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J. P. ConteDecember, 2007

CURRICULUM VITAE OF JOEL P. CONTE

Professor Office: 858-822-4545University of California, San Diego Cell: 619-254-4255Department of Structural Engineering Fax: 858-822-2260261 SERF Building E-mail: [email protected] Jolla, CA 92093-0085 Web: http://www.structures.ucsd.edu

http://jaguar.ucsd.edu

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Citizenship: USA and SwitzerlandMarital Status: Married, four children

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1990.Dissertation: Influence of the Earthquake Ground Motion Process and StructuralProperties on Response Characteristics of Simple Structures.Advisors: Professors K.S. Pister and S. A. Mahin

M.S. University of California, Berkeley, 1986.Diploma Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1985.

Diploma Thesis: Nonlinear Geometric and Material Analysis of 3-D Truss andCable Structures.Advisor: Professor F. Frey

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2004-Present Professor of Structural Engineering, UCSD2006-Present Member of the faculty, European School for Advanced Studies in Reduction of

Seismic Risk (ROSE School), University of Pavia, Italy.2003-2007 Vice-Chair of Department of Structural Engineering, UCSD2001-2004 Associate Professor of Structural Engineering, UCSD.2000-2001 Chairman, Structural Engineering and Mechanics Major Field, Depart-

ment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA1998-2001 Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, UCLA.1996-1998 Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Rice University.1990-1996 Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Rice University.1986-1990 Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley.1981-1984 Teaching Assistant, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,

Lausanne, Switzerland.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-present Independent Consultant: Static and dynamic analysis of structures (sportarena, underground tank) for Englekirk & Sabol Consulting Engineers,Inc., Los Angeles, California; seismic response analysis of a building forSAA Consultants, Los Angeles, California; member of a team of tech-


nical experts appointed by Los Angeles County to investigate potentialseismic damage imparted to Courthouses and parking structures by the1994 Northridge earthquake; seismic response analysis of a 23-story R/C building, including the effects of diaphragm flexibility and inelastic-ity, for the Englekirk Companies, Inc., Los Angeles, California.

1997 (Summer) Visiting Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Swiss Federal Insti-tute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland: Use of low-coherence inter-ferometric fiber optic deformation sensors in health monitoring, non-destructive damage assessment, and active control of civil structures.

1996 Independent Consultant: reliability based design of tubulars for explora-tion and production wells, Shell Development Company, Houston,Texas.

1988-1989 Engineer Consultant, Structural Software Development (SSD), Inc.,Berkeley, California.

1985-half year Research Engineer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,Lausanne, Switzerland.

1983-Summer Engineering Intern, Rand Water Board, Johannesburg, South Africa.

PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS

2005-2006 Annual Best Teacher Award (selected by ballot of the students), Depart-ment of Structural Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering at UCSan Diego.

2006 Senior Fulbright Research Scholarship in Italy. 2005-2006 UCSD’s Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award (campus-

wide award for excellence in teaching). 2004-2005 Annual Best Teacher Award (Selected by Ballot of the Students),

Department of Structural Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering atUC San Diego.

2000-2001 James H. Robbins Excellence-in-Teaching Award, Pacific District, Chi-Epsilon.

1995 Member, Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society.1994-1995 Nominated for the Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize given to the top

teacher among Assistant Professors at Rice University (eleven finalists).1993-1994 Nominated for the Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize given to the top

teacher among Assistant Professors at Rice University (four finalists).1994 Professor of the Year Award, Civil Engineering Honor Society, Rice

University, “in recognition of exemplary commitment to undergraduateteaching.”

1992 Research Initiation Award, National Science Foundation.1992 Research Initiation Award, Engineering Foundation.1985 Scholarship from the “Société Académique Vaudoise.”1985-1987 Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation for graduate

studies at U.C. Berkeley.1985 Award from the Vaudoise Society of Engineers and Architects (Switzer-

land) for best graduation GPA and Diploma thesis combined.


PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

• Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, License # 77414 (1994)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1990-present. • Member of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), 1990-present. • Member of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE),1994-present.

• Member of the International Association for Structural Control (IASC), 1994-present. • Elected Member of the Board, California Universities for Research in Earthquake Engi-

neering (CUREe), 1999-2001. • Member of CUREE (Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineer-

ing), 1998-present. • Member of the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center, 1999-present. • Member of the International Association of Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR),

2001-present. • Member of the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Consortium,

2003-present.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• IASSAR, Committee on Stochastic Methods in Structural Engineering (CSMSE) Sub-committee 1: Computational Stochastic Mechanics (2001-present).

• IASSAR, Committee on Stochastic Methods in Structural Engineering (CSMSE) Sub-committee 3: Structural Reliability and Optimization (2005-present).

• ASCE, Engineering Mechanics Division, Committee on Probabilistic Methods (1994-2002, 2005-present).

• ASCE, Engineering Mechanics Division, Committee on Dynamics (1995-2003, 2005-present).

• ASCE, The Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), Committee on Reliability of OffshoreStructures (1994-2002).

• ASCE, The Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), Committee on Structural Control(2000-present).

• Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE Journal of EngineeringMechanics, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Earthquake Engineering andStructural Dynamics, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Spectra, StructuralSafety, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, International Journal of Reliability andSafety, Structural Engineering International, MicroComputers in Civil Engineering,Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, ASME Journal of OffshoreMechanics and Arctic Engineering, Journal of Sound and Vibration, ASME Journal ofVibration and Acoustics, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Computer Methods inApplied Mechanics and Engineering, AIAA Journal.

• Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Division.• Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems

(CMS)


• Reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation, Italian National Science Foundation,Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, China.

• Reviewer, Research Proposal, University of Cyprus. • Reviewer, Plenum Publishing Corporation, John Wiley & Sons.• Organizer and Co-Chair of a technical session on “System Identification and Control” at

the Seventh ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics & Structural Reli-ability, Worcester, Massachusetts, August, 1996.

• Co-Organizer and Co-Chair of a technical session on “Small Scale Seismic Simulators”at the 12th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference, San Diego, La Jolla,California, May 17-20, 1998.

• Organizer and Chair of a technical session on “Probabilistic Methods for EarthquakeDynamic Response” at the 13th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference,The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, June 13-16, 1999.

• Organizer and Chair of a technical session on “Health Monitoring and Damage Identifi-cation of Structures” at the 14th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference,The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May 21-24, 2000.

• Institutional Board Member (UCSD), Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center,2002-present.

• Organizer and Chair of a technical session on “Seismic Response of Bridges” at the 15thASCE Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference, Columbia University, New York,New York, June 2-5, 2002.

• Member of Conference Scientific Committee for the Ninth International Conference onApplications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP9), San Francisco,California, July 6-9, 2003.

• Testbed Manager for the NSF-sponsored Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research(PEER) Center, 2003-2004.

• Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2004-2006.• Chair of a technical session on “Finite Element Applications in Structural Mechanics -

Numerical Techniques” at the 17-th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Univer-sity of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, June 13-16, 2004.

• In charge of the system acceptance testing and shakedown tests for the UCSD-NEESlarge high-performance outdoor shake table, June-September, 2004.

• Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Reliability and Safety, 2005-present.

• Member of International Technical Committee for the Ninth International Conference onStructural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR2005), Rome, Italy, June 19-22, 2005.

• Co-Chair of a technical session on “Computational Stochastic Mechanics” at the NinthInternational Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR2005), Rome,Italy, June 19-22, 2005.

• Member of Organizing Committee of the 4th World Conference on Structural Control andMonitoring (4WCSCM), San Diego, California, 11-13 July, 2006.

• Co-Chair of a technical session on “Reliability in Structural Control and Monitoring” atthe 4th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (4WCSCM), San Diego,California, 11-13 July, 2006.

• Member of International Advisory Board for COMPDYN 2007 (Computational Methods


in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering), Rethymno, Crete, Greece, 13-16June, 2007.

• Member of Conference Scientific Committee for EVACES’2007 (Experimental Vibra-tion Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures), Porto, Portugal, 24-26 October, 2007.

• Member of Conference Scientific Committee for IABMAS’2008 (4th International Con-ference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management), Seoul, Korea, 13-17 July,2008.

• Member of International Scientific Committee for ICOSSAR 2009 (10th InternationalConference on Structural Safety and Reliability), Osaka, Japan, 13-17 September, 2009.

TEACHING

Undergraduate: Introduction to Civil and Architectural Design (Rice University)Structural Analysis I (Rice University)Structural Analysis II (Rice University, UCSD)Structural Dynamics Laboratory (UCLA)Statistics, Probability and Reliability (UCSD)

Graduate: Engineering Applications of Probability (Rice University)Structural Reliability Theory and Applications (Rice Univ., UCLA)Probabilistic Structural Dynamics (Rice University, UCLA)Structural Response to Ground Motions (UCLA)Nonlinear Structural Analysis (UCLA)Advanced Structural Analysis (UCSD)Random Vibrations (UCSD)Structural Reliability and Risk Analysis (UCSD)

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES

Rice UniversityUniversity CommitteesFaculty Council, 1992-1996.Tenure and Ethics Committee, 1992-1996.Faculty Associate of Sid Richardson College, 1991-1997.Engineering Divisional Advisor for Sid Richardson College, 1994-1997.Department CommitteesUndergraduate Students Advisor, 1990-1997.Graduate Students Advisor, 1990-1997.Faculty Advisor, ASCE Rice Student Chapter, 1993-1995,

Under J. P. Conte’s guidance, the students entered the ASCE steel bridge contest for thefirst time and placed first in Texas and second in the region.

Coordinator of Departmental Seminars, 1992-1994.

University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)University Committees


SEASNet Advisory Group, 2000-2001.Department CommitteesChairman, Structures Search Committee, 2000-2001.Chairman, Courses & Curricula, 1999-2000. Merit Increase Committee, 1998-1999, 2000-2001. Planning Committee, 2000-2001.

University of California at San Diego (UCSD)University CommitteesUCSD Department Faculty Representative to the Academic Senate, 2004-2006. Alternate Department Representative for the Academic Senate, 2002-2004.Department Representative for the Academic Senate, 2004-2006.Department CommitteesStructural Engineering Undergraduate Affairs Committee, 2001-present.Structural Engineering Computing Committee, 2001-2002. Structural Engineering Department Search Committees, 2001-present.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Nonlinear behavior of structures and nonlinear computational structural/continuummechanics.Constitutive modeling of nonlinear material behavior. Nonlinear analysis and behavior of soil-foundation-structure interaction systems. Structural reliability analysis, probabilistic structural analysis, stochastic mechanics, prob-abilistic design, and risk analysis.Deterministic and probabilistic structural dynamics with applications in civil, earthquake,offshore, wind, and aerospace engineering.Experimental structural dynamics and passive/active vibration control of structures.Modern experimental methods for investigating structural behavior and developing analyt-ical models.Theoretical and experimental methods of nondestructive evaluation using advanced sen-sors and advanced analytical tools. System identification and damage identification meth-ods. Structural monitoring and condition assessment.Design, analysis, and behavior of innovative and high-performance structural systems.Integration of modeling, analysis, design, identification, assessment and control of uncer-tain nonlinear systems with application to large and complex structural systems.

GRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS

Doctoral Students and Areas of Research:• Bor-Feng Peng, Nonstationary Ground Motion Model and Applications to Analysis

and Design of Earthquake-Resistant Structures, 1996 (McDermott Engineering,Houston, Texas).


• Rajiv Kamal, Nonlinear Geometric and Material Analysis of Shell Structures withParticular Emphasis on Tubular Joints, 1998 (Shell Development Company, Houston,Texas)

• Tomaso Trombetti, Experimental/Analytical Approach to Modeling, Calibrating, andOptimizing Shaking Table Dynamics for Structural Dynamic Applications, 1998(Associate Professor, University of Bologna, Italy).

• Alberto Salamanca, Development, Modeling, Identification and Simulation of aSmall Shaking Table System, 2004 (Instructor and Assistant Development Engineer,University of California, Los Angeles).

• Yuyi Zhang, Probabilistic Structural Seismic Performance Assessment Methodologyand Application to an Actual Bridge-Foundation-Ground System, 2006 (AnatechCorporation, San Diego).

• Michele Barbato, Finite Element Response Sensitivity, Probabilistic Response andReliability Analyses of Structural Systems with Applications to Earthquake Engi-neering, 2007 (Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisi-ana).

• Quan Gu, Propagation of Uncertainties in Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Soil-Foun-dation-Structure Systems, started in October 2001.

• Bobak Moaveni, System Identification and Damage Identification of HighwayBridges, started in April 2002.

• Xianfei He, Structural Health Monitoring of Highway Bridges Through Data-BasedFinite Element Model Updating, started in January 2003.

• Ozgur Ozcelik, Advanced Dynamic Model of UCSD-NEES Large High PerformanceOutdoor Shake Table, started in August 2003.

• Gobbato Maurizio, Reliability-Based Framework for Damage Prognosis of Aero-space Composite Structures, started in August 2004.

• Andre Barbosa, Modeling of R/C Components and Structures for Performance-BasedEarthquake Engineering, started in January 2005.

Master’s Students and Areas of Research:• Satyendra Kumar, Statistical System Identification of Structures using ARMA Mod-

els, 1992 (Trilogy Development Group, Austin, Texas).• Swaminathan Krishnan, System Identification of Dynamic Structural Systems Using

Continuous-Time Domain Methods, 1994 (Research Scientist, California Institute ofTechnology, Pasadena, California).

• Mukundagiri Jagannath, Finite Element Reliability Analysis of Inelastic DynamicSystems, 1996 (United Airlines, Chicago, Illinois).

• Tomaso Trombetti, Analytical Modeling of a Shaking Table, 1997 (Associate Profes-sor, University of Bologna, Italy).

• Andrew Couch, Cognac Platform: Correlation of Analytical Predictions with FieldMeasurements of Dynamic Response, 1997 (McDermott Engineering, Houston,Texas).

• Matthew Muhlenkamp, Analysis, Design, and Construction of a Shaking Table Facil-ity, 1997.

• Yaming Wan, Modeling, Analysis, and Comparative Study of Several Seismic Pas-


sive Protective Systems for Structures, 1997 (ABB Lumnus Global Oil and Gas -Americas, Houston, Texas).

• Prashanth Vijalapura, Analysis of Nonlinear Structural Systems Accounting for bothSystem Parameter Uncertainty and Excitation Stochasticity, 1998 (ABAQUS, Inc.,Pawtucket, Rhode Island).

• Min Liu, Structural Damage Identification Using Long-Gage Fiber Optic Deforma-tion Sensors, 2000 (Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Colorado, Boulder).

• Sébastien Jacquet, Computational Framework for Seismic Reliability Analysis, 2000(Peugeot-Citroen, France).

• Hemangi Pandit, Ground Motion Intensity Measures for Performance-Based Earth-quake Engineering, 2003 (International Bridge Technologies, San Diego, California).

• Abigail Baca, A Probabilistic Approach to Damage Identification for StructuralHealth Monitoring Applications, 2004 (Risk Management Solutions, Newark, Cali-fornia).

• Gabriel Acero, Seismic Response of Columns with Unconfined Lap-Splices, 2004(Myers, Houghton & Partners, Long Beach, California).

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS

• Thomas Hudgings, Analysis, Design, and Construction of a Shaking Table System,1994.

• Carol Choi, Experimental-Analytical Correlation Study of Lateral-Torsional Couplingin Building Structures, 2000.

• Jack Rosenfeld, Small-Scale Experiments on Lateral-Torsional Coupling in BuildingStructures, 2000.

• Kevin Westervelt, Undergraduate Summer Research sponsored by the Pacific Earth-quake Engineering Research (PEER) Center, Summer 2002.

• Brent Bennett, Undergraduate Summer Research sponsored by the Pacific EarthquakeEngineering Research (PEER) Center, Summer 2002.

• Lauren Stuart, Undergraduate Summer Research sponsored by the Pacific EarthquakeEngineering Research (PEER) Center, Summer 2003.

• Joe Letizio, Undergraduate Summer Research sponsored by the Pacific EarthquakeEngineering Research (PEER) Center, Summer 2003.

• Lauren Nitta, Undergraduate Summer Research sponsored by the Pacific EarthquakeEngineering Research (PEER) Center, Summer 2004.

• Patrick Wilcox, Undergraduate Summer Research sponsored by the Pacific Earth-quake Engineering Research (PEER) Center, Summer 2004.

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS:• Alessandro Zona, Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Steel-Concrete

Composite Structures, 2003-2004.

FUNDED RESEARCH

Topic: Low Frequency Forces and Slow Drift Oscillations of Compliant Offshore Plat-forms.


PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: Shell Oil Company Funds: $ 8,800 Year(s): 1992

Topic: System Identification of Offshore Platforms.PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: Engineering Foundation Funds: $ 23,000 Year(s): 1992-1993

Topic: Influence of Nonstationarity Characteristics of Earthquake Ground Motions onInelastic Structural Response.

PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: National Science Foundation Funds: $ 86,300 Year(s): 1993-1996

Topic: Shaking Table Facility for Research in Structural Dynamics.PIs: Joel P. Conte and Ahmad J. DurraniSponsor: National Science Foundation Funds: $ 45,000 Year(s): 1993-1994.

Topic: Shaking Table Facility for Research in Structural Dynamics. PIs: Joel P. Conte and Ahmad J. DurraniSponsor: Rice University Funds: $45,000 (matching of NSF Grant) Year(s): 1993-

1994.

Topic: Brown Teaching Award for bridging the Civil Engineering and ArchitectureDepartments.

Faculty Sponsors: Joel P. Conte (Civil Eng.) and Gordon Wittenberg (Architecture)Sponsor: Brown Foundation Funds: $ 2,700 Year(s): 1993-1994.

Topic: Seismic Reliability Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams.PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: Italian National Power Board (ENEL) Funds: $ 46,000 Year(s): 1994-

1995

Topic: Modeling of Damaged Welded Tubular Joints and Behavior Assessment Toolsfor Requalification of Ageing Offshore Structures.

PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: Advanced Technology Program - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Funds: $ 91,930 Year(s): 1994-1996.

Topic: Brown Teaching Award for developing a structural dynamics laboratory.Faculty Sponsors: Joel P. Conte (Civil Eng.) and Ahmad J. Durrani (Civil Eng.)Sponsor: Brown Foundation Funds: $ 2,000 Year(s): 1994-1995.

Topic: Earthquake Simulator Facility for Research on Civil Infrastructure.PIs: Joel P. Conte and Ahmad J. Durrani Sponsor: Rice Energy and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI)

Funds: $ 15,000 Year(s): 1995-1996.

Topic: Seismic Safety Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams Accounting for Both Sys-tem Uncertainty and Excitation Stochasticity.

PI: Joel P. Conte


Sponsor: Italian National Power Board (ENEL) Funds: $ 42,123 Year(s): 1996-1997.

Topic: Response of Non-Ductile RC Frame Systems and Components.Co-PI: Joel P. Conte (PI: John W. Wallace, University of California, Los Angeles)Sponsor: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Funds: $ 55,000 (all direct

costs) Year(s): 1998-1999.

Topic: Hybrid Wall Systems: Wall Tests, Wall Models, and System Studies.Co-PI: Joel P. Conte (PI: John W. Wallace, Co-PI: Jonathan P. Stewart, University of

California, Los Angeles)Sponsor: NSF Funds: $ 110,000 Year(s): 1998-2000.

Topic: Undergraduate Structural Dynamics Laboratory.PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: Office of Instructional Development (UCLA) Funds: $ 6,013 Year(s):

1998-1999.

Topic: Fiber Optic Sensors for Identification and Control of Civil Structures.PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: Academic Senate (UCLA) Funds: $ 4,854 Year(s): 1998-1999.

Topic: Use of Long-Gage Fiber Optic Sensors for Earthquake Response Monitoringand Non-Destructive Evaluation of Structures: Analytical Feasibility Study.

PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: CUREe-Kajima Funds: $ 40,000 Year(s): 1998-1999.

Topic: Development of Reliability-Based Procedures for Performance-Based Designand Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Frame and Frame Wall Buildings.

PI: Joel P. Conte (Co-PIs: Jonathan P. Stewart and John W. Wallace, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles)

Sponsor: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Funds: $ 105,000 (alldirect costs) Year(s): 1999-2001.

Topic: Computational Framework for Reliability Assessment.Co-PI: Joel P. Conte (PI: Armen Der Kiureghian, University of California, Berkeley)Sponsor: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Funds: $ 207,000 (all

direct costs) Year(s): 1999-2001.

Topic: Behavior and Modeling of Non-Ductile Building Columns.Co-PI: Joel P. Conte (PI: John W. Wallace, University of California, Los Angeles)Sponsor: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Funds: $ 70,000 (all direct

costs) Year(s): 1999-2000.

Topic: Hardware and Software Development for Undergraduate Structural DynamicsLaboratory.

PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: Office of Instructional Development (UCLA) Funds: $ 8,610 Year(s):

1999-2000.


Topic: Wireless Networked Semi-Active Dampers for Earthquake Protection of Build-ing Structures.

PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: Academic Senate (UCLA) Funds: $ 5,500 Year(s): 1999-2000.

Topic: Instructional Shaking Tables: A Cooperative Effort in Earthquake EngineeringEducation.

PIs: Joel P. ConteSponsor: National Science Foundation Funds: $6,000 + Matching Fund of $8,000

from UCLA Year(s): 1999-2000.

Topic: Long Gage Fiber Bragg Sensors for Structural Damage Identification.PIs: Joel P. Conte and Whitten Schulz (Blue Road Research, Fairview, Oregon)Sponsor: National Science Foundation - STTR Phase I Funds: $100,000 ($50,000 for

UCLA) Year(s): 2000.

Topic: Seismic Response and Fragility Assessment of Bridge Systems. Co-PI: Joel P. Conte (PI: Frieder Seible, University of California, San Diego,

(Co-PI: Ahmed Elgamal, University of California, San Diego)Sponsor: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Funds: $ 160,000 (all


Topic: Hardware and Software Development for Instructional Shaking Table.PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: Office of Instructional Development (UCLA) Funds: $ 9,570 Year(s):

2000-2001.

Topic: Preliminary Analysis and Design of Next-Generation Earthquake Simulator.PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: Academic Senate (UCLA) Funds: $ 3,500 Year(s): 2000-2001.

Topic: Southern California Field Testing and Monitoring of Structural Performance.Co-PI: Joel P. Conte (PI: John W. Wallace, Co-PIs: Jonathan P. Stewart, Patrick J. Fox,

J. Woody Ju, and Deborah L. Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles)Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NEES) Funds: $ 2,652,761 Year(s): 2001-

2004.

Topic: Computational Reliability for Design.PI: Joel P. Conte Sponsor: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Funds: $ 50,000 (all direct

costs) Year(s): 2001-2002.

Topic: Collaborative Research: Propagation of Uncertainties in Nonlinear FrameAnalysis of RC Buildings for Performance-Based Seismic Engineering.

PIs: Joel P. Conte and Enrico Spacone (University of Colorado, Boulder)Sponsor: National Science Foundation Funds: $300,000 ($150,000 for

UCSD) Year(s): 2001-2004.

Topic: Long-Gage Fiber Bragg Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Damage


Identification.PIs: Joel P. Conte and Whitten Schulz (Blue Road Research, Fairview, Oregon)Sponsor: National Science Foundation - STTR Phase II Funds: $499,349 ($150,000

for UCSD) Year(s): 2002-2004.

Topic: Large High Performance Outdoor Shake TableCo-PI: Joel P. Conte (PI: Frieder Seible, Co-PIs: Andre Filiatrault, J. E. Luco, and Jose

Restrepo)Sponsor: National Science Foundation Funds: $5,890,000 Year(s): 2002-2004.

Topic: ITR Collaborative Research: An Integrated Framework for Health Monitoringof Highway Bridges and Civil Infrastructure.

Co-PI: Joel P. Conte (PI: Ahmed Elgamal, Co-PIs: Tony Fountain, Mohan M. Trivedi(UCSD), and Sami Masri (USC))

Sponsor: National Science Foundation Funds: $3,150,000 Year(s): 2002-2007.

Topic: Computational Reliability for Design.PI: Joel P. Conte Sponsor: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Funds: $ 130,000 (all


Topic: Forced Vibration Tests of the Foundation and Surrounding Soil at the NEESHigh Performance Shake Table.

Co-PI: Joel P. Conte (PI: Enrique Luco)Sponsor: National Science Foundation Funds: $300,000 Year(s): 2002-2004.

Topic: Collaborative UCSD/LANL Effort on Predator Damage Prognosis and Reliabil-ity - Phase 1.

Co-PIs: Joel P. Conte (PI: John Kosmatka, Co-PI: Francesco Lanza di Scalea)Sponsor: Los Alamos National Laboratory Funds: $130,000 + 3 Graduate Student

Fellowships Year(s): 2003-2004.

Topic: Data Acquisition System and Instrumentation for the NEES@UCSD LargeHigh Performance Outdoor Shake Table (LHPOST).

Co-PIs: J. P. Conte (PI: J. Restrepo, Co-PIs: J. E. Luco, F. Seible, and L. Van Den Einde)Sponsor: NSF Funds: $ 276,000 Year(s): 2004-2005.

Topic: Reliability of Soil-Structure-Foundation Systems. PI: Joel P. Conte Sponsor: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Funds: $ 67,000 (all direct

costs) Year(s): 2004-2005.

Topic: Collaborative UCSD/LANL Effort on Predator Damage Prognosis and Reliabil-ity - Phase 2.

Co-PIs: Joel P. Conte (PI: John Kosmatka, Co-PI: Francesco Lanza di Scalea)Sponsor: Los Alamos National Laboratory Funds: $107,500 + 3 Graduate Student

Fellowships Year(s): 2004-2005.

Topic: A Collaboration on Validated Modeling, Simulation and damage Identification


of R/C Structural Components and Systems Subjected to Seismic and BlastLoading.

PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Funds: $150,000 (all direct

costs) Year(s): 2005-2006.


costs) Year(s): 2005-2006.

Topic: A Collaboration on Validated Modeling, Simulation and Damage Identificationof R/C Structural Components and Systems Subjected to Seismic and BlastLoading, Supplement.

PI: Joel P. ConteSponsor: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Funds: $75,000 (all direct

costs) Year(s): 2006-2007.


costs) Year(s): 2006-2007.

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals

1. Takewaki, I., Conte, J. P., Mahin, S. A., and Pister, K. S., “A Unified Earthquake-ResistantDesign Method for Steel Frames using ARMA Models,” Journal of Earthquake Engineer-ing and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 483-501, 1991.

2. Takewaki, I., Conte, J. P., Mahin, S. A., and Pister, K. S., “Probabilistic Multi-ObjectiveOptimal Design of Seismic-Resistant Braced Steel Frames using ARMA Models,” Journalof Computers and Structures, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 687-707, 1991.

3. Conte, J. P., Pister, K. S., and Mahin, S. A., “Nonstationary ARMA Modeling of SeismicMotions,” Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 411-426, 1992.

4. Conte, J. P., Durrani, A. J., and Shelton, R. O., “Seismic Response Modeling of Multi-Story Buildings Using Neural Networks,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems &Structures, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 392-402, May 1994.

5. Luo, Y., Durrani, A. J., and Conte, J. P., “Equivalent Frame Analysis of Flat-Plate Buildingsfor Seismic Loading,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 120, No. 7, pp. 2137-2155, July 1994.

6. Lu, R., Luo, Y., and Conte, J. P., “Reliability Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Beams,”Structural Safety, 14, pp. 277-298, 1994.

7. Conte, J. P., and Marshall, P. W., “Low Frequency Forces on Tubular Spaceframe Towers:


Analysis of Cognac Data,” Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Offshore Mechanics andArctic Engineering, Vol. 116, No. 3, pp. 122-126, August 1994.

8. Lu, R., Luo, Y., and Conte, J. P., Authors’ Reply to Discussion on “Reliability Evaluationof Reinforced Concrete Beams,” by M. B. Krakovski, Structural Safety, 17, pp. 124-127,1995.

9. Luo, Y., Durrani, A. J., and Conte, J. P., “Seismic Reliability Assessment of Existing R/C Flat-Slab Buildings,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 10, pp.1522-1530, October 1995.

10. Hamed, M. M., Conte, J. P., Bedient, P. B., “Probabilistic Screening Tool for Groundwa-ter Contamination Assessment,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 121,No. 11, pp. 767-775, November 1995.

11. Conte, J. P., and Peng, B. F., “An Explicit Closed-Form Solution for Linear Systems Sub-jected to Nonstationary Random Excitation,” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Vol.11, No. 1, pp. 37-50, 1996.

12. Hamed, M. M., Bedient, P. B., and Conte, J. P., “Numerical Stochastic Analysis ofGroundwater Contaminant Transport and Plume Containment,” Journal of ContaminantHydrology, Vol. 24, pp. 1-24, October 1996.

13. Conte, J. P., and Peng, B.-F., “Fully Nonstationary Analytical Earthquake Ground MotionModel,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 123, No. 1, pp. 15-24, 1997.

14. Couch, A. T., and Conte, J. P., “Field Verification of Linear and Nonlinear Hybrid WaveModels for Offshore Tower Response Prediction,” Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arc-tic Engineering, Vol. 119, No. 3, pp. 158-165, August 1997.

15. Peng, B.-F., and Conte, J. P., “Statistical Insight into Constant-Ductility Design Using aNonstationary Earthquake Ground Motion Model,” Journal of Earthquake Engineeringand Structural Dynamics, Vol. 26, No. 9, pp. 895-916, September 1997.

16. Peng, B.-F., and Conte, J. P., “Closed-Form Solutions for the Response of Linear Systemsto Fully Nonstationary Earthquake Excitation,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics,ASCE, Vol. 124, No. 6, pp. 684-694, 1998.

17. Nordgren, R. P., and Conte, J. P., “On One-Dimensional Random Fields with Fixed EndValues,” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 301-310, 1999.

18. Stewart, J. P., Conte, J. P., and Aiken, I. D., “Observed Behavior of Seismically IsolatedBuildings,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 125, No. 9, pp. 955-964, Sep-tember 1999.

19. Conte, J. P., and Trombetti, T. L., “Linear Dynamic Modeling of a Uni-Axial Servo-Hydraulic Shaking Table System,” Journal of Earthquake Engineering and StructuralDynamics, Vol. 29, No. 9, pp. 1375-1404, September 2000.

20. Trombetti, T. L., and Conte, J. P., “Shaking Table Dynamics: Results from a Test-AnalysisComparison Study,” Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 513-551,2002.

21. Conte, J. P., Vijalapura, P., and Meghella, M., “Consistent Finite-Element Response Sensi-


tivity Analysis,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 129, No. 12, pp. 1380-1393, 2003.

22. Conte, J. P., Barbato, M., and Spacone, E., “Finite Element Response Sensitivity AnalysisUsing Force-Based Frame Models,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engi-neering, Vol. 59, Issue 13, pp. 1781-1820, 2004.

23. Orakcal, K., Wallace, J. W., and Conte, J. P., “Nonlinear Modeling and Analysis of Rein-forced Concrete Structural Walls,” ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 101, No. 5, pp. 688-698,2004.

24. Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis: A Compari-son Between Force-Based and Displacement-Based Frame Element Models,” ComputerMethods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 194, pp. 1479-1512, 2005.

25. Yu, E., Whang, D. H., Conte, J. P., Stewart, J. P., and Wallace, J. W., “Forced Vibration Test-ing of Buildings Using the Linear Shaker Seismic Simulation (LSSS) Testing Method,”Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 737-761,2005.

26. Trombetti, T. L., and Conte, J. P., “New Insight Into and Simplified Approach to SeismicAnalysis of Torsionally Coupled One-Story, Elastic Systems,” Journal of Sound and Vibra-tion, Vol. 286, Issues 1-2, pp. 265-312, 2005.

27. Zona, A., Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis ofSteel-Concrete Composite Beams with Deformable Shear Connection,” Journal of Engi-neering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 131, No. 11, pp. 1126-1139, 2005.

28. Zona, A., Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis ofContinuous Steel-Concrete Composite Girders,” International Journal of Steel and Com-posite Structures, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 183-202, 2006.

29. Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Finite Element Structural Response Sensitivity and Reliabil-ity Analyses Using Smooth Versus Non-Smooth Material Constitutive Models,” Interna-tional Journal of Reliability and Safety, Vol. 1, No. 1/2, pp. 3-39, 2006.

30. Barbato, M., Zona, A., and Conte, J. P., “Finite Element Response Sensitivity AnalysisUsing Three-Field Mixed Formulation: General Theory and Application to Frame Struc-tures,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 69, Issue 1, pp.114-161, January, 2007.

31. Zhang, Y., Conte, J. P., Yang, Z., Elgamal, A., Bielak, J., and Acero, G., “Two-DimensionalNonlinear Earthquake Response Analysis of a Bridge-Foundation-Ground System,” Earth-quake Spectra, accepted for publication, 2006.

32. Moaveni, B., He, X., Conte, J. P., and De Callafon, R. A., “Damage Identification of a Com-posite Beam Using Finite Element Model Updating,” Journal of Computer Aided CivilInfrastructure and Engineering, accepted for publication, Feb. 2007.

33. Elgamal, A., Yan, L., Yang, Z., and Conte, J. P., “Three-Dimensional Seismic Response ofHumboldt Bay Bridge-Foundation-Ground System,” Journal of Structural Engineering,ASCE, accepted for publication, 2007.


34. Conte, J. P., He, X., Moaveni, B., Masri, S. F., Caffrey, J. P., Wahbeh, M., Tasbihgoo, F.,Whang, D., and Elgamal, A., “Dynamic Testing of Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, Jour-nal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, in press, 2007.

35. De Callafon, R. A., Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., He, X., and Udd, E., “General RealizationAlgorithm for Modal Identification of Linear Dynamic Systems,” Journal of EngineeringMechanics, ASCE, under review, 2007.

36. He, X., Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., and Elgamal, A., “Modal Identification Study of VincentThomas Bridge Using Simulated Stochastic Wind Response Data,” Journal of ComputerAided Civil Infrastructure and Engineering, under review, 2007.

37. Ozcelik, O., Luco, J. E., Conte, J. P., Trombetti, T. L., and Restrepo, J., “ExperimentalCharacterization, Modeling and Identification of the NEES-UCSD Shake Table Mechani-cal System,” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, in press, 2007.

38. Ozcelik, O., Luco, J. E., and Conte, J. P., “Identification of the Mechanical SubSystem ofthe NEES-UCSD Shake Table by a Least-Squares Approach,” Journal of EngineeringMechanics, ASCE, in press, 2007.

39. Zona, A., Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Nonlinear Seismic Response Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Frames,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, accepted for pub-lication, 2007.

40. Nayeri, R. D., Tasbihgoo, F., Wahbeh, M., Caffrey, J. P., Masri, S. F., Conte, J. P., and Elga-mal, A., “A Study of Time-Domain Techniques for Modal Parameter identification of aLong Suspension Bridge with dense Sensor Arrays,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics,ASCE, under review, 2007.

41. Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Spectral Characteristics of Non-Stationary Random Pro-cesses: Theory and Applications to Linear Structural Models,” Probabilistic EngineeringMechanics, under review, 2007.

42. He, X., Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., Elgamal, A., and Masri, S. F., “System Identification ofAlfred Zampa Memorial Bridge Using Dynamic Field Test Data,” Journal of StructuralEngineering, ASCE, under review, 2007.

43. Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., and Hemez, F., “Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of DamageIdentification Results Obtained Using Finite Element Model Updating,” Journal of Com-puter Aided Civil Infrastructure and Engineering, under review, 2007.

Refereed Conference Proceedings44. Conte, J. P., Jagannath, M. K., and Meghella, M., “Earthquake Response Sensitivity Anal-

ysis of Concrete Gravity Dams,” Proc. Seventh International Conference on Applicationsof Statistics and Probability (ICASP7), pp. 395-402, Paris, France, July 10-13, 1995.

45. Conte, J. P., and Peng, B.-F., “Nonstationary Earthquake Response Analysis of Linear Clas-sically and Non-Classically Damped MDOF Structures,” Proc. of the 7th IFIP WG 7.5Working Conf. on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, pp. 109-116, Perga-mon Press, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, April 2-4, 1996.

46. Vijalapura, P. K., Conte, J. P., and Meghella, M., “Time-Variant Reliability Analysis of


Hysteretic SDOF Systems with Uncertain Parameters and Subjected to Stochastic Load-ing,” Proc. Eighth International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability(ICASP8), pp. 827-834, Sydney, Australia, December 12-15, 1999.

47. Gu, Q., and Conte, J. P., “Convergence Studies in Nonlinear Finite Element Response Sen-sitivity Analysis,” Proc. Ninth International Conference on Applications of Statistics andProbability in Civil Engineering (ICASP9), pp. 297-304, San Francisco, CA, USA, July 6-9, 2003.

48. Conte, J. P., Pandit, H., Stewart, J. P., and Wallace, J. W., “Ground Motion Intensity Mea-sures for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering,” Proc. Ninth International Confer-ence on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP9), pp. 1465-1472, San Francisco, CA, USA, July 6-9, 2003.

49. Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Smooth Versus Non-Smooth Material Constitutive Modelsin Gradient-Based Optimization for Structural Reliability Analysis,” Proc. of the 9th Inter-national Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR 2005), University ofLa Sapienza, Rome, Italy, June 19-22, 2005.

50. Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Extension of Spectral Characteristics to Complex-ValuedNon-Stationary Random Processes and Applications in Structural Reliability,” Proc. TenthInternational Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering(ICASP10), pp. ???-???, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Campus, Tokyo, Japan, July 31- August 3, 2007.

Conference Proceedings51. Austin, M. A., Conte, J. P., Mahin, S. A., and Pister, K. S., “Use of ARMA Models for the

Investigation of Earthquake-induced Damage Mechanisms in Structures,” Proceedings ofthe 9th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Japan, August 1988.

52. Conte, J. P., Pister, K. S., and Mahin, S. A., “Variability of Structural Damage Indiceswithin an Earthquake,” Proceedings of the 4th U.S. National Conference on EarthquakeEngineering, Palm Springs, May 1990.

53. Conte, J. P., Pister, K. S., and Mahin, S. A., “Stochastic Seismic Response of Simple Struc-tures,” Proceedings of the 8th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Ohio, May 1991.

54. Conte, J. P., Pister, K. S., and Mahin, S. A., “Parametric Study of the Stochastic SeismicResponse of Simple Nonlinear Structures,” Computational Stochastic Mechanics (Eds.Spanos, P. D. and Brebbia, C. A.), Corfu, Greece, September 1991.

55. Shekarian, M., Conte, J. P., and Spanos, P. D., “Frictional Aspect of Rocking-Sliding ofRigid Blocks with Surface Impact,” Proceedings of the 9th ASCE Engineering MechanicsConference, pp. 328-331, College Station, Texas, May 1992.

56. Conte, J. P., “Effects of Earthquake Frequency Nonstationarity on Inelastic StructuralResponse,” Proceedings of the 10th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, pp.3645-3651, Madrid, Spain, July 1992.

57. Conte, J. P., Shelton, R. O., and Durrani, A. J., “System Identification of SeismicallyExcited Structures using Artificial Neural Networks,” Proceedings of ANNIE’92 - Confer-


ence on Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, November 1992.58. Hamed, M. M., Bedient, P. B., and Conte, J. P., “Reliability Approach to the Probabilistic

Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Transport,” Proceedings of the Conference on Petro-leum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Detection, andRestoration, National Ground Water Association, Houston, Texas, pp. 317-332, November1993.

59. Conte, J. P., and Marshall, P. W., “Low Frequency Forces on Tubular Spaceframe Towers:Analysis of Cognac Data,” Proc. of the 13th International Conf. on Offshore Mechanicsand Arctic Engineering, Vol. I, pp. 135-142, Houston, Texas, February 27 - March 3, 1994.

60. Conte, J. P., Durrani, A. J., and Shelton, R. O., “Response Emulation of Multi-Story Build-ings Using Neural Networks,” Proceedings of the First World Conference on StructuralControl, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, August 1994.

61. Conte, J. P., and Krishnan, S., “Modal Identification Method for Structures Subjected toUnmeasured Random Excitations,” Proc. of the 10th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Spe-cialty Conference, pp. 1296-1299, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado,May 1995.

62. Hamed, M. M., Bedient, P. B., and Conte, J. P., “Probabilistic Modeling of ContaminantTransport in the Subsurface,” Proc. of Solutions’95, International Association of Hydroge-ologists Congress; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; June 1995.

63. Peng, B.-F., and Conte, J. P., “Insight into the Inelastic Response to a Fully NonstationaryEarthquake Ground Motion Model,” Proc. of the 11th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Con-ference, pp. 269-272, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 19-22, 1996.

64. Conte, J. P., and Peng, B. F., “Nonstationary Earthquake Ground Motion Model,” Proc. ofthe Eleventh World Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Mexico City, June 1996.

65. Couch, A. T., and Conte, J. P., “Field Verification of Linear and Nonlinear Hybrid WaveModels for Offshore Tower Response Prediction,” Proc. of the 15th International Conf. onOffshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Florence, Italy, June 16-20, 1996.

66. Conte, J. P., and Kumar, S., “Statistical System Identification of Structures Using ARMAModels,” Proc. of the 7th ASCE Specialty Conf. on Probabilistic Mechanics and StructuralReliability, pp. 142-145, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 1996.

67. Inaudi, D., Conte, J. P., Perregaux, N., and Vurpillot, S., “Statistical Analysis of Under-Sampled Dynamic Displacement Measurement,” Proc. of SPIE 5-th Annual InternationalSymposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 1998.

68. Trombetti, T., Conte, J. P., and Durrani, A. J., “Actuator-Foundation-Specimen Interactionin a Small Shaking Table,” Proc. of the 12th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference,San Diego, La Jolla, California, May 1998.

69. Conte, J. P., Vijalapura, P. K., and Meghella, M., “Consistent Finite Element Sensitivitiesin Seismic Reliability Analysis,” Proc. of the 13th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Confer-ence, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1999.

70. Conte, J. P., Liu, M., and Inaudi, D., “Earthquake Response Monitoring and Damage Iden-


tification of Structures Using Long-Gage Fiber Optic Sensors,” Proc. of the 14th ASCEEngineering Mechanics Conference, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May 2000.

71. Schultz, W. L., Conte, J. P., Udd, E., and Seim, J., “Static and Dynamic Testing of Bridgesand Highways using Long-Gage Fiber Bragg Grating Based Strain Sensors,” Proc. of SPIE7-th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Newport Beach,California, Vol. 4202, p. 79, 2000.

72. Conte, J. P., “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis in Earthquake Engineering,”Earthquake Engineering Frontiers in the New Millenium (Spencer and Hu, Eds.), Proc.China-US Millenium Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, November8-11, 2000, Balkema, pp. 395-401, 2001.

73. Schulz, W. L., Conte, J. P., and Udd, E., “Long Gage Fiber Optic Bragg Grating Strain Sen-sors to Monitor Civil Structures,” Proc. of SPIE 8-th Annual International Symposium onSmart Structures and Materials, Newport Beach, California, 4-8 March, 2001.

74. Conte, J. P., “Exact Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis for Inelastic Frame Struc-tures,” Proc. (Abstracts) 2001 Mechanics and Materials Summer Conference, University ofCalifornia, San Diego, June 27-29, 2001.

75. Schultz, W. L., Conte, J. P., and Udd, E., “Structural Damage Assessment Via Modal Prop-erty Identification using Macro-Strain Measurements with Fiber Bragg Gratings as anAlternative to Accelerometers,” Proc. of SPIE 9-th Annual International Symposium onSmart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, 17-21 March, 2002.

76. Schultz, W. L., Conte, J. P., Udd, E., and Kunzler, M., “Real-Time Damage Assessment ofCivil Structures using Fiber Grating Sensors and Modal Analysis,” Proc. of SPIE 9-thAnnual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, Califor-nia, 17-21 March 2002.

77. Conte, J. P., Elgamal, A., Yang, Z., Zhang, Y., Acero, G., and Seible, F., “Nonlinear SeismicAnalysis of a Bridge Ground System,” 15-th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference,Columbia University, New York, NY, June 2-5, 2002.

78. Orakcal K., Conte, J. P., and Wallace, J.W., Nonlinear Modeling of RC Structural Walls,Proc. Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, Massachu-setts, July 21-25, 2002.

79. Fraser, M., Elgamal, A., Conte, J. P., Karbhari, V., Zhao, L., and Seible, F., “Pilot HealthMonitoring for Composite Bridge-deck Panels,” Proceedings of the Third Middle EastSymposium On Structural Composites for Infrastructure Applications, Aswan, Egypt,December 17-20, 2002.

80. Calvert, S., Conte, J. P., Moaveni, B., Schultz, W. L., and de Callafon, R., “Full-Scale Test-ing Results of Structural Damage Detection Using Long Gage Fiber Bragg Gratings andModal Analysis,” Proc. of SPIE 10-th Annual International Symposium on Smart Struc-tures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 2-6, 2003.

81. Fraser, M., Elgamal, A., Conte, J. P., Masri, S., Fountain, T., Gupta, A., Trivedi, M., and ElZarki, M., “Elements of an Integrated Health Monitoring Framework,” Proc. of SPIE 10-th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, Cali-


fornia, March 2-6, 2003. 82. Conte, J. P., Elgamal, A., Masri, S., Fraser, M., Fountain, T., Gupta, A., Trivedi, N., and El

Zarki, M., “Health Monitoring Framework and Structural Analyses,” Proc. of the UCSDand Caltrans Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring and Diagnostics of Bridge Infra-structure Workshop, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, March 7-8,2003.

83. Zhang, Y., Yang, Z., Bielak, J., Conte, J. P., and Elgamal, A., “Treatment of Seismic Inputand Boundary Conditions in Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of a Bridge Ground System,”Proc. of 16-th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, University of Washington, Seat-tle, WA, July 16-18, 2003.

84. Bielak, J., Conte, J. P., Elgamal, A., He, L., Yang, Z., amd Zhang, Y., “Nonlinear SeismicResponse of a Bridge Site Subjected to Spatially Varying Ground Motion,” Proc. of 16-thASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, July16-18, 2003.

85. Elgamal, A., Conte, J. P., Masri, S., Fraser, M., Fountain, T., Gupta, A., Trivedi, M., and ElZarki, M., “Health Monitoring Framework for Bridges and Civil Infrastructure,” Proc. of4-th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University, Stan-ford, CA, September 15-17, 2003.

86. Elgamal, A., Conte, J. P., Fraser, M., Masri, S., Fountain, T., Gupta, A., Trivedi, M., and ElZarki, M., "Health Monitoring for Civil Infrastructure," Proc. of the 9th Arab StructuralEngineering Conference (9ASEC), Abu Dhabi, UAE, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2003.

87. Elgamal, A., Conte J. P., Fraser, M., Masri, S., Fountain, T., Gupta, A., Trivedi, M., and ElZarki, M., "Health Monitoring for Civil Infrastructure," Proc. of the 9th Arab StructuralEngineering Conference (9ASEC), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 29 -December 1, 2003.

88. Fraser, M., Elgamal, A., Oliver, K., and Conte, J. P., "Data Fusion Application For HealthMonitoring," Proc. of the 1st International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials andSmart Structures Technology, Honolulu, Hawai, January 12-14, 2004.

89. Luco, J. E., Conte, J. P., Moaveni, B., Mendoza, L., and Whang, D., “Forced Vibration Testsof the Foundation Block and Surrounding Soil at the NEES/UCSD Large High-Perfor-mance Shake Table,” Proc. of the Third Joint United States - Japan Workshop on Soil-Structure Interaction, Vallombrosa Center, Menlo Park, California, March 29-30, 2004.

90. Yan, L., Elgamal, A., Fountain, T., Conte, J. P., and Masri, S., “System Identification forBridge Foundation Integrity,” Proc. of International Conference on Geotechnical Engi-neering (GEO-Beyrouth 2004), Beyrouth, Lebanon, pp. 467-472, May 2004.

91. Conte, J. P., Barbato, M., and Spacone, E., “Force-Based Finite Element Response Sensi-tivity of Frame Structures,” Proc. of 17-th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Uni-versity of Delaware, Newark, DE, June 13-16, 2004.

92. Conte, J. P., Luco, E., Restrepo, J., Seible, F., and Van Den Einde, L., “UCSD-NEES LargeHigh Performance Outdoor Shake Table,” Proc. of 17-th ASCE Engineering MechanicsConference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, June 13-16, 2004.


93. Barbato, M., Zona, A., and Conte, J. P., “Nonlinear Finite Element Response SensitivityAnalysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams,” Proc. of 9-th ASCE Joint Specialty Confer-ence on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Albuquerque, New Mexico,July 26-28, 2004.

94. Fraser, M., Yan, L., He, X., Elgamal, A., Conte, J. P., and Fountain, T., "Simple Neural Net-work Application for Traffic Monitoring," Proc. of the International Conference on Com-putaional & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES'04), Madeira, Portugal, July26-29, 2004.

95. Fraser, M., Yan, L., He, X., Elgamal, A., Conte, J. P., and Fountain, T., “Simple Neural Net-work Application for Traffic Monitoring,” Proc. of the International Conference on Com-putational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES’04), Madeira, Portugal, July26-29, 2004.

96. Barbato, M., Conte, J. P., and Peng, B.-F., “Response Mean Upcrossing Rate for LinearMDOF Systems Subjected to Fully Nonstationary Earthquake Ground Motion Model,”Proc. of 13-th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, BC Canada,August 1-6, 2004, Paper No. 2977.

97. Zhang, Y., Acero, G., Conte, J. P., Yang, Z., and Elgamal, A., “Seismic Reliability Assess-ment of a Bridge Ground System,” Proc. of 13-th World Conference on Earthquake Engi-neering, Vancouver, BC Canada, August 1-6, 2004, Paper No. 2978.

98. Van Den Einde, L., Restrepo, J., Conte, J. P., Luco, E., Seible, F., Filiatrault, A., Clark, A.,Johnson, A., Gram, M., Kusner, D., and Thoen, B., “Development of the George E. BrownJr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Large High Performance Out-door Shake Table at the University of California, San Diego,” Proc. of 13-th World Confer-ence on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, BC Canada, August 1-6, 2004, Paper No.3281.

99. Zona, A., Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis ofContinuous Steel-Concrete Composite Beams,” Proc. of the Second International Confer-ence on Steel and Composite Structures, Seoul, Korea, September, 2004.

100. He, X., Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., Elgamal, A., and Masri, S., “System Identification of Vin-cent Thomas Bridge using Simulated Wind Response Data,” Proc. of the Second Interna-tional Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS’2004),Kyoto, Japan, October 19-22, 2004.

101. Yan, L., Fraser, M., Elgamal, A., and Conte, J. P., “Applications of Neural Networks inStructural Health Monitoring,” Proc. of the Third China-Japan-US Symposium on Struc-tural Health Monitoring and Control, Dalian, China, October 13-16, 2004.

102. Elgamal, A., Conte, J. P., Yan, L., Fraser, M., Masri, S. F., El Zarki, M., Fountain, T., andTrivedi, M., "A Framework for Monitoring Bridges and Civil Infrastructure," Proc. of the3rd China-Japan-US Symposium on Structural Health Monitoring and Control, Dalian,China, October 13-16, 2004.

103. Yan, L., Elgamal, A., Yang, Z., and Conte, J. P., “Bridge-Foundation-Ground System: A 3DSeismic Response Model,” Proc. of the 3rd International Conference on Earthquake Engi-


neering, Nanjing, China, October 19-20, 2004. 104. Yan, L., Elgamal, A., Fountain, T., Conte, J. P., and Masri, S. F., “A PCA-Based Neural Net-

work Approach for Multi-Story Building Damage Identification,” Proc. of InternationalConference on Future Vision and Challenges for Urban Development, Cairo, Egypt,December 20-22, 2004.

105. Elgamal, A., Yan, L., Fraser, M., Lu, J., and Conte, J.P., "Large-Scale Simulation and DataAnalysis", Keynote Paper, Proc. of the 2005 ASCE International Conference on Computingin Civil Engineering (ICCC2005), Cancun, Mexico, July 12-15, 2005.

106. Yan, L., Fraser, M., Oliver K., Elgamal A., Conte J. P., and Fountain T., "Traffic PatternRecognition using an Active Learning Neural Network and Principal Component Analy-sis," Proc. of the 8 th International Conference on the Application of Artificial Intelligenceto Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Rome, Italy, August 30 – September2, 2005.

107. He, X., Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., and Elgamal, A., “System Identification of New Car-quinez Bridge Using Ambient Vibration Data,” Proc. of the International Conference onExperimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures (EVACES’05), Bor-deaux, France, 26-28 October, 2005.

108. Moaveni, B., He, X., Conte, J. P., and Udd, E., “Effect of Damage on Modal ParametersUsing Full-Scale Test Data,” Proc. of the International Conf. on Modal Analysis (IMAC-XXIV), St.Louis, USA, January 30 - February 2, 2006.

109. Elgamal, A., Fraser, M., Yan, L., and Conte, J. P., "Civil Infrastructure Damage Detection:Sensor Networks, Video Monitoring, and Assessment," Proc. of the International Confer-ence on Bridge Management Systems Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation, Cairo,Egypt, March 21-23, 2006.

110. Barbato, M., Gu, Q., and Conte, J. P., “Response Sensitivity and Probabilistic ResponseAnalyses of Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures,” Proc. of the 8th National Conferenceon Earthquake Engineering (8NCEE), San Francisco, April 18-22, 2006.

111. Bock, Y., Panagiotou, M., Yang, F., Restrepo, J., and Conte, J., “Shake Table Tests of a FullScale Reinforced Concrete Building: Real Time 50 Hz GPS Displacement Measurements,”Proc. (Abstract) of the 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (8NCEE), SanFrancisco, April 18-22, 2006.

112. Panagiotou, M., Restrepo, J., Conte, J. P., and Englekirk, R., “Seismic Response of Rein-forced Concrete Wall Buildings,” Proc. of the 8th National Conference on EarthquakeEngineering (8NCEE), San Francisco, April 18-22, 2006.

113. Fraser, M., Elgamal, A., Yan, L., and Conte, J. P. "Video and Motion Sensor-Network forBridge Monitoring Applications," Proc. of the 4 th World Conference on Structural Controland Monitoring, University of California, San Diego, July 11-13, 2006.

114. Ozcelik, O., Conte, J. P., and Luco, J. E., “Virtual Model of the UCSD-NEES High Perfor-mance Outdoor Shake Table,” Proc. of the Fourth World Conference on Structural Controland Monitoring, San Diego, California, July 11-13, 2006.


115. Moaveni, B., He, X., Conte, J. P., and Restrepo, J. I., “System Identification of a Seven-Story Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Building Tested on the UCSD-NEES Shake Table,”Proc. of the Fourth World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring, San Diego,California, July 11-13, 2006.

116. He, X., Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., Restrepo, J., and Elgamal, A., “Damage Identification ofa Seven-Story Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Building Tested on the UCSD-NEESShake-Table,” Proc. of the Fourth World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring,San Diego, California, July 11-13, 2006.

117. He, X., Moaveni, B., Conte, J., and Elgamal, A., “Comparative Study of System Identifi-cation Techniques Applied to New Carquinez Bridge,” Proc. of the Third InternationalConference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, Porto, Portugal, July 16-19,2006.

118. Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Framework for Finite Element Response Sensitivity andReliability Analyses of Structural and Geotechnical Systems,” Proc. of the First EuropeanConference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland, 3-8 Sep-tember, 2006.

119. Conte, J. P., Restrepo, J. I., and Luco, J. E., “NEES-UCSD Shake Table and Testing Activ-ities at the University of California, San Diego,” Proc. (Abstract) of the First EuropeanConference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland, 3-8 Sep-tember, 2006.

120. Faggella, M., Spacone, E., Conte, J. P., and Restrepo, J. I., “Nonlinear Seismic ResponseAnalyses of Existing R/C Building and Evaluation of System Components Contribution,”Proc. of the First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology,Geneva, Switzerland, 3-8 September, 2006.

Book Chapters121. Hamed, M. M., Conte, J. P., and Bedient, P. B., “Uncertainty Analysis of Subsurface Trans-

port of Reactive Solutes Using Reliability Methods,” Chapter 8 in Groundwater Models forResources Analysis and Management, pp. 123-135, Aly I. El-Kadi (Editor), Lewis Publish-ers, Chelsea, Michigan, April 1995.

Research Reports122. Conte J. P., “Nonlinear Geometric and Material Analysis of 3-D Truss and Cable Struc-

tures,” Diploma Thesis, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland,December 1984, 230 pages.

123. Conte, J. P., “ARMA Models for Earthquake Excitation and Structural Response Simula-tion,” CE299 Report, Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley,California, 1988, 153 pages.

124. Takewaki, I., Conte, J. P., Mahin, S. A., and Pister, K. S., “A Unified Earthquake-ResistantDesign Method for Steel Frames Using ARMA Models,” Report No. UCB/EERC-90/07,Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, California,1990, 95 pages.


125. Takewaki, I., Conte, J. P., Mahin, S. A., and Pister, K. S., “A Probabilistic EarthquakeResistant Design Method for Braced Steel Frames Using ARMA Models,” Report No.UCB/SEMM-90/08, Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials, Department of CivilEngineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1990, 75 pages.

126. Conte, J. P., Pister, K. S., and Mahin, S. A., “Influence of the Earthquake Ground MotionProcess and Structural Properties on Response Characteristics of Simple Structures,”Report No. UCB/EERC-90/09, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, California, 1990, 341 pages.

127. Conte, J. P., “Analysis of Cognac Data to Investigate Low Frequency Forces,” A Reporton Research Sponsored by Shell Oil Company, Department of Civil Engineering, RiceUniversity, Houston, Texas, January 1993.

128. Conte, J. P., Krishnan, S., and Kumar, S., “System Identification of Offshore Platforms,”A Report on Research Sponsored by the Engineering Foundation, Department of CivilEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, December 1993, 357 pages.

129. Conte, J. P., and Jagannath, M. K., “Seismic Reliability Analysis of Concrete GravityDams,” A Report on Research Sponsored by the Italian National Power Board (ENEL),Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 1995, 224pages.

130. Conte, J. P., and Jagannath, M. K., “Seismic Reliability Analysis of Concrete GravityDams - Part II,” A Report on Research Sponsored by the Italian National Power Board(ENEL), Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October1995, 31 pages.

131. Muhlenkamp, M. J., Conte, J. P., Hudgings, T. R., and Durrani, A. J., “Analysis, Design,and Construction of a Shaking Table Facility,” Report to the National Science Founda-tion, Structural Research at Rice, Report No. 46, Department of Civil Engineering, RiceUniversity, April 1997, 169 pages.

132. Kamal, R., and Conte, J. P., “Nonlinear Geometric and Material Analysis of Shell Struc-tures with Particular Emphasis on Tubular Joints,” A Report on Research Sponsored bythe Advanced Technology Program (ATP) of the State of Texas, Dept. of Civil Engineer-ing, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October, 1997, 401 pages.

133. Trombetti, T., Conte, J. P., and Durrani, A. J., “Analytical Modeling of a Shaking TableSystem,” Structural Research at Rice, Report No. 48, Department of Civil Engineering,Rice University, December 1997, 289 pages.

134. Trombetti, T., Conte, J. P., and Durrani, A. J., “Correlation Studies Between Analyticaland Experimental Dynamic Behavior of the Rice University Shaking Table,” StructuralResearch at Rice, Report No. 49, Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University,December 1997, 311 pages.

135. Trombetti, T., Conte, J. P., and Durrani, A. J., “A Simplified Approach for the Evaluationof Lateral-Torsional Behavior in Seismic Isolated Structures,” Structural Research atRice, Report No. 50, Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, December 1997,219 pages.


136. Conte, J. P., and Vijalapura, P. K., “Seismic Safety Analysis of Concrete Gravity DamsAccounting for Both System Uncertainty and Excitation Stochasticity,” A Report onResearch Sponsored by the Italian National Power Board (ENEL-CRIS), Department ofCivil Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 1998, 243 pages.

137. Conte, J. P., and Liu, M., “Use of Long-Gage Fiber Optic Sensors for EarthquakeResponse Monitoring and Non-Destructive Evaluation of Structures,” CUREE Publica-tion No. CKIII-04, CUREE-Kajima Joint Research Program - Phase III, 2001, 161 pages.

138. Melek, M., Wallace, J. W., and Conte, J. P., “Experimental Assessment of Columns withShort Lap Splices Subjected to Cyclic Loads,” PEER Report 2003/04, Pacific EarthquakeEngineering Research Center, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley,April 2003, 176 pages.

139. Zona, A., Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysisof Steel-Concrete Composite Structures,” Report No. SSRP-04/02, Structural SystemsResearch Project, Department of Structural Engineering, University of California at SanDiego, La Jolla, California, 2006, 117 pages.

140. Fraser, M., Elgamal, A., and Conte, J. P., "UCSD Powell Laboratory Smart Bridge Test-bed." Report No. SSRP-06/06, Structural Systems Research Project Report, Departmentof Structural Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California,2006, 28 pages.

Journal Publications Under Preparation141. Kumar, S., and Conte, J. P., “ARMA System Identification of Structures Subjected to

Unobserved Random Excitations: I. White Excitation,” for submission to the Journal ofEngineering Mechanics, ASCE.

142. Conte, J. P., and Kumar, S., “ARMA System Identification of Structures Subjected toUnobserved Random Excitations: II. Non-White Excitation,” for submission to the Journalof Engineering Mechanics, ASCE.

143. Krishnan, S., and Conte, J. P., “Global Versus Modal Minimization Algorithm for Struc-tural System Identification,” for submission to the Journal of Structural Engineering,ASCE.

144. Conte, J. P., and Krishnan, S., “Structural Identification Algorithm for the Case of Unmea-sured Random White Excitation,” for submission to the Journal of Engineering Mechanics,ASCE.

145. Conte, J. P., Vijalapura, P. K., and Meghella, M., “Earthquake Response Sensitivity Anal-ysis of Inelastic Concrete Gravity Dams,” for submission to the Journal of EarthquakeEngineering and Structural Dynamics.

146. Conte, J. P., and Kamal, R., “Shell Element with Drilling Degrees of Freedom in TotalCorotational Formulation for Nonlinear Geometric and Material Analysis of Shell Struc-tures,” for submission to the International Journal of Solids & Structures.

147. Conte, J. P., and Peng, B.-F., “Influence of the Time-Varying Frequency Content of Earth-quake Ground Motions on the Response of Inelastic Structures,” for submission to the


Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE. 148. Conte, J. P., and Liu, M., “Earthquake Response Monitoring and Damage Identification of

Structures Using Long-Gage Fiber Optic Deformation Sensors,” for submission to theInternational Journal of Control and Structural Health Monitoring.

149. Gu, Q., Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Handling of Constraints in Finite Element ResponseSensitivity Analysis,” for submission to Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE.

150. Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., “Time-Variant Reliability Analysis of Linear MDOF SystemsSubjected to Fully Nonstationary Earthquake Ground Motion Model,” for submission toProbabilistic Engineering Mechanics.

151. Acero, G., Restrepo, J., Conte, J. P., and Zhang, Y., “Seismic Response of Columns withUnconfined Lap-Splices,” for submission to ACI Structural Journal.

152. Zhang, Y., Conte, J. P., Acero, G., and Somerville, P. G., “Seismic Reliability Analysis of aBridge-Foundation-Ground System: I. With Deterministic System Properties,” for submis-sion to the Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE.

153. Zhang, Y., and Conte, J. P., “Seismic Reliability Analysis of a Bridge-Foundation-GroundSystem: II. With Random System Properties,” for submission to the Journal of StructuralEngineering, ASCE.

154. Conte, J. P., Zhang, Y., Acero, G., and Char, M., “Probabilistic Seismic Loss Assessment ofHumboldt Bay Middle Channel Bridge,” for submission to International Journal of Reli-ability and Safety.

155. Vijalapura, P. K., and Conte, J. P., “Consistent Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analy-sis: Application to a Multi-Surface Plasticity Model,” for submission to the InternationalJournal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

156. Gu, Q., Conte, J. P., Elgamal, A., and Yang, Z., “Consistent Tangent Operator for Multi-Yield-Surface J2 Material Plasticity Model”, for submission to the International Journal forNumerical Methods in Engineering.

157. Gu, Q., Conte, J. P., Yang, Z., and Conte, J. P., “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Anal-ysis of the Multi-Yield-Surface J2 Material Plasticity Model,” for submission to the Inter-national Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

PRESENTATIONS

1. “Génie Sismique,” Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, January 1990.2. “Probabilistic Seismic-Resistant Design,” Rice University, March 1990.3. “Variability of Structural Damage Indices within an Earthquake,” 4th U.S. National Con-

ference on Earthquake Engineering, Palm Springs, May 1990.4. “Nonstationary Stochastic Earthquake Modeling and Structural Response Simulation,”

Invited Speaker, Shell Oil Company, Civil Engineering Department, Houston, September,1990.

5. “Nonstationary Stochastic Earthquake Modeling and Structural Response Simulation,”Invited Speaker, Shell Development Company, Houston, September, 1990.


6. “Stochastic Seismic Response of Simple Structures,” ASCE Engineering Mechanics Spe-cialty Conference, Ohio, May 1991.

7. “Frictional Aspect of Rocking-Sliding of Rigid Blocks with Surface Impact,” ASCE Engi-neering Mechanics Specialty Conference, College Station, Texas, May 1992.

8. “System Identification of Seismically Excited Structures using Artificial Neural Net-works,” ANNIE’92 - Conference on Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering, St. Louis,Missouri, November 1992.

9. “Structural Reliability Methods for Seismic Safety Assessment of Concrete GravityDams,” Italian National Power Board (ENEL), Milan, Italy, July 9, 1993 (all day seminar).

10. “Analysis of Cognac Data to Investigate Low Frequency Forces,” Shell DevelopmentCompany, Houston, January 1994.

11. “Low Frequency Forces on Tubular Spaceframe Towers: Analysis of Cognac Data,” 13thInternational Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Houston, Texas,February 27 - March 3, 1994.

12. “Seismic Reliability Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams,” University of Houston, May 4,1994.

13. “Results on Seismic Reliability Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams,” Italian NationalPower Board (ENEL), Milan, Italy, July 29, 1994 (all day presentation).

14. “Design, Construction, and Future Applications of the Rice Shaking Table,” Rice Univer-sity, Civil Engineering Departmental Seminar, Houston, Texas, April 19, 1995.

15. “Low Frequency Forces on Deepwater Fixed Offshore Platforms,” ASCE Technical Com-mittee on Reliability of Offshore Structures, Houston, Texas, May 1, 1995.

16. “Modal Identification Method for Structures Subjected to Unmeasured Random Excita-tions,” ASCE Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference, University of Colorado, Boul-der, Colorado, May 21-24, 1995.

17. “Earthquake Response Sensitivity Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams,” 7th InternationalConference on Application of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Paris, France,July 10-13, 1995.

18. “Earthquake Response Sensitivity Analysis of Inelastic Concrete Gravity Dams,” Depart-ment of Civil and Environmental Engineering - SEMM, University of California, Berkeley,California, August 30, 1995.

19. “Seismic Reliability Analysis of Structures Using a Fully Nonstationary Analytical Earth-quake Excitation Model,” 7th IFIP Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization ofStructural Systems, Boulder, Colorado, April 2-4, 1996 (Attendance of the Conference byinvitation only).

20. “Insight into the Inelastic Structural Response to a Fully Nonstationary Earthquake GroundMotion Model,” 11th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,May 19-22, 1996.

21. “Field Verification of Linear and Nonlinear Hybrid Wave Models for Offshore Tower


Response Prediction,” 15th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and ArcticEngineering, Florence, Italy, June 16-20, 1996. (Paper presented by Dr. Hongbo Xü fromShell Development Company).

22. “Identification of Structural and Loading Parameters Using ARMA Models,” 7th ASCESpecialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Worcester,Massachusetts, August 1996.

23. “Finite Element Reliability and Safety Analysis of Structures,” Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering - University of California, Los Angeles, California, March 11,1997.

24. “Actuator-Foundation-Specimen Interaction in a Small Shaking Table,” 12th ASCE Engi-neering Mechanics Conference, San Diego, La Jolla, California, May 17-20, 1998.

25. “Finite Element Reliability Analysis,” Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Cal-ifornia Institute of Technology, Los Angeles, January 14, 1999.

26. “Complementarity Between Numerical Simulation and Experimental Methods in Struc-tural Engineering,” Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, April 22,1999.

27. “Consistent Finite Element Sensitivities in Seismic Reliability Analysis,” 13th ASCE Engi-neering Mechanics Conference, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA, June13-16, 1999.

28. “Use of Long-Gage Fiber Optic Sensors for Earthquake Response Monitoring and Non-Destructive Evaluation of Structures,” Research Progress Overview, Kobori ResearchComplex, Kajima Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 1999.

29. “Computational Framework for Seismic Reliability/Safety Analysis of Civil Structures,”Kobori Research Complex, Kajima Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 1999.

30. “Use of Long-Gage Fiber Optic Sensors for Earthquake Response Monitoring and Non-Destructive Evaluation of Structures,” Presentation of Final Results of Project, KoboriResearch Complex, Kajima Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, October 26, 1999.

31. “Time-Variant Reliability Analysis of Hysteretic SDOF Systems with Uncertain Parame-ters and Subjected to Stochastic Loading,” 8th International Conference on Application ofStatistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Sydney, Australia, Dec. 12-15, 1999.

32. “Earthquake Response Monitoring and Damage Identification of Structures Using Long-Gage Fiber Optic Sensors,” 14th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, The Univer-sity of Texas, Austin, TX, May 21-24, 2000.

33. “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis in Earthquake Engineering,” China-USMillenium Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, November 8-11, 2000.

34. “A Computational Framework for Reliability Analysis of Structural Systems,” Departmentof Structural Engineering - University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, Feb-ruary 27, 2001.

35. “Exact Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis for Inelastic Frame Structures,” 2001Mechanics and Materials Summer Conference, University of California, San Diego, June


27-29, 2001. 36. “Application to Soil-Structure Interaction,” Presentation at The OpenSees Software Frame-

work for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Seminar, 2002 Structures Congress andExposition, Denver, Colorado, April 4-6, 2002. (Ph.D. Student Yuyi Zhang presented)

37. “Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of a Bridge Ground System,” 15th ASCE EngineeringMechanics Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY, June 2-5, 2002. (Dr. ZhaohuiYang presented)

38. “Structural Health Monitoring,” Homeland Security Workshop, A Jacobs School and Cal-(IT)2 Initiative, University of California at San Diego, August 22, 2002.

39. “Pilot Health Monitoring for Composite Bridge-deck Panels,” Third Middle East Sympo-sium On Structural Composites for Infrastructure Applications, Aswan, Egypt, December17-20, 2002. (Dr. Ahmed Elgamal presented)

40. “Elements of an Integrated Health Monitoring Framework,” SPIE 10-th Annual Interna-tional Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 2003.(Dr. Ahmed Elgamal presented)

41. “Health Monitoring Framework and Structural Analyses,” UCSD and Caltrans Workshopon Structural Health Monitoring and Diagnostics of Bridge Infrastructure Workshop, Uni-versity of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, March 7-8, 2003. (Dr. Tony Fountainpresented)

42. “Convergence Studies in Nonlinear Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis,” 9thInternational Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering(ICASP9), San Francisco, CA, July 6-9, 2003.

43. “Ground Motion Intensity Measures for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering,” 9thInternational Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering(ICASP9), San Francisco, CA, July 6-9, 2003.

44. “Treatment of Seismic Input and Boundary Conditions in Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of aBridge Ground System,” 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, University ofWashington, Seattle, WA, July 16-18, 2003. (Dr. Ahmed Elgamal presented)

45. “Health Monitoring Framework for Bridges and Civil Infrastructure,” 4-th InternationalWorkshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, September15-17, 2003. (Dr. Ahmed Elgamal presented)

46. "Health Monitoring for Civil Infrastructure," 9th Arab Structural Engineering Conference,(9ASEC), Abu Dhabi, UAE, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2003. (Dr. Ahmed Elgamal presented)

47. "Data Fusion Application For Health Monitoring," Proc. of the 1st International Workshopon Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology, Honolulu, Hawai, January12-14, 2004. (Ph.D. Student Michael Fraser presented)

48. “Forced Vibration Tests of the Foundation Block and Surrounding Soil at the NEES/UCSDLarge High-Performance Shake Table,” Third Joint United States - Japan Workshop onSoil-Structure Interaction, Vallombrosa Center, Menlo Park, California, March 29-30,2004. (Dr. J. E. Luco presented)


49. “Force-Based Finite Element Response Sensitivity of Frame Structures,” 17-th ASCE Engi-neering Mechanics Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, June 13-16, 2004.

50. “UCSD-NEES Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table,” 17-th ASCE EngineeringMechanics Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, June 13-16, 2004.

51. “Nonlinear Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Steel-Concrete CompositeBeams,” 9-th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and StructuralReliability, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 26-28, 2004. (Ph.D. Student Michele Barbatopresented)

52. "Simple Neural Network Application for Traffic Monitoring," International Conference onComputaional & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES'04), Madeira, Portugal,July 26-29, 2004. (Ph.D. Student Michael Fraser presented)

53. “Response Mean Upcrossing Rate for Linear MDOF Systems Subjected to Fully Nonsta-tionary Earthquake Ground Motion Model,” 13-th World Conference on Earthquake Engi-neering, Vancouver, BC Canada, August 1-6, 2004. (Poster presentation)

54. “Seismic Reliability Assessment of a Bridge Ground System,” 13-th World Conference onEarthquake Engineering, Vancouver, BC Canada, August 1-6, 2004.

55. “Development of the George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation(NEES) Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table at the University of California, SanDiego,” 13-th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, BC Canada,August 1-6, 2004. (Dr. Lelli Van Den Einde presented)

56. “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Continuous Steel-Concrete CompositeBeams,” The Second International Conference on Steel & Composite Structures(ICSCS’04), Seoul, Korea, 2-4 September, 2004. (Post-Doctoral Researcher AlessandroZona presented)

57. “Applications of Neural Networks in Structural Health Monitoring,” Third China-Japan-US Symposium on Structural Health Monitoring and Control, Dalian, China, October 13-16, 2004. (Dr. Ahmed Elgamal presented)

58. "A Framework for Monitoring Bridges and Civil Infrastructure," Third China-Japan-USSymposium on Structural Health Monitoring and Control, Dalian, China, October 13-16,2004. (Dr. Ahmed Elgamal presented)

59. “Smooth Versus Non-Smooth Material Constitutive Models in Gradient-Based Optimiza-tion for Structural Reliability Analysis,” 9th International Conference on Structural Safetyand Reliability (ICOSSAR 2005), University of La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, June 19-22,2005. (Ph.D. Student Michele Barbato presented)

60. "Large-Scale Simulation and Data Analysis", Keynote Paper, Proc. of the 2005 ASCEInternational Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (ICCC2005), Cancun, Mex-ico, July 12-15, 2005. (Dr. Ahmed Elgamal presented)

61. "Traffic Pattern Recognition using an Active Learning Neural Network and Principal Com-ponent Analysis," 8 th International Conference on the Application of Artificial Intelli-gence to Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Rome, Italy, August 30 –


September 2, 2005. (Dr. Ahmed Elgamal presented) 62. “Framework for Finite Element Reliability Analysis of Solids and Structures,” School of

Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,Lausanne, Switzerland, September 20, 2005.

63. “System Identification of New Carquinez Bridge Using Ambient Vibration Data,” Interna-tional Conference on Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures(EVACES’05), Bordeaux, France, 26-28 October, 2005.

64. “Effect of Damage on Modal Parameters Using Full-Scale Test Data,” International Conf.on Modal Analysis (IMAC-XXIV), St.Louis, USA, January 30 - February 2, 2006. (Ph.D.Student Babak Moaveni presented)

65. "Civil Infrastructure Damage Detection: Sensor Networks, Video Monitoring, and Assess-ment," International Conference on Bridge Management Systems Monitoring, Assessmentand Rehabilitation, Cairo, Egypt, March 21-23, 2006. (Dr. Ahmed Elgamal presented)

66. “Shake Table Tests of a Full Scale Reinforced Concrete Building: Real Time 50 Hz GPSDisplacement Measurements,” 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering(8NCEE), San Francisco, April 18-22, 2006. (Poster Presentation)

67. “Response Sensitivity and Probabilistic Response Analyses of Reinforced Concrete FrameStructures,” 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (8NCEE), San Francisco,April 18-22, 2006. (Poster Presentation)

68. “Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Wall Buildings,” 8th National Conference onEarthquake Engineering (8NCEE), San Francisco, April 18-22, 2006. (Dr. José Restrepopresented)

69. “UCSD-NEES Large High-Performance Outdoor Shake Table (LHPOST) and RelatedResearch Activities,” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, April 21, 2006.

70. “Virtual Model of the UCSD-NEES High Performance Outdoor Shake Table,” FourthWorld Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring, San Diego, California, July 11-13, 2006. (Ph.D. Student Ozgur Ozcelik presented)

71. “System Identification of a Seven-Story Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Building Testedon the UCSD-NEES Shake Table,” Fourth World Conference on Structural Control andMonitoring, San Diego, California, July 11-13, 2006. (Ph.D. Student Babak Moaveni pre-sented)

72. “Damage Identification of a Seven-Story Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Building Testedon the UCSD-NEES Shake-Table,” Proc. of the Fourth World Conference on StructuralControl and Monitoring, San Diego, California, July 11-13, 2006. (Ph.D. Student XianfeiHe presented)

73. “Comparative Study of System Identification Techniques Applied to New CarquinezBridge,” Third International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management,Porto, Portugal, July 16-19, 2006.

74. “NEES-UCSD Shake Table and Testing Activities at the University of California, SanDiego,” First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva,


Switzerland, 3-8 September, 2006. (Dr. José Restrepo presented)75. “Nonlinear Seismic Response Analyses of Existing R/C Building and Evaluation of System

Components Contribution,” First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering andSeismology, Geneva, Switzerland, 3-8 September, 2006. (Dr. E. Spacone presented)

SHORT COURSES ATTENTED

Cours post-grade “Conception et Analyse des Structures”:• Théorie des Grands Déplacements (Elasticité Non Linéaire), Prof. F. Frey, Swiss Federal

Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 10-14 October, 1983.• Analyse Non Linéaire des Structures par Ordinateur, Prof. F. Frey, Swiss Federal Institute of

Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 19-23 Mars, 1984.

Seismic Analysis in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute for ComputationalEngineering, Prof. A. M. Abdel-Ghaffar, Prof. J. H. Prevost, and Dr. J. P. Wolf, Swiss FederalInstitute of Technology, Lausanne, 17-20 June, 1985.

Structural Reliability: Methods & Applications, Prof. A.H.-S. Ang, Prof. R. E. Barlow, Prof.R. G. Bea, Dr. P. Bjerager, Prof. A. Der Kiureghian, Prof. H. O. Madsen, Prof. N. Sitar, Prof. Y.K. Wen, University of California, Berkeley, 27-29 April, 1989.

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Institute for Computational Engineering, Prof. T. J. R.Hughes and Prof. T. Belytschko, Palo Alto, California, 12-16 July, 1999.

The State of the Art in Vibration-Based Structural Damage Identification, Dr. C. R. Farrar, Dr.S. W. Doebling, and Dr. D. Nix, Los Alamos Dynamics, San Francisco, California, 13-15 Sep-tember, 1999.

Finite Element Model Validation, Updating, and Uncertainty Quantification, Dr. Scott Doe-bling and Dr. Francois Hemez, Los Alamos Dynamics, September 10-11, Palo Alto, California,2001.

Modal Identification of Output-Only Systems, Prof. Carlos Ventura and Prof. Svend Gade, Pre-Conference Course (April 25, 2005), First International Operational Modal Analysis Confer-ence, April 26-27, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2005.

CREATIVE WORKS - MAJOR IMPLEMENTATIONS

Medium-Scale Shaking Table at Rice UniversityWith a research grant from the National Science Foundation and matching fund from Rice Uni-versity, J. P. Conte has led the planning, analysis, design, and construction of a new state-of-the-art uni-directional, servo-hydraulic shaking table system in the structural engineering lab-oratory at Rice University, Houston, Texas, to conduct research in experimental structuraldynamics, structural system identification, and passive/active vibration control of structures.The 152 cm x 152 cm (5 ft x 5 ft) Rice table is capable of reproducing model earthquake groundmotions with a peak acceleration up to 6 g’s, a peak velocity up to 100 cm/sec (40 in/sec), anda peak displacement up to 7.6 cm (3 in) for a maximum payload of 680 kg (1,500 lbs) and afrequency bandwidth of approximately 70 Hz.


Undergraduate Structural Dynamics Laboratory at UCLAWith a series of competitive grants obtained from the Office of Instructional Development atUCLA, J. P. Conte has significantly upgraded the undergraduate structural dynamics laboratoryat UCLA into a state-of-the-art laboratory. The objectives of this undergraduate laboratory areto (1) illustrate and reinforce the challenging analytical learning of structural dynamics andvibrations, (2) develop physical insight into the dynamic behavior of structures through hands-on demonstration and experimentation, (3) introduce students to modern instrumentation forstructural dynamic testing, and (4) relate real/physical structural dynamics phenomena to theiranalytical predictions through experimental-analytical correlation studies. The major upgradesin the laboratory consist of (1) the acquisition of a computer controlled versatile 3-DOFmass-spring-airpot dynamic system, which can be configured in a variety of ways with eitherforce excitation or support excitation; (2) a small 4 ft x 2 ft uni-axial, servo-hydraulic, shak-ing table (3,000 lbs max. force) with digital control developed from scratch by J. P. Contejointly with a graduate student and the laboratory technician; this shake table can also be usedfor research in structural dynamics and earthquake engineering (e.g., small-scale proof of con-cepts studies); (3) the use of the state-of-the-art data acquisition and control software Lab-View Real Time with excellent graphical user interface to acquire the dynamic test data forall laboratory experiments and to implement the digital controller of the shaking table devel-oped; and (4) the acquisition of a portable, computer controlled instructional shake tableas part of an NSF-sponsored University Consortium on Instructional Shake Tables (UCIST);this electromagnetic uni-axial shake table is 1.5 ft x 1.5 ft in size and capable of a maximumforce of 150 lbs. The latter is also equipped with a small-scale 2 floor building test specimenwith an active-mass driver on the roof in order to illustrate the modern concepts of activestructural control to students. The specimens used in the various dynamic experiments consistof small-scale models of structural components and civil structures. The dynamic response ofthese specimens is monitored using several types of transducers, namely linear variable differ-ential transformers (LVDTs), piezoelectric and variable-capacitance accelerometers, linear androtational resistors/potentiometers, and electrical resistance strain gages.

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