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ERTUGRUL TACIROGLU

UCLA, Dept. of Civil & Env. Eng. Voice: (310) 267-4655

5731E Boelter Hall Fax: (310)

206-2222

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1593 Email: etacir@ucla.edu

EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Ph.D., 1998, Civil Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.S., 1995, Civil Engineering

Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, B.S., 1993, Civil Engineering

APPOINTMENTS

Professor: University of California, Los Angeles, June 2013 – present.

Associate Professor: University of California, Los Angeles, June 2007 – 2013.

Visiting Professor: Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept – Dec 2007, also 2010.

Assistant Professor: University of California, Los Angeles, July 2001 – May 2007.

Postdoctoral Res. Assoc.: Center for Simulation of Adv. Rockets, UIUC, Nov. 1998 – July 2001

Research Assistant: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 1995 – Oct. 1998

Research Assistant: U.S. Army, Const. Engr. Res. Lab., Champaign, IL, Sept. 1994 – May 1995

AWARDS & HONORS

ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute, Fellow-Elect, 2015

ASCE Walter Huber Research Prize, 2011

National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2006.

Professor of the Year, ASCE Student Chapter at UCLA, 2003, 2009.

UCLA Faculty Career Development Award, 2002.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

[J1] Omrani R, Mobasher B, Zareian F, Taciroglu E (2016). “Variability in the Predicted

Seismic Performance of a Typical Seat-type Bridge Due to Epistemic Uncertainties in

its Abutment Backfill and Shear-key Models,” Engineering Structures (accepted).

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[J2] Karakoc A, Taciroglu E. “Effects of Morphology and Topology on the Effective Stiffness of Chiral Cellular Materials in the Transverse Plane,” Adv. Mat. Sci. & Eng. (in print).

[J3] Khalili-Tehrani P, Shamsabadi A, Stewart JP, Taciroglu E (2016). “Physically

parameterized backbone curves for passive lateral response of bridge abutments with

homogeneous backfills,” Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (in print).

[J4] Taciroglu E, Celebi M, Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F (2016). “An Investigation of Soil-

Structure Interaction Effects Observed at the MIT Green Building,” Earthquake Spectra

(in print).

[J5] Celebi M, Hisada Y, Omrani R, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2016). “Responses of two tall

buildings in Tokyo, Japan, before, during and after the M9.0 Tohoku Earthquake of

March 11, 2011,” Earthquake Spectra, 32(1), 463-495.

[J6] Celebi M, Kashima T, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2016). “Responses of a tall building

with US code-type instrumentation in Tokyo Japan to events before, during and after

the Tohoku earthquake of March 11, 2011,” Earthquake Spectra, 32(1), 497-522.

[J7] Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F, Avci O, Celebi M, Taciroglu E (2016) “Blind Modal

Identification of the Millikan Library from Earthquake Data Considering Soil-Structure

Interaction,” Structural Control & Health Monitoring, 23(4), 684-706.

[J8] Young B, Fujii A, Thiele AM, Kumar A, Sant G, Taciroglu E, Pilon L (2016). “Effective

Elastic Moduli of Core-Shell-Matrix Composites,” Mechanics of Materials, 92, 94-106.

[J9] Jung J, Taciroglu E (2016). “A divide-alternate-conquer approach to localization and

shape identification of multiple scatterers in elastic heterogeneous media using

dynamic XFEM,” AIMS J. Inverse Problems and Imaging, 10(1), 165-193.

[J10] Esmaeilzadeh E, Jeong C, Taciroglu E (2016). “On numerical computation of

impedance functions for arbitrarily shaped rigid interfaces embedded in

heterogeneous half-spaces,” Computers & Geotechnics, 72, 15-27.

[J11] Lotfollahi M, Alinia MA, Taciroglu E (2016). “Validated Finite Element Techniques for

Quasi-static Cyclic Response Analyses of Braced Frames at Submember Scales,”

Engineering Structures, 106, 222-242.

[J12] Abazarsa F, Nateghi F, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2016). “Extended Blind Modal

Identification Technique for Nonstationary Excitations and its Verification and

Validation,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 142(2), 04015078: 1-19.

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[J13] Bo W, Niu D, Taciroglu E (2015). “Shaketable testing and numerical analysis of

transformer substations including main plant and electrical equipment interaction,”

Adv. Struct. Eng. 18(15), 1959-1980.

[J14] Celebi M, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2015). “Unusual downhole and surface free-field

records near the Carquinez Strait bridges during the 24 August 2014 Mw6.0 South

Napa, California earthquake,” Seismological Res. Letters, 86(4), 1-7.

[J15] Zareian F, Kaviani P, Taciroglu E (2015) “Multi-phase performance assessment of

seismic response of structures,” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 141(11):

04015041.

[J16] Lotfollahi M, Alinia MM, Taciroglu E (2015). “A balanced design approach for

diagonally braced moment resisting frames based on hierarchical yield and failure

sequences,” Engineering Structures, 87, 198-219.

[J17] Xu S-Y, Shamsabadi A, Taciroglu E (2015). “Evaluation of active and passive seismic

earth pressures considering internal friction and cohesion,” Soil Dynamics &

Earthquake Engineering, 70, 30-47.

[J18] Asgari S, Stafsudd JZ, Hudson R, Yao K, Taciroglu E (2015). “Moving source

localization using seismic signal processing,” Journal of Sound & Vibration, 335: 384-

396.

[J19] Jung J, Taciroglu E (2014). “Modeling and identifi cation of an arbitrarily shaped

scatterer using dynamic XFEM with cubic splines,” Computer Methods in Applied

Mechanics and Engineering, 278: 101-118.

[J20] Prakash A, Taciroglu E, Hjelmstad KD (2014). “Computationally efficient

multi-time-step method for partitioned time integration of highly nonlinear structural

dynamics,” Computers & Structures, 133, 51-63.

[J21] Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F, Ghannad MA, Celebi M, Taciroglu E (2014). “Blind

identification of structures from sparse seismic signals,” Structural Control & Health

Monitoring 21(5), 649-674.

[J22] Khalili-Tehrani P, Ahlberg E, Rha CS, Stewart JP, Taciroglu E, Wallace JW (2014).

“Nonlinear load-deflection behavior of reinforced concrete drilled piles in stiff clay,”

Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 140(3), 04013022.

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[J23] Jung J, Jeong C, Taciroglu E (2013). “Identification of scatterers embedded in

heterogeneous media using dynamic XFEM,” Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Engng., 259,

50-63.

[J24] Shamsabadi A, Xu SY, Taciroglu E (2013). “A generalized log-spiral-Rankine limit

equilibrium model for seismic earth pressure analysis,” Soil Dynamics & Earthquake

Engineering, 49, 197-209.

[J25] Dong SB, Carbas S, Taciroglu E (2013). “On principal shear axes for correction factors

in Timoshenko beam theory,” Int. J. Solids & Structures 50(10), 1681-1688.

[J26] Abazarsa F, Nateghi F, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2013). “Blind identification of

non-classically damped systems,” Earthquake Spectra 29(4), 1137-1157.

[J27] Harb R, Taciroglu E, Ghoniem N (2013). “Partitioning of elastic energy in open-cell

solid foams under finite deformations,” Acta Materialia 6, 1454-1468.

[J28] Ghahari SF, Ghannad MA, Taciroglu E (2013). “Blind identification of soil-structure

systems,” Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering 45, 56-69.

[J29] Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F, Ghannad MA, Taciroglu E (2013). “Response-only

identification of structures using strong motion data,” Earthquake Engineering &

Structural Dynamics 42(8), 1221-1242.

[J30] Omrani R, Hudson R, Taciroglu E (2013). “Parametric identification of non-degrading

hysteresis in a laterally-torsionally coupled building using an unscented Kalman

filter,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics 139(4), 452-468.

[J31] Soyoz S, Taciroglu E, et al. (2013). “Ambient and forced vibration testing of a

reinforced concrete building before and after its seismic retrofitting” ASCE Journal of

Structural Engineering 139(10), 1741-1752.

[J32] Abazarsa F, Ghahari SF, Nateghi F, Taciroglu E (2013). “Response-only identification

of structures using limited number of sensors,” Structural Control & Health

Monitoring 20(6), 987–1006.

[J33] Omrani R, Hudson RE, Taciroglu E (2012). “Story-by-story estimation of the stiffness

parameters of torsion-shear buildings using forced or ambient vibration data: I.

Formulation & verification” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dyn. 41(12), 1609-

1634.

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[J34] Omrani R, Hudson RE, Taciroglu E (2012). “Story-by-story estimation of the stiffness

parameters of torsion-shear buildings using forced or ambient vibration data: II.

Application to IASC-ASCE Benchmark Experiment Data,” Earthquake Engineering &

Structural Dynamics, 41(12), 1635-1649.

[J35] Kaviani P, Zareian F, Taciroglu E (2012). “Seismic behavior of reinforced concrete

bridges with skew-angled abutments,” Engineering Structures, 45, 137-150.

[J36] Elmer W, Taciroglu E, McMichael L (2012). “Dynamic strength increase of plain

concrete from high strain rate plasticity with shear dilation,” Int. Journal of Impact

Engineering, 45, 1-15.

[J37] Elmer W, Chen JS, Puso M, Taciroglu E (2012). “A stable, meshfree, nodal integration

method for nearly incompressible solids,” Finite Elements in Analysis & Design, 51,

81-85.

[J38] Lemnitzer A, Khalili-Tehrani P, Rha CS, Taciroglu E, Wallace JW, Stewart JP (2010).

“Nonlinear efficiency factors for bored pile group under lateral loading,” Journal of

Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 136(12), 1673-1685.

[J39] Dong SB, Alpdogan C, Taciroglu E (2010). “Much ado about shear correction factors

in Timoshenko beam theory,” International Journal of Solids & Structures, 47(13),

1651-1665.

[J40] Shamsabadi A, Khalili-Tehrani P, Stewart JP, Taciroglu E (2010). “Validated simulation

models for lateral response of bridge abutments with typical backfills,” ASCE Journal

of Bridge Engineering, 15(3), 302-311.

[J41] Alpdogan C, Dong SB, Taciroglu E (2010). “A method of analysis for end and

transitional effects in anisotropic cylinders,” International Journal of Solids &

Structures, 47, 947-956.

[J42] Elmer W, Stafsudd JZ, Taciroglu E (2010). “Performance of equilibrium-based system

identification algorithms with incomplete state data,” Eng. Structures, 32, 483-497.

[J43] Taciroglu E, Parsons ID, Acharya A, Namazifard A (2009). “Arbitrary Lagrangian

Eulerian methods for regressing solid domains and interface tracking,” Computers &

Structures, 87(5-6), 355-367.

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[J44] Liu CW, Taciroglu E (2009). “Shape optimization of piezoelectric devices using an

enriched meshfree method,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in

Engineering, 78(2), 151-171.

[J45] Liu CW, Taciroglu E (2008). “Semi-analytic meshfree analysis for Almansi-Michell

problems of piezoelectric cylinders,” International Journal of Solids & Structures,

45(9), 2379-2398.

[J46] Stafsudd JZ, Asgari S, Hudson R, Yao K, Taciroglu E (2008). “Localization of acoustic

and seismic wideband sources: Algorithms & experiments,” Journal of Sound &

Vibration, 312(1), 74-93.

[J47] Rha CS, Taciroglu E (2007). “A coupled macroelement model of soil-structure

interaction in deep foundations,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 133, 1326-1340.

[J48] Liu CW, Taciroglu E (2007). “Numerical analysis of end-effects in laminated

piezoelectric circular cylinders.” Comp. Meth. in Applied Mechanics & Engineering,

196(17-20), 2173-2186.

[J49] Yu E, Taciroglu E, Wallace JW (2007). “Parameter identification of framed structures

using an improved finite element model updating method, Part I: Formulation &

verification,” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 36, 619-639.

[J50] Yu E, Wallace JW, Taciroglu E (2007). “Parameter identification of framed structures

using an improved finite element model updating method, Part II: Application to

experimental data,” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 36, 641-660.

[J51] Taciroglu E, Rha CS, Wallace JW (2006). “A robust macroelement model for soil-pile

interaction under cyclic loads.” Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental

Engineering, ASCE, 132(10), 1304-1314.

[J52] Liu CW, Taciroglu E (2006). “Enriched reproducing kernel particle method for

piezoelectric structures with arbitrary interfaces,” Int. J. for Numerical Methods in

Engineering, 67(11), 1565-1586.

[J53] Bai H, Shah AH, Dong SB, Taciroglu E, (2006). “End reflections in a layered

piezoelectric circular cylinder,” International Journal of Solids & Structures, 43(20),

6309-6325.

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[J54] Stafsudd JZ, Asgari S, Ali A, Chen CE, Hudson RE, Lorenzelli F, Yao K, Taciroglu E.

(2006). “Analysis, implementation and application of seismic and acoustic arrays,”

Acta Automatica Sinica, 32(6), 929-937.

[J55] Taciroglu E, Hjelmstad KD (2005). “The variational basis of nonlinear flexibility

methods for structural analysis of frames.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE,

131(11), 1157-1169.

[J56] Taciroglu E, Liu CW (2005). “Analysis and design of multimodal piezoelectric layered

tubular sensors and actuators.” Smart Materials & Structures, 14, 605-614.

[J57] Bai H, Taciroglu E, Dong SB, Shah AH (2004). “Elastodynamic Green’s functions for a

laminated piezoelectric cylinder.” Int. Journal of Solids & Structures, 41(22-23), 6335-

6350.

[J58] Taciroglu E, Liu CW, Dong SB, Chun CK (2004). “Analysis of laminated piezoelectric

circular cylinders under axisymmetric mechanical and electrical loads with a semi-

analytic finite element method.” Int. J. Solids & Structures, 41(18-19), 5185-5208.

[J59] Hjelmstad KD, Taciroglu E (2003). “Mixed variational methods for finite element

analysis of geometrically nonlinear inelastic Bernoulli-Euler beams,” Comm. J. Num.

Meth. Engrg., 19, 809-832.

[J60] Taciroglu E, Hjelmstad KD (2002). “A simple nonlinear model for elastic behavior of

cohesionless granular materials,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 128(9),

969-978.

[J61] Hjelmstad KD, Taciroglu E (2002). “Mixed methods and flexibility approaches to

Bernoulli-Euler beam finite elements,” Journal of Const. Steel Res., 58, 967-993.

[J62] Hjelmstad KD, Taciroglu E (2000). “Analysis and implementation of resilient modulus

models of response of granular solids,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE,

126(8), 821-830.

Conference Proceedings, Abstracts, Presentations

[C1] Esmaeilzadeh Seylabi E, Hushmand A, Dashti S, Taciroglu E (2016). Quantification

of kinematic soil-structure interaction effects for buried reservoirs through

numerical models validated against centrifuge test data, 2016 Joint SEI-Geo

Congress, Feb. 14-17, Phoenix, AZ.

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[C2] Abazarsa F, Taciroglu E, Preusser F, Nigbor R, Kielb B (2016). System Identification

and Model Updating of the Watts Towers of Los Angeles,” 10th Int. Conference on

Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC 2016), Sep. 13-15, Leuven,

Belgium.

[C3] Abazarsa F, English J, Nigbor R, Preusser F, Kielb B, Taciroglu E (2015). Multi-

Sensor, Multi-Scale Structural Health Monitoring of Damage to the Watts Towers,

Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Pasadena, California, April 21-

23, 2015.

[C4] Celebi M, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2015). A comparison of low-amplitude ambient

and earthquake responses of a tall building on the MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA,

EERI Annual Meeting, April 2, Boston MA (poster).

[C5] Korkmaz HH, Taciroglu E (2015). Contribution of architectural brick infill walls to

the seismic response of reinforced concrete frames, Int. Conf. on Structural

Architectural and Civil Engineering, Nov. 21-22, Dubai, UAE.

[C6] Taciroglu E, Ghahari SF (2015), “Identification of Soil-Foundation Dynamic Stiffness

from Seismic Response Signals,” ACI Special Publication (accepted)—ACI Fall 2015

Convention,November 8-12, Denver, Colorado.

[C7] Gash R, Esmaeilzadeh Seylabi E, Taciroglu E (2015). Frequency Dependent Effects

of Soil-Structure Interaction on Inelastic Behavior of Superstructures, ACI Special

Publication (accepted)—ACI Fall 2015 Convention, November 8-12, Denver,

Colorado.

[C8] Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F, Taciroglu E (2015). Identification of soil-foundation

impedance functions from seismic response signals of instrumented buildings,”

2015 CSMIP Annual Workshop, October 22, University of California, Davis, CA.

[C9] Lotfollahi M, Alinia MM, Taciroglu E (2015) “Inelastic Post Buckling Response

toward Balanced Design Criteria of Different Intermediate/Special Diagonally and

X-Braced Moment Resisting Multi-Story Frames” SEWC 2015 - 5th Structural

Engineers World Congress 2015, Oct 19 - 22, Singapore.

[C10] Esmaeilzadeh E, Taciroglu E (2015), Reduced order modeling approaches for soil-

structure interaction problems, 2015 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference,

Stanford, CA, June 16-19.

[C11] Gash R, Esmaeilzadeh Seylabi E, Taciroglu E (2015). Discrete-time filter approach

for performance-based seismic assessment of inelastic structures subject to soil-

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structure interaction effects , 2015 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference,

Stanford, CA, June 16-19.

[C12] Bicer-Simsir B, Pozo I, Taciroglu E (2014). Alternative backing methods for lifted

mosaics, 12th Conference of the International Committee for the Conservation of

Mosaics (ICCM), Sardinia, Italy, October 27-31.

[C13] Esmaeilzadeh Seylabi E, Jeong C, Taciroglu E (2014). Model reduction in soil-

structure interaction problems, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute 2014

Conference (EMI2014), McMaster University, Hamilton Canada, August 5-8.

[C14] Gash R, Taciroglu E (2014). Stable implementation of Time Domain

Approximations of Foundation Impedance Functions, ASCE Engineering Mechanics

Institute 2014 Conference (EMI2014), McMaster University, Hamilton Canada,

August 5-8.

[C15] Shamsabadi A, Abazarsa F, Ghahari SF, Taciroglu E (2014). Bridge Instrumentation:

Needs, Options, Consequences, Proc. 2014 Istanbul Bridge Conference, August 11-

13.

[C16] Celebi M, Taciroglu E, Omrani R, Hisada Y (2014). Responses of two tall buildings

in Tokyo, japan, before, during, and after the M9.0 Tohoku Earthquake of March

11, 2014, 10th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (10NCEE),

Anchorage, Alaska, July 21-25.

[C17] Omrani R, Kasai K, Tran TN, Hudson RE, Taciroglu E (2014). System Identification

of The E‐Defense Full‐Scale Four Story Steel Test Structure Utilizing Shake Table

Test Data.15th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey,

August 25-29.

[C18] Mobasher B, Omrani R, Zareian F, Taciroglu E (2014). Sensitivity of Response of

Skewed Seat‐Type Abutment Bridges To Exterior Shear-key Modeling, 15th

European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, August 25-29.

[C19] Esmaeilzadeh Seylabi E, Kurtulus A, Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F, Stokoe II KH, Jeong C,

Taciroglu E (2014). Soil and Foundation Properties of a Vertically Excited Drilled

Shaft, 15th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey,

August 25-29.

[C20] Kirkit M, Akguner C, Berilgen M, Taciroglu E (2014). Kinematic Soil-Pile Interaction

in Cohesive Soils under Earthquake Loading, Géotechnique Symposium on

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering in Print – 2015.

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[C21] Esmaeilzadeh Seylabi E, Jeong C, Taciroglu E (2014). Evaluation of the impedance

functions of rigid and flexible foundations for heterogeneous soils, 11th World

Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM14), July 20–25, Barcelona, Spain.

[C22] Shamsabadi A, Taciroglu E (2013). A frequency-time domain handshake method

for seismic soil-foundation-structure interaction analysis of long-span bridges,

Proc. 7th National Seismic Conference of Bridges and Highways (7NSC), Oakland,

CA, May 20-22, 2013.

[C23] Omrani R, Hudson RE, Taciroglu E (2013). Identification of mass eccentricities from

seismic response of three-dimensional buildings, Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Urban

Earthquake Engineering (10CUEE), Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, March

1-2, 2013.

[C24] Mobasher B, Zareian F, Taciroglu E (2013). Quantification of variability in the

seismic response of RC bridge columns to uncertainties in soil-pile interaction

modeling parameters. Proc. 11th International Conference on Structural Safety &

Reliability (ICOSSAR2013), Columbia University, New York, NY, June 16-20, 2013.

[C25] Ghahari SF, Ghannad MA, Norman J, Crewe A, Abazarsa F, Taciroglu E (2013).

Considering wave passage effects in blind identification of long-span bridges,

Proc. IMAC-XXXI Conf. & Expo. On Struct. Dynamics, Garden Grove, CA, Feb. 11-

14.

[C26] Taciroglu E, Harb R, Ghoniem N (2013). High-fidelity beam finite element models

for the mechanical response of open-cell metallic foams, 2013 Conf. of the ASCE

Eng. Mechanics Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, August 4-7, 2013.

[C27] Kirkit M, Taciroglu E, Berilgen M, Akguner C (2013). Effect of single pile on site

reponse, Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Vibration Problems, Z. Dimitrovova et al. (eds.),

Lisbon, Portugal, September 9-12, 2013.

[C28] Jeong C, Seylabi EE, Taciroglu E (2013). A time-domain substructuring methods for

dynamic soil-structure-interaction analysis of arbitrarily shaped foundation systems

on heterogeneous media, Proc. 2013 ASCE Int. Workshop on Computing,

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, June 23-25, 2013.

[C29] Shamsabadi A, Mitchell S, Hipley P, Zha J, Omrani R, Ghahari F, Abazarsa F,

Taciroglu E (2012). “Assessment of Seismic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction

Analysis Procedures for Long-Span Bridges using Recorded Strong Motion

Data.”10th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE 2012),

Ankara, Turkey, October 17-19.

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[C30] Harb R, Taciroglu E, Ghoniem N (2012). “Energy partitioning in reticulated

structures under finite deformation” 22nd Int. Workshop on Computational

Mechanics of Materials, Baltimore, Maryland, September 24-26.

[C31] Wang X, Liu H, Prakash A, Vural M, Taciroglu E (2012). “Multi-scale modeling of

foam-core sandwich structures subject to simulated blast.” 22nd Int. Workshop on

Computational Mechanics of Materials, Baltimore, Maryland, September 24-26.

[C32] Dong SB, Taciroglu E (2012). “Beam theories for cross-sections of inhomogeneous,

anisotropic materials” International Conference on Mechanics of Nano, Micro and

Macro Composite Structures, Torino, Italy, June 18-20.

[C33] Jung J, Jeong C, Taciroglu E (2012). “Identification of scatterers embedded in

elastic media using dynamic XFEM,” 2012 Joint Conf. of the Engineering Mechanics

Institute and the 11th ASCE Joint Specialty Conf. on Probabilistic Mechanics and

Structural Reliability EMI/PMC 2012, Notre Dame, Indiana, June 17-20.

[C34] Taciroglu E, Ghahari SF, Abazarsa F (2012). “Response only identification of non-

classically damped systems.” 9th Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering

(9CUEE), Tokyo, Japan, May 6-8 (invited presentation).

[C35] Lemnitzer A, Hilson C, Nojoumi A, Taciroglu E, Wallace J, Stewart J (2012).

“Experimental Assessment of the Passive Resistance if a Bridge Abutment System

with various Backfill Heights.” ASCE GeoCongress, January 2012, San Francisco.

[C36] Lotfollahi M, Alinia MM, Taciroglu E (2011). “Collapse assessment of diagonally

braced moment resisting frames,” 2011 World Conference on Advances in

Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM11), Seoul, South Korea, September

18-22.

[C37] Bai H, Taciroglu E, Dong SB (2012). “Applications of steady-state modal data for a

piezoelectric waveguide with a general cross-section,” International Symposium on

Vibrations of Continuous Systems, Whistler, British Columbia, CA, July 18-22.

[C38] Po G, Harb R, Ramirez B, Crosby T, Taciroglu E, Ghoniem N (2011). ”Interfacial

Network Dynamics of Microstructure Evolution”, Third International Conference on

Heterogeneous Materials, Shanghai, China, May 22-26.

[C39] Lotfollahi M, Alinia MM, Taciroglu E (2011). “Inelastic buckling simulation of steel

braces through explicit dynamic analyses,” Num. Anal. & Appl. Math., ICNAAM

2011, AIP Conf. Proc., 1389, 2012-2015 (Halkidiki, Greece, 19-25 September).

[C40] Lotfollahi M, Alinia MM, Taciroglu E (2011), A validated finite element procedure

for buckling simulation of diagonally braced moment resisting frames, Num. Anal.

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& Appl. Math., ICNAAM 2011, AIP Conf. Proc., 1389, 2016-2019 (Halkidiki, Greece,

19-25 September).

[C41] Taciroglu E, et al. (2011). “Instrumentation and Dynamic Testing of Buildings for

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges” First Int.

Conference on Urban Construction in the Vicinity of Active Faults (ICCVAF2011),

Tabriz, Iran, September 3-5 (keynote presentation).

[C42] Kaviani P, Zareian F, Taciroglu E, Sarraf M (2011). “Simplified method for seismic

performance assessment of skewed bridges,” 3rd Int. Conf. on Comp. Meth. in

Struct. Dynamics & Earthq. Eng. (COMPDYN 2011), Corfu, Greece, May 26-28.

[C43] Kaviani P, Zareian F, Haselton C, Taciroglu E (2011). “Performance-based seismic

assessment of skewed bridges,” 8th Int. Conf. on Urban Earthq. Eng. (CUEE2011),

Tokyo, Japan, May 7-8.

[C44] Omrani R, Hudson R, Taciroglu E (2011). “Story-by-story identification of multi-

story frames from hysteretic response data” 8th Int. Conf. on Structural Dynamics

(EURODYN2011), Leuven, Belgium, July 4-6

[C45] Harb R, Taciroglu E, Ghoniem N (2011). “On energy partitioning in metallic and

polymeric open-cell foams under finite deformations,” 2011 ASCE Engineering

Mechanics Institute Conference (EMI2011), Boston, Massachusetts, June 2-4.

[C46] Harb R, Taciroglu E, Ghoniem N (2011). “Two-surface plasticity model for metallic

and polymeric foam ligaments,” 2011 ASME Conference on Mechanics of Materials

(McMAT 2011), Chicago, Illinois, May 30-June 1.

[C47] Repupilli M, Prakash A, Taciroglu E (2011). “A novel finite element formulation of

smooth beam-to-beam contact in 3D based on oriented volumes,” Eleventh US

National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 25-

28.

[C48] Prakash A, Taciroglu E, Vural M (2011). “Validated Multiscale Simulation

Framework for Large-strain Thermo-mechanical Response of Open-Cell Aluminum

Foams” NSF CMMI Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, January

4-17.

[C49] Omrani R, Hudson R, Taciroglu E (2010). “Parameter identification for hysteretic

models of torsional-shear buildings” Structures Congress 2010, Orlando, Florida,

May 12-15.

[C50] Omrani R, Hudson R, Taciroglu E (2010). “Identification of nonlinear response of

lateral load resisting systems in torsionally coupled shear buildings to seismic

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excitation” 2010 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, Los Angeles, CA,

August 8-11.

[C51] Khalili-Tehrani P, Taciroglu E, Shamsabadi A (2009). “Backbone curves for passive

lateral response of walls with homogenous backfills,” Proc. of 2009 Soil-

Foundation-Structure Interaction Workshop, University of Auckland, New Zealand,

November 24-26 (invited).

[C52] Prakash A, Harb R, Taciroglu E, Sharafat S, Ghoniem N (2009). “Multi-scale

thermo-mechanical modeling and simulation of cellular solids at high strain rates,”

10th US National Congress on Comp. Mechanics, Columbus, Ohio, July 16-19.

Keynote lecture (Prakash delivered on behalf of E. Taciroglu).

[C53] Prakash A, Taciroglu E (2009). “Accurate multi-time-step methods for coupled

Meshfree-FEM simulation of transient Non-linear problems,” 10th US National

Congress on Comp. Mechanics, Columbus, Ohio, July 16-19.

[C54] Elmer W, Taciroglu E (2009). “Member-scale simulations of reinforced concrete

under extreme loadings,” 10th US National Congress on Comp. Mech., Columbus,

Ohio, July 16-19.

[C55] Omrani R, Hudson R, Taciroglu E (2009). “A Time-Domain Covariance-Based

Parameter Estimation Method for Torsional Shear Buildings: Application to IASC-

ASCE Benchmark Studies,” 2009 Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conf. on Mechanics and

Materials, Blacksburg, Virginia, June 24-27.

[C56] Omrani R, Hudson R, Taciroglu E (2009). “A Time-Domain Covariance-Based

Parameter Estimation Method for Torsional Shear Buildings” Structures Congress

2009, Austin, Texas, April 29-May 2.

[C57] Lemnitzer A, Ahlberg ER, Khalili-Tehrani P, Rha CS, Taciroglu E, Stewart JP, Wallace

JW (2008). “Lateral load testing of a full-scale pile group in cohesive soil,”

Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China.

[C58] Kijewski-Correa T, Taciroglu E, Beck JL (2008). “System Identification of

Constructed Facilities: Challenges and Opportunities Across Hazards,” Proceedings

of the 2008 Structures Congress, Vancouver, Canada. DOI:10.1061/41016(314)140.

[C59] Prakash A, Taciroglu E (2008). “Mixed time-stepping for coupled meshfree and

finite element simulations.” 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics

(WCCM08), June 30–July 4, Venice, Italy.

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[C60] Elmer W, Taciroglu E (2008). “A quantitative evaluation of constitutive models of

concrete for simulation of damage under extreme loads,” Inaugural Int. Conf. of

the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), Minneapolis, Minnesota.

[C61] Stafsudd JZ, Hudson R, Taciroglu E, Yao K (2007). “Seismic array signal processing

for moving source localization,” in Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms,

Architectures, and Implementations XVII, Franklin T. Luk, Editor, 66970H (Sep. 21,

2007), Proceedings of the SPIE Vol. 6697(0H),1-12. DOI:10.1117/12.732713.

[C62] Skolnik D, Taciroglu E, Wallace JW (2007). “System Identification and Health

Monitoring Studies on Two Buildings in Los Angeles” 6th International Workshop,

Structural Health Monitoring, September 16-19, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

(Second Prize, Best Student Paper Competition).

[C63] Liu CW, Taciroglu E (2007). “Shape Sensitivity Analysis and Shape Optimization of

Piezoelectric Devices using an Enriched Meshfree Method” 9th US National

Congress on Computational Mechanics, July 22-26, San Francisco, CA.

[C64] Liu, CW, Taciroglu E (2007). “Shape sensitivity analysis and shape optimization of

piezoelectric transducers using an enriched meshfree method” Proceedings of the

18th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference EM2007, Blacksburg, Virginia.

[C65] Taciroglu E, Yu E, Skolnik D, Elmer W, Wallace JW, Stewart JW (2007). “Tales from

the Field: Vibration Testing & System Identification of an Earthquake-Damaged

Reinforced Concrete Building,” Proceedings of the 18th ASCE Engineering

Mechanics Conference EM2007, Blacksburg, Virginia.

[C66] Liu, CW, Taciroglu E (2007) “Meshfree optimization of piezoelectric devices”

ICCM2007 International Conference on Computational Mechanics, April 4-6,

Hiroshima, Japan.

[C67] Tehrani P, Ahlberg E, Rha C, Lemnitzer A, Salamanca A, Nigbor R, Stewart JP,

Wallace JW, Taciroglu E (2007) “Field testing and modeling of soil-structure

interaction for highway support structures” Proceedings of the 2007 Structures

Congress, Long Beach, CA. DOI:10.1061/40944(249)49.

[C68] Skolnik D, Yu E, Wallace JW, Taciroglu E (2007). “Modal system identification and

finite element model updating of a 15-story building using earthquake and

ambient vibration data” Proceedings of the 2007 Structures Congress, Long Beach

CA. DOI:10.1061/40944(249)75.

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[C69] Yu E, Skolnik D, Wallace JW, Taciroglu E (2007). “On forced vibration testing for

quantifying damage in building structures” Proceedings of the 2007 Structures

Congress, Long Beach CA. DOI:10.1061/40944(249)75.

[C70] Dong SB, Bai H, Shah AH, Taciroglu E (2006). “Modal data for a piezoelectric

cylinder and their applications,” 15th US National Congress on Theoretical and

Applied Mechanics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Jun 25-30, 2006.

[C71] Goulet C, Haselton CB, Mitrani-Reiser J, Stewart JP, Taciroglu E, Deierlein GG

(2006). “Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of a Code-Conforming Reinforced-

Concrete Frame Building - Part I: Ground Motion Selection and Structural Collapse

Simulation." 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. San Francisco,

CA: April 18-22, 2006.

[C72] Liu C, Taciroglu E (2006). “An interface enriched meshfree method for analysis of

piezoelectric structures,” Seventh World Congress on Computational Mechanics,

June 16-21, Los Angeles, California.

[C73] Alpdogan C, Taciroglu E (2006). “A semi-analytical method for end effects in

anisotropic cylinders,” Seventh World Congress on Computational Mechanics, June

16-21, Los Angeles, California.

[C74] Stafsudd JZ, Asgari S, Hudson RE, Yao K, Taciroglu E (2006). “Seismic and acoustic

array processing for near-field source localization,” Seventh World Congress on

Computational Mechanics, June 16-21, Los Angeles, California.

[C75] Ahlberg E, Rha C, Stewart JP, Nigbor R, Wallace JW, Taciroglu E (2006). “Field

Testing and Analytical Modeling of a Reinforced Concrete Embedded Pile Under

Lateral Loading” Fifth National Seismic Conference and Workshop on Bridges and

Highways, September 18-20, San Francisco, California.

[C76] Wang H, Chen CE, Asgari S, Stafsudd JZ, Ali A, Hudson RE, Lorenzelli F, Yao K,

Taciroglu E, Estrin D (2005). “Analysis, Implementation, and Application of Acoustic

and Seismic Arrays," Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Sensor

Networks and Applications, Oct. 20-21, 2005, Beijing, China.

[C77] Taciroglu E (2005). “On constitutive models for resilient response of unbound

granular materials,” 8th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, July

24-28, Austin, Texas.

[C78] Taciroglu E, Namazifard A, Acharya A, Parsons D (2005). “A stability analysis of ALE

methods for regressing boundary problems,” 8th US National Congress on

Computational Mechanics, July 24-28, Austin, Texas.

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[C79] Goulet C, Stewart JP, Taciroglu E (2005). “Integration of Models for Soil Structure

Interaction and Site Effects into the PEER Methodology,” 2005 Earthquake

Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Annual Meeting, February 2-6, Ixtapa, Mexico.

[C80] Goulet C, Stewart JP, Taciroglu E (2005). “Benchmarking Performance of New

Reinforced Concrete Buildings: Application of the PEER methodology.” 2005 Pacific

Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) Annual Meeting, April, Berkeley,

CA.

[C81] Goulet C, Stewart JP, Taciroglu E. (2005). “Integration of Models for Soil-Structure

Interaction and Site Effects into the PEER Methodology.” Joint ASCE/ASME/ASEE

Conference, McMat2005, June 1-3, Baton Rouge, LA.

[C82] Liu CW, Alpdogan C, Taciroglu E (2005). “A semi-analytic meshfree method for

analysis of piezoelectric cylinders,” Joint ASCE/ASME/ASEE Conference,

McMat2005, June 1-3, Baton Rouge, LA.

[C83] Taciroglu E, Wallace JW, Stewart JP, Whang D, Lei Y, Yu E, Skolnik D, Elmer W

(2005). “Forced vibration testing of a four-story reinforced concrete building,” Joint

ASCE/ASME/ASEE Conference, McMat2005, June 1-3, Baton Rouge, LA.

[C84] Rha CS, Taciroglu E (2005). “Numerical simulations for responses of large-diameter

reinforced concrete piles under lateral loading,” Joint ASCE/ASME/ASEE

Conference, McMat2005, June 1-3, Baton Rouge, LA.

[C85] Ahlberg E, Stewart JP, Wallace JW, Rha C, Taciroglu (2005). “Response of a

reinforced concrete embedded pile under lateral loading I: Field-testing,” 2005

Caltrans Bridge Conference, Oct 31-Nov 01, Sacramento, California.

[C86] Rha C, Taciroglu E, Wallace JW, Ahlberg E, Stewart JP (2005). “Response of a

reinforced concrete embedded pile under lateral loading II: Numerical studies,”

2005 Caltrans Bridge Conference, Oct 31-Nov 01, Sacramento, California.

[C87] Asgari S, Stafsudd JZ, Chen CE, Ali A, Hudson RE, Whang D, Lorenzelli F, Yao K,

Taciroglu E (2005). “Collection and Processing of Acoustic and Seismic Array Data

for Source Localization,” in Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms, Architectures,

and Implementations XV, Ed. Franklin T. Luk, Proceedings of the SPIE Vol.

5910:138-149.

[C88] Liu CW, Dong SB, Taciroglu E (2004). “A semi-analytic approach for analysis of

laminated piezoelectric cylinders” 2nd Int. Conf. Structural Eng., Mech. & Comp.,

Cape Town, South Africa.

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[C89] Whang DH, Wallace JW, Stewart, JP, Taciroglu E (2004). “Forced-vibration testing

of a reinforced-concrete building using the NEES@UCLA field testing site,”

Proceedings of the 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Newark,

Delaware (CD-ROM).

[C90] Rha CS, Wallace JW, Taciroglu E (2004). “Analytical Modeling of Soil-Structure

Interaction for Bridge Columns,” 13th World Conference on Earthquake

Engineering, Vancouver, B.C. Canada (Paper No. 2388).

[C91] Liu CW, Dong SB, Taciroglu E (2004). “Semi-analytic methods for analysis of

laminated piezoelectric cylinders” in Smart Structures and Materials 2004: Sensors

and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical and Aerospace Systems,

Ed. Shih-Chi Liu, Proceedings of the SPIE Vol. 5391:138-149.

[C92] Taciroglu E, Rha, CS, Stewart JP, Wallace JW (2003). “Robust Numerical Models for

Cyclic Response of Reinforced Concrete Piles Embedded in Soil,” Proceedings of

the 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Seattle, Washington (CD-ROM).

[C93] Taciroglu E, Hjelmstad KD (2002). “Structural Analysis of Frames with Mixed

Variational and Flexibility Methods,” Proceedings of the 15th ASCE Engineering

Mechanics Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY (CD-ROM).

[C94] Taciroglu E, Acharya A, Namazifard A, Parsons ID (2001). “Arbitrary Lagrangian-

Eulerian Finite Element Methods for Simulation of Solid-Propellant Rockets,” 6th

U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, USACM, Dearborn, Michigan.

[C95] Namazifard A, Parsons ID, Acharya A, Taciroglu E, JD Hales (2000). “Parallel

structural analysis of solid rocket motors,” 36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint

Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, Alabama (AIAA Paper 2000-3456).

[C96] Sheffer A, Taciroglu E (2000). “Hexahedral mesh adjustment for the simulation of

solid-propellant rockets,” in Advances in Comp. Engrg. & Science, Eds. SN Atluri

and FW Brust, Tech. Science Press, Vol. II: 1366-1371.

[C97] Taciroglu E, Hjelmstad KD (1999). “Isotropic limit tension or compression

elasticity,” Proceedings of the 13th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference,

Baltimore, Maryland (CD-ROM).

[C98] Taciroglu E, Hjelmstad KD (1998). “Modeling the resilient response of asphalt

pavements”, Proceedings of the 12th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference,

San Diego, California, pp. 1122-1125.

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[C99] Hjelmstad KD, Taciroglu E (1997). “A coupled hyperelastic constitutive model for

resilient behavior of granular materials” in Aircraft/Pavement Technology, In the

Midst of Change, Ed. FV Hermann, ASCE, pp. 178-189.

Invited Oral Presentations

[O1] Taciroglu E (2016). “Regional Performance-Based Seismic Assessment of Bridges”

Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, May 2016.

[O2] Taciroglu E (2015). “Development of a Regional Performance-Based Seismic

Assessment Framework for California’s Highway Bridges,” Caltrans Office of

Earthquake Engineering, October 21, Sacramento CA, 2015.

[O3] Taciroglu E (2015). “When Equations Outnumber the Unknowns,” Advances in

Applied & Computational Mechanics, August 5-7, 2015, Izmir, Turkey (Keynote).

[O4] Taciroglu E (2014). “When the Equations Outnumber the Unknowns: A civil

engineer’s treasure hunt in the world of inverse problems,” Northwestern University,

Evanston, Illinois, June 11, 2014; Tongji University, Shanghai, China, November 23,

2014; Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China, November

24, 2014; Chang’an University and Xi’an University of Architecture & Technology,

Xi’an, China, November 26, 2014.

[O5] Taciroglu E (2013). “A blind method for output-only modal identification of soil-

structure systems: novelties, consequences, and needs,” CUREE Workshop of

Torsional Soil-Structure Interaction, Boulder, Colorado, July 1-2, 2013.

[O6] Taciroglu E (2011). “Validated Models of Passive Response of Homogeneous

Backfills of Seat-type Abutments,” Yildiz Technical University, Turkey, July 18, 2011.

[O7] Taciroglu E (2010). “Forced Vibration Testing and System Identification of an

Earthquake Damaged Building,” Middle Eastern Technical University, Turkey,

October 28, 2010.

[O8] Taciroglu E (2009). “Validated Response Models of Passive Resistance of

Homogeneous Backfills,” University of California, Irvine, November 6, 2009.

[O9] Taciroglu E (2007). “Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian methods for regressing domains

& a stability analysis,” California Institute of Technology, May 31, 2007.

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[O10] Taciroglu E (2006). “On an improved finite element model updating method and

its application to experimental data,” University of California, San Diego, November

23, 2006.

[O11] Taciroglu E (2006). “Forced vibration testing and system identification of the Four

Seasons building,” Bogazici University, Kandilli Observatory & Earthquake Research

Institute, Istanbul, Turkey, August 24, 2006.

[O12] Taciroglu E (2006). “Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian methods for regressing domains

& a stability analysis,” Cornell University, April 28, 2006.

[O13] Taciroglu E (2006). “Challenges in the numerical simulation of extreme events,”

University of Colorado at Boulder, April 14, 2006.

[O14] Taciroglu E, Wallace JW, Stewart JP, Whang D (2005). “Forced Vibration Testing &

Analytical Modeling of a Four-story Reinforced Concrete Frame Building,” SEAOSC

Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.

Reports & Other Publications

[R1] Taciroglu E, Hjelmstad KD (1998). “Constitutive modeling of the resilient response

of granular solids,” Civil Engineering Studies, COE Report No. 5, UILU-ENG-98-2013.

[R2] Hjelmstad KD (1998) Fundamentals of Structural Mechanics: Solution's Manual with

assistance from E. Taciroglu, J. Kim, E. Williamson and Q. Zuo, Prentice Hall, Upper

Saddle River, NJ.

[R3] Stewart, JP, Taciroglu E, Wallace JW, Ahlberg ER, Lemnitzer A, Rha CS, Khalili-

Tehrani P, Keowen S, Nigbor RL, and Salamanca A (2007). "Full scale cyclic testing

of foundation support systems for highway bridges. Part I: Drilled shaft

foundations," Report No. UCLA-SGEL 2007/01, Structural and Geotechnical

Engineering Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles.

[R4] Stewart, JP, Taciroglu E, Wallace JW, Ahlberg ER, Lemnitzer A, Rha CS, Khalili-

Tehrani P, Keowen S, Nigbor RL, and Salamanca A (2007). "Full scale cyclic testing

of foundation support systems for highway bridges. Part II: Abutment backwalls,"

Report No. UCLA-SGEL 2007/02, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering

Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles.

[R5] Haselton CB, Mitrani-Reiser J, Goulet C, Deierlein GG, Beck J, Porter KA, Stewart JP,

Taciroglu E (2008). “An assessment to benchmark the seismic performance of a

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code-conforming reinforced concrete moment-frame Building,” Rpt. No. PEER-

2007/12, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California,

Berkeley.

[R6] Taciroglu E, Khalili-Tehrani P (2008). “M7.8 Southern San Andreas Fault Earthquake

Scenario: Non-ductile Reinforced Concrete Building Stock,” in The ShakeOut

Scenario, Eds. Jones LM, et al., United States Geological Survey, USGS Open File

Report 2008-1150.

[R7] Kijewski-Correa T, Taciroglu E (2014) “Chapter 7. Case Studies: Structural

Identification of Buildings” in Approaches, Methods and Technologies for Effective

Practice of System Identification: A State-of-the-Art Report, ASCE-SEI Committee on

Structural Identification of Constructed Facilities, Ed. A.E. Aktan.

[R8] Shamsabadi A, Xu S-Y, Taciroglu E (2013) “Development of Improved Guidelines for

Analysis and Design of Earth Retaining Structures,” Report No. UCLA-SGEL 2013/02,

Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory, University of California, Los

Angeles (also Caltrans Report No. CA13-2270).

[R9] Kaviani P, Zareian F, Taciroglu E (2014) “Performance-based Seismic Assessment of

Skewed Bridges,” PEER Report No. 2014/1, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research

Center, Berkeley, CA.

[R10] Taciroglu E, Shamsabadi A, Abazarsa F, Nigbor R, Ghahari SF (2014) “Comparative

Study of Model Predictions and Data from the Caltrans-CSMIP Bridge

Instrumentation Program: A Case study on the Eureka-Samoa Channel Bridge”

Report No. UCLA-SGEL 2014/01, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering

Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles (also Caltrans Report No. CA14-

2418).

[R11] Omrani R, Mobasher B, Liang X, Gunay S, Mosalam KM, Zareian F, Taciroglu E

(2015). “Guidelines for Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Ordinary Bridges: Version 2.0,”

Caltrans Final Report No. 15-65A0454.

Data Sets

[D1] Serdar Soyoz, Ertugrul Taciroglu, Kutay Orakcal, Robert Nigbor, Derek Skolnik,

Hilmi Lus, Erdal Safak, Jackson English (2013). Ambient Test #1. Network for

Earthquake Engineering Simulation (distributor), Dataset, DOI: 10.4231/D3QJ77Z08

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[D2] Serdar Soyoz, Ertugrul Taciroglu, Kutay Orakcal, Robert Nigbor, Derek Skolnik,

Hilmi Lus, Erdal Safak, Jackson English (2013). Ambient Test #2. Network for

Earthquake Engineering Simulation (distributor), Dataset, DOI: 10.4231/D3KS6J46X

[D3] Serdar Soyoz, Ertugrul Taciroglu, Kutay Orakcal, Robert Nigbor, Derek

Skolnik, Hilmi Lus, Erdal Safak, Jackson English (2013). Forced Vibration Test.

Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (distributor), Dataset, DOI:

10.4231/D3G44HQ5D

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

Service to Professional Journals

Managing Editor, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 2011 to present.

Editorial Board Member, Earthquake Spectra, 2013 to present

Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2010 to present.

Editorial Board Member, Structural Control & Health Monitoring, 2015 to present

Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 2008 to 2011.

Editorial Board Member, Int. J. for Theoretical & Applied Multi-scale Mechanics, 2010 to

present

Memberships in Professional Societies

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Engineers Without Borders (Faculty Advisor to UCLA Student Chapter 2008-2009, 2013-

2014)

Technical Committees

2003 – present, ASCE EMI Comp. Mechanics Committee (chair-elect, 2014-present)

2006 – present, ASCE EMI Dynamics Committee

2015 – present, ASCE SEI Advances in Simulation Committee

2003 – 2012, ASCE Inelastic Behavior Committee

2004 – 2006, Scientific Adv. Board for 2006 USACM World Congress on Comp.

Mechanics

Recent Professional Service

Minisymposium organizer (Comp. Modeling, also Comp. Mech.) EMI2016

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Minisymposium organizer (Comp. Modeling, also Comp. Mech.) EMI2015

Minisymposium organizer (Comp. Modeling, and Comp. Mech.) EMI2014

EMI Dynamics Committee Student Paper Competition judge EMI2015

Scientific Advisory Board EMI2016

Scientific Advisory Board EMI2014

Recent or Ongoing Academic Service at UCLA

2016-, Chair, Academic Senate Undergraduate Council.

2016-, Vice Chair, UCLA Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.

2014-2016, Merit Increase & Promotion Committees (elected, chair)

2015-2016, Vice Chair, Academic Senate Undergraduate Council.

DOCTORAL STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS ADVISED

(Name, degree, thesis/study topic, completion date, current position).

[1] Changsoon Rha, Ph.D. & Post-doc, (co-advised with J. Wallace, Civil & Env. Eng.

Dept., UCLA “Analytical studies of full-scale reinforced concrete shaft/columns subject

to cyclic lateral loads,” June 2006 (currently, Assistant Professor at Kookmin

University, Seoul, Korea).

[2] CW Liu, Ph.D. & Post-doc, “Semi-analytical methods for analysis of prismatic

structures with piezoelectric inclusions,” August 2006 (currently, Lead Engineer at

Parsons Brinkerhoff, San Francisco, CA).

[3] Jing Zhao-Stafsudd (co-advised with K. Yao, Electrical Eng. Dept., UCLA), Ph.D.,

“Seismic signal processing for near-field source localization,” December 2006

(currently, Senior Systems Engineer at Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems, Los

Angeles, CA).

[4] Can Alpdogan, Ph.D., “Refined beams theories for inhomogeneous, anisotropic

cylinders with arbitrary cross-sectional shapes,” July 2008 (Senior Staff Engineer at

MMI Engineering, Oakland, CA; recently, Supervisor of Structural Analysis and

Design Group at FIGES AS, Ankara Turkey).

[5] Payman Tehrani, Ph.D. & Post-doc “Modeling and analysis of soil-structure

interaction in bridge support structures,” May 2009 (currently, Analyst at Advanced

Technologies & Research Division at Arup).

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[6] Arun Prakash, Post-doc, “Spatial and temporal coupling of meshfree and finite

element methods,” also “Thermo-mechanical modeling of open-cell aluminum

foams,” Sep 2007-Aug 2009 (currently, Assistant Professor at Purdue University,

West Lafayette, IN).

[7] William Elmer, Ph.D., “Computational methods for simulation of extreme events on

concrete structures,” December 2009 (currently, Engineer at Lawrence Livermore

National Lab).

[8] Roshanak Omrani, Ph.D., “System Identifi cation of Torsionally Coupled Shear

Buildings using Linear and Hysteretic Time Domain Data.” May 2010 (formerly, Post-

doctoral Research Assoc. at UCLA, and currently Assist. Project Scientist at UC-Irvine).

[9] Rani Harb, Ph.D., (co-advised with N. Ghoniem, Mech. & Aerospace Eng. Dept.,

UCLA), “Computational modeling of the mechanical response of open-cell foams:

finite deformations and ligament plasticity,” November 2011 (currently, Simulation

Tech. Group Analyst at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.).

[10] Maximiliano Repupilli, Ph.D., (co-advised with N. Ghoniem, Mech. & Aerospace Eng.

Dept., UCLA), “A robust method for beam-to-beam contact problems based on a

novel tunneling constraint,” August 2012 (currently, Post-doctoral Research Assoc. at

Yokohama University, Japan).

[11] Shi-Yu Xu, Post-Doc, “Generalized log-spiral Ranking methods for estimation of

maximum seismic earth pressures on retaining structures” and “Omni-directional

models for lateral response of pile foundations” Summer 2011-Summer 2013

(currently Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong).

[12] Chanseok Jeong, Post-Doc, “Development of a forward wave solver for determining

impedance functions for arbitrarily shaped structures embedded in heterogeneous

media” Fall 2011-Summer 2013, (currently, Assistant Professor, Catholic University of

America).

[13] Jaedal Jung, Ph.D., “Development of an extended-semi-analytical fi nite element

method for damage quantifi cation in heterogeneous anisotropic waveguides.” July

2014 (currently, post-doc at University of Miami).

[14] Seyed Farid Ghahari, Post-doctoral Researcher “Quantification of soil-structure-

interaction effects for multi-story buildings using recorded strong motion data,”

(current).

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[15] Fariba Abazarsa, Post-doctoral Researcher “Computational modeling of frozen

shoulder syndrome and its quantified diagnostic from patient-specific data,” (funded

by Los Angeles County Museum of Arts).

[16] Seyedali Nojoumi, Ph.D., “Soil-structure interaction analysis of skew-angled bridge

abutments,” (December 2015 (currently, Clinical Assist. Prof. at Loyola Marymount

University).

[17] Richard Gash (Lt. Col., U.S. Army), Ph.D., “Development of analysis methods for soil-

structure interaction problems in the time-domain.” July 2015 (currently, Assist. Prof.

at US Military Academy).

[18] Elnaz Seylabi Esmaeilzadeh, Ph.D., “Development of methods and simulation tools for

soil-structure interaction analysis of arbitrarily layered soils and flexible foundations

in the time-domain” (current student, ATC 2014).

[19] Barbaros Cetiner, Ph.D., “Performance-based seismic assessment of highway bridges

using image-based models,” (current, ATC 2015).

[20] Alireza Ghotbi, Ph.D., “Performance-based seismic assessment of buildings using

image and user-supplied metadata,” (current, ATC 2015).

[21] Arastoo Dasmeh, Ph.D. “Kinematic and inertial interaction models for earth retaining

structures,” (current, ATC 2015).

[22] Wenyang Zhang, Ph.D. “Three-dimensional inelastic modeling of soil-structure

interaction effects” (current, ATC 2016).

[23] Ji Zhang, Ph.D. (jointly advised with Tongji University, China “Vehicle-track-bridge

interaction in high-speed rail systems.”

[24] Shugang Tian, Ph.D. (jointly advised with Tongji University, China “Seismic fragility of

immersed tube tunnels.”

RESEARCH SPONSORS

M.S. studies sponsored by U.S. Army, Const. Engineering Research Laboratory,

Champaign Illinois.

Ph.D. studies sponsored by Federal Aviation Administration, Center of Excellence for

Airport Pavement Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Post-doctoral studies sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Strategic

Computing Initiative Program.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Taciroglu — cv 25

Extramural Funding at UCLA (approximate total is ~4M)

Research at UCLA sponsored by NSF, US-Army, Caltrans, Pacific Earthquake Engineering

Research Center, California Geological Survey, United States Geological Survey, California

Energy Commission, Applied Technology Council, Endo Pharma, Lawrence Livermore

National Laboratory, Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, Getty Conservation Center.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

(Median instructor evaluations are indicated. Maximum possible grade is 9.0 unless noted

otherwise)

CEE19 (Fiat Lux) seminar course titled “Learning from our Mistakes: Catastrophic Failure

of Structures through the Ages,” [Sp05 (N/A), Sp06 (N/A), Sp07 (4.0/4.0)].

“CEE M20: Introduction to Programming with Matlab” [8.0@Sp15, 8.0@Su15]

“CEE 199: Special Individual Study” [Su08, F08, W09, F11, W11, Su12, F12, Su12, F13,

S13, Su14, F15]

“CEE130: Elementary Structural Mechanics” [7.0@W02, 7.0@W03, 6.0@W05, 7.0@W07,

8.0@W08, 8.0@W09, 8.0@W10, 8.0@W11, 7.5@W12, 8.5W13]

“CEE103: Applied Numerical Analysis and Modeling,” [8.0@Sp08, 8.0@Sp09, 7.0@Sp10,

8.0@Sp11, 8.0@Sp12, 8.0@F14].

“CEE C137/C239: Introduction to Structural Dynamics,” [7.0@F01, 9.0@F03, 9.0@F15]

“CEE235A: Advanced Structural Analysis,” [9.0@F04, 7.0@F05, 8.0@F06, 9.0@F08,

8.0@F09, 9.0@F11, 8.0@F12, 8.5F13, 8.0@F14].

CEE235B: Finite Element Analysis of Structures,” [8.0@W14, 9.0@W15, 9.0W16 ]

“CEE235C: Nonlinear Analysis of Structures,” [9.0@Sp02, 9.0@Sp03, 9.0@Sp04, 9.0@Sp06,

9.0@Sp07, 9.0@Sp10, 8.5@Sp11, 9.0@Sp13]

“CEE246: Structural Resp. to Ground Motions,” [7.5@W03, 8.5@W04, 8.5@W05,

8.0@W06]