UCLA geotechnical engineering
Invited Seminars
- Buckreis, T.E. (2023) NGA-West3 Database Project: Ground Motion Database, COSMOS Event for Early Carrer Professionals and Students, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, November 3, 2024.
- Buckreis, T.E. (2023) Future Impacts of Ground Motions from the February 2023 Türkiye Earthquake Sequence, 5th Kenji Ishihara Colloquium Series on Earthquake Engineering: Advancing Earthquake Engineering and Functional Recorvery in the Wake of the Turkey Earthquake, EERI San Diego Regional Chapter, October 5, 2023. (remote).
- Buckreis, T.E., B. Güryuva, A. İçen, O. Okçu, A. Altindal, M.F. Aydin, R. Pretell, A. Sandikkaya, Ö. Kale, A. Askan, S.J. Brandenberg, T. Kishida, S. Akkar, Ö. Cetin, Y. Bozorgnia, and J.P. Stewart (2023) February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Sequence: Ground Motions, EERI Learning From Earthquakes: Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes Reconnaissance Webinar Series: Geotechnical Impacts (with GEER), May 30, 2023. (remote).
- Buckries, T.E., P. Wang, S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2022) Subregional anelastic path effects in California, USGS Earthquake Science Seminars, November 30, 2022. (remote).
Oral Presentations
- Buckreis, T.E., C.C. Nweke, P. Wang, S.J. Brandenberg, R. Shams, M.E. Ramos-Sepulveda, R. Pretell, S. Mazzoni, and J.P. Stewart (2024) User-interaction with a web-served global ground motion relational database, 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024), Milan, Italy, June 30 - July 5, 2024.
- Buckreis, T.E., P. Wang, S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2024) A general framework for modeling subregional path effects, 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024), Milan, Italy, June 30 - July 5, 2024.
- Buckreis, T.E., R. Pretell, M.A. Sandikkaya, Ö. Kale, A. Askan, S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2024) February 6, 2023 Türkiye Earthquakes: Ground Motions, 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (8ICEGE), Osaka, Japan, May 7 - May 10, 2024.
- Buckreis, T.E., R. Pretell, M.A. Sandikkaya, Ö. Kale, A. Askan, S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2024) Engineering Attributes of Ground Motions from February 2023 Türkiye Earthquake Sequence, 2024 EERI Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, April 9 - 12, 2024.
- Buckreis, T.E., R. Pretell, M.A. Sandikkaya, Ö. Kale, A. Askan, S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2024) Engineering Attributes of Ground Motions from February 2023 Türkiye Earthquake Sequence, International Conference Commemorating the 2023 Kahramanmaraş-Türkiye Earthquakes, Gölbaşı, Türkiye, February 6, 2024. (remote)
- Buckreis, T.E. (2023) 2023 Turkey earthquake sequence: Strong motion data, Proc. SMIP2023 Seminar on Utilization of Strong Motion Data, California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program, October 19, 2023. (remote).
- Buckreis, T.E., P. Wang, S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2023) Using microtremor-based horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios to improve linear site response predictions in the Sacramento-San Juaquin Delta region of California, SSA 2023 Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 17-20, 2023.
- Buckreis, T.E., C.C. Nweke, P. Wang, S.J. Brandenberg, S. Mazzoni, and J.P. Stewart (2023) Relational database for California strong ground motions, Geo-Congress 2023: Geotechnical Data Analysis and Computation, Los Angeles, CA, March 2023, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 342, EM Rathje, B Montoya, and MH Wayne (Eds.), 461-470, ASCE Geo-Institute.
- Buckreis, T.E., P. Wang, S.J. Brandenberg, S. Friesen, and J.P. Stewart (2023) Site characterization data for site response modeling in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region of California, Geo-Congress 2023: Geotechnics of Natural Hazards, Los Angeles, CA, March 2023, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 338, EM Rathje, B Montoya, and MH Wayne (Eds.), 187-196, ASCE Geo-Institute.
- Buckreis, T.E., P. Wang, S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2023) Subregional anelastic attenuation model for northern California. SF_CVM Workshop 2023, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) short course, February 14, 2023. (remote).
- Buckreis, T.E., P. Wang, S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2022) Seismic ground motion prediction for Delta Region of California including regional path effects and local site response, 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, EERI, Salt Lake City, UT, June 27 - July 1, 2022.
- Buckreis, T.E., P. Wang, S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2022) Linear site response of soft peaty organic soil sites in California's Bay-Delta region, SSA 2022 Annual Meeting. Seism. Research Letters, 2022; 93 (2B): 1341. doi 10.1785/0220220087.
- Buckreis, T.E., S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2021) Regional path effects for ground motion analysis in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California. SSA 2021 Annual Meeting. Seism. Research Letters, 2021; 92 (2B): 1419. doi: 10.1785/0220210025. (remote)
Poster Presentations
- T.E. Buckreis, B.S.-J. Chiou, R.B. Darragh, R.W. Graves, and J.P. Stewart (2024) Earthquake-source parameters: Are they what you think they are?, 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, September 8-11, 2024.
- T.E. Buckreis, R.R. Shams, S. Mohammed, M. Li, T. Kishida, G. Lanzano, L. Luzi, P. Zimmaro, B.A. Bradley, J.-Y. Huang, C.C. Nweke, S.J. Brandenberg, J.L. Donahue, Y. Bozorgnia, and J.P. Stewart (2024) Overview of the NGA-West3 ground motion database., 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, September 8-11, 2024.
- Shams, R., S.K. C, T.E. Buckreis, S.J. Brandenberg, J.P. Stewart, and C.C. Nweke (2024) Application of CVMs for NGA-West3 project., 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, September 8-11, 2024.
- Parker, G.A., A.S. Baltay, G.M. Atkinson, D.M. Boore, T.E. Buckreis, and J.P. Stewart (2024) A new near-source saturation model for EAS based on the NGA-West3 database., 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, September 8-11, 2024.
- Pretell, R., T.E. Buckreis, S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2023) A Bayseian approach for developing ground motion spatial correlation models., 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, September 10-12, 2023.
- Buckreis, T.E., P. Wang, S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2022) Linear site response model applicable to levees in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Region of California, ASCE Lifelines Conference, (remote).
- Gospe, T., P. Zimmaro, S.K. Ahdi, A. Yong, P. Wang, T. Buckreis, S. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2021) Supplementing shear wave velocity profile database with microtremor-based H/V spectral ratios, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 27 - October 2, 2021.
- Buckreis, T.E., S.J. Brandenberg, and J.P. Stewart (2019) Regional semi-empirical site response model for Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta levees, ASDSO Dam Safety, Orlando, FL, September 8-12, 2019.