2002-2003; reoccurrence of damage zones—comparison of distribution of damage to buildings and to the water distribution system caused by the 1971 San Fernando and by the 1994 Northridge earthquakes, 2002-2003; exploration of the applicability and possible advantages of orthonormal wavelet bases representation of seismic vibration data—estimation of local and global aggregates and averages of energy, power, power spectrum density, cross-correlation, and cross-power spectrum density; dimensionality reduction and information granulation by thresholding and by lower resolution approximation and application to data mining, 2003; analysis of time and amplitude dependent variations of building frequencies during strong earthquake shaking for instrumented buildings in the Los Angeles area, estimated from recorded earthquake response, 2003-; probabilistic seismic hazard modeling of permanent displacement across earthquake faults for the transportation system, 2003-; structural health monitoring and damage detection using seismic monitoring arrays and wavelets, 2004; wave propagation and soil-structure interaction in poroelastic soils, 2005-; structural health monitoring and earthquake damage detection methodologies based on travel times analysis estimated from impulse response function, 2005-; multiresolution representation and approximation of strong ground motion database using wavelets, 2006-. soil-structure system identification from full-scale measurements, 2007-; rotational seismology, 2007-.

Consulting Experience

Has served as a consultant to government agencies, oil industry, land developers, consulting firms, and law firms on strong ground motion, seismic hazard assessment, and strong motion data processing.

Other Selected Professional Experience

Principal Investigator of the Los Angeles and Vicinity Strong Motion Network (1986-).

Archiving and data processing of accelerograms recorded in the U.S. (Los Angeles Strong Motion Network, National Strong Motion Network, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power) and abroad (former Yugoslavia, Tadjikistan, India).

Teaching Experience

CE 525b Engineering Analysis (lecturer, USC)

CE 227 Statics and Strength of Materials (lecturer, USC)

CE 535a,b Earthquake Engineering (taught selected lectures, USC)

CE 227 Statics and Strength of Materials (teaching assistant, USC)

CE 228 Dynamics (teaching assistant, USC)

CE 525a,b Engineering Analysis (teaching assistant, USC)

MATH 125 Calculus I (teaching assistant, USC)

MATH 126 Calculus II (teaching assistant, USC)

MATH 226 Calculus III (teaching assistant, USC)

Short Course on `Seismic Risk in India', December, 12-14, New Delhi, India; organized by Indian Inst. of Technology, Kanpur, Continuing Education Program. Course convener Prof. V.K. Gupta. Delivered three lectures; lecture notes published in course proceedings.

Graduate Students Advised

Yousef Al Rjoub (Ph.D., 2007)

Joint with M.D. Trifunac: S.S. Ivanovic (Ph.D., 1998), T.-Y. Hao (Ph.D., 2002), V. Gicev and H.S. Kim (Ph.D., 2005), R. Taborda (M.S. 2005), Hadi Meidani (2006), Fabian Rojas Barrales (2007).

Postdoctoral Fellows Advised

Abdul Hayir (NATO Post Doctoral Fellow from Istanbul Technical Univ., 2000-2001).

T.-Y. Hao (2002-2004)

Computer Languages and Interpreters

Fortran, C++, Visual Basic, Matlab, S-Plus.

Foreign Languages

French, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian and Macedonian (native).

Scientific Publications

Journal Papers

1. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (1989). Attenuation of seismic intensity in Albania and Yugoslavia, Earthquake Engrg & Struct. Dynamics, 18 (5), 617-631.

2. Todorovska, M.I., & M.D. Trifunac (1989). Antiplane earthquake waves in long structures, J. Engrg Mech., ASCE, 115 (12), 2687-2708.

3. Todorovska, M.I., & V.W. Lee (1989). Seismic waves in buildings with shear walls or central core, J. Engrg Mech., ASCE, 115 (12), 2669-2686.

4. Todorovska, M.I., & M.D. Trifunac (1990). A note on the propagation of earthquake waves in buildings with soft first floor, J. Engrg Mech., ASCE, 116 (4), 892-900.

5. Todorovska, M.I., & M.D. Trifunac (1990). A note on excitation of long structures by ground waves, J. Engrg Mech., ASCE 116 (4), 952-964.

6. Todorovska, M.I., & V.W. Lee (1990). A note on response of shallow circular valleys to Rayleigh waves: analytical approach, Earthquake Engrg & Engrg Vibration, 10 (1), 21-34.

7. Todorovska, M.I., & V.W. Lee (1991). Surface motion of circular alluvial valleys of variable depth for incident plane SH waves, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 10 (4), 192-200.

8. Todorovska, M.I., & V.W. Lee (1991). A note on scattering of Rayleigh waves by shallow circular canyons: analytical approach, Bull. Indian Soc. Earthquake Tech., Paper No. 306, 28 (2), 1-16.

9. Todorovska, M.I., & M.D. Trifunac (1992). The system damping, the system frequency and the system response peak amplitudes during in-plane building-soil interaction, Earthquake Engrg & Struct. Dynamics, 21 (2), 127-144.

10. Todorovska, M.I. (1992). Effect of the depth of the embedment on the system response during building-soil interaction, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 11 (2), 111-123.

11. Todorovska, M.I. (1993). In-plane foundation-soil interaction for embedded circular foundations, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 12 (5), 283-297 .

12. Todorovska, M.I. (1993). Effects of the wave passage and the embedment depth during building-soil interaction, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 12 (6), 343-355.

13. Todorovska, M.I., & M.D. Trifunac (1992). Effects of the base input rocking on the relative response of long buildings on embedded foundations, European Earthquake Engrg, Vol. VI-n.1, 36-46.

14. Jordanovski, L.R., M.I. Todorovska & M.D. Trifunac (1992). The total loss in a building exposed to earthquake hazard, Part I: the model, European Earthquake Engrg, Vol. VI-n.3, 14-25.

15. Jordanovski, L.R., M.I. Todorovska & M.D. Trifunac (1992). The total loss in a building exposed to earthquake hazard, Part II: a hypothetical example, European Earthquake Engrg, Vol. VI-n.3, 26-32.

16. Todorovska, M.I. (1994). Comparison of response spectrum amplitudes from earthquakes with lognormally and exponentially distributed return period, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 13 (2), 97-116.

17. Todorovska, M.I. (1994). Order statistics of functionals of strong ground motion for a class of renewal processes, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 13 (6), 399-405.

18. Todorovska, M.I. (1995). A note on distribution of amplitudes of peaks in structural response including uncertainties of the exciting ground motion and of the structural model, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 14 (3), 211-217.

19. Trifunac, M.D., M.I. Todorovska & S.S. Ivanovic (1994). A note on distribution of uncorrected peak ground accelerations during the Northridge, California, earthquake of 17 January, 1994, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 13 (3), 187-196.

20. Novikova, E.I., M.I. Todorovska & M.D. Trifunac (1994). Frequency dependent duration of strong earthquake ground motion on the territory of former Yugoslavia, Part I: magnitude models, European Earthquake Engrg, Vol. VIII-n.3, 11-25.

21. Novikova, E.I., M.I. Todorovska & M.D. Trifunac (1994). Frequency dependent duration of strong earthquake ground motion on the territory of former Yugoslavia, Part I: local intensity models, European Earthquake Engrg, Vol. VIII-n.3, 26-37.

22. Todorovska, M.I., & V.W. Lee (1995). A note on sensitivity of uniform probability spectra on modeling the fault geometry in areas with a shallow seismogenic zone, European Earthquake Engrg, Vol. IX-n.2, 14-22.

23. Scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Southern California Earthquake Center (1994). (Direct contribution made by: L. Jones, K. Aki, D. Boore, M. Celebi, A. Donnelan, J. Hall R. Harris, E. Hauksson, T. Heaton, S. Hough, K. Hudnut, K. Hutton, M. Johnston, W. Joyner, H. Kanamori, G. Marshall, A. Michael, J. Mori, M. Murray, D. Ponti, P. Reasenberg, D. Schwartz, L. Seeber, A. Shakal, R. Simpson, H. Thio, J. Tinsley, M. Todorovska, M. Trifunac, D. Wald & M.L. Zobak.). The magnitude 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake of 17 January 1994, Science, 226, 389-397.

24. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (1996). Nonlinear soil response - 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, J. Geotech. Engrg, ASCE, 122 (9), 725-735.

25. Todorovska, M.I. (1996). Liquefaction hazard assessment via seismic wave energy and SPT values, European Earthquake Engrg, Vol. X-n.2, 24-37.

26. Todorovska, M.I., & M.D. Trifunac (1996). Seismic hazard model for peak strains in soils during strong earthquake shaking, Earthquake Engrg & Engrg Vibration, Vol. 16 supplement, 1-12.

27. Trifunac, M.D., M.I. Todorovska & S.S. Ivanovic (1996). Peak velocities and peak surface strains during the Northridge, California, earthquake of 17 January 1994, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 15 (5), 301-310.

28. Todorovska, M.I. & M.D. Trifunac (1996). Hazard mapping of normalized peak strain in soil during earthquakes: microzonation of a metropolitan area, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 15 (5), 321-329.

29. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (1997). Response spectra for differential motion of columns, Earthquake Engrg & Struct. Dynamics, 26 (2), 251-268.

30. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (1997). Northridge, California, earthquake of 1994: density of red-tagged buildings versus peak horizontal velocity and intensity of shaking, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 16 (3), 209-222.

31. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (1997). Northridge, California, earthquake of 1994: density of pipe breaks and surface strains, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 16 (3), 193-207.

32. Todorovska, M.I., & M.D. Trifunac (1997). Distribution of pseudo spectral velocity during the Northridge, California, earthquake of 17 January, 1994, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 16 (3), 173-192.

33. Todorovska, M.I., & M.D. Trifunac (1997). Amplitudes, polarity and time of peaks of strong ground motion during the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 16 (4), 235-258.

34. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (1997). Closure by the authors of discussion of `Nonlinear soil response - 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake' (September, 1996, Vol. 122, No. 9 by M.D. Trifunac and M.I. Todorovska, Paper 9798), J. Geotech. Engrg, ASCE, 123 (10), 989-990.

35. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (1998). Nonlinear soil response as a natural passive isolation mechanism - the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 17 (1), 41-51.

36. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (1998). The Northridge, California, earthquake of 1994: fire ignition by strong shaking, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 17(3), 165-175.

37. Trifunac, M.D., M.I. Todorovska & V.W. Lee (1998). The Rinaldi strong motion accelerogram of the Northridge, California, earthquake of 17 January, 1994, Earthquake Spectra, 14(1), 225-239.

38. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (1998). Damage distribution during the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake in relation to generalized categories of surficial geology, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 17(4), 238-252.

39. Todorovska, M.I. (1998). Cross-axis sensitivity of accelerographs with pendulum like transducers: mathematical model and the inverse problem, Earthquake Engrg & Struct. Dynamics, 27, 1031-1051.

40. Todorovska, M.I., E.I. Novikova, M.D. Trifunac & S.S. Ivanovic (1998). Advanced sensitivity calibration of the Los Angeles Strong Motion Array, Earthquake Engrg & Struct. Dynamics, 27, 1053-1068.

41. Todorovska, M.I. & M.D. Trifunac (1998). Discussion of ' The role of earthquake hazard maps in loss estimation: a study of the Northridge earthquake', by R.B. Olshansky, Earthquake Spectra, 14(3), 557-563.

42. Todorovska, M.I. (1999). Base isolation by a soft first storey with inclined columns, J. of Engrg Mech., ASCE, 125(4), 448-457.

43. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (1999). Reduction of structural damage by nonlinear soil response, J. of Structural Engrg., ASCE, 125(1), 89-97.

44. Negmatullaev, S.Kh., M.I. Todorovska, & M.D. Trifunac (1999). Simulation of strong earthquake ground motion by explosions-experiments at the Lyaur testing range in Tajikistan, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 18(3), 189-207.

45. Trifunac, M.D., S.S. Ivanovic, & M.I. Todorovska (1999). Experimental evidence for flexibility of a building foundation supported by concrete friction piles, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 18(3), 169-187.

46. Todorovska, M.I. & M.D. Trifunac (1999). Liquefaction opportunity mapping via seismic wave energy, J. Geotechnical and Geoevironmental Engrg, ASCE, 125(12), 1032-1042.

47. Trifunac, M.D., V.W. Lee & M.I. Todorovska (1999). Common problems in automatic digitization of accelerograms, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 18, 519-530.

48. Trifunac, M.D., T.Y. Hao & M.I. Todorovska (1999). On reoccurrence of site specific response, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 18(8), 569-592.

49. Trifunac, M.D. & M.I. Todorovska (2000). Can aftershock studies predict site amplification? Northridge, CA, earthquake of 17 January, 1996, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 19(4), 233-251.

50. Trifunac, M.D. & M.I. Todorovska (2000). Long period microtremors, microseisms and earthquake damage: Northridge, CA, earthquake of 17 January, 1994, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 19(4), 253-267.

51. Ivanovic, S., M.D. Trifunac, E.I. Novikova, A.A. Gladkov & M.I. Todorovska (2000). Ambient vibration tests of a seven-story reinforced concrete building in Van Nuys, California, damaged by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 19(6), 391-411.

52. Ivanovic, S., M.D. Trifunac & M.I. Todorovska (2000). Ambient vibration tests of structures - a review, Bull. Indian Soc. Earthquake Tech., 37(4), 165-197.

53. Trifunac, M.D., S.S. Ivanovic & M.I. Todorovska (2001). Apparent periods of a building I: Fourier analysis, J. of Struct. Engrg, ASCE, 127(5), 517-526).

54. Trifunac, M.D., S.S. Ivanovic & M.I. Todorovska (2001). Apparent periods of a building II: time-frequency analysis, J. of Struct. Engrg, ASCE, 127(5), 527-537.

55. Todorovska, M.I., & M.D. Trifunac (2001). Generation of tsunamis by slowly spreading uplift of the sea floor, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 21(2), 151-167.

56. Todorovska, M.I., S.S. Ivanovic & M.D. Trifunac (2001). Wave propagation in a seven-story reinforced concrete building, Part I: theoretical models, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 21(3), 211-223.

57. Todorovska, M.I., S.S. Ivanovic & M.D. Trifunac (2001). Wave propagation in a seven-story reinforced concrete building, Part II: observed wavenumbers, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 21(3), 224-236.

58. Trifunac, M.D. & M.I. Todorovska (2001). Evolution of accelerographs, data processing, strong motion arrays and amplitude and spatial resolution in recording strong earthquake motion, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 21(6), 537-555.

59. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (2001). A note on the useable dynamic range of accelerographs recording translation, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg, 21(4), 275-286.

60. Hayir, A., M.I. Todorovska & M.D. Trifunac (2001). Anti-plane response of a dike with flexible structure-soil interface to incident SH-waves, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 21(7), 603-613.

61. Todorovska, M.I., A. Hayir & M.D. Trifunac (2001). Anti-plane response of a dike on a flexible embedded foundations to incident SH-waves, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 21(7), 593-601.

62. Trifunac, M.D. & M.I. Todorovska (2002). A note on the differences in tsunami source parameters for submarine slides and earthquakes, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 22(2), 143-155.

63. Todorovska, M.I., A. Hayir & M.D. Trifunac (2002). A note on tsunami amplitudes above submarine slides and slumps, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 22(2), 129-141.

64. Trifunac, M.D., A. Hayir & M.I. Todorovska (2002). Was the Great Banks event of 1929 a slump spreading in two directions?, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 22(5), 349-360.

65. Trifunac, M.D., A. Hayir & M.I. Todorovska (2002). A note on the effects of nonuniform spreading velocity of submarine slumps and slides on the near-field tsunami amplitudes, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 22(3), 167-180.

66. Jordanovski, L., & M.I. Todorovska (2002). Inverse studies of the earthquake source mechanism from near-field strong motion records, J. Indian Soc. Earthquake Technology, 36(1-2), 73-91.

67. Todorovska, M.I. (2002). Full-scale experimental studies of soil-structure interaction, J. Indian Soc. Earthquake Technology, 39(3), 139-165.

68. Trifunac, M.D., S.S. Ivanovic & M.I. Todorovska (2003). Wave propagation in a seven-story reinforced concrete building, Part III: damage detection via changes in wavenumbers, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 23(1), 65-75.

69. Trifunac, M.D., A. Hayir & M.I. Todorovska (2003). A note on tsunami caused by submarine slides and slumps spreading in one dimension with nonuniform displacement amplitudes, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 23(3), 41-52.

70. Trifunac, M.D. & M.I. Todorovska (2004). Maximum distance and minimum energy to initiate liquefaction in water saturated sands, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 24(2), 89-101.

71. Trifunac, M.D. & M.I. Todorovska (2004). 1971 San Fernando and 1994 Northridge, California, earthquakes: did the zones with severely damaged buildings reoccur? Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 24(3), 225-239.

72. Trifunac, M.D. & M.I. Todorovska (2006). Discussion of “Re-examination of damage distribution in Adapazari: geotechnical considerations” [Engineering Structures 2005; 27:1002-13], Engineering Structures, 28(3), 466-467.

73. Todorovska, M.I. & Y. Al Rjoub (2006). Plain strain soil-structure interaction model for a building supported by a circular foundation embedded in a poroelastic half-space, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 26(6-7), 694-707. (Special issue on Biot Centennial – Earthquake Engineering).

74. Todorovska, M.I. & Y. Al Rjoub (2006). Effects of rainfall on soil-structure system frequency: examples based on poroelasticity and a comparison with full-scale measurements, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 26(6-7), 708-717. (Special issue on Biot Centennial – Earthquake Engineering).

75. Todorovska, MI, M.D. Trifunac and V.W. Lee (2007). Shaking hazard compatible methodology for probabilistic assessment of permanent ground displacement across earthquake faults, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 27(6), 586–597.

76. Todorovska, MI, M.D. Trifunac (2007). Earthquake damage detection in the Imperial County Services Building I: the data and time-frequency analysis, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 27(6), 564–576.

77. Todorovska, MI, M.D. Trifunac (2009). Earthquake damage detection in the Imperial County Services Building II: analysis of novelties via wavelets, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, in press.

78. Todorovska, MI, M.D. Trifunac (2008). Earthquake damage detection in the Imperial County Services Building III: analysis of wave travel times via impulse response functions, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 28(5), 387–404, doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2007.07.001.

79. Todorovska, M.I. and M.D. Trifunac (2008). Impulse response analysis of the Van Nuys 7-story hotel during 11 earthquakes and earthquake damage detection, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 15(1), 90-116; DOI: 10.1002/stc.208.

80. Todorovska MI, Al Rjoub Y (2009). Environmental effects on measured structural frequencies – model prediction of short-term shift during heavy rainfall and comparison with full-scale observations, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, in press, DOI: 10.1002/stc.260.

81. Trifunac MD, Todorovska MI, Manić MI, Bulajić BĐ (2009). Variability of the fixed-base and soil-structure system frequencies of a building – the case of Borik-2 building, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, in press, DOI: 10.1002/stc.277.

82. Todorovska MI, Meidani H, Trifunac MD (2009). Wavelet approximation of earthquake strong ground motion - goodness of fit for a database in terms of predicting nonlinear structural response, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2008.08.001. in press.

83. Todorovska MI (2009). Seismic interferometry of a soil-structure interaction model with coupled horizontal and rocking response, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 99(2A), doi: 10.1785/0120080191, in press.

84. Todorovska MI (2009). Soil-structure system identification of Millikan Library North-South response during four earthquakes (1970-2002): what caused the observed wandering of the system frequencies? Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 99(2A), doi: 10.1785/0120080333, in press.

85. Todorovska, M.I. & T.-Y. Hao (2008). Wavelet domain dimensionality reduction of seismic vibration monitoring data—error analysis, submitted for publication to J. of Sound and Vibration.

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Technical Reports

1. L.R. Jordanovski, V.W. Lee, M.I. Mani 'c, T. Olumceva, C. Sinadinovski, M.I. Todorovska & M.D. Trifunac (1987). Strong earthquake ground motion data in EQINFOS : Yugoslavia, Part I, Institute for Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, Univ. Kiril i Metodij, and Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Rep. No. CE 87-05, Skopje, Yugoslavia, and Los Angeles, California, pp. 387.

2. Trifunac, M.D., V.W. Lee, H. Cao & M.I. Todorovska (1988). Attenuation of intensities in the Balkan countries, Rep. No. CE 88-01, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, pp. 53.

3. Todorovska, M.I., M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee (1988). Investigation of earthquake response of long buildings, Rep. No. CE 88-02, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, pp. 177.

4. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (editors) (1989). Methodology for selection of earthquake design motions for important engineering structures, Rep. No. CE 89-01, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, pp. 168.

5. Todorovska, M.I., & M.D. Trifunac (1990). Analytical model for in-plane building-foundation-soil interaction: incident P-, SV- and Rayleigh waves, Rep. No. CE 90-01, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, pp. 122.

6. Todorovska, M.I., & M.D. Trifunac (1991). Radiation damping during two-dimensional building-soil interaction, Rep. No. CE 91-01, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, pp. 47.

7. Jordanovski, L.R., M.I. Todorovska & M.D. Trifunac (1991). A model for assessment of the total loss in a building exposed to earthquake hazard, Rep. No. CE 91-05, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, pp. 40.

8. Gupta, I.D., V. Rambabu & R.G. Joshi (1993). Strong earthquake ground motion data in EQINFOS for India: Part IA, Edited by M.D. Trifunac, M.I. Todorovska & V.W. Lee, Central Water and Power Research Station, and Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Rep. No. CE 93-03, Khadakwasla, Pune, India and Los Angeles, California, pp. 60.

9. Chandrasekaran, A.R., & J.D. Das (1993). Strong earthquake ground motion data in EQINFOS for India: Part IB, Edited by M.D. Trifunac, M.I. Todorovska and V.W. Lee, Univ. of Roorkee, Dept. of Earthqu. Engrg, and Univ. of Southern California, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Rep. No. CE 93-04, Khadakwasla, Pune, India and Los Angeles, California, pp. 90.

10. Novikova, E.I., M.I. Todorovska & M.D. Trifunac (1993). A preliminary study of the duration of strong earthquake ground motion on the territory of former Yugoslavia, Rep. No. CE 93-09, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

11. Todorovska, M.I., & M.D. Trifunac (1993). The effects of the wave passage on the response of base-isolated buildings on rigid embedded foundations, Rep. No. CE 93-10, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, pp. 231.

12. Trifunac, M.D., L.R. Jordanovski & M.I. Todorovska (1994). Broad band extension of pseudo relative velocity spectra of strong ground motion, Second year (1993/94) technical report prepared for California Department of Transportation, and City and County of Los Angeles, for the project entitled: `Characteristics of earthquake ground motion for seismic design (Task H-1)', Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Also published as CE 94-02.

13. V.W. Lee, M.D. Trifunac, M.I. Todorovska & E.I. Novikova (1995). Empirical equations describing attenuation of horizontal peaks of strong ground motion in terms of magnitude, distance, path effects and site conditions, Third year (1994/95) technical report prepared for California Dept. of Transportation, and City and County of Los Angeles, for the Project Entitled: `Characteristics of earthquake ground motion for seismic design (Task H-1)', Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Also published as CE 95-02.

14. Todorovska, M.I., E.I. Novikova, M.D. Trifunac & S.S. Ivanovic (1995). Correction for misalignment and cross-axis sensitivity of strong earthquake motion recorded by SMA-1 accelerographs, Rep. No. CE 95-06, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, pp. 324.

15. Todorovska, M.I., I.D. Gupta, V.K. Gupta, V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac (1995). Selected topics in probabilistic seismic hazard assessment, Rep. No. CE 95-08, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

16. M.I. Todorovska, M.D. Trifunac, V.W. Lee, C.D. Stephens, K.A. Fogleman, C. Davis and R. Tognazzini (1999). The M_L = 6.4 Northridge, California, Earthquake and Five M > 5 Aftershocks Between 17 January and 20 March 1994 - Summary of Processed Strong Motion Data. Report CE 99-01, Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Southern California. main (0.5 Mb, pp. 48), appendix 1 (11.8 Mb, pp. 215), appendix 2 (4.4 Mb, pp. 83), appendix 3 (1.6 Mb, pp. 31), appendix 4 (2.6 Mb, pp. 45), appendix 5 (1.3 Mb, pp. 27) & appendix 6 (5.9 Mb, pp. 101)

17. Trifunac, M.D., S.S. Ivanovic & M.I. Todorovska (1999). Instrumented 7-storey reinforced concrete building in Van Nuys, California: description of damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake and strong motion data, Rep. USC CE 99-02, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

18. S.S. Ivanovic, M.D. Trifunac, E.I. Novikova, A.A. Gladkov & M.I. Todorovska (1999). Instrumented 7-storey reinforced concrete building in Van Nuys, California: ambient vibration surveys following the damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Rep. USC CE 99-03, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

19. Trifunac, M.D., A. Hayir & M.I. Todorovska (2001). Near-field tsunami waveforms from submarine slumps and slides, Rep. USC CE 01-01, Dept. of Civil Engrg, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

20. Trifunac, M.D., T-Y. Hao & M.I. Todorovska (2001). Response of a 14-story reinforced concrete structure to nine earthquakes: 61 years of observation in the Hollywood Storage Building. Report CE 01-02, Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Southern California.

21. Trifunac, M.D., T-Y. Hao & M.I. Todorovska (2001). On energy flow in earthquake response. Report CE 01-03, Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Southern California.

22. Trifunac, M.D., A. Hayir & M.I. Todorovska (2001). Tsunami waveforms from submarine slides and slumps spreading in two dimensions, Report CE 01-06, Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Southern California.

23. Todorovska, M.I. (2001). Estimation of instantaneous frequency of signals using the continuous wavelet transform, Report CE 01-07, Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Southern California.

24. Todorovska, M.I.&T.-Y. Hao (2003). Information granulation and dimensionality reduction of seismic vibration monitoring data using orthonormal discrete wavelet transform for possible application to data mining, Report CE 03-02, Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, pp.171.

25. Hao, T.Y., M.D. Trifunac & M.I. Todorovska (2004). Instrumented buildings of University of Southern California—strong motion data, metadata and soil-structure system frequencies, Report CE 04-01, Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, pp. 558.

26. Todorovska, M.I., T.-Y. Hao & M.D. Trifunac (2004). Building periods for use in earthquake resistant design codes - earthquake response data compilation and analysis of time and amplitude variations, Report CE 04-02, Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, pp. 272.

27. Todorovska, M.I. and M.D. Trifunac (2005). Methodology for probabilistic assessment of permanent ground displacement across earthquake faults for the transportation system, METRANS Report for project 03-27, pp. 40.

28. Todorovska, M.I., and M.D. Trifunac (2006). Impulse response analysis of the Van Nuys 7-story hotel during 11 earthquakes (1971-1994): one-dimensional wave propagation and inferences on global and local reduction of stiffness due to earthquake damage, Report CE 06-01, Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, pp. 61.

29. Todorovska MI (2007). Building periods for use in earthquake resistant design codes – earthquake response data compilation and analysis of time and amplitude variations, Final project report submitted to USGS External Research Program.

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Papers in Conference and Workshop Proceedings and Books

1. Todorovska, M.I. (1992). Radiation damping during two-dimensional building-soil interaction, Proc. 10th World Conf. Earthquake Engr., 19-24 July 1992, Madrid, Spain, pp. 1549-1554.

2. Jordanovski, L.R., & M.I. Todorovska (1995). Earthquake source parameters for seismic hazard assessment: how to obtain them from geoloogic data, historic seismicity and relative plate motions, in G. Duma (Ed.), Proc. 10th European Conf. Earthquake Engrg, Aug. 28 - Sept. 2, 1994, Vienna, Austria. Spec. Theme Sess. S01.2: Source mechanism, Balkema, Rotterdam, 1995, Vol. 4, pp. 2561-2566.

3. Todorovska, M.I., I. Paskaleva & R. Glavcheva (1995). Earthquake source parameters for seismic hazard assessment: examples in Bulgaria, in G. Duma (Ed.), Proc. 10th European Conf. Earthquake Engrg, Aug. 28 - Sept. 2, 1994, Vienna, Austria. Spec. Theme Sess. S01.2: Source mechanism, Balkema, Rotterdam, 1995, Vol. 4, pp. 2573-2578.

4. Todorovska, M.I. (1995). Effects of earthquake source parameters on uniform probability response spectra, in G. Duma (Ed.), Proc. 10th European Conf. Earthquake Engrg, Aug. 28 - Sept. 2, 1994, Vienna, Austria. Spec. Theme Sess. S01.2: Source mechanism, Balkema, Rotterdam, 1995, Vol. 4, pp. 2579-2584.

5. Todorovska, M.I. (1994). The effects of the wave passage and the dynamic soil-structure interaction on the response of base-isolated buildings on rigid embedded foundations, in G. Duma (Ed.), Proc. 10th European Conf. Earthquake Engrg, Aug. 28 - Sept. 2, 1994, Vienna, Austria. Sess. 5.3: Base isolation, Balkema, Rotterdam, 1995, Vol. 1, pp. 733-738.

6. Novikova, E.I., & M.I. Todorovska (1994). Comparison of the duration of strong ground motion in the western United States and in former Yugoslavia, in G. Duma (Ed.), Proc. 10th European Conf. Earthquake Engrg, Aug. 28 - Sept. 2, 1994, Vienna, Austria. Sess. 2.2: Strong ground motions, Balkema, Rotterdam, 1995, Vol. 1, pp. 198-194.

7. Todorovska, M.I., & L.R. Jordanovski (1994). A probabilistic model for assessment of the total earthquake losses for a building, in G. Duma (Ed.), Proc. 10th European Conf. Earthquake Engrg, Aug. 28 - Sept. 2, 1994, Vienna, Austria. Sess. 8.1: Seismic capacity assessment, Balkema, Rotterdam, 1995, Vol. 2, pp. 1017-1022.

8. Todorovska, M.I. (1995). Uniform probability response spectra for selecting site specific design motions, Proc. Third Int. Conf. on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, April 2-7, 1995, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Theme 8- Seismology: Predicting strong ground motion for design, Vol. II, pp. 613-618.

9. Todorovska, M.I. (1996). Soil-structure interaction for base-isolated buildings, Proc. 11th Engrg Mech. Conf., ASCE, 19-22 May, 1996, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Session 1-I: Soil-structure interaction, Vol. 1, pp. 172-175.

10. Todorovska, M.I. (1998). Strong motion recordings of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake at stations of the Los Angeles Strong Motion Array, Proc. Northridge Earthquake Research Conf., 20-22 August, 1997, Los Angeles, CUREe, Richmond, CA, 1998, Vol. II, pp. II.413-420.

11. Todorovska, M.I. (1998). Quick reference liquefaction opportunity maps for a metropolitan area, in P. Dakoulas, M. Yegian, and R. Holtz (Eds.), Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics III, Geotech. Spec. Public. No. 75, ASCE, Vol. 1, pp. 116-127, Proc. Third ASCE Specialty Conf. on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, 3-6 August, 1998, Seattle, Washington.

12. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (1998). Amplification of strong ground motion and damage patterns during the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake, in P. Dakoulas, M. Yegian, and R. Holtz (Eds.), Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics III, Geotech. Spec. Public. No. 75, ASCE, Vol. 1, pp. 714-725, Proc. Third ASCE Specialty Conf. on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, 3-6 August, 1998, Seattle, Washington.

13. Todorovska, M.I. (1998). Passive control of structural response by a soft first storey with inclined columns, Proc. 12th Engrg Mech. Conf., ASCE, 17-20 May, 1998, La Jolla, California, Session: Structural Control, pp. 249-252.

14. Todorovska, M.I. (1998). Soil liquefaction criteria based on seismic wave energy and application to probabilistic seismic hazard assessment, Proc. 12th Engrg Mech. Conf., ASCE, 17-20 May, 1998, La Jolla, California, Session: Liquefaction, pp.1017-1020.

15. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (1998). Relative flexibility of a building foundation, in M. Celebi and I. Okawa (Eds.), Proc. US-Japan Workshop on Soil-Structure Interaction, Menlo Park, California, 20-23 Sept., 1998, USGS Open File Report 99-142, pp. 20.

16. Todorovska, M.I. (1999). On tsunami generation by slowly spreading submarine processes, Proc. 13th Engrg Mech. Conf., ASCE, 13-16 June, 1999, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 5.

17. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (2001). Recording and interpreting earthquake response of full-scale structures, in M. Erdik, M. Celebi, V. Mihailov, and N. Apaydin (Eds.), Proc. NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Strong-Motion Instrumentation for Civil Engineering Structures, June 2-5, 1999, Istanbul, Turkey, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001, pp. 24.

18. Ivanovic, S.S., M.D. Trifunac & M.I. Todorovska (2001). On identification of damage in structures via wave travel times, in M. Erdik, M. Celebi, V. Mihailov, and N. Apaydin (Eds.), Proc. NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Strong-Motion Instrumentation for Civil Engineering Structures, June 2-5, 1999, Istanbul, Turkey, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001, pp. 21.

19. Todorovska, M.I. & M.D. Trifunac (2000). Response spectra for differential motion of columns, Proc. 12 WCEE, 31 Jan. - 4 Feb., 2000, Auckland, New Zealand, Paper No. 2638, pp. 8.

20. Trifunac, M.D., M.I. Todorovska and T.Y. Hao (2001). Full-scale experimental studies of soil-structure interaction - a review, Proc. 2nd U.S.-Japan Workshop on Soil-Structure Interaction, March 6-8, 2001, Tsukuba City, Japan, pp. 52.

21. Todorovska, M.I., A. Hayir & M.D. Trifunac (2001). Flexible versus rigid foundation models of soil-structure interaction: incident SH-waves, Proc. 2nd U.S.-Japan Workshop on Soil-Structure Interaction, March 6-8, 2001, Tsukuba City, Japan, pp. 19.

22. Trifunac, M.D., T.Y. Hao & M.I. Todorovska (2001). Energy of earthquake response as a design tool, Proc. 13th Mexican National Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Guadalajara, Mexico.

23. Trifunac, M.D., & M.I. Todorovska (2003). Tsunami source parameters of submarine earthquakes and slides, in L. Locat and J. Mienert (Eds.), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003, pp. 121-128, Proc. 1st International Symposium, as part of the EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Meeting, Nice (France) April 7-11, 2003.

24. Trifunac, M.D., A. Hayir & M.I. Todorovska (2003). Near-field amplitudes of tsunami from submarine slumps and slides, in A.C. Yalciner, E. Pelinovsky, E. Okal and C.E. Synolakis (Eds.), Submarine Slides and Tsunamis, NATO Science Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, pp. 59-68. Proc. NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Underground Water Failures, Tsunami Generation, Modeling, Risk and Mitigation, May 23-26, 2001, Istanbul, Turkey.

25. Todorovska, M.I., and T.-Y. Hao (2004). Representation and compression of structural vibration monitoring data using wavelets as a tool in data mining, Proc. 13 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Aug. 1-6, 2004, Vancouver, British Columbia, Paper No. 2954, pp. 15.

26. Todorovska, M.I, T.-Y. Hao and M.D. Trifunac (2004). Time and amplitude variations of building-soil system frequencies during strong earthquake shaking for selected buildings in the Los Angeles, Proc. Third UJNR Workshop on Soil-Structure Interaction, Menlo Park, California, March 29-30, 2004 (pp. 22).

27. Todorovska, M.I., and V.W. Lee (2004). Strong Motion data processing and recording at University of Southern California, Proc. Invited Workshop on Strong-Motion Record Processing, Organized by Consortium for Strong Motion Observation Programs (COSMOS), May 26-27, 2004, Richmond, California (pp. 12).

28. Todorovska, M.I., and M.D. Trifunac (2005). Structural Health Monitoring by Detection of Abrupt Changes in Response Using Wavelets: Application to a 6-story RC Building Damaged by an Earthquake. Proc. 37^th Joint Panel Meeting on Wind and Seismic Effects, 16-21 May 2005, Tsukuba, Japan, U.S.-Japan Natural Resources Program (UJNR), pp. 20.

29. Todorovska, M.I., and M.D. Trifunac (2005). Damage detection in a 6-story reinforced concrete building using wavelets, Proc. Earthquake Engineering in the 21st Century (EE-21C), Skopje-Ohrid, Macedonia, August 27-September 1, 2005, pp. 10.

30. Todorovska, M.I., M.D. Trifunac and V.W. Lee (2005). Probabilistic assessment of permanent ground displacement across earthquake faults, Proc. Earthquake Engineering in the 21st Century (EE-21C), Skopje-Ohrid, Macedonia, August 27-September 1, 2005, pp. 11.

31. Todorovska, M.I., & MD Trifunac (2006). A note on probabilistic assessment of fault displacement hazard, Proc. 8^th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake), April 18-22, 2006, San Francisco California.

32. Todorovska, M.I., MD Trifunac & T.Y. Hao (2006). Variations of apparent building frequencies - lessons from full-scale earthquake observations, Proc. First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (a joint event of the 13^th ECEE & 30^th General Assembly of the ESC), Geneva, Switzerland, 3-8 September 2006, Paper Number: 1547, pp. 9.

33. Todorovska MI, Al Rjoub Y (2007). Soil-structure Interaction in a poroelastic medium and short term building frequency shift following heavy rainfall – the case with seepage force, Proc. 4^th UJNR Workshop on Soil-Structure Interaction, March 29-31, 2007, Tsukuba, Japan, pp. 19.

34. Todorovska MI, Trifunac MD (2008). Earthquake damage detection in structures and early warning, Proc. 14^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China, Paper S05-03-010, pp. 10.

35. Trifunac MD, Todorovska MI, Manić MI, Bulajić BĐ (2008). Threshold changes in building frequencies of vibration associated with structural damage - study of full-scale observations in the Borik-2 building in former Yugoslavia, Proc. 14^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China, Paper S05-03-015, pp. 10.

36. Todorovska MI, Igel H, Trifunac MD, Lee WHK (2008). Rotational Earthquake Motions - International Working Group and its Activities, Proc. 14^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China, Paper 03-02-0031, pp. 10.

37. Todorovska MI (2008). Identification of fixed-base and rigid body frequencies of vibration of soil-structure systems from recorded response with minimum instrumentation, Proc. 14^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China, Paper 11-0173, pp. 10.

38. Todorovska MI, Igel H, Trifunac MD, Lee WHK (2008). Rotational Earthquake Motions - International Working Group and its Activities, Proc. 14^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China, Paper 03-02-0031, pp. 10.

39. Todorovska MI (2009). Earthquake damage: detection and early warning in man-made structures, Chapter in “Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science”, R.A. Meyers (Ed.), Section on Complexity in Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes, and Forecasting and Early Warning of their Hazards, W. H. K. Lee (Section Ed.). Springer.

40. Todorovska MI (2009). Separation of the effects of soil-structure interaction in frequency estimation of buildings from earthquake records, Proc. NATO Advanced Research Workshop 983188 on Coupled site and soil-structure interaction effects with application to seismic risk mitigation, Borovec, Bulgaria, 30 Aug. – 3 Sept., 2008, to be published as book by Springer.

41. Todorovska MI, Al Rjoub Y. (2009). Soil-structure interaction and Biot’s theory of wave propagation in poroelastic media as possible explanation for observed changes of apparent frequencies of vibration of a building with heavy rainfall, Proc. The Fourth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Columbia University, New York, June 8-10, 2009, pp. 6. in press.

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Reprints of selected papers can be viewed at http://www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/Selected_Publ/Selected_Publ.htm

Conference Proceedings Edited

M. Celebi, M. Todorovska, I. Okawa and M. Iiba (Eds.) (2004). Proc. Third UJNR Workshop on Soil-Structure Interaction, Menlo Park, California, March 29-30, 2004. CD Rom.
Okawa I, Iiba M, Celebi M, Todorovska MI, (Eds.) (2007). CD ROM Proc. Fourth UJNR Workshop on Soil-Structure Interaction, March 29-31, 2007, Tsukuba, Japan (in press).
Lee WHK, Celebi M, Todorovska MI, Diggles MF (Eds) (2007). Rotational Seismology and Engineering Applications: Online Proceedings for the First International Workshop, Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.—September 18 to 19, 2007, U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2007-1144. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1144]
Lee WHK, Celebi M, Todorovska MI, Igel H (May 2009). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Special Issue on Rotational Seismology and Engineering Applications, Vol. 99, May 2009, in press.

Strong Motion Data Releases

1. Strong motion building response data of the Northridge earthquakes of January 17, 1994, and its aftershocks from the archives of the National Strong Motion Program, recorded in seven USGS and “code” buildings, URL: www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/USGS_build/ (2004, funded by USGS).

2. Strong ground motion data of M_L=7.0 Hector Mine earthquake of October 16, 1999 recorded at stations of the Los Angeles Strong Motion Network, URL: www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/Hector_eq/ (1999, funded by NSF).

3. Strong ground motion data of M_L=6.4 Northridge earthquake of January 17, 1994, and five M>5 aftershocks recorded at USC, USGS and DWP stations, URL: www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/North_M5/ (digitized and processed strong ground motion data 1999, funded by USGS).

4. Strong ground motion data of M_L=6.4 Northridge earthquake of January 17, 1994, recorded at stations of the Los Angeles Strong Motion Network, URL: ftp://cwis.usc.edu/pub/todorovs/Northridge (1995, funded by USGS and NSF).

Theses

Ph.D. Thesis: `Investigation of earthquake response of long buildings', Feb. 1988, presented to the Graduate School, Univ. of Southern California, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering.

M.Sc. Thesis: `Surface motion of circular alluvial valleys of variable depth for incident plane SH waves', Dec. 1988, presented to the Graduate School, University of Southern California, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for M.Sc. degree in Applied Mathematics.

Graduate Advisors

Dr. V.W. Lee, Professor, Dept. of Civil Engrg, KAP 212, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 90089-2531.

Dr. W.A. Harris, Jr., Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 90089-1113, (deceased)

Dr. Antonio Ortega, Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Southern California, EEB 436, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2564.

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