| Name | Completion Date | Program | Current Title and Affiliation | Thesis Title | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn E. Sholtis |
1999 |
MS |
Police Officer, Glendale Police Department | Topographic effects on seismic ground motions above and below a cut slope in sand |
Stewart |
| Andrew H. Liu, PE, GE |
2001 |
MS |
Senior Vice President and Regional Business Line Leader, AECOM, Los Angeles, CA | Equivalent number of uniform stress cycles for soil liquefaction analysis |
Stewart |
| Seunghyun Kim, PE |
2001 |
Ph.D. |
Senior Digital Development Specialist, World Bank Group, Washington, DC | Calibration of simple models for seismic soil-structure interaction from field performance data |
Stewart |
| Kerop D. Janoyan, PE |
2001 |
Ph.D. |
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA | Interaction between soil and full scale drilled shaft under cyclic lateral load |
Stewart, Wallace |
| Daniel H. Whang, PE |
2001 |
Ph.D. |
President, Orange Circle Studio, Irvine, CA | Seismic compression of compacted soil |
Stewart |
| M. Bora Baturay, PE, GE |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Director of Geotechnical Engineering, Turner Engineering Group, Aneheim, CA | Uncertainties and bias in ground motion estimates from ground response analyses |
Stewart |
| Patrick M. Smith, PE, GE |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Vice President, Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineering, WSP, Los Angeles, CA | Documentation and analysis of field case histories of seismic compression during the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake |
Stewart |
| Mathew S. Moyneur, PE |
2004 |
MS |
Senior Engineer and Manager of Earthwork Services, Wallace Kuhl, Sacramento, CA | Seismic compression of non-plastic compacted soil |
Stewart |
| Yoojoong Choi, PE |
2004 |
Ph.D. |
Senior Transportation Engineer, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA | Empirical models for effects of site condition on strong ground motion |
Stewart |
| Justin J. Kempton, PE, GE |
2004 |
MS |
Principal Geotechnical Engineer, Geotechnical Professionals Inc., Cypress, CA | Prediction models for significant duration of earthquake ground motions |
Stewart |
| Daniel B. Chu, PE, GE |
2006 |
Ph.D. |
Chief Engineer, Ninyo and Moore, Irvine, CA | Case studies of soil liquefaction of sands and cyclic softening of clays induced by the 1999 Taiwan Chi Chi Earthquake |
Stewart |
| Annie O. Kwok, PE |
2007 |
Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan | Application of one-dimensional geotechnical modeling for site response predictions |
Stewart |
| Pendo M. Duku, PE |
2007 |
Ph.D. |
Geotechnical Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, MO | Seismic compression of compacted soils |
Stewart |
| Andrew D. Bro, PE, GE |
2007 |
MS |
Senior Project Manager, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, San Francisco, CA | Estimating the undrained shear strength of clays using the direct shear test |
Pradel, Stewart |
| Christine A. Goulet |
2008 |
Ph.D. |
Director, USGS Earthquake Science Center, Pasadena, CA | Improving the characterization of seismic hazard for performance-based earthquake engineering design |
Stewart |
| Eric R. Ahlberg, PE |
2008 |
Ph.D. |
Laboratories Manager and Principal Development Engineer, UCLA | Interaction between soil and full scale drilled shafts under cyclic lateral loads | Stewart, Wallace |
| Giuseppe Scasserra |
2008 |
Ph.D. |
Geotechnical Senior Designer, Italferr S.P.A., Rome, Italy | Comparison of ground motions from earthquakes in Italy with ground motion prediction equations for active tectonic regions |
Lanzo, Stewart |
| Salih Tileylioglu, PE | 2008 | Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey | Evaluation of soil-structure interaction effects from field performance data | Stewart |
| Anne Lemnitzer, PE | 2009 | Ph.D. | Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine | Experimental testing of large-scale bridge foundation systems | Stewart, Wallace |
| Timothy D. Ancheta, PE | 2010 | Ph.D. | Modeler, RMS, Portland, OR | Engineering characterization of spatially variable earthquake ground motions | Stewart |
| Lisa M. Star, PE | 2011 | Ph.D. | Associate Professor and Department Chair, California State University, Long Beach | Seismic vulnerability of structures: Demand characteristics and field testing to evaluate soil-structure interaction effects | Stewart |
| Eric Yee, PE | 2011 | Ph.D. | Associate Professor and Head, R&D and Business Foundation; KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School, Ulsan, Korea | Investigation of nonlinear site response and seismic compression from case history analysis and laboratory testing | Stewart |
| Michael J. Givens, PE, GE, PG | 2013 | Ph.D. | Senior Engineer / Regional Manager, Group Delta, Torrance, CA | Dynamic soil-structure interaction of instrumented buildings and test structures | Stewart |
| Emel Seyhan | 2013 | Ph.D. | Director, Analytics & Modeling, Moody's RMS, Newark, CA | Semi-empirical characterization of ground motions including source, path and nonlinear site effects | Stewart |
| Dong Youp Kwak | 2014 | Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Hanyang University, Ansan, Korea | Probabilistic evaluation of seismic levee performance using field performance data | Brandenberg, Stewart |
| 2014-2016 | Postdoc | Next-Generation Liquefaction, levee system fragility, HVSR site response | |||
| Paolo Zimmaro, PE | 2015 | Ph.D. | Associate Professor, University of Calabria, Italy; Research Affiliate, UCLA Risk Institute | Seismic response of the Farneto del Principe Dam in Italy using hazard-consistent and site-specific ground motions | Dente, Stewart | 2015-2020 | Postdoc, Project Scientist | Next-Generation Liquefaction database, levee system fragility, 2016 Central Italy Earthquake | Brandenberg, Stewart |
| Ali Shafiee, PE | 2016 | Ph.D. | Associate Professor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Cyclic and post-cyclic behavior of Sherman Island Peat | Brandenberg, Stewart |
| Bahareh Heidarzadeh, PE | 2016 | Ph.D. | Associate, Engeo, San Ramon, CA | Dynamic stresses in foundation soils from soil-structure interaction | Mylonakis, Stewart |
| Kioumars Afshari | 2017 | Ph.D. | Senior Engineer, Verisk - Extreme Event Solutions, Boston, MA | Observation-informed methodologies for site response characterization in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis | Stewart |
| Maria Giovanna Durante | 2017-2018 | Postdoc | Assistant Professor, University of Calabria, Italy | Seismic earth pressures on retaining structures using an SSI approach | Brandenberg, Stewart |
| Sean K. Ahdi, PE | 2018 | Ph.D. | Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Arup, Los Angeles, CA | An improved framework for the analysis and dissemination of seismic site characterization data at varying resolutions | Stewart |
| Grace A. Parker | 2018 | Ph.D. | Research Geophysicist, USGS Earthquake Science Center, Moffett Field, CA | Ground motion and seismic site amplification in central and eastern North America and regional subduction zones | Stewart |
| Yi Tyan Tsai | 2018 | Ph.D. | Geotechnical Engineer, GeoEngineers, Redmond, WA | Characterizing seismic performance of levees on peaty organic soils from case histories and simulations | Brandenberg, Stewart |
| Alessia Vecchietti | 2019 | Ph.D. | Research Fellow, University of Perugia, Italy | Non-ergodic seismic hazard analysis for Mente Dam site | Cecconi, Russo, Stewart |
| Pengfei Wang | 2020 | Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA | Predictability and repeatability of non-ergodic site response for diverse geological conditions | Stewart | 2020-2022 | Postdoc | Nonlinear site response simulations for peaty soil sites. HVSR database. Hazard-consistent event selection. | Brandenberg, Stewart |
| Chukwuebuka C. Nweke | 2017-2020 | Postdoc | Assistant Professor, USC | Site response in sedimentary basins | Brandenberg, Stewart |
| Ching-Yu Chuang | 2021 | MS | Research Engineer, National Defense University, Taiwan | Shear wave profile database augmentation with information from California bridge sites and database utilization for Vs prediction model validation | Stewart |
| Victor Contreras | 2017 | MS | Assistant Professor, University Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile | Development of a Chilean ground motion database for the NGA-Subduction project | Stewart | 2022 | Ph.D. | Characteristics of subduction zone ground motions with an emphasis on Latin America | Stewart |
| Tristan E. Buckreis | 2022 | Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA | Customization of path and site response components of global ground motion models for application in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region of California | Brandenberg, Stewart |
| Renmin Pretell | 2022-2023 | Postdoc | Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Reno | Application of spatial variability of ground motion models for demand estimation at liquefaction case history sites | Brandenberg, Stewart |
| Kenneth S. Hudson, PG | 2023 | Ph.D. | Principal Geoscientist, Hudson Geotechnics, Inc.; Research Engineer, UCLA | Next Generation Liquefaction Database and Probabilistic Liquefaction Model Development | Brandenberg, Stewart |
| Joseph Choi | 2024 | MS | Staff Engineer, Earth Mechanics Inc., Fountain Valley, CA | Enhancement of Shear Wave Velocity Profile Database and Application for VS30 Estimation in Utah | Stewart |
| Maria E. Ramos-Sepulveda | 2024 | Ph.D. | Senior Staff Engineer, AECOM, Los Angeles, CA | Data-Informed Earthquake Ground Motion Characterization in Central and Eastern North America | Stewart |