MAE Center - Conference Proceedings

Alphabetical by Author

1. Alimoradi, A., Naeim, F., Pezeshk, S., 2004, "GA-based selection and scaling of strong ground motion records for structural design," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #246, August 1-6.

2. Aschheim, M., 2000, "The primacy of the yield displacement in seismic design," US-Japan Workshop on Performance Based Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Sapporo, Japan, September 10-12.

3. Black, E., Aschheim, M., 2000, "Effect of prior earthquake damage on response of simple structures," STRESS-MAE Center Workshop on Structural Design Issues for Buildings in Moderate Risk Seismic Zones Mid-America Earthquake Center, CD Release 00-01, April.

4. Bretz, E., Inel, M., Black, E., Aschheim, M., Abrams, D., 2001, "Utility Software for Earthquake Engineering," KEERC-MAE Joint Seminar on Risk Mitigation for Regions of Moderate Seismicity, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, August 5-8.

5. Burns, S. Bostrom, A., 2004, "Barriers to implementation of performance based engineering: Lessons from the Tennessee 2003 international building code hearings," 2004 ANCER Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, July 28-30.

6. Choi, Y.H., LaFave, J.M., 2001, "Experimental evaluation of brick-tie-wood subassemblies," 9th Canadian Masonry Symposium, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, June.

7. Craig, J.I., Goodno, B.J., Towashiraporn, P., Park, J., 2002, "Fragility Reduction Estimations for URM Buildings Using Response Modification," Proceedings, 12th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering Research, Paper No. 805, London, September 9 - 13.

8. Cuesta, I., Aschheim, M., 2002, "Peak displacements and interstory drifts of nonlinear mdof systems using principal components analysis," 7th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, July 21-25.

9. DesRoches, R., Andrawes, B., 2002, "Seismic Retrofit of Bridges Using Shape Memory Alloy Restrainers," Proceedings of the 3rd National Seismic Conferences for Bridges and Highways, Portland, OR, May.

10. DesRoches, R., Choi, E., Leon, R.T., Dyke, S., Aschheim, M., 2002, "Seismic Evaluation of Typical Bridge Superstructure Retrofits in Mid-America," 7NCEE, Boston, MA, July 21 - 25.

11. DesRoches, R., Delemont, M., 2001, "Seismic response modification using Nitinol dampers," Proceedings of the Advanced Stability and Seismicity Concepts for Performance-Based Design of Steel and Composite Structures, Kyoto, Japan, July 23 - 26.

12. DesRoches, R., Leon, R., Choi, E., Dyke, S., Jansen, L., 2000, "Response modification and evaluation of bridges in the Central and Southeastern United States," Proceedings of the 12th World Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, February.

13. DesRoches, R., Leon, R., Choi, E., Pfeifer, T., 2000, "Seismic retrofit of bridges in Mid-America," Proceedings of the 16th US-Japan Bridge Engineering Workshop, Reno, Nevada, October 1 - 5.

14. DesRoches, R., Leon, R., Hess, G., Ocel, J., 2000, "Seismic design and retrofit using shap memory alloys," Proceeding of the US-China Millenium Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, November.

15. DesRoches, R., Leon, R., Ocel, J., 2002, "Testing and Analysis of Partially Restrained Connections Using Shape Memory Alloys," Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference in Structural Control, Como, Italy, April.

16. DesRoches, R., Neilson, B., 2002, "Seismic fragility curves for bridges: a tool for retrofitprioritization," Proceedings of the Sixth U.S. Conference and Workshop on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, August.

17. DesRoches, R., Pfeifer, T., Leon, R., 2001, "Full-Scale Tests of Cable Restrainer Retrofits for Bridges in Mid-America," 17th US-Japan Bridge Workshop, Tsukuba, Japan, November.

18. DesRoches, R., Pfeifer, T., Leon, R., 2002, "Full-Scale Experimental Tests of Restrainer Cable Retrofit Used in Simply Supported Bridges," 7NCEE, Boston, MA, July.

19. DesRoches, R., Pfeifer, T., Leon, R., 2001, "Seismic testing of retrofits in the central and southeastern United States," Proceeding of the 17th Annual US-Japan Bridge Workshop, Tsukuba, Japan, November.

20. Di Sarno, L., Elnashai, A.S., 2004, "Bracing systems for seismic retrofitting of steel frames," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #3351, August 1-6.

21. Duenas-Osorio, L., Craig, J.I., Goodno, B.J., 2004, "Rapid regional response simulation of 3-D prototype structures for fragility characterization," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #1499, August 1-6.

22. Duenas-Osorio, L., Craig, J.I., Goodno, B.J., 2004, "Probabilistic response of interdependent infrastructure networks," 2004 ANCER Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, July 28-30.

23. Elhakim, A.F., Mayne, P.W., 2003, "Derived stress-strain-strength of clays from seismic cone tests," 3rd International Symposium on the Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, Lyons, France, September 22-24.

24. Elnashai, A.S., 2002, "Integration of Earthquake Testing, Analysis and Field Observations for Seismic Performance Evaluation," 12th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, London, UK, September 9 - 13.

25. Elnashai, A.S., He, L., Elgamal, A., 2004, "Spectra for vertical earthquake ground motion," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #2309, August 1-6.

26. Erbay, O.O., Abrams, D.P., 2004, "A methodology to assess seismic risk for populations of unreinforced masonry buildings," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #2445, August 1-6.

27. Erberik, M.A., Elnashai, A.S., 2004, "Vulnerability analysis of flat slab structures," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #3102, August 1-6.

28. Goodno, B.J., Craig, J.I, Towashiraporn, P., Losiriluk, T., 1999, "Passive response modification for low rise buildings in Mid-America," The US-Korea Workshop on New Frontiers in Infrastructure and Seismic Engineering, (Published by Techno Press, Seoul, Korea, 2000) Techno-Press, pp. 167-175, August 24-26.

29. Goodno, B.J., Craig, J.I., Towashiraporn, P., Dogan, T., Losiriluk, T., 2000, "Response modification for essential facilities hazard mitigation in Mid-America," 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper 1675 (CDROM), Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering; Upper Hutt, New Zealand, Paper # 1675, January 30- February 4.

30. Hashash, Y. M. A., Park, D., 2002, "Viscous damping formulation and high frequency motion propogation in non-linear site response analysis," Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 22, pp. 611 - 624.

31. Hashash,Y.M.A., Park, D., Lee, J., 2001, "Non-linear site response analysis for deep deposits in the New Madrid seismic zone," 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics and Symposium in Honor of Professor W.D. Liam Finn, San Diego, CA Paper No 3.07, March 26-31.

32. Hueste, M.B.D., Bai, J.-W., 2003, "Predicting the seismic performance of a RC building in the central U.S.," Fifth US-Japan Workshop on Performance-Based Seismic Design Methodology for Concrete Buildings, Hakone, Japan, September.

33. Hueste, M.B.D., Bai, J.-W., 2004, "Impact of retrofit on the seismic fragility of a reinforced concrete structure," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #1163, August 1-6.

34. Hueste, M.B.D., Briaud, J.L., Aubeny, C. Kim. Y.-S., Roesset, J.M., 2002, "Dynamic stiffness and damping characteristics for micro-pile retrofitted foundations," 7NCEE, Boston, MA, July 21-25.

35. Hueste, M.B.D., Briaud, J.L., Gameros, S.Y., Buchanan, J.L., Fratinardo, V.F., 2001, "Dynamic behavior of micro-pile retrofitted foundations for non-liquefied and liquefied soil conditions," 80th Annual Transporation Research Board Meeting, Washington, D.C. Paper No. 01-2983, January 7-11.

36. Hwang, H., Jernigan, J.B., Billings, S., Werner, S.D., 2000, "Expert opinion survey on bridge repair stategy and traffic impact," Post Earthquake Highway Response and Recovery Seminar, St. Louis, September 5-8.

37. Hwang, H., Liu, J.B., Chiu, Y.H., 2001, "Seismic fragility analysis of reinforced concrete bridges," 8th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliabilty, Newport Beach, CA, June 17-23.

38. Inel, M., Aschheim, M.A., 2001, "Nonlinear Embankment Contribution to the Seismic Response of Short Bridges," KEERC-MAE Joint Seminar on Risk Mitigation for Regions of Moderate Seismicity, University of Illinois, Urbana, August 5-8.

39. Inel, M., Aschheim, M.A., 2002, "Simplified modeling of embankment flexibility and implications for design of bridge substructures," 7th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, July 21-25.

40. Inel, M., Aschheim, M.A., 2002, "Seismic displacement demands of short bridges considering embankment flexibility," 12th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, London, England, Sep. 9-13.

41. Jeong, S.-H., Elnashai, A.S., 2004, "Analytical and experimental seismic assessment of irregular RC buildings," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #113, August 1-6.

42. Jeong, S.-H., Elnashai, A.S., 2004, "Fragility analysis using a new 3D damage index," 2004 ANCER Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, July 28-30.

43. Jernigan, J.B., Hwang, H., 2002, "Development of bridge fragility curves," 7NCEE, Boston, MA, July 21 - 25.

44. Kim, S.C., White, D., 2001, "Seismic assessment of existing unreinforced masonry buildings," Korean Earthquake Engineering Research Center -- Mid-America Earthquake Center Workshop, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, August.

45. Kim, T.J., Sohn, J., Hewings, G. J. D., Lee, J.S., Jang, S. G, 2002, "A scenario analysis for economic asssessment of earthquake impacts on transportation networks using gis," Proceedings of the Fourth China-Japan-US Trilateral Symposium on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, Qingdao, China, October 27 - 31.

46. Kornkasem, W., Nam, S.I., Foutch, D.A., Ghaboussi, J., Aschheim, M.A., 2000, "Seismic analysis of a truss-arch bridge crossing Mississippi River," 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering: Upper Hutt, New Zealand, Paper #0495, January 30-February 4.

47. Kwon, O., Elnashai, A., 2004, "Sensitivity of analytical vulnerability functions to input and response parameter randomness," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC, August 1-6.

48. LaFave, J. M., Otahal, C. J., and Choi, Y.-H, 2002, "On the use of brick masonry veneer with wood framing in low-to-moderate seismic zones," Proceedings, Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, July.

49. Liao, T., Mayne, P.W., 2002, "Evaluation of dynamic soil properties and liquefaction potential by seismic piezocone tests," Proceedings, International Conference on Advances & New Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research (ICANCEER), Harbin, China, August 15-17.

50. Liao, T., Mayne, P.W., 2002, "Evaluation of dynamic soil properties and liquefaction potential by seismic piezocone tests," Proceedings, International Conference on Advances & New Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research (ICANCEER), Hong Kong, China Hong Kong Polytechnic University, August 19 - 20.

51. Liao, T., Mayne, P.W., 2004, "Induced-liquefaction and time effects on cone penetrometer measurements in the new madrid seismic zone," 2004 ANCER Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, July 28-30.

52. Losiriluk, T., Goodno, B.J., Craig, J.I., 2002, "Seismic response of partial height URM walls," 7NCEE, Boston, MA, July 21-25.

53. Maheshwari, B.K., Truman, K.Z., 2004, "3-D fintie element nonlinear dynamic analysis for soil-pile-structure interaction," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #1570, August 1-6.

54. Maheshwari, B.K., Truman, K.Z., Gould, P.L., 2001, "Nonlinear dynamic analysis of pile foundations: effect of placticity of soil," 10th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2, pp. 1019-1024.

55. Maheshwari, B.K., Truman, K.Z., Gould, P.L., 2001, "Effect of placticity of soil on seismic response of pile foundations: parametric study," 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Dynamics No. 6_47 (CD ROM).

56. Mayne, P.W., 2000, "Enhanced geotechnical site characterization by seismic piezocone penetration tests," Fourth International Geotechnical Conference, Cairo University, pp. 95-120, January.

57. Mayne, P.W., 2001, "Stress-strain-strength-flow parameters from enhanced in-situ tests," Proceedings, International Conference in In-Situ Measurement of Soil Properties & Case Histories, Bali, Indonesia, pp. 27 - 48, May 21 - 24.

58. Mayne, P.W., 2003, "Class "A" footing response prediction from seismic cone tests," 3rd International Symposium on the Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, Lyons, France, September 22-24.

59. Mayne, P.W., 2003, "Integrated ground behavior: In-situ and lab tests," 3rd International Symposium on the Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, Lyons, France, September 22-24.

60. Mayne, P.W., 2004, "Lateral drilled shaft response from dilatometer tests," ADSC/G-I Joint International Specialty Conference & Equipment Exposition, Orlando, FL The Internation Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC) and The ASCE Geo-Institute (G-I), January 12-31.

61. Mayne, P.W., Brown, D.A., 2003, "Characterization of Piedmont residuum of North America," Singapore Workshop, Balkema/Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse 2, pp. 1323-1339.
62. McGillivray, A., Casey, T., Mayne, P. W., Schneider, J. A., 2000, "An electro-vibrocone for site-specific evaluation of soil liquefaction potential," Innovations and Applications in Geotechnical Site Characterization: Geo-Denver 2000, Denver, Colorado American Society of Civil Engineers, GSP. No. 97, August 5-8.

63. Moon, F. L., Yi, T., Leon, R.T., Kahn, L.F., 2002, "Seismic Strengthening of Unreinforced Masonry Structures with FRP Overlays and Post-Tensioning,"
Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, London, UK.

64. Moon, F. L., Yi, T., Leon, R.T., Kahn, L.F., 2003, "Large-Scale Tests of an Unreinforced Masonry Low-Rise Building," Proceedings of the Ninth North American Masonry Conference, Clemson, SC.

65. Moon, F., Yi, T., Leon, R., Kahn, L., 2001, "Retrofit of URM structures with FRP overlays and post-tensioning," COHEMIS Workshop on Repair and Rehabilitation of Buildings and Bridges, University of Puerto Rico, April 20-22.

66. Nam, S.I., Kornkasem, W., Ghaboussi, J., Foutch, D.A., Aschheim, M.A., 1999, "Seismic evaluation of major river crossing bridges," Lifelines and Earthquake Hazards in the Greater Seattle Area U.S. Geological Society: Seattle, WA, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 99-387, August 12-14.

67. Nam, S.I., Kornkasem, W., Ghaboussi, J., Foutch, D.A., Aschheim, M.A., 2000, "Analysis of soil-structure interaction of major river-crossing bridges," 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering: Upper Hutt, New Zealand, Paper # 0496, January 30-February 4.

68. Ocel, J., Leon, R.T., DesRoches, R., Krumme, R., Hayes, J., and Sweeney, S., 2002, "High Damping Steel Beam-Column Connections Using Shape Memory Alloys," ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, July.

69. Okuyama, Y., Hewings, G.J.D., Kim, T.J., Boyce, D.E., Ham, H., Sohn, J., 1998, "Economic impacts of an earthqauke in the New Madrid seismic zone: a multi-regional analysis," 45th North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Sante Fe, NM, November 11-14.

70. Olshansky, R., Wu, Y., French, S., 2002, "Evaluating Earthquake Risk in Mid-America,," Proceedings of the 7th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Oakland, CA.

71. Olson, S.M., Stark T.D., 1998, "CPT based liquefaction resistance of sandy soils," Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics III, Proceedings of a Specialty Conference American Society of Civil Engineers: Reston, VA., Geotechnical Special Publication 75, pp. 325-336, August 3-6.

72. Orton, S.L., Abrams, D.P., Hayes, J.R., Sweeney, S.C., 2001, "Seismic performance of rehabilitated unreinforced masonry building systems," 9th Canadian Masonry Symposium, New Brunswick, Canada, June 4-6.

73. Park, D., Hashash, Y.M.A., 2004, "Integration of probabilistic seismic hazard analysis with nonlinear site effects and application to the Mississippi embayment," 2004 ANCER Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, July 28-30.
74. Park, D., Hashash, Y.M.A., 2004, "Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis with nonlinear site effects in the Mississippi embayment," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #1549, August 1-6.

75. Park, J., Craig, J.I., Goodno, B.J., 2001, "Simplified nonlinear design model for URM in-plane wall response," KEERC-MAE Joint Seminar on Risk Mitigation for Regions of Moderate Seismicity, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pp. 288-300, August 5-8.

76. Park, J., Craig, J.I., Goodno, B.J., 2002, "Simple nonlinear in-plane response models for assessing fragility of URM walls," 7NCEE, Boston, MA, July 21-25.

77. Park, J., Goodno, B., Bostrom, A., Craig, J., 2004, "Probabilistic decision analysis for seismic rehabilitation of a regional building system," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #2254, August 1-6.

78. Peralta, D.F., Hueste, M.B., Bracci, J.M., 2002, "Seismic performance of rehabilitated floor and roof diaphragms in pre-1950 S unreinforced masonry buildings," 7NCEE, Boston, MA, July 21-25.

79. Reneckis, D., LaFave, J.M., 2004, "Seismic performance of brick veneer on wood frame construction," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #304, August 1-6.

80. Romero, S., Rix, G.J., 2002, "Site response in the upper mississippi embayment," Proceedings, Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, MA, July.

81. Ryland, H.G., Beavers, J. E., LaFave, J. M., and Hayes, J. R., 2002, "Mid-America earthquake center shake table demonstration on non-structural earthquake retrofit for homes," Proceedings, Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, July.

82. Schneider, J.A., Hoyos, L., Mayne, P.W., Macari, E.J., Rix, G.J., 1999, "Field and laboratory measurements of dynamic shear modulus of piedmont residual soils," Proceedings of the GeoCongress 99, Charolette, NC American Society of Civil Engineers, Geotachnical Special Publication No. 92, October 17 - 20.

83. Schneider, J.A., Mayne, P.W., 2000, "Liquefaction response of soils in Mid-America evaluated by seismic cones test," Innovations and Applications in Geotechnical Site Characterization: Geo-Denver 2000, Denver, Colorado American Society of Civil Engineers, Geo-Institute Special Publication No. 97, August 5 - 8.

84. Simsir, C., Aschheim, M., Abrams, D., 2001, "Influence of diaphragm flexibility on the out-of-plane response of unreinforced masonry walls," 9th Canadian Masonry Symposium, New Brunswick, Canada, June 4 - 6.

85. Simsir, C., Aschheim, M., Abrams, D., 2001, "Dynamic stability of unreinforced bearing masonry walls," KEERC-MAE Joint Seminar on Risk Mitigation for Regions of Moderate Seismicity, University of Illinois, Urbana, August 5 - 8.

86. Simsir, C., Aschheim, M., Abrams, D., 2002, "Influence of diaphragm flexibility on the out-of-plane response of unreinforced masonry bearing walls," 9th North American Masonry Conference, Clemson, South Carolina, June 1-4.

87. Simsir, C., Aschheim, M., Abrams, D., 2002, "Effect of diaphragm flexibility on the seismic response of unreinforced masonry out-of-plane walls," 2003 Structures Congress and Exhibition, American Society of Civil Engineers, Seattle, Washington, May 29 - June 1.

88. Simsir, C., Aschheim, M., Abrams, D., 2002, "Response of unreinforced masonry bearing walls situated normal to the direction of seismic input motions," 7th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, July 21-25.

89. Simsir, C.C., Aschheim, M.A., 2004, "Low-cost accelerometers for student laboratory projects," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #2003, August 1-6.

90. Simsir, C.C., Aschheim, M.A., Abrams, D.P., 2004, "Out-of-plane dynamic response of unreinforced masonry bearing walls attached to flexible diaphragms," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #2045, August 1-6.

91. Song, S.H., Wen, Y.K., 2000, "Redundancy of dual systems under earthquake loads," Proceedings of the 8th ASCE Joint Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, July 24 - 26.

92. Thermou, G. E., Pantazopoulou, S. E., Elnashai, A. S., 2003, "Analytical modeling of interface behavior in reinforced concrete jacketed members," American Society of Civil Engineers, Nashville.

93. Thermou, G.E., Pantazopoulou, S.J., Elnashai, A., 2004, "Upgrading of RC structures for a target response shape," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC, August 1-6.

94. Tjhin, T., Aschheim, M., Wallace, J., 2002, "Displacement-based seismic design of reinforced concrete structural walls," 7th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, July 21-25.

95. Towashiraporn, P., Craig, J.I., Goodno, B., 2001, "Response Modification for Low-Rise Buildings," KEERC-MAE Joint Seminar on Risk Mitigation for Regions of Moderate Seismicity, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, pp. 117-129, August 5-8.

96. Towashiraporn, P., Craig, J.I., Goodno, B.J., 2004, "Probabilistic response simulation and regional vulnerability determination using response surface metamodels," 13WCEE, Vancouver, BC Paper #1410, August 1-6.

97. Towashiraporn, P., Park, J., Craig, J.I., Goodno, B.J., 2002, "Fragility reduction for URM building using passive response modification," 7NCEE, Boston, MA, July 21- 25.

98. Veneziano, D., Gupta, U., Kunnumkal, S.M., Sussman, J.M., 2002, "Earthquake loss under limited transportation capacity: assessment, sensitivity, and migation," 7NCEE, Boston, MA.

99. Wang, C.H., Wen Y.K., 1998, "Reliability and redundancy of buildings under seismic loads," Sixth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Seismic Design and Mitigation for the Third Millenium Paper# 161, May 31-June 4.

100. Wang, C.H., Wen Y.K., 1999, "Seismic redundancy of steel buildings with brittle connections," International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability. ICASP 8 Balkema: Rotterdam, Netherlands, pp. 575-582, December 12-15.

101. Wen, Y.K., 1999, "Reliability and performance based design for seismic loads," Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its Applications National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering and National Taiwan University: Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, pp. 75-94, February 1-3.

102. Wen, Y.K., 2000, "Reliability and performance-based design," Keynote Paper, Proceedings of the 8th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Notre Dame, Indiana University of Notre Dame, July 24-26.

103. Wen, Y.K., Hwang, H.H., 1998, "Performance design considerations for new buildings and bridges," International Workshop on Earthquake Engineering for Regions of Moderate Seismicity The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, pp. 107-113, December 7-8.

104. Wen, Y.K., Kang, Y.J., 2000, "Design against multiple hazards based on optimization," Symposium of International Federation of Information Processing, WG 7.5 on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 25-27.

105. Wen, Y.K., Liao, K.W., 2001, "Modeling Fragillity of Essential Facility Structures," KEERC-MAE Joint Seminar on Risk Mitigation for Regions of Moderate Seismicity, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 5-8.

106. Wen, Y.K., Song, S. H., 2002, "Redundancy in performance-based design," 7NCEE, Boston, MA, July.
107. Wen, Y.K., Wu, C.L., 2000, "Generation of uniform hazard ground motions for Mid-America cities," Proceedings of International Conference on Monte-Carlo Simulation, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, June 18-21.

108. Wu, C.L., Olshansky, R.B., 2000, "HAZUS-based earthquake analysis in Carbondale, Illinois," 47th North American meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Chicago, November.

109. Wu, C.L., Wen, Y.K., 2000, "Uniform hazard response spectra and ground motions for Mid-America cities," Proceedings of the 8th Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, July 24-26.

110. Yi, T., Moon, F.L., Leon, R.T., Kahn, L.F., 2002, "Performance Characteristics of Unreinforced Masonry Low-Rise Structures before and after Rehabilitation," 7NCEE, Boston, MA.

111. Yi, T., Moon, F.L., Leon, R.T., Kahn, L.F., 2003, "Structural Analysis of a Prototype Unreinforced Masonry Low-Rise Building," Proceedings of the Ninth North American Masonry Conference, Clemson, SC.