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

• Address
• Education
• Employment
• Research Interests
• Teaching Experience
• Other Selected Professional Activities
• Awards and Honors
• Scientific Publications
• Journal Articles
• Technical Reports
• Conference Proceedings
• Selected Publications Online (available on the Strong Motion Research Group web site Publications page)

Address

Education

• Ph.D.,    Civil Engineering,     University of Southern California, 1979.
• M.Sc.,   Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology, 1976.
• M.Sc.,    Mathematics,         California Institute of  Technology, 1974.
• B.Sc.,     Mathematics,         California Institute of Technology, 1973 (with honors).

Employment

• 1989-         Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Univ. of  Southern California
• 1983-89     Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Univ. of  Southern California
• 1982-83     Research Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Univ. of  Southern California
• 1979-82     Research Associate, Univ. of Southern California

Awards and Honors:

• Elected Foreign Member of National Academy of Engineering of Armenia, 1998
• Outstanding Teaching Award, School of Engineering, U.S.C., 1997

Research Interests

• Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids
• High frequency scattering & diffraction of elastic waves
• Elastic waves in wedges
• Seismic Response of Canyons, Dams, Tunnels and Bridges
• Regression models for strong ground motion
• Seismic hazard analysis
• Mathematical methods in engineering
• Computer applications in civil engineering
• Automatic digitization of accelerograms on PC
• Accelerogram data processing

Teaching Experience

• University of Southern California:
• CE 108 - Introd. to Computer Methods in Civil Engineering
• CE 205 - Statics
• CE 225 - Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
• CE 227 - Engineering Mechanics I
• CE 226,228   - Engineering Mechanics II
• CE 325 - Dynamics
• CE 402 - Computer Methods in Engineering
• CE 407 - Analytical Mechanics
• CE 409a- Computer Aided Design I
• CE 458 - Theory of Structures II
• CE 507 -  Mechanics of Solids I
• CE 525a-  Engineering Analysis I
• CE 525b-  Engineering Analysis II
• CE 541a-  Dynamics of Structures
• CE 565 -  Wave Propagation in Solids

Other Selected Professional Activities

• Served as a reviewer of proposals for the National Science Foundation (NSF), Arlington, Virginia.
• Member of Dynamic Committee,  ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division (reviewed papers for the J. of Eng. Mech. and organized conference sessions) .
• Guest lecturer on Accelerogram Data Processing and Regression of Strong Ground Motion in India, Bulgaria, China.
• Consultant for  the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on mission to Institute of Building Research and Earthquake Engineering, Chinese Academy of Building Sciences, Beijing, China.

Scientific Publications

Journal Articles

1. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  A Note on the Accuracy of Computed Ground Displacements from Strong Motion Accelerograms,  Bulletin of Seismological Soc. America, G4, pp 1209-1219,  Aug. 1974.

 
2. V.W. Lee & M.E. Nadel.  On the Number of Generic Models, Fundamental  Mathematics  XC. 1, pp 105-115,  1975.

 
3. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.   Response of Tunnels to Incident SH Waves,  A.S.C.E., Eng. Mech. Div., Vol. 105, pp 643-659,  Aug., 1979.

 
4. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.  Fourier Amplitude Spectra of Strong Motion Acceleration, Bulletin of E.A.E.E.,  Vol. 6, pp 2-18  1980.

 
5. V.W. Lee, M.D. Trifunac & C.C. Feng.  Effects of Foundation Size on Fourier Spectrum Amplitudes of Earthquake Accelerations Recorded in Buildings,   Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering,  Vol. 1, No.2, pp 52-58, Apr., 1981.

 
6. V.W. Lee    A Note on the Scattering of Elastic Plane Waves by a Hemispherical Canyon,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering,  Vol. 1,  no.3, pp 122-129,  Jun. 1981.

 
7. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac Body Waves Excitation of Embedded Hemisphere,  A.S.C.E., Eng. Mechanics Div., Vol. 108, pp 546-563.  Jun. 1982.

 
8. V.W. Lee, M.D. Trifunac & A. Amini.  Noise in Earthquake Accelerograms,   A.S.C.E., Eng. Mechanics Div., Vol. 108, pp 1121-1129,  Dec. 1982.

 
9. V.W. Lee & Y.Y. Wang . On the Instrument Correction of the RDZ-1 Strong-Motion Pendulum Galvanometer in China,  Earthquake Eng. & Eng. Vibration, Vol. 3, Part 4, pp. 25-35,  Dec. 1983.

 
10. V.W. Lee.  Three-Dimensional Diffraction of Plane P, SV and SH Waves by A Hemispherical Alluvial Valley,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering,  Vol. 3,  no.3  pp 133-144,  Jun. 1984.

 
11. V.W. Lee.   A New Fast Algorithm for the Calculation of Response Spectra Using the Digital Simulation of a Single-Degree-of-Freedom System to An Arbitrary Load in Time,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering,  Vol. 3,  no.4, pp 191-199,  Aug., 1984.

 
12. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac. Torsional Accelerograms,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 4,  no.3, pp 132-139,  Aug. 1985.

 
13. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac. A Note on the Time of Maximum Response of Single Degree of Freedom Oscillator to Earthquake Excitation, Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake, Eng.  Vol. 5,  no.2, pp 119-129,  Apr. 1986.

 
14. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Rocking Strong Earthquake Accelerations, Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., Vol. 6,  no.2, pp 75-89,  Apr. 1987.

 
15. V.W. Lee.  Seismic Microzonation Method Based on Modified Mercalli Intensity Scaling,  Earthquake Eng. and Eng. Vibration,  Vol. 7,  no.3, pp 47-63,  Sep. 1987.

 
16. V.W. Lee.  Three-Dimensional Diffraction of Elastic Waves by a Spherical Cavity in an Elastic Half-Space I: Closed-Form Solutions,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng.,  Vol. 7,  no.3, pp 149-161,  July 1988.
    
    
17. V.W. Lee.  Discussion on a Paper by J.L. Beck and M.J. Dowling, Earthquake Eng. and Structural Dynamics  Vol. 16, pp 1227-1231  Dec., 1988.

 
18. V.W. Lee.  A Note on Mapping Threshold Intensities,  Earthquake Eng. and Eng. Vibration,  Vol. 9,  no.1, pp 21-34, Mar. 1989.

 
19. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.   Empirical Models for Scaling Fourier Amplitude Spectra of Strong Ground Acceleration in Terms of Earthquake Magnitude, Source to Station Distance, Site Intensity and Recording Site Conditions,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng.,  Vol. 8,  no.3, pp 110-125,  July 1989.

 
20. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.  Empirical Models for Scaling Pseudo Relative Velocity Spectra of Strong Earthquake Accelerations in Terms of Magnitude, Distance, Site Intensity and Recording Site Conditions, Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng.,  Vol. 8,  no.3, pp 126-144,  July 1989.

 
21. V.W. Lee & H. Cao.  Diffraction of SV Waves by Circular Cylindrical Canyons of Various Depths, A.S.C.E., Eng. Mechanics Div.,   Vol. 115,  no.9, pp 2035-2056, Sep. 1989.

 
22. V.W. Lee  Empirical Scaling of Pseudo Relative Velocity Spectra of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion in terms of Magnitude, and Both Local Soil and Geological Site Classifications,  Earthquake Eng. and Eng. Vibrations, Vol. 9,  no.3, pp 9-29,  Sept 1989.

 
23. V.W. Lee.   Recent Developments on Data Processing of Strong-Motion Accelerograms: Interpolation of Uniform and Non-Uniform Sampling from Digitized Data,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng.,  Vol. 8,  no.4, pp 202-212,  Oct. 1989.

 
24. H. Cao & V.W. Lee.   Scattering of Plane SH Waves by Circular cylindrical Canyons with Variable Depth-to-Width Ratio, European J. of Earthquake Eng., Vol. III - n.2, pp 29-37,  Dec. 1989.

 
25. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.   A Note on Filtering Strong-Motion Accelerograms to Produce Response Spectra of Specified Shape and Amplitude, European J. of Earthquake Eng., Vol. III - no.2, pp 38-45,  Dec. 1989.

 
26. M.I. Todorovska & V.W. Lee.   Seismic Waves in Building with Shear Walls or central Core, A.S.C.E., Eng. Mechanics Div.,  Vol. 115, No.12, pp 2669-2686,  Dec. 1989.

 
27. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.   Frequency Dependent Attenuation of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng.,  Vol. 9, No.1, pp 3-15,  Jan. 1990.

 
28. V.W. Lee.   On the Scattering of Plane SH Waves By a Semi-Parabolic Parabolic Cylindrical Canyon in an Elastic Half-Space,  Geophysical Journal, Vol. 100, pp79-86,  Feb. 1990.

 
29. M.I. Todorovska & V.W. Lee.   A note on Response of Shallow Circular Valleys to Rayleigh Waves: Analytical Approach,  Earthquake Eng. and Eng. Vibration,  Vol. 10, No.1, pp 21-34,  Mar. 1990.

 
30. H. Cao & V.W. Lee.   Scattering and Diffraction of Plane P Waves by Circular Cylindrical Canyons with Variable Depth-to-Width Ratio, Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng.,  Vol. 9, No.3, pp 141-150,  May 1990.

 
31. V.W. Lee, H. Cao & I. Paskaleva.   A Note on the Attenuation of Seismic Intensity in Bulgaria and Romania,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng.,  Vol. 9, No.3, pp 151-161,  May 1990.

 
32. V.W. Lee.   Surface Strains Associated with Strong Earthquake Shaking,  Proc. J.S.C.E.,  Vol. 422 n I-14, pp 187-194, Oct. 1990.

 
33.  V.W. Lee, M.D. Trifunac, M. Herak, M. Zivcic & D. Herak.    Computed from Strong Motion Accelerograms Recorded in Yugoslavia, Int J. Earthquake Eng. and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 19, No.8, pp 1167-1179,  Oct. 1990.

 
34. V.W. Lee.   Efficient Algorithm for Computing Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration Responses of an Oscillator to Arbitrary Ground Motion, Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng.,  Vol. 9, No. 6, pp 288-300,  Nov. 1990.

 
35. V.W. Lee.   Scaling PSV Spectra in terms of Site Intensity, and Both Local Soil and Geologic Site Classifications, European  Earthquake Eng.,  Vol. IV - no.1, pp 3-12,  Dec. 1990.

 
36. V.W. Lee.   A Note on Computed Magnitude   from Strong-Motion Records,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., Vol. 10, No.1, pp 10-16,  Jan. 1991.

 
37. V.W. Lee.   Correlation of Pseudo Relative Velocity Spectra with Site Intensity, Local Soil Classification and Depth of Sediments, Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng.,  Vol. 10, No.3, pp 141-151,  Apr. 1991.

 
38. M.I. Todorovska & V.W. Lee.  Surface Motion of Shallow Circular Alluvial Valleys for Incident Plane SH Waves - Analytical Solution, Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., Vol. 10, No.4, pp 192-200,  May 1991.

 
39. M.I. Todorovska & V.W. Lee.   A Note on Scattering of Rayleigh Waves by Shallow Circular Canyons: Analytical Approach,  Bull. Ind. Soc. of Earthquake Technology,  Vol. 28, No.2, pp 1-16,  Jun 1991.

 
40. M.D. Trifunac, V.W. Lee, M. Zivcic & M. Manic.   On the Correlation of Mercalli-Cancani-Sieberg Intensity Scale in Yugoslavia with the Peaks of Recorded Strong Earthquake Ground Motion,  European J. of Earthquake Eng.,  Vol. V - no.1, pp 27-33, 1991.

 
41. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.   A Note on Scaling Peak Acceleration, Velocity and Displacement of Strong Earthquake Shaking by Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI), Site Soil and Geological Conditions,  Int. J. of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng.,  Vol. 11, No.2, pp 101-110, Apr. 1992.

 
42. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac   Frequency Dependent Attenuation of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion in Yugoslavia, European J. Earthquake Eng.  Vol. VI - no.1, pp 3-13, 1992.

 
43. V.W. Lee.  On Strong Motion Uniform Risk Functionals Computed from General Probability Distributions of Earthquake Recurrences,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., Vol. 11, No.6, pp 357-367, Nov. 1992.

 
44. V.W. Lee.   Scaling PSV from Earthquake Magnitude, Local Soil and Geological Depth of Sediments, A.S.C.E., J. Geotechnical Eng., Vol. 119, No.1, pp 108-126,, Jan. 1993.

 
45. V. W. Lee & J. Karl.   Diffraction of SV Waves by underground, Circular, Cylindrical Cavities, Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., Vol. 11, No.8, 1992, pp 445-456,   Jun. 1993.

 
46. V.W. Lee & J. Karl.   Diffraction of Elastic Plane P Waves by Circular, Underground Unlined Tunnels, European Earthquake Engineering, Vol. VI, no.1, pp 29-36,  Aug. 1993.

 
47. V.W. Lee & M. D. Trifunac.   Empirical Scaling of Fourier Amplitude Spectra in Former Yugoslavia, European Earthquake Engineering,  Vol. VII, no.2, pp 47-61,  Feb., 1994.

 
48. V.W. Lee & X. Wu.   Application of the Weighted Residual Method to Diffraction by 2-D Canyons of Arbitrary Shape, I: Incident  SH Waves,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., Vol. 13, No.5, 1994, pp 355-364,   Oct. 1994.

 
49. V.W. Lee & X. Wu.   Application of the Weighted Residual Method to Diffraction by 2-D Canyons of Arbitrary Shape, II: Incident P , SV & Rayleigh Waves,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., Vol. 13, No.5, pp 265-373,   Oct., 1994.

 
50. V.W. Lee & M.E. Manoogian.   Surface Motion above an Arbitrary shape Underground Cavity for Incident SH Waves, European Earthquake Engineering, Vol. VIII, no.1, pp 3-11,  Aug. 1995.

 
51. V.W. Lee.   Pseudo Relative Velocity Spectra in Former Yugoslavia, European Earthquake Engineering, Vol. VIII, no.1, pp 12-22,  Aug. 1995.

 
52. M.I. Todorovska & V.W. Lee.   A Note on Sensitivity of Uniform Probability Spectra on Modeling the Fault Geometry in Areas with a Shallow Seismogenic Zone, European Earthquake Engineering, Vol. VIII, no.2, pp  14-22, 1995.

 
53.  V.W. Lee, T. Ghosh & M.S.  Sabban.   Scattering and Diffraction of Plane P Waves by 3-D Cylindrical Canals, European Earthquake Engineering, Vol. IX, no.3, pp 12-22, 1996.

 
54. M.E. Manoogian & V.W. Lee.   Diffraction of SH-Waves by Subsurface Inclusions of Arbitrary Shape, A.S.C.E., Eng. Mech. Div., Vol. 122, no.2, pp 123-129,  Feb. 1996.

 
55. V.W. Lee & R. Sherif  Diffraction of Circular Canyons by SH Waves in a Wedge-Shaped Half Space: Analytic Solutions, A.S.C.E., Eng. Mech. Div., Vol. 122, no.6, pp 539-544  Jun. 1996.

 
56. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.   Peak Surface Strains During Strong Earthquake Motion,  Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., Vol. 15,  pp 311-319,   Aug. 1996.

 
57. R. Sherif & V.W. Lee.   Diffraction around a Circular Alluvial Valley in a Wedge-Shaped Medium due to Plane SH-Waves, European Earthquake Engineering, Vol. X, no.3, pp 21-28, 1997.

 
58. V.W. Lee . Discussion on the paper "Prediction of Horizontal Response Spectra in Europe" by N.N. Ambraseys, K.A. Simpson and J.J. Bommer,  Earthquake Eng. and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 26, no.2, pp 289-293,  Feb. 1997.

 
59. M.D. Trifunac, M.I. Todorovska & V.W. Lee.   The Rinaldi Strong Motion Accelerogram of the Northridge, California, Earthquake of 17 January, 1994, Earthquake Spectra,  Vol. 14, no.1, pp 225-240,   Feb. 1998.

 
60. V.W. Lee, S. Chen  & I.R. Hsu. Antiplane Diffraction from Canyon above a Subsurface  Unlined Tunnel, ASCE, J. of Engrg Mech., Vol. 25. no. 6 , 668-675, 1999.
    
    
61.  M.E. Manoogian & V.W. Lee. Antiplane Deformations Near Arbitrary-Shape Alluvial Valleys, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology J.,  Vol. 36, no.2, June, 1999.
    
    
62. M.D. Trifunac, V.W. Lee & M.I. Todorovska. Common Problems in Automatic Digitization of Strong Motion Accelerograms,  Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Eng., Vol. 18, 519-530, Nov., 1999.
    
    
63. C.A. Davis, V.W. Lee & J.P. Bardet. Transverse Response of Underground Cavities and Pipes to Incident SV Waves, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Vol.30, pp 383-410, Feb. 2001.
    
    
64. Liang, Y. Zhang, X. Gu & V.W. Lee. Scattering of Plane Elastic SH Waves by A Circular-Arc Layered Canyon, Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibrations, Vol. 20,  no.2, Apr/May, 2000. 
    
    
65. J. Liang, Y. Zhang, X. Gu & V.W. Lee. Dynamic response Analysis of a Circular-Arc Layered Alluvial Valley for Incident Plane SH Waves, Chinese J. of Geotechnical Engineering,  (in press, 2001). 
    
    
66. J. Liang, L. Yan & V.W. Lee. Diffraction of Plane P Waves Around Circular-Arc Layered Alluvial Valleys: Analytic Solution, ACTA Seismologica Sinica, (accepted for publication, 2001).
    
    
67. V.W. Lee, M.E. Manoogian & S. Chen.  Antiplane Deformations Near a Surface Rigid Foundation Above a Subsurface Rigid Circular Tunnel, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Eng., (in review, 2001).
    
    
68. Liang, L. Yan & V.W. Lee.  Scattering of Plane P Waves by Circular-Arc Layered Alluvial Valleys: An Analytical Solution, ACTA Seismologica Sinica, (in review, 2001).
    
    
69. J. Liang, Y. Zhang, X. Gu & V.W. Lee.  Scattering of Plane Elastic SH Waves by A Circular-Arc Layered Canyon, Journal of Vibration Engineering,  (in review, 2000).

Technical Reports

1. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.   Routine Computer Processing of Strong-Motion Accelerograms, Earthquake Engineering Research Lab. Report  No. EERL 73-03*, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 360 pages  1973.

 
2. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.  Uniformly Processed Strong earthquake Ground Accelerograms in the Western United States of  America for the Period from 1933 to 1971:  Corrected Acceleration, Velocity and Displacement Curves,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No CE 78-01,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles  220 pages  1978.

 
3. V.W. Lee.   Displacements Near a Three-Dimensional Hemispherical Canyon Subjected to Incident Plane Waves,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 78-16,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles  126 pages  1978.

 
4. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.   Dependence of the Fourier Amplitude Spectra of Strong Motion Accelerograms on the Depth of Sedimentary Deposits, Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No.  CE 78-14,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles,  39 pages  1978.

 
5. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.   Dependence of the PSV Spectra of Strong Motion Accelerograms on Depth of Sedimentary Deposits,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 79-02,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles,  67 pages  1979.

 
6. V.W. Lee  Investigation of Three Dimensional Soil-Structure Interaction, Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 79-11,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles  236 pages,  Aug. 1979.

 
7. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Time of Maximum Response of Single-Degree-of-Freedom Oscillator to Earthquake Excitation,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 79-14,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles,  36 pages,  1979.

 
8. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.  Automatic Digitization and Processing of Strong Motion Accelerograms, Part I:  Automatic Digitization, Dept. of  Civil Engineering Report No  CE 79-15I,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles,  259 pages  1979.

 
9. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Automatic Digitization and Processing of Strong Motion Accelerograms, Part II:  Computer Processing of Accelerogerams.  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 79-15II, University of Southern California, Los Angeles  120 pages  1979.

 
10. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  EQINFOS (The Strong-Motion Earthquake Data Information System),  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 82-01,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles  54 pages, 1982.

 
11. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Current Developments in Data Processing of Strong-Motion Accelerograms,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 84-01, University of Southern California, Los Angeles  99 pages  1984.

 
12. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Attenuation of Modified Mercalli Intensity for Small Epicentral Distances in California,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 85-01,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles  21 pages  1985.

 
13. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.  Frequency Dependent Attenuation of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No. CE 85-02,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles  70 pages  1985.

 
14. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.  Preliminary Empirical Model for Scaling Fourier Amplitude Spectra of Strong Ground Acceleration in Terms of Earthquake Magnitude, Source to Station Distance, Site Intensity and Recording Site Conditions:  Second Paper, Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 85-03,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles  86 pages,  1985.

 
15. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.  Preliminary Empirical Model for Scaling Pseudo Relative Spectra of Strong Earthquake Acceleration in Terms of Earthquake Magnitude, Source to Station Distance, Site Intensity and Recording Site Conditions, Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 85-04,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles  151, pages  1985.

 
16. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Uniform Risk Spectra of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion, Civil Engineering Report No  CE 85-05,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles  122 pages,  1985.

 
17. L.R. Jordanovski, M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.  Investigation of Numerical Methods in Inversion of Earthquake Source,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 86-01,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles,  259 pages,  1986.

 
18. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac  Strong Earthquake Ground Motion Data in EQUINFOS: Part I, Dept. of  Civil Engineering Report No  CE 87-01,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles  399 pages, 1987.

 
19. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Microzonation of a Metropolitan Area, Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 87-02,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles  143 pages,  1987.

 
20. L.R. Jordanovski, V.W. Lee, M.I. Manic, T. Olumceva, C. Sinadinovski, M.I. Todorovska & M.D. Trifunac.  Strong Earthquake Ground Motion Data in EQINFOS: Yugoslavia, Part I,  Dept. of  Civil Engineering Joint Report No  CE 87-05,  Inst. for Earthquake Eng. and Eng. Seismology, Univ. Kiril Metodij, Skopje, Yugoslavia and Univ. of South. Calif., Los Angeles, U.S.A.  387 pages,  1987.

 
21. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.  Direct Empirical Scaling of Response Spectral Amplitudes for Various Site and Earthquake Parameters,  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Report  NUREG/CR-4903,  Vol. I,  1987.

 
22. M.D. Trifunac, J.G. Anderson & V.W. Lee.   Methods for Introduction of Geological Data into Characterization of Active Faults and Seismicity and Upgrading of Uniform Risk Spectrum Technique,  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Report  NUREG/CR-4903,  Vol. II,  1987.

 
23. V.W. Lee.  Influence of Local Soil and Geologic Site Conditions on Pseudo Relative Velocity Spectrum Amplitudes of Recorded Strong Motion Accelerations,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 87-06,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles,  273 pages,  1987.

 
24. M.D. Trifunac, V.W. Lee, H. Cao & M.I. Todorovska.  Attenuation of Seismic Intensity Scales in Balkan Countries,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 88-01, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 53 pages,  1988.

 
25. M.I. Todorovska, V.W. Lee, & M.D. Trifunac.  Investigation of Earthquake Response of Long Buildings, Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 88-02, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,  177 pages,  1988.

 
26. S.B. Kojic, M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.   Earthquake Response of Arch Dams to Non-Uniform Canyon Motion, Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 88-03, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,  368 pages,  1988.

 
27. D. Nenov, G. Georgiev, I. Paskaleva, V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Strong Earthquake Ground Motion Data in EQINFOS: Accelerograms Recorded in Bulgaria Between 1981 And 1987,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Joint Report No  CE 90-02, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Central Lab. for Seismic Mechanics & Earthquake Engineering (C.L.S.M.E.E.), Bulgaria, and University of Southern California (U.S.C.), Los Angeles, U.S.A  55 pages,  1990.

 
28. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Automatic Digitization and Processing of Accelerograms Using PC, Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 90-03, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 150 pages,  1990.

 
29. I.D. Gupta, V. Rambabu & R.G. Joshi M.D. Trifunac, M.I. Todorovska & V.W. Lee.  Strong Earthquake Ground Motion Data in EQINFOS for India: Part 1A, Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 93-03, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 60 pages,  1993.

 
30. A.R. Chandrasekaran & J.D. Das, M.D. Trifunac, M.I. Todorovska & V.W. Lee.  Strong Earthquake Ground Motion Data in EQINFOS for India: Part 1B,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 93-04, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90 pages,  1993.

 
31. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Characteristics of Earthquake Response Spectra in Southern California, Southern California Earthquake Center Report, Vol.II:, Task H-1: First Year Technical Report, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,  96 pages  May, 1993.

 
32. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee Duration of Strong Motion Shaking in Southern California Southern California Earthquake Center Report, Vol. III:, Task H-4: First Year Technical Report, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 265 pages  May, 1993.

 
33. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac  Characteristics of Earthquake Response Spectra in Southern California, Southern California Earthquake Center Report, Vol.II:, Task H-1: Second Year Technical Report, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 89 pages  July, 1994.

 
34. M.D. Trifunac & V.W. Lee.  Duration of Strong Motion Shaking in Southern California  Southern California Earthquake Center Report, Vol. III:,  Task H-4: Second Year Technical Report, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 109 pages  July, 1994.

 
35. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Empirical Equations Describing Attenuation of the Peaks of Strong Ground Motion, in terms of Magnitude, Distance, Path Effects and Site Conditions, Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No.  CE 95-02,  University of Southern California, Los Angeles  1995.

 
36. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Frequency Dependent Attenuation Function and Fourier Amplitude Spectra of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion in California,  Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 95-03, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1995.

 
37. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.   Pseudo Relative Velocity Spectra of Strong Earthquake Ground Motion in California, Dept. of Civil Engineering Report No  CE 95-04, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1995.

 
38. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Characteristics of Earthquake Ground Motions for Seismic Design, Southern California Earthquake Center Report, Task H-1:  Final Task Report, Vol. I: Empirical Equations Describing Attenuation of Horizontal Peaks of Strong Ground Motion in Terms of Magnitude, Distance, Path Effects and Site Conditions.

 
39. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Characteristics of Earthquake Ground Motions for Seismic Design, Southern California Earthquake Center Report, Task H-1: Final Task Report, Vol. II: Frequency Dependent Attenuation Functions and Fourier Amplitude Spectra of Horizontal Strong Earthquake Ground Motion in California.

 
40. V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac.  Characteristics of Earthquake Ground Motions for Seismic Design, Southern California Earthquake Center Report, Task H-1: Final Task Report, Vol. III: Pseudo Relative Velocity Spectra of Horizontal Strong Earthquake Ground Motion in California.
    
    
41. M.I. Todorovska, M.D. Trifunac, V.W. Lee, C.D. Stephens, K.A. Fogleman, C. Davis and R. Tognazzini . "The ML = 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, 1999.
    
    
42. C.H. Lin, V.W. Lee & M.D. Trifunac. On the Reflection of Elastic Waves in a Poroelastic Half-space Saturated with Non-viscous Fluid,  Report CE 01-04, Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Southern  California, 2001.

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Conference Proceedings

1. K. Hill, V.W. Lee & F.E. Udwadia.   Nonlinear Soil Identification, Proc. 6th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, New Delhi, India, 1976.

 
2. V.W. Lee.  On Deformations Near Circular Underground Cavity Subjected to Incident Plane SH Waves,  Proc. Symposium of Applications of Computer Methods in Engineering,  August 23-26, pp 951-961 USC, Los Angeles, 1977.

 
3. V.W. Lee.  Effect of Foundation Embeddment on Soil-Structure Interaction, Proc. 7th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 4 pages,  Ankara, Turkey, 1980.

 
4. V.W. Lee.  Time of Maximum Response of One-Degree-of-Freedom Oscillator to Earthquake Excitation,  Proc. 7th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 4 pages, Ankara, Turkey, 1980.

 
5. V.W. Lee.  A Computer Program for Processing Strong-Motion Earthquake Data with Determination of Noise-Free Frequency Band,  Earthquake Notes, Vol. 52, No.1,  1981.

 
6. V.W. Lee  Recent Developments in Data Processing of Strong-Motion Accelerograms,  8th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vol. II, pp. 119-126,  San Francisco, 1984.

 
7. V.W. Lee  Automatic Digitization & Data Processing of Strong-Motion Accelerograms: state-of-the-art Review,  Proc. 10th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Aug 28 - Sep 2,  Vol. I, pp 183-188, Vienna, Austria, 1994.

 
8. M.E. Manoogian & V.W. Lee.   Scattering of SH-Waves by Arbitrary Surface Topography, Proc. 3rd Int. Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, Univ. of Missouri- Rolla, Vol. II, pp 665-670, Apr 2-9  St. Louis, Missouri, 1995.

 
9. M.E. Manoogian & V.W. Lee.  Review of Methods to Calculate Displacements near Surface and Sub-surface Irregular Topography in an Elastic Half-Space, Proc.  11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Acapulco, Mexico, June 23-28, 1996.
   
   
10. I.R. Hsu, S. Chen & V.W. Lee. Diffraction of Plane SH Waves around a Circular Surface Canyon Above an Underground Unlined Tunnel, A.S.C.E. 12th Engineering Mechanics Conf., A force for the 21st Century, San Diego Marriott, La Jolla, California, May 17-20, 1998.
    
    
11. V.W. Lee, S. Chen & M.E.Manoogian. Deformations Near Surface and Sub-Surface (Foundations Above Subway) Topographies, First China-USA-Japan Workshop on Civil Infrastructure Systems, Shanghai, China, Nov 4-6, 1998.
    
    
12. V.W. Lee & S. Chen.  Deformations Near Rigid Foundations Above an Underground Tunnel, A.S.C.E. 13th Engineering Mechanics Conf., John Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, Maryland, Jun 20-23, 1999.
    
    
13. T.K. Ghosh & V.W. Lee.  Scattering & Diffraction of Rayleigh Surface Waves by an Infinitely Long Underground 3-D Cavity, A.S.C.E. 13th Engineering Mechanics Conf., John Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, Maryland, Jun 20-23, 1999.
    
    
14. N. Dermendjian, V.W. Lee & J. Liang.  Anti-plane Deformations Near an Arbitrary-Shaped Rigid Foundation

in a Wedge-Shaped Elastic Space, A.S.C.E. 15th Engineering Mechanics Conf., Univ. of California, San Diego, Jun 27-29, 2001.

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