Biography

Mishac K. Yegian

Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASCE

Dr. Yegian, College of Engineering Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering joined Northeastern University in 1976 after completing his doctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served as department chair from 1984 until 2001. He is widely published and noted for his work in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, geosynthetics, and lessons learned from destructive earthquakes. His research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and industry sponsors. He established an earthquake engineering graduate program, research laboratories with a shaking table, and a seismic recording station with an interactive display in the Snell Engineering Center lobby.

Nationally, he has served on many technical committees and has organized various conferences. He has served as a seismic consultant on many large projects including power plants, dams, landfills, and new and historic bridges. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dr. Yegian received the Robert D. Klein Distinguished Scholar Award at Northeastern University, in 1992. He received the University’s Teaching Excellence Award, in 1995. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Professional Registration

Registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 31640

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1973
B.S., Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut, 1971

Professional Employment

2003 – Present College of Engineering Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University
1986 – Present Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
1984 – 2001 Chair, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
1980 – 1986 Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
1976 – 1980 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
1976 – Present Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering Consultant
1975 Summer employment at Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Clifton , NJ
1974 Summer employment at Haley & Aldrich, Inc. Cambridge , MA

Awards & Honors

Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award of ASCE GI, 2014
2011 “Students Speak” Teaching Award
Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
Distinguished College of Engineering Professor, Northeastern University
1998 Northeastern University, Teaching Excellence Award
1991-1992 Northeastern University, Robert D. Klein Scholar

Professional Memberships

American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE

Boston Society of Civil Engineers, BSCES

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, EERI

Seismological Society of America

International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, ISSMFE

Geotechnical Institute, ASCE, G-I

American Society for Engineering Education, ASEE

North American Geosynthetics Society, NAGS

Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineering Honor Society

Prof. Yegian with Former NU President Jack Curry during 1995 Excellence in Teaching Awards Ceremony

Academic Experience

Courses Taught

Undergraduate: Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, Senior Design Project.

Graduate: Earthquake Engineering, Soil and Foundation Dynamics, Structural Dynamics, Seismic Design, Advanced Soil Mechanics, Advanced Foundation Engineering, Seepage and Stability.

Prof. Yegian has recieved the Northeastern University teaching excellence award for developing graduate earthquake engineering courses and educating students with the fundementals as well as the state-of-the-practice of earthquake engineering.

Research Topics

Liquefaction of Sands, Earthquake-Induced Pore Pressures, Use of Bender Elements in Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Retrofitting of the Brooklyn Bridge, Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis of Bridges, Dynamics of Geosynthetic Systems, Seismic Response of Landfills, Foundation and Soil Isolation Using Geosynthetics, Seismic Risk Analysis of Earth Dams, Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis, Earthquake-Induced Deformation of Slopes, Ground Motion Amplification, Finite Element Analysis of Laterally Loaded Piles, Ground Vibrations, Seismic Risk Analysis for Earth Dams, Geotechnical Aspects of Major Earthquakes, Development and Use of Shaking Table in Geotechnical Engineering Research.

Prof. Yegian was selected as the 1991-1992 Robert D. Klein Research Scholar for his research and scholarship, and presented a lecture to the entire Northeastern University community.

Prof. Yegian has traveled to California, Japan, Italy, Russia, China, Armenia, Turkey, Iran, France, and Venezuela, sharing knowledge and experience, and compiling and evaluating earthquake damage data.

Department Chair (1984-2001)

Prof. Yegian served as department chair for 17 years with notable achievements including:

Transforming the department from mostly teaching department to one that is now nationally recognized for preparing outstanding future engineers and research innovators.
Establishing strong ties with Alumni and industry leaders, and raising substantial endowment funds in support of faculty, students, research, education, and in particular enhancing civil engineering student communication skills.
Establishing strong ties with funding agencies, professional organizations, and civil engineering departments nationwide.
Developing new department facilities and administrative structure and team to meet the needs of students and faculty.
Providing unwavering support to the award winning ASCE student chapter of the department.

Endowment for Development

Professor Yegian has raised over $2,000,000 from Civil Engineering Alumni and has established:

Earthquake engineering facility with a shaking table used for education, research and outreach activities.
A seismic recording station, which is now part of the United States Geologic Survey, USGS seismic monitoring network. The station has an interactive display center for education, outreach, and local media reporting.
Faculty development fund to support scholarly activities.
Faculty chaired professorship in Environmental Engineering.
Communication fund to support development of student communication skills.

Outreach Activities

The shaking table facility developed by Prof. Yegian is a prime attraction in all outreach activities of the College of Engineering. The various outreach programs Prof. Yegian and his students support on a regular basis include:

Engineering Wednesdays weekly open houses;
Women in Engineering(WIE), program funded by NSF;
Building Bridges, interactive activities for high school students;
Minority Outreach Program; and
NSF Scholars summer program for minority high school students.

Annually, over 2000 students teachers and alumni participate in these outreach activities.

Prof. Yegian has also been on local TV and in print media heightening public’s awareness of earthquake risk.

Funded Research Projects

9/20 – 5/22

TOPIC: Exploring Simple Ways of Protecting Tall Artifacts Against Toppling During a Regional Earthquake
FUNDING: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, ($9,000),(PI)

9/16 – 9/19	TOPIC: Field Application of Induced Partial Saturation (IPS) for Liquefaction Mitigation. FUNDING: National Science Foundation, ($341,754),(PI)
10/11 – 9/15	TOPIC: NEESR: Induced Partial Saturation (IPS) Through Transport and Reactivity for Liquefaction Mitigation. FUNDING: National Science Foundation, ($1,197,461),(PI)
10/11 – 9/15	TOPIC: Support for Research Educating Undergraduates(REU), for two female students FUNDING: National Science Foundation, ($12,000),(PI)
7/10 – 11/10	TOPIC: SGER Oxygen Delivery System for Seismic Mitigation; Supplemental Fund. FUNDING: National Science Foundation, ($10,000),(PI)
6/09 – 8/11	TOPIC: The Learning Bridge, A Collaborative Proposal with Drexel (lead), Northeastern University, Texas A & M, and Perdue. FUNDING: National Science Foundation, ($500,000),(CO-PI) ($75,000 NU share)
9/08 – 11/08	TOPIC: Evaluation of Mechanical Isolator for Protecting Sculptures Against Earthquakes in Japan. FUNDING: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA ($10,000), (PI)
11/05 – 10/09	TOPIC: Induced-Partial Saturation for Liquefaction Mitigation FUNDING: National Science Foundation, ($206,000),(PI)
9/04 – 8/09	TOPIC: Seismic Safety Evaluation and Retrofit of the Brooklyn Bridge FUNDING: NYCDOT ($100,000),(PI)
9/02 – 8/03	TOPIC: Air Entrapment for Liquefaction Mitigation FUNDING: National Science Foundation, ($50,000),(PI)
10/97 – 10/01	TOPIC: Geosynthetics for Foundation and Soil Isolation in Earthquake Hazard Mitigation FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($170,000), (PI)
11/94 – 11/96	TOPIC: Seismic Response of Geosynthetic/Soil Systems. FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($157,000), (PI)
1/96 – 10/96	TOPIC: Geosynthetics for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation. FUNDING: North American Geosynthetic Society ($7,000), (PI)
1/92 – 6/94	TOPIC: Dynamic Shear Properties of Geosynthetic Interfaces FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($137,200), (PI)
9/89 – 9/94	TOPIC: Evaluation of Seismic Design Practices for Containment Units Constructed with Geosynthetics. FUNDING: Stone & Webster ($40,000), (PI)
4/90 – 4/91	TOPIC: Geotechnical aspects of the December 7, 1988 Armenian Earthquake. FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($106,000), (PI)
3/85 – 10/87	TOPIC: Integrated Seismic Risk Analysis for Earth Dams. FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($84,179), (PI)
1/84 – 7/84	TOPIC: Development of Experimental Models and Procedures to Demonstrate Dynamic Behavior of Soils and Structures. FUNDING: Northeastern University ($4,970), (PI)
4/81 – 4/82	TOPIC: Flow Characteristics at Red Mud Disposal Site, Cuidad Guayana, Venezuela. FUNDING: Interamericana de Alumina , Venezuela ($35,365), (PI)
4/79 – 8/80	TOPIC: Probabilistic Liquefaction Analysis. FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($29,886), (PI)
6/78 – 7/79	TOPIC: Seismic Hazard Analysis. State-of-the-Art FUNDING: U.S. Army Engineers Wate

Professional Experience

Invited Lectures and Presentations

” The Historic Brooklyn Bridge of New York City: Original Design and Construction, and Recent Seismic Vulnerability Assessment” Invited Speaker, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, May 2015.
“Induced Partial Saturation, as a Liquefaction Mitigation Measure”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 2015.
“Induced Partial Saturation, as a Liquefaction Mitigation Technique: Experimental Test Results”, Tongi University, Shanghai, China, June 2015.
“Induced Partial Saturation, as a Liquefaction Mitigation Technique: Experimental Test Results”, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, June 2015.
“Seismic Retrofitting of the Brooklyn Bridge” Invited Speaker, Japan-Greece Workshop, Kobe, Japan, October 2011.
“Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Research” Invited Speaker, ASCE Student Chapter, Northeastern University, October 2011.
“Anatomy of a Bridge” Invited Speaker at The Learning Bridge Workshop , Drexel University, January 2011.
“Fundamentals of Seismic Evaluations of Buildings Including New York City Building Code Provisions” Seminar at Thornton Tomasetti, New York, NY, October, 2009
“Seismic Protection in Geotechnical Engineering” Bruce Podwal Seminar Speaker. The City College of New York, November, 2009.
“Fundamentals of Seismic Evaluations of Buildings Including New York City Building Code Provisions” Seminar at Leslie E. Roberts Associates, New York, NY, October, 2009
“Seismic and Geotechnical Engineering for Bridges” One-day seminar for Jacobs Engineering, New Jersey, May 2009
“Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of the Brooklyn Bridge” BSCES-ASCE dinner presentation, Boston, MA, Oct. 2008
“Seismic Soil-Foundation Investigation of the Brooklyn Bridge” ASCE GI-Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conference, Sacramento, CA, May, 2008.
“Seismic Design and Analysis of Bridges” One-day seminar for Hardesty & Hanover, New York, May 2008
“The Brooklyn Bridge” Northeastern University Alumni presentation, May 2007.
“Seismic Investigations of the Brooklyn Bridge: ASCE Student Chapter presentation, May 2007
“Importance of Accurate Shear Wave Velocity in Seismic Evaluation of Bridges” 7^thInternational Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Montreal, Canada, August, 2006.
“Preparation and Cyclic Testing of Partially Saturated Sands” ASCE GI Unsaturated Soils 2006 Conference, Arizona. April, 2006.
“Seismic Analysis of Bridges: Overview” VDOT seminar, March, 2006
“Seismic Recording Station at Northeastern University” COSMOS International Workshop on Strong Motion Instrumentation, USC, Oct. 2004.
“Foundation Seismic Retrofit of the Third Avenue Bridge” ASCE GI Geo-Trans 2004 Conference, July, 2004.
“Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Applications to Bridges” ASCE NY Metropolitan Section, March 22, 2004
“Seismic Geotechnical Investigations for Bridges,” Central PA Geotechnical Conference, Hershey, Oct 29-31, 2003.
“Seismic Soil-Foundation Interaction of the New Woodrow Wilson Bridge” 7^th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, Mass, July 2002.
“Soil-Structure Interaction Under Dynamic Loads” 4^Th International Conference on Recent Advancement in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, San Diego, March 2001.
“Foundation and Soil Isolation” NSF Workshop, Columbia University, October, 2000.
“Geosynthetics for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation” Geosynthetic conference, Boston, Mass, April 1999.
“Modeling Geosynthetic Liners in Dynamic Response Analysis of Landfills,” ASCE conference, Seattle, Washington, Aug. 1998.
“Introduction to Dynamic Response of Systems”, Short Course on Fundamentals of Seismic Design, Northeastern University, June 1997.
“Slip Displacements of Geosynthetic Systems Under Dynamic Excitations,” ASCE conference, San Diego, October, 1995.
“Response of Geosynthetics Under Earthquake Excitations,” Geosynthetics ‘95 Conference, Nashville, TN, February 1995.
“Seismic Response of Geosynthetic/Soil Systems,” Geoenvironment 2000, ASCE Specialty Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 1995.
“Geotechnical Aspects of the Armenia Earthquake” Third International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, St. Louis Missouri, June 1993.
“Risk-Based Methodology for Seismic Rehabilitation of Earth Dams.” Conference on Geotechnical Practice in Dam Rehabilitation, Raleigh, North Carolina, April, 1993.
“Shaking Table Tests on Geosynthetic Interfaces” Geosynthetics ‘93 Conference, Vancouver, Canada, March 1993.
“Seismic Response of Landfills” NSF Workshop, Los Angeles, 1993.
“Lessons from 1988 Armenia earthquake” Civil Engineering Department, Notre Dame, April 1993.
“Lessons from 1988 Armenia and 1990 Iran Earthquake” symposium on Erzican, Turkey Earthquake, Erzican, Turkey, October 1992
“Seismic Response of Geosynthetic-soil Systems”, ASCE Geoenvironmental Conference, New York, September 1992.
Klein Lecturer on “Social and Economic Impact of Earthquakes”, Northeastern University, 1991
“Earthquakes and Soil Effects”, Yankee Atomic, Inc. Ma. 1991
“Blast-Induced Liquefaction”, Recent Advances in Soil Dynamics, St. Louise, 1991
“Reconstruction after the 1988 Spitak Earthquake” 2nd Annual Conference on Reconstruction in Armenia, sponsored by the Soviet Reconstruction Commission, Yerevan, Armenia, December 1990.
“Earthquake Damage Assessment of the 1990 Manjil Earthquake” Tehran, Iran.
“Liquefaction of Sands and Northeast Regional Seismological Effects,” Annual Symposium of the Association of Engineering Geologists, New England Section, Boston, March 1990.
“Armenia Earthquake: One Year Later,” sponsored by the Soviet Reconstruction Commission, Paris, France, December 1989.
“The Geotechnical Aspects of the Armenian earthquake” at the World Congress of AESA, Los Angeles, California, 1989.
“Reconnaissance Report on the 1988 Spitak Earthquake”, ASCE Foundation Engineering Congress, Evanston, Illinois, 1989.
“Damages from the 1988 Spitak Earthquake”, BSCES/ASCE, Boston, 1989.
“Evaluation of the damages from the 1988 Spitak Earthquake” USSR Academy of Science, 1989, USSR.
“Seismic Risk Analysis of Dams”, U.S. delegation to the International Seminar on Seismic Zonation, Guangzhou, China, 1987.
“Importance of Engineering Geology in Earthquake Engineering” theme reporter at the International Symposium on Engineering Geology Problems in Seismic Areas, Bari, Italy, 1986.
“Seismic Risk Analysis Approach for Energy Facilities”, ASCE Energy 84 Conference, Pasadena, California, 1984.
“Risk in Civil Engineering”, Northeastern University Scholarship Day, 1983.
“Earthquake Engineering at Northeastern University”, Civil Engineering Alumni, 1983.
“Earthquake Engineering Education and Outreach”, ASCE Minority Institute, Summers of 1981, 1982 and 1983.
“Case History of Embankment Design”, ASCE Student Chapter at Northeastern, 1982.
“Liquefaction Analysis: Empirical Approach”, St. Louis, Missouri, April 1981.
“Probabilistic Liquefaction Analysis”, ASCE Convention, San Francisco, California, 1977.
“Probabilistic Analysis of Laterally Loaded Piles”, Ninth Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, 1977.
“Liquefaction Analysis State-of-Practice”, Seminar at Haley and Aldrich, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977.
“Risk-Based Methodology for Ground Failure by Liquefaction”, Seminar at Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Inc., San Francisco, California, 1976.
“Lateral Load Displacement Relationships for Deep Pile Foundations in Soft Clays”, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, 1973.

Technical Reviewer

STPI/IDA Expert Panel member on future NSF/NEES Earthquake Engineering research
NEES Proposal, Panel Reviewer, and Site Visit Team member.
National Science Foundation, research proposals
National Science Foundation, Centers Site Visit Teams
National Research Council, research proposals.
United States Geologic Survey, research proposals
Journal of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, technical papers
Journal of the Seismological Society of America, technical papers
Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, technical papers
Journal of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, technical papers
ASCE Geotechnical Specialty Conferences, technical papers
Earthquake Spectra, EERI, technical papers
Journal of the International Geosynthetic Society, technical papers
Transportation Review Board, technical papers
Conferences on Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering, technical papers

Professional Society Activities

Member of Expert Panel recommending future of NSF/NEES program beyond 2014, 2011-2012
ASCE-GI Task Force Committee re Journal of Geotechnical Engineering Practice, 2009
ASCE-GI Conference Coordination Committee, 2004-2006 Chair
NEHRP Committee for preparing 2009 National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program Seismic Guidelines.
ASCE, Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Committee, Chair, 2000-2005
Organizer and chair of technical session at the ASCE GI Unsaturated Soils 2006 Conference, Arizona, April, 2006.
Seismic Design Guidelines Committee for New York Bridges, NYCDOT, 1997-2007.
ASCE, Geotechnical Risk and Reliability Committee, member since, 1992-present.
Organizer and technical program chair and Proceeding Editor, ASCE-GI GeoTrans2004 Conference, LA, 2004.
Organizer and chair of technical session 7th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, MA. July 2002.
Organizer and chair of technical session 4th International Conference on Recent Advancement in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, San Diego, March 2001.
ASCE, Geotechnical Institue’s 1998 Conference on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Steering Committee, member and co-editor of Proceedings.
Organized a 2-day course on “Fundamentals of Seismic Design”, Northeastern University, 1998
TRB, Reliability in Geotechnical and Pavement Engineering Committee, member since 1995
Organizing committee member, 4th International Conference on Case Histories, St. Louise, 1998
Organizing committee member, Eight International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Turkey , 1997
Organized and chaired a session on “Earthquake Design and Performance of Solid Waste Landfills”, ASCE Convention, San Diego , 1995
Chaired a technical session at the Geosynthetics 95 Conference, Nashville , 1995
Chaired a technical session at the ASCE Geoenvironmental 2000 Specialty Conference, New Orleans , 1995
Organized and chaired a technical session on “Liquefaction of Gravel”, ASCE Convention, Atlanta , 1994
ASCE Settlement Conference, member review committee, 1994
Chaired a technical session at the Conference on Case Histories, St. Louis , 1994
Organized and co-chaired a technical session on “Earthquake response of Waste Containment”, ASCE conference on Environmental Geotechnology, New York , 1992
The Earthquake Project, Hazard Mitigation Committee, member 1991-1992
Chaired a workshop on “Model Testing”, Conference on Recent Advances in Soil Dynamics, St. Louise, 1991
American Consulting Engineers committee for selecting outstanding project awardees, Boston. 1987
Organized and hosted 2-day seminar on “Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering”, Northeastern University , 1985

Consulting Experience

Prof. Yegian has served as a seismic consultant for over 160 projects including:

Bridges (85 projects)
Nuclear power plants (7 projects)
Dams and slopes and landfills (34 projects)
Liquid natural gas, LNG and Oil tanks (8 projects)
Building and other structures (25 projects)
Port and harbor facilities (9 projects)

As a consultant, his responsibilities have included, Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis, site characterization, determination of design ground motions, geotechnical effects, assessment of liquefaction potential and remediation, foundation design for seismic loads, seismic soil-structure interaction, assessment of seismic vulnerability and need for seismic retrofitting. Nationally, he has chaired many technical committees providing assistance in establishing seismic codes for buildings and bridges, including: 2009 national Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP)/FEMA Seismic Provisions: 1998 and 2004 NYCDOT Seismic Guidelines for Bridges, 2012 NJTA Seismic Design Specifications; and 2006 RIDOT LRFD Bridge Design Manual.

Brooklyn Bridge
New Goethels Bridge, NY/NJ
Portfilo of 43 Bridges of NJTA, NJ
New Panama Canal Locks, Panama
Throgs Neck Beidge, NY
Woodrow Wilson Bridge, NY
La Honda Dam, Venezuela
AES Sparrows Point LNG facility, MD
Quay wall and Breakwater at the New Port of Patras, Greece
Proposed record breaking suspension bridge over the starit of Messina, Italy
Oil Tank farms at Kawasaki, Japan
Perry Nuclear Power plant, Ohio
Nacala Dam, Mozambique
Reem Island Towers and Mall, Abu Dhabi

Since 1976, has served as a consultant to;

BOSTON EDISON , Braintree , Massachusetts

ALTRAN, Boston , Massachusetts

BAKER ENVIRONMENTAL, Beaver, Pennsylvania

CADAFE, Caracas , Venezuela

THE CARLSON CORPORATION, Cochituate , Massachusetts

CHRISTIANI&NIELSEN-TCGC-BACHI, Athens , Greece

F. CORCHADO AND ASSOCIATES, San Juan, Puerto Rico

GEODEC, Caracas, Venezuela

GEOHIDRA, Caracas, Venezuela

DUBERRY-GOODKIND, NJ.

GOLDBERG, ZOINO & ASSOCIATES, Vernon , Connecticut

W. A. GREEN AND ASSOCIATES, Malden , Missouri

GZA Geo-Environmental Inc., Newton, Ma.

HALEY & ALDIRCH, INC., Cambridge , Massachusetts

HARDESTY & HANOVER, New York , New York

JACOBS, New York City, New York

LICHTENSTEIN, Paramus , NJ

METCALF & EDDY ENGINEERS, Boston , Massachusetts

NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, White Plains , New York

NORTHROP, Norwood , Massachusetts

PARSONS TRANSPORTATION GROUP, NY , NY

PONS ASSOCIATES, VIRGINIA, VA

ATTORNEY BRUCE SACHAR, Lynn , Massachusetts

STEINMAN, New York , NY

TECHNOLOGY FLOW, INC., Boston , Massachusetts

T.W. LAMBE, INC., Cambridge , Massachusetts

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, Vicksburg , Mississippi

WEIDLINGER ASSOCIATES, Cambridge , Massachusetts

WEIDLINGER ASSOCIATES, NY , NY

WESTON GEOPHYSICAL, Westboro , Massachusetts

WESTOVER METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT CORP., Chicopee , MA

WOODWARD-CLYDE CONSULTANTS, New Jersey

YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY, Framingham , Massachusetts

Site response analysis and soil-structure interaction of La Brea Metro Tunnel, Los Angeles, California.
Site response analysis and soil-pile interaction for the Unionport Bridge, NY.
Seismic geotechnical engineering for Robert F Kennedy Bridge to Harlem River Drive, NY.
Site specific spectrum and liquefaction for Substation at JFK Airport, NY.
Seismic design ground motions and liquefaction for New Goethals Bridge, NY/NJ.
Seismic design and analysis of bulkhead, cable, deadman systems at Hasting-on-Hudson, NY.
Seismic retrofit needs of portfolio of 43 bridges, NJTA, NJ.
Seismic analysis of Great Egg Harbor and Drag Channel Bridges, NJ
Seismic design recommendations for Farrell Properties Building in Long Island, NY
Seismic design recommendations for 7-9 Channel Center Street Building, Boston, MA.
Seismic risk assessment of the Nacala Dam, Mozambique
Development of rock motions from Franklin Falls Dam records of the Gaza earthquake, NH.
Seismic retrofit design of Manhattan Approach of the Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.
Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Presumpscot Bridge, ME
Seismic ground motion and soil-structure interaction of the Bass River Bridge, NJ
Seismic ground motions, foundation design, and soil-structure interaction of the replacement bridge for the 14^th Street Viaduct, NJ.
1-D and 2-D ground motion analyses and site classification for a mall and high rise buildings in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Site-specific ground motion analysis and assessment of liquefaction potential at the Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee, MA.
Foundation design and vibration issues related to wind turbine blade testing, Boston, MA.
Liquefaction analysis of the Groton Submarine Naval Base site, CT
Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Ben Sawyer Bridge, SC
Seismic investigations and risk analysis of the Mansfield Hollow Dam and Spillway, CT
Seismic geotechnical investigations of Rt. 52 Contract B, NJ
Seismic Peer Review of the New Panama Canal Locks, Panama.
Seismic geotechnical investigations of Rt. 550, Rhode Island.
Seismic investigations and retrofit needs of the Throgs Neck Bridge, New York.
Seismic retrofit need of the foundations of the Alford Street Bridge, Boston, MA.
Seismic safety evaluation of the Potomac Levees, Washington, D.C.
Seismic review of 12 New England Dams for the Army Corp of Engineers, Concord, MA.
Soil-foundation interaction of the Major Degan Expressway, New York, NY.
Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Northbound Whitestone Expressway, NY
Seismic liquefaction and lateral forces on a bulkhead, Newport, Rhode Island.
Analysis of Liquefaction potential at the site of Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH.
Seismic geotechnical investigations of the AES Sparrows point LNG facility, MD.
Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Downeast LNG facility, ME.
Seismic safety assessment and retrofit of the Brooklyn Bridge, NY.
Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Sakonnet Bridge, RI.
Liquefaction analysis of Hastings on the Hudson River, NY.
Site-specific design spectrum and assessment of liquefaction, Cavaliers Practice Facility, OH.
Foundation stiffness coefficients for Sea Isle City Boulevard Bridge, NJ.
Seismic assessments of Knightville, Franklin Falls, and Surry Mountain Dams, MA and NH.
Development of NYCDOT seismic guidelines for bridges.
Site-specific ground motion analysis and pile design of the Quantico Hangar, VA
Seismic geotechnical investigations of Route 36, Ocean City, NJ
Liquefaction analysis for the CSO facility in Holyoke, MA
Site-specific ground motions for the Triborough Bridge, NY
Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Henry Hudson Bridge, NY
Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Roosevelt Island Bridge, NY
Seismic geotechnical evaluation of the Riverside Drive Viaduct, NY
Seismic geotechnical investigations of Route 52, Ocean City, NJ.
Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Roslyn Viaduct, Brooklyn, NY
Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Goethals Bridge, NY-NJ.
Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Secaucus Interchange, NJ
Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Wantagh Parkway Bridge, NY.
Seismic geotechnical reviewer of the proposed Strait of Messina Bridge, Italy.
Seismic design of the piers of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Washington, D.C.
Seismic geotechnical evaluations of the Willis Avenue Bridge, New York, NY.
Ground motions and design spectra for Underground Water Tank , Weston, MA
Seismic geotechnical evaluations of the Manhattan Bridge, New York, NY.
Seismic geotechnical evaluations of the Williamsburg Bridge, New York, NY.
Seismic geotechnical evaluations of the 3^rd Avenue Bridge, New York, NY.
Static and seismic design of a new pier and breakwater in Port of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Seismic geotechnical investigations for the 6th Avenue Bridge, Brooklyn, NY.
Seismic geotechnical investigations for the Madison Avenue Bridge, New York, NY.
Ground motions and liquefaction analysis of LNG tank in Charles County, Virginia.
Liquefaction and lateral load capacities of the pile foundations of the Old Courthouse in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Seismic Response Analysis of Tacony–Palmyra Bridge piers, Philadelphia, PA
Seismic Response Analysis of the Tagus Bridge piers, Lisbon, Portugal.
Soil-structure interaction analysis of the slurry wall of I-93 Northbound Tunnel Atlantic Ave. project, Boston, Massachusetts.
Liquefaction analysis Route 146/Massachusetts Turnpike Interchange Project.
Seismic Safety Analysis of the Lemons Landfill, Dexter, Missouri
Earthquake response of LTV Waste Landfill in Chicago, Illinois.
Earthquake response of US Steel Waste Landfill in Chicago, Illinois.
Evaluation of site effects on earthquake ground motions at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, Plymouth, and Massachusetts.
Development of floor spectra for Surry nuclear power plant.
Liquefaction analysis, seismic risk, and blast induced densification at the Dennison Plant site in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Blast damage of Consolidated Edison Co.’s gas pipeline in New York.
Expert witness, blast induced damages to residential homes.
Seismic safety evaluation of Deerfield #2 concrete spillway, Massachusetts.
Seismic design and safety evaluation of North, West and South dikes at Cape Pond Reservoir, Rockport, Massachusetts.
Finite element analysis of seepage through the North and West dikes at Cape Pond Reservoir, Rockport, Massachusetts.
Seismic safety evaluation of Long Sault Dike, St. Lawrence Power Project, New York.
Lateral load capacities of emergency siren posts for Seabrook Power Plant, New Hampshire.
Safety evaluations of highway embankment on solution cavities and sinkholes, Puerto Rico.
Evaluations of design response spectrum and influence of soil-structure interaction for Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant, New Jersey.
Site evaluation at the Sandy Pond Converter Terminal, Ayer, Massachusetts and Comerfor Converter Terminal, Monroe, New Hampshire.
Evaluations of recorded earthquake motions and site response analysis for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant.
Seismic risk analysis of La Vueltosa Dam, Venezuela.
Seismic response analysis of Mead Reservoir Dam, Plattsburgh, New York.
Seismic risk analysis of La Honda Dam, Uribante Caparo Project, Venezuela.
Seepage analysis and recommendations for cement-bentonite cut-off wall for a dike in Cuidad Guayana, Venezuela.
Response analysis of basement floor subjected to machine-induced dynamic forces, Northrop, Massachusetts.
Analysis of ground motion and spectral responses at Indian Point Nuclear Power Station, NY.
Analysis of failure and reconstruction of dikes in Cuidad, Guayana, Venezuela.
Seismic safety analysis of Holden Reservoir No. 1 in Holden, Massachusetts.
Seismic stability analyses of slopes and oil tank foundations for MENEVEN, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela.
Seismic design and analysis of oil tanks for MARAVEN in Venezuela.
Seismic safety analysis of Kettlebrook Reservoir No. 4 Dam in Paxton, Massachusetts.
Design of turbine foundation and response of loose saturated sands at Medi-Waste Plant, West Babylon, New York.
Seismic stability analyses for slopes at INTEVEP, Venezuela.
Foundation design and isolation schemes for a large electromagnetic shaker at Northrop, Norwood, Massachusetts.
Foundation recommendations for Santa Barbara, Boca Vieja, Izate and Araquita bridges in Caracas, Venezuela.
Pier foundation and design at Puenta de Pierdas in Isle of Margarita.
Liquefaction and settlement analysis of buildings in Cumana, Venezuela.
Seismic design considerations for the Southeast Resource Recovery Facility, Long Beach, CA
Offshore site exploration and investigation in Guaranao and Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Sea-bottom stability analysis considering earthquake loads at the site of a pier in Puerto Suene, Venezuela.
Analysis of pile foundations, pile driving criteria, determination of pile cap movements for the Water intake line at Amuay Refinery, Venezuela.
Liquefaction of soils, seismic risk analysis, dynamic analysis of oil storage tanks for a refinery in Kawasaki, Japan.
Blast vibrations at the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, New York.
Liquefaction analysis for Oyster Creek Power Plant site.
Sea floor stability at the site of the Trident Submarine drydock, Seattle, Washington.
Dynamic stresses on the MBTA tunnel walls in Cambridge.