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Post Doctoral |
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Behrooz Tavakoli, Ph.D.
Bechtel Corp
Principal Engineering Seismologist/Geologist
San Francisco
btavakol@bechtel.com
Research: Seismic Hazard
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2004-2007 |
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Lijun Liu, Ph.D.
Research: Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis
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1998-1999 |
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Ali Farhadi, Ph.D.
Email: afarhadi@memphis.edu
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2019-2020 |
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Mehran Davatagri, Ph.D.
mdvtgrtf@memphis.edu
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2023-2025 |
Visiting Scholar |
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Zoya
Farajpour
Earthquake Engineering at International
Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, IRAN
Email:
zoya.farajpour@gmail.com
Research:
GMPEs
Development for Iran |
2015-2016 |
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Naeem Khoshnevis
Email: nkhshnvs@memphis.edu |
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Doctoral |
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Nima Nazemi
Email: nnazemi@memphis.edu |
Ongoing |
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Niloufar (Najmeh) Alidadi
nalidadi@memphis.edu |
Ongoing |
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Melish Kayastha
Email:
melish.Kayastha@memphis.edu
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Ongoing |
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Christie Assadollahi
Advisor: Charles Camp and Shahram Pezeshk
Christine Maurice Moore (cmmore11) |
Ongoing |
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Mohsen Akhani Senejani
Email: mkhnsnjn@memphis.edu
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Ongoing |
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Zoya Farajpour
Email: zfrjpour@memphis.edu> |
2019 |
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Arash
Yarahmadi
Email: yrahmadi@memphis.edu
Email: Arash.yarahmadi@gmail.com
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2019 |
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Ali Farhadi
Email: farhadia99@yahoo.com
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Fall 2019 |
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Farhad
Sedaghati
Email: farhad_seda@yahoo.com
web:
https://sites.google.com/site/farhadsedaghatium/home
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2017 |
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Alireza (Kia) Soltani
Email: a.haji.soltani@memphis.edu
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alirezahajisoltani
Dissertation Title: A Comprehensive Study on a Site-Specific
Hazard Analysis for a Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Tank Station |
2016 |
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Jalal Kiani
E-mail: jkiani@memphis.edu
Research: Ground Motion Selection |
2016 |
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Yousef
Ghaffari, Ph.D.
Current Position: Project
Engineer at MUEngineers company
Email: youssef.ghaffari@gmail.com
Email: yghaffari@MUEngineers.com
Dissertation Title:Improved Value for load Increased Factor in
Progressive Collapse
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2015 |
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Alireza Shahjouei,
Ph.D.
Current
Position: AIG
Title: Senior Research Scientist / CAT Risk Engineer
Email: alireza.shahjouei@aig.com
alireza.shahjouei@gmail.com
Dissertation Title: Alternative Ground-Motion Model for the
Central and Eastern North America Using a New Hybrid Broadband
Simulation Technique
Website: www.aig.com
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2015 |
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David (Seyed Mehrdad) Hosseini,
Ph.D.
Current Position: Engineering
Seismologist / Structural Engineer
Title: Engineering Seismologist / Structural Engineer
Email: mehrdad80h@gmail.com
Email: mehrdad.hosseini@aecom.com
web: https://umdrive.memphis.edu/shsseini/m.hosseini/
Dissertation: "Reducing Uncertainties in the Velocities
Determined By Inversion of Phase Velocity Dispersion Curves
Using Synthetics Seismograms."
Dissertation Part 1
Dissertation Part 2
Dissertation Part 3
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2014 |
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Ali
Hajihashemi, PhD, PE
Current Position: Sunrun
Alihajihashemi@gmail.com
Dissertation title:
Evaluation of Displacement-based Design Procedures for Bridges
in High-seismic Regions.
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2013 |
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Mojtaba Malek,
Ph.D.
Current Position: WSP|PB
Title: Senior Geotechnical/Earthquake Engineer
Dissertation Title: Statistical Study of Ground Motion
Amplification in the Mississippi Embayment
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2013 |
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Arash Zandieh,
Ph.D., P.E.
Current Position: Lettis
Consultants International, Inc.
Title: Senior project Engineer
Email: arash.zandieh@live.com
web: http://www.lettisci.com/
Dissertation Title: Ground-Motion Prediction Equations and
Seismic Hazard Analysis in Central and Eastern North America
https://umdrive.memphis.edu/azandih1/arash_zandieh/index.htm
azandih1@memphis.edu
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2011 |
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Scott
Stovall, Ph.D.
Current Position: United States
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S. NRC)
Title: Seismologist
Email: scott.stovall@nrc.gov
Email: spstovll@gmail.com
web: www.nrc.gov
Dissertation Title:
An improved method for the identification and inversion of
multi-mode Rayleigh surface wave dispersion collected from
non-uniform arrays utilizing a moving source approach.
Dissertation (PDF format)
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2010 |
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Ali Shahbazian,
Ph.D.
Current Position: Shannon &
Wilson, Inc., Seattle, Washington
Title: Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Email: aas@shanwil.com
Email: ashahbzn@gmail.com
Dissertation Title: Spectrum Matching of Recorded Ground Motions
with Improved Velocity and Displacement Time Histories in
Frequency Space
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2009 |
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Hugo Rojas,
Ph.D., P.E.
CH2M HILL
Denver, Co
Dissertation: "Automating the Design of Steel Moment Frames Using a Probabilistic Performance-Based Approach and Evolutionary Computation."
hugo.rojas@ch2m.com
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2008 |
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Morteza (Bijan) Zarrabi, Ph.D.
mzarrabi@memphis.edu
Dissertation: A New Procedure for Estimation of Shear Wave Velocity Profiles Using Multi-Station Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves, Regression Line Slope, and Genetic Algorithm Methods."
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2006 |
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Arzhang Alimoradi, Ph.D.,
P.E.
Clinical Faculty
Southern Methodist
University
Arzhang@johnmartin.com
Dissertation: " Probabilistic Performance-Based Seismic Design Automation of Nonlinear Steel Structures Using Genetic Algorithms."
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Jiang He, Ph.D., P.E. |
2000 |
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Shiuan Wan
Current Position:
Professor, also the chair of Ling Tung University Library
Title: Department of Information Management& Information
network
Email: Shiuan.wan@gmail.com
Year Graduated: Master 1995, PhD 1998
Dissertation Title: The analytical and experimental studies
for structures subjected to intraplate and interplate
earthquake considering P-delta effect
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1998 |
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Debin Chen, Ph.D., P.E.
Current Position: Oakhill
Engineering, LLC, President
Email:
dchen@oakhillengineering.com
Austin, TX |
1997 |
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Yupeng Wang, Ph.D., P.E.
Email:
peterw102002@yahoo.com
Current Position: Walter P.
Moore
Atlanta, GA 30309
Tel: 678-553-5200
Fax: 678-553-5273
Direct: 678-553-5232
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1998 |
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Lijun Liu, Ph.D.
Dissertation: "Ground Motion Estimation and its Application in the Seismic Hazard analyses of West Tennessee."
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1997 |
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Masters |
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Andy Kizzee
Thesis Title: "Empirical
Relationships To Estimate Shear-Wave Velocity Profiles From
SPT Information in the New Madrid Seismic Zone."
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2009 |
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Mark Mize
Thesis: "Assessment of the
Seismic Vulnerability of the University of Memphis Main
Campus Buildings."
McVeigh & Mangum
Engineering, Inc.
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Phone (904) 483-5200
mmize@mcveighmangum.com
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2006 |
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Scott Stovall
Thesis: "Values of Qs in the
Unconsolidated Sediments of the Mississippi Embayment."
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2004 |
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Hugo Rojas
harojas@memphis.edu
Thesis: "An Empirical Procedure to
Estimate Shear-Wave Velocity of Soils in Mississippi Embayment
Using a Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimization."
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2004 |
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Chad Stewart, P.E. |
2003 |
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Jason Mayo, P.E. |
2003 |
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Alpa Patel |
2003 |
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Robert Paullus, P.E. |
2001 |
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Clay Williams, P.E. |
2000 |
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James M. Evans, Jr., P.E. |
1998 |
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Steven Williamson, P.E. |
1997 |
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Tanya Dawson |
1996 |
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Rick McIntosh |
1996 |
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Bao-Zhu Wei |
1995 |
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Anish Talati |
1995 |
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Shiuan Wan
萬絢 [shiuan123@mail.ltu.edu.tw]
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1995 |
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