PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

1986-present    Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Northeastern University .

1984-2001        Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, Northeastern University.

1980-1986        Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Northeastern University.

1976-1980        Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Northeastern University.

1976-present   Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering Consultant.

1975                   Summer employment at Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Clifton , NJ .

1974                   Summer employment at Haley & Aldrich, Inc. Cambridge , MA.

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , 31640.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers.

Distinguished Engineering Professor, Northeastern University.

Northeastern University, Robert D. Klein Lecturer for 1991-1992 Academic Year.

Northeastern University, Teaching Excellence Award, 1995.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE.

Boston Society of Civil Engineers, BSCES.

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, EERI.

International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, ISSMFE.

Geotechnical Institute, ASCE, G-I.

American Society for Engineering Education, ASEE.

North American Geosynthetics Society, NAGS.

Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineering Honor Society.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Courses Taught

Undergraduate: Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, Advanced Structural Analysis, Senior Design Project.

Graduate: Introduction to Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Soil Dynamics, Structural Dynamics, Seismic Design, Earthquake Engineering, Advanced Soil Mechanics, Advanced Foundation Engineering, Seepage and Stability

Research Topics

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

11/05-10/08      TOPIC: Liquefaction Mitigation using Entrapped Air

                              FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($206,000), (PI)

9/04 - 8/05        TOPIC: Seismic safety evaluation and retrofit of the Brooklyn Bridge

                              FUNDING: NYCDOT ($60,000), (PI)

9/02 - 8/03        TOPIC: Air Entrapment for Liquefaction Mitigation

                              FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($50,000), (PI)

10/97 - 10/01    TOPIC: Geosynthetics for Foundation and Soil Isolation in Earthquake Hazard Mitigation 

                              FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($170,000), (PI)

11/94 - 11/96    TOPIC: Seismic Response of Geosynthetic/Soil Systems.

                              FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($157,000), (PI)

1/96 - 10/96      TOPIC: Geosynthetics for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation.

                              FUNDING: North American Geosynthetic Society ($7,000), (PI)

1/92 - 6/94        TOPIC: Dynamic Shear Properties of Geosynthetic Interfaces

                              FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($137,200), (PI)

9/89 - 9/93        TOPIC: Evaluation of Seismic Design Practices for Containment Units Constructed with Geosynthetics.

                              FUNDING: Stone & Webster ($40,000), (PI)

4/90 - 4/91        TOPIC: Geotechnical aspects of the December 7, 1988 Armenian Earthquake.

                              FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($106,000), (PI)

3/85 - 10/87      TOPIC: Integrated Seismic Risk Analysis for Earth Dams.

                              FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($84,179), (PI)

1/84 - 7/84        TOPIC: Development of Experimental Models and Procedures to Demonstrate Dynamic Behavior of Soils and Structures.

                              FUNDING: Northeastern University ($4,970), (PI)

4/81 - 4/82        TOPIC: Flow Characteristics at Red Mud Disposal Site, Cuidad Guayana , Venezuela .

                              FUNDING: Interamericana de Alumina , Venezuela ($35,365), (PI)

4/79 - 8/80        TOPIC: Probabilistic Liquefaction Analysis.

                              FUNDING: National Science Foundation ($29,886), (PI)

6/78 - 7/79        TOPIC: Seismic Hazard Analysis. State-of-the-Art

                             FUNDING: U.S. Army Engineers Waterways Experimental Station ($6,000), (PI)

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

Insights, a faculty lecture to the Alumni of Northeastern University on "The Brooklyn Bridge: The science, history, and passion that created one of the countries most recognizable structures", Boston, MA, May 31, 2007. 

Technical presentation on “Importance of Accurate Shear Wave Velocity in Seismic Evaluation of Bridges” 7^th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Montreal, Canada, August, 2006.

Technical presentation on “Preparation and Cyclic Testing of Partially Saturated Sands” ASCE GI Unsaturated Soils 2006 Conference, Arizona. April,2006. Invited speaker on “Seismic Analysis of Bridges: Overview” VDOT seminar, March, 2006

Invited speaker on “Seismic Recording Station at Northeastern University ” COSMOS International Workshop on Strong Motion Instrumentation, USC, Oct. 2004.

Technical presentation on “Foundation Seismic Retrofit of the Third Avenue Bridge ” ASCE GI Geo-Trans 2004 Conference, July,2004.

Invited speaker on “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Applications to Bridges” ASCE NY Metropolitan Section, March 22, 2004

Invited speaker on “Seismic Geotechnical Investigations for Bridges,” Central PA Geotechnical Conference , Hershey, Oct 29-31, 2003 .

Technical presentation on “Seismic Soil-Foundation Interaction of the New Woodrow Wilson Bridge ” 7 th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston , Mass, July 2002.

Theme Reporter on “Soil-Structure Interaction Under Dynamic Loads” 4 Th International Conference on Recent Advancement in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, San Diego , March 2001.

Technical presentation on “Foundation and Soil Isolation” NSF Workshop, Columbia University , October, 2000.

Technical presentation on “Geosynthetics for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation” Geosynthetic conference, Boston , Mass, April 1999.

Technical presentation on “Modeling Geosynthetic Liners in Dynamic Response Analysis of Landfills,” ASCE conference, Seattle , Washington , Aug. 1998.

Lecture on “Introduction to Dynamic Response of Systems”, Short Course on Fundamentals of Seismic Design, Northeastern University, June 1997.

Technical presentation on “Slip Displacements of Geosynthetic Systems Under Dynamic Excitations,” ASCE conference, San Diego , October, 1995.

Invited speaker on “Response of Geosynthetics Under Earthquake Excitations,” Geosynthetics ‘95 Conference , Nashville , TN , February 1995.

Invited speaker on “Seismic Response of Geosynthetic/Soil Systems,” Geoenvironment 2000, ASCE Specialty Conference, New Orleans , LA , February 1995.

Invited speaker on “Geotechnical Aspects of the Armenia Earthquake” Third International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, St. Louis Missouri , June 1993.

Technical presentation on “Risk-Based Methodology for Seismic Rehabilitation of Earth Dams.” Conference on Geotechnical Practice in Dam Rehabilitation, Raleigh , North Carolina , April, 1993.

Technical presentation on “Shaking Table Tests on Geosynthetic Interfaces” Geosynthetics ‘93 Conference, Vancouver , Canada , March 1993.

Invited speaker on “Seismic Response of Landfills” NSF Workshop, Los Angeles , 1993.

Invited speaker on “Lessons from 1988 Armenia earthquake” Civil Engineering Department, Notre Dame, April 1993.

Invited speaker on “Lessons from 1988 Armenia and 1990 Iran Earthquake” symposium on Erzican , Turkey Earthquake, Erzican , Turkey , October 1992

Invited speaker on “Seismic Response of Geosynthetic-soil Systems”, ASCE Geoenvironmental Conference , New York , September 1992.

Klein Lecturer on “Social and Economic Impact of Earthquakes”, Northeastern University, 1991

Invited speaker on “Earthquakes and Soil Effects”, Yankee Atomic, Inc. Ma. 1991

Invited speaker on “Blast-Induced Liquefaction”, Recent Advances in Soil Dynamics, St. Louise, 1991

Invited speaker at the 2nd Annual Conference on Reconstruction in Armenia , sponsored by the Soviet Reconstruction Commission, Yerevan , Armenia , December 1990.

Invited speaker and evaluator of the June 20, 1990 Iranian Earthquake, Tehran , Iran .

Invited speaker on “Liquefaction of Sands and Northeast Regional Seismological Effects,” Annual Symposium of the Association of Engineering Geologists, New England Section, Boston , March 1990.

Invited speaker at “Armenia Earthquake: One Year Later,” sponsored by the Soviet Reconstruction Commission, Paris , France , December 1989.

Technical presentation on “The Geotechnical Aspects of the Armenian earthquake” at the World Congress of AESA, Los Angeles , California , 1989.

Lecture on the Armenian earthquake, ASCE Foundation Engineering Congress, Evanston , Illinois , 1989.

Lecture on the Armenian earthquake, BSCES/ASCE, Boston , 1989.

Invited speaker and evaluator of the geotechnical aspects of the December 7, 1988 Armenian earthquake, Armenia , USSR .

Invited speaker and member of the U.S. delegation to the International Seminar on Seismic Zonation, Guangzhou , China , 1987.

Invited theme reporter at the International Symposium on Engineering Geology Problems in Seismic Areas, Bari , Italy , 1986.

Technical presentation at the ASCE Energy 84 Conference, Pasadena , California , 1984.

Lecture on Risk in Civil Engineering at the Northeastern University Scholarship Day, 1983.

Lecture on Earthquake Engineering to the Northeastern University Civil Engineering Alumni, 1983.

Lecture on Earthquake Engineering to the ASCE Minority Institute, Summers of 1981, 1982 and 1983.

Lecture on Case History of Embankment Design to the ASCE Student Chapter at Northeastern, 1982.

Technical presentation at the ASCE Convention, San Francisco , California , 1977.

Technical presentation at the Ninth Offshore Technology Conference, Houston , Texas , 1977.

Lecture on Liquefaction, Seminar at Haley and Aldrich, Inc., Cambridge , Massachusetts , 1977.

Lecture on Liquefaction, at Woodward-Clyde, Inc., San Francisco , California , 1976.

TECHNICAL REVIEWER

National Research Council, research proposals.

National Science Foundation, research proposals.

United States Geologic Survey, research proposals.

Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, technical papers.

ASCE Geotechnical Specialty conferences, technical papers.

Earthquake Spectra, EERI, technical papers.

Journal of the International Geosynthetic Society, technical papers.

Transportation Review Board, technical papers.

Conferences on Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering, technical papers.

Professional Society Activities

ASCE, Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Committee, Chair, 2000-present

ASCE, Geotechnical Risk and Reliability Committee, member since, 1992

ASCE, Geotechnical Institute's 1998 Conference on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. Steering Committee, member and co-editor of Proceedings.

Organizer and technical program chair, ASCE-GI GeoTrans2004 Conference, UCLA, 2004.

Organized a 2-day course on “Fundamentals of Seismic Design”, Northeastern University , 1998

TRB, Reliability in Geotechnical and Pavement Engineering Committee, member since 1995

Organizing committee member, 4th International Conference on Case Histories, St. Louise, 1998

Organizing committee member, Eight International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Turkey , 1997

Organized and chaired a session on “Earthquake Design and Performance of Solid Waste Landfills”, ASCE Convention, San Diego , 1995

Chaired a technical session at the Geosynthetics 95 Conference, Nashville , 1995

Chaired a technical session at the ASCE Geoenvironmental 2000 Specialty Conference, New Orleans , 1995

Organized and chaired a technical session on “Liquefaction of Gravel”, ASCE Convention, Atlanta , 1994

ASCE Settlement Conference, member review committee, 1994

Chaired a technical session at the Conference on Case Histories, St. Louis , 1994

Organized and co-chaired a technical session on “Earthquake response of Waste Containment”, ASCE conference on Environmental Geotechnology, New York , 1992

The Earthquake Project, Hazard Mitigation Committee, member 1991-1992

Chaired a workshop on “Model Testing”, Conference on Recent Advances in Soil Dynamics, St. Louise, 1991

Organized and hosted 2-day seminar on “Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering”, Northeastern University , 1985

PUBLICATIONS

Yegian, M. K., Eseller-Bayat, E., Alshawabkeh, A., Ali, S.(2007) . "Induced Partial Saturation for Liquefaction Mitigation: Experimental Investigation." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 133 (4).

Yegian, M.K., Jain, S.K., Kishore, K., and Patel, J. (2006) “Importance of Accurate Shear Wave Velocity in Seismic Evaluation of Bridges” 7th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Montreal, Canada, August.

Yegian, M., Eseller, E., Alshawabkeh, A. (2006). "Preparation and Cyclic Testing of Partially Saturated Sands." Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, GSP 147, April 2–6, 2006, Carefree, Arizona

Georgarakos. P. Yegian. M. K., and Gazetas, G. (2005). “In-Ground Isolation Using Geosynthetic Liners”, 9th World Seminar on Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Active Vibration Control of Structures, Kobe, Japan, June.

Yegian, M. K. and Catan, M., (2004). "Soil Isolation for Seismic Protection Using a Smooth Synthetic Liner". ASCE, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 130, No.11, November

Yegian, M. K. and Kadakal, U., (2004). "Foundation Isolation for Seismic Protection Using a Smooth Synthetic Liner". ASCE, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 130, No.11, November.

Loukakis, K. and Yegian, M. K. (2004). “Quay Wall and Breakwater Design and Construction of the New Port of Patras”, Proceedings of the ASCE GeoTrans 2004 Conference, LA.

Coates, A. Yegian, M. K., Kishore, K., Jain, S. Patel, J., Pizzi, J., Connolly, P., and Yin, B. (2004)“ Foundation Retrofit of the Third Avenue Bridge in New York” Proceedings of the ASCE GeoTrans 2004 Conference, LA.

Yegian, M. K. (2004). “Seismic Geotechnical Investigations of Bridges in New York City”. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, NY, April.

Ellman, R., Nikalaou, S., and Yegian, M. K. (2004). "Foundation Optimization and Design for Replacement of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge." Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, NY, April.

Yegian, M.K. (2004). “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Applications to Bridges”. Proceedings of the ASCE NY Metropolitan Section Seminar on Performance Based Earthquake Engineering, Brooklyn NY, March 22-25.

Yegian, M. K. (2003). “Seismic Geotechnical Investigations for Bridges,” Proceedings of the Central PA Geotechnical Conference, Hershey, Oct 29-31.

Yegian, M.K., Arzoumanidis, S.,G., Nikolaou, S., and Cooling, T. (2002). “Seismic Soil-Foundation Interaction of the New Woodrow Wilson Bridge” Proceedings of the 7th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, MA, July.

Yegian, M.,K., Chang, C., Y. Mullen, C., L. and Mylonakis, G. (2001). “Soil-Structure Interaction Under Dynamic Loading”. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Recent Advancements in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, San Diego, March.

Yegian, M.K., Kadakal, U. and Catan, M. (1999). “Geosynthetic for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation”. Geosynthetics ’99 Boston, Mass. April.

Yegian, M.K. and Kadakal, U. (1998). “Dynamic Response Analysis Procedure for Landfills with Geosynthetic Liners” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, October.

Yegian, M.K. and Kadakal, U. (1998). “Modeling Geosynthetic Liners in Dynamic Response Analysis of Landfills”. ASCE Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Conference, GSP No. 75, Seattle, Washington, August.

Yegian, M.K. and Kadakal, U. (1998). “Seismic Response of Landfills with Geosynthetic Liners”. Sixth International Conference on Geosynthetics, Atlanta, Georgia, March 25-29.

Yegian, M.K. and Kadakal, U. (1998). “Geosynthetic Interface Behavior Under Dynamic Loads” The Geosynthetic International Journal, Volume 5.

Yegian, M.K., Gazetas, G. and Arzoumanidis, S.G. (1997). “Geotechnical Factors Influencing the Spatial Variability in Ground Motions for Bridges” ASCE Structures Congress, Oregon, April 13-16.

Ghahraman, V.G. and Yegian, M.K. (1996). “Risk Analysis for Earthquake-Induced Permanent Deformations of Earth Dams” 11th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Mexico, June.

Yegian, M.K. and Harb, J. (1995) “Slip Displacements of Geosynthetic Systems Under Dynamic Excitations,” Earthquake Design and Performance of Solid Waste Landfills, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 54, October.

Yegian, M.K. and V.G. Ghahraman, (1995). "The Northridge Earthquake of 1994: Ground Motions and Geotechnical Aspects," 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, St. Louis, MO, April.

Yegian, M.K., Yee, A.Y. and Harb, J.N. (1995) “Seismic Response of Geosynthetic/Soil Systems,” Geoenvironment 2000, ASCE Specialty Conference, New Orleans, LA, February.

Yegian, M.K., Yee, Z.Y., and Harb J.N. (1995). “Response of Geosynthetics Under Earthquake Excitations,” Geosynthetics ‘95 Conference, Nashville, TN, February.

Yegian, M.K., Ghahraman, V.G., Nogole-Sadat, M.A.A., and Daraie, H. (1995) "Liquefaction During 1990 Manjil, Iran, Earthquake, I: Case Histories Data," Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, February.

Yegian, M.K., Ghahraman, V.G., Nogole-Sadat, M.A.A., and Daraie, H. (1995). "Liquefaction During 1990 Manjil, Iran, Earthquake, II: Case Histories Analyses," Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, February.

Yegian, M.K., Ghahraman, V.G., and Gazetas, G. (1994). “Soil Amplification Effects on Building Damage During the 1988 Armenia Earthquake.” Proceedings of Tenth European Conference on Earthquake Engineering,” Vienna, Austria, August.

Yegian, M.K., Ghahraman, V.G. and Harutuinyan, R.N. (1994). “Liquefaction and Embankment Failure Case Histories, 1988 Armenia Earthquake.” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, March

Yegian, M.K., Ghahraman, V.G. and Gazetas, G. (1994). “Ground-Motion and Soil-Response Analysis for Leninakan, 1988 Armenian Earthquake.” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, February.

Yegian, M.K., Ghahraman, V.G. and Gazetas, G. (1994). “Seismological, Soil and Valley Effects in Kirovakan, 1988 Armenian Earthquake.” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, February.

Yegian, M.K., Ghahraman, V.G. and Gazetas, G. (1994). “1988 Armenia Earthquake, I: Seismological, Geotechnical, and Structural Overview.” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, January.

Yegian, M.K., Ghahraman, V.G. and Gazetas, G. (1994). “1988 Armenia Earthquake, II: Damage Statistics Versus Geologic and Soil Profiles.” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, January.

Yegian, M.K., Ghahraman, V.G. and Gazetas, G. (1993) “Soil Response and Valley Effects During the 1988 Armenia Earthquake.” Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, June.

Yegian, M.K., Nogole-Sadat, M.A., Ghahraman, V.G. and Darai, H. (1993). “Liquefaction Case Histories from 1990 Manjil, Iran Earthquake.”. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, June.

Ghahraman, V.G. and Yegian, M.K. (1993). “Reconstruction After the 1988 Armenian and 1990 Iran Earthquake: A Comparative Study.” Proceedings of 1993 National Earthquake Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, May.

Yegian, M.K. and Ghahraman, V.G. (1993) “Risk-Based Methodology for Seismic Rehabilitation of Earth Dams”. Proceedings of the ASCE Conference on Geotechnical Practice in Dam Rehabilitation, North Carolina, April.

Lahlaf, A. and M.K. Yegian. (1993). “Shaking Table Tests for Geosynthetic Interfaces.” Proceedings of the Geosynthetics 93’ Conference, Vancouver, Canada, March.

Yegian, M.K. and Lahlaf, A. (1992). “Geomembranes As Base-Isolation,” Geosynthetic Fabric Report, September.

Yegian, M.K. and Lahlaf, A. (1992). “Dynamic Interface Shear Properties of Geomembranes and Geotextiles.” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division ASCE, May.

Yegian, M.K. and Lahlaf.A. (1992). “Kettleman Hills Waste Landfill Slope Failure. I: Linear-System Properties” (discussion), Journal of Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, April.

Yegian, M.K. and Ghahraman, V.G. (1991). “Earthquake Engineering Evaluations and Reconstruction in Armenia.” Proc. 1st Int. Conf. Seismology & Earthq. Engrg., Vol. 3, May.

Ghahraman, V.G. and Yegian, M.K. (1991). “Seismic Deformation Analysis of Earth Dams.” Proc. 1st Int. Conf. Seismology & Earthq. Engrg., vol. 3, May.

Yegian, M. K. and Marciano, E.A. and Ghahraman., V.G. (1991). “Seismic Risk Analysis For Earth Dams.” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, January.

Yegian, M.K., Marciano, E.A. and Ghahraman, V.G. “Earthquake-Induced Permanent Deformations: Probabilistic Approach.” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, January.

Yegian, M.K. and Ghahraman, V.G. (1990). “The Manjil, Iran Earthquake of June 21, 1990.” Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Newsletter 24 (12).

Yegian, M.K. (1989). “December 7, 1988 Earthquake in Armenia: Engineering and Technological Aspects of Reconstruction.” Proceedings of the International Conference on the Armenian Earthquake: One Year Later, Paris, December.

Yegian, M.K. and Ghahraman, V.G. (1989). “Geotechnical Aspects of the December 7, 1988 Spitak Earthquake.” Proceedings of the World Congress of the Armenia Engineers and Scientists, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, August.

Yegian, M.K. (1987). “Methodology for Seismic Safety Evaluation for Earth Dams.” Proceedings of the International Seminar on Seismic Zonation, Guangzhou, China, December.

Yegian, M.K. (1986). “Geologic Considerations in Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment.” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Engineering Geology Problems in Seismic Areas, Bari, Italy.

Yegian, M.K., Holt, R.J. and Murphy, V.J. (1984). “Methodology for Seismic Safety Evaluation of Fossil Power Plants.” Proceedings of Energy 1984 American Society of Civil Engineers Conference, Pasadena, California, August.

Yegian, M.K. (1984). “Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis for Pore Pressure Build-up in Sands.” Proceedings of the Eighth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, California.

Yegian, M.K. and LaSalvia, Hugo. (1984) "Failure of an Embankment on Soft Clay.” International Conference on Case History in Geotechnical Engineering, University of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, May.

Yegian, M.K. and Vitelli, B. (1981). “Analysis for Liquefaction: Empirical Approach.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Earthquake Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, April.

Yegian, M.K. (1980). “Empirical Procedure for Pore Pressure Prediction in Sands”, Proceedings of the Seventh World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, September.

Gazetas, G. and Yegian, M.K. (1979). “Shear and Rayleigh Waves in Soil Dynamics.” Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, December.

Yegian, M.K. (1979). “State-of-the-Art For Assessing Earthquake Hazard in the United States: Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis,” Report No. 13, The U.S. Army Engineers, Waterways Experimental Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, July.

Yegian, M.K. and Whitman, R.V. (1977) “Risk Analysis for Ground Failure by Liquefaction”, Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, July.

Tezcan, S., Seed, H.B., Whitman, R.V, Serff, N., Christian, J., Durgunoglu, H. and Yegian, M.K. 1977. “Resonant Period Effects in Gediz, Turkey Earthquake of 1970.” Journal of Earthquake Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, New York, April-June, vol.5, No:2.

Yegian, M. K. and Hadley, P.K. (1977). “Reliability of Laterally Loaded Pile Analysis.” Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Offshore Technology Conference, May.

Yegian, M.K. and R.V. Whitman. (1977). “Soil Liquefaction Analysis Based on Field Observations.” Proceedings of the Sixth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, India, January.

Yegian, M.K. and Oweis, E. (1976). “Liquefaction and Cyclic Mobility of Saturated Sands” (discussion), Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, March.

Lui, T., Kinner, E., and Yegian, M.K. (1974). “Ground Vibrations.” Journal of Sound and Vibration, October.

Yegian, M.K. and Wright, S.G. (1973). “Lateral Soil Resistance-Displacement Relationships for Deep Pile Foundations in Soft Clays.” Proceedings of the 5th Annual Offshore Technology Conference, Texas, May.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Since 1976, has served as consultant to:

ALTRAN, Boston , Massachusetts

BAKER ENVIRONMENTAL, Beaver, Pennsylvania

BOSTON EDISON , Braintree , Massachusetts

CADAFE, Caracas , Venezuela

THE CARLSON CORPORATION, Cochituate , Massachusetts

CHRISTIANI&NIELSEN-TCGC-BACHI, Athens , Greece

F. CORCHADO AND ASSOCIATES, San Juan, Puerto Rico

GEODEC, Caracas, Venezuela

GEOHIDRA, Caracas, Venezuela

DUBERRY-GOODKIND, NJ.

GOLDBERG, ZOINO & ASSOCIATES, Vernon , Connecticut

W. A. GREEN AND ASSOCIATES, Malden , Missouri

GZA Geo-Environmental Inc., Newton, Ma.

HALEY & ALDIRCH, INC., Cambridge , Massachusetts

HARDESTY & HANOVER, New York , New York

LICHTENSTEIN, Paramus , NJ

METCALF & EDDY ENGINEERS, Boston , Massachusetts

NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, White Plains , New York

NORTHROP, Norwood , Massachusetts

PARSONS TRANSPORTATION GROUP, NY , NY

ATTORNEY BRUCE SACHAR, Lynn , Massachusetts

STEINMAN, New York , NY

TECHNOLOGY FLOW, INC., Boston , Massachusetts

T.W. LAMBE, INC., Cambridge , Massachusetts

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, Vicksburg , Mississippi

WEIDLINGER ASSOCIATES, Cambridge , Massachusetts

WEIDLINGER ASSOCIATES, NY , NY

WESTON GEOPHYSICAL, Westboro , Massachusetts

WESTOVER METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT CORP., Chicopee , MA

WOODWARD-CLYDE CONSULTANTS, New Jersey

YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY, Framingham , Massachusetts

Consulting projects include:

• Seismic safety assessment and retrofit of the Brooklyn Bridge, NY.
• Panel member on the development of NYCDOT seismic guidelines for bridges.
• Seismic geotechnical investigations of Route 52, Ocean City , NJ .
• Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Roslyn Viaduct, Brooklyn ,. NY
• Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Goethals Bridge, NY-NJ.
• Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Secaucus Interchange, NJ
• Seismic geotechnical investigations of the Wantagh Parkway Bridge over the Sloop Channel, NY.
• Seismic geotechnical reviewer of the proposed Strait of Messina Bridge, Italy.
• Seismic design of the piers of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Washington, D.C.
• Seismic geotechnical evaluations of the Willis Avenue Bridge , New York , NY.
• Ground motions and design spectra for Underground Water Tank , Weston , MA
• Seismic geotechnical evaluations of the Manhattan Bridge, New York, NY.
• Seismic geotechnical evaluations of the Williamsburg Bridge, New York, NY.
• Seismic geotechnical evaluations of the 3 rd Avenue Bridge , New York , NY.
• Static and seismic design of a new pier and breakwater in Port of Patras , Patras , Greece .
• Seismic geotechnical investigations for the 6th Avenue Bridge, Brooklyn , NY .
• Seismic geotechnical investigations for the Madison Avenue Bridge , New York , NY.
• Ground motions and liquefaction analysis of LNG tank in Charles County , Virginia .
• Liquefaction and lateral load capacities of the pile foundations of the Old Courthouse in San Juan , Puerto Rico .
• Seismic Response Analysis of Tacony–Palmyra Bridge piers, Philadelphia , PA
• Seismic Response Analysis of the Tagus Bridge piers, Lisbon , Portugal .
• Soil-structure interaction analysis of the slurry wall of I-93 Northbound Tunnel Atlantic Ave. project, Boston , Massachusetts .
• Liquefaction analysis Route 146/Massachusetts Turnpike Interchange Project.
• Seismic Safety Analysis of the Lemons Landfill, Dexter , Missouri
• Earthquake response of LTV Waste Landfill in Chicago , Illinois .
• Earthquake response of US Steel Waste Landfill in Chicago , Illinois .
• Evaluation of site effects on earthquake ground motions at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, Plymouth , and Massachusetts .
• Development of floor spectra for Surry nuclear power plant.
• Liquefaction analysis, seismic risk, and blast induced densification at the Dennison Plant site in Chicopee , Massachusetts .
• Blast damage of Consolidated Edison Co.'s gas pipeline in New York .
• Expert witness, blast induced damages to residential homes.
• Seismic safety evaluation of Deerfield #2 concrete spillway, Massachusetts .
• Seismic design and safety evaluation of North, West and South dikes at Cape Pond Reservoir, Rockport , Massachusetts .
• Finite element analysis of seepage through the North and West dikes at Cape Pond Reservoir, Rockport , Massachusetts .
• Seismic safety evaluation of Long Sault Dike, St. Lawrence Power Project, New York .
• Lateral load capacities of emergency siren posts for Seabrook Power Plant, New Hampshire .
• Safety evaluations of highway embankment on solution cavities and sinkholes, San Juan , Puerto Rico .
• Evaluations of design response spectrum and influence of soil-structure interaction for Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant, New Jersey .
• Site evaluation at the Sandy Pond Converter Terminal, Ayer, Massachusetts and Comerford Converter Terminal, Monroe , New Hampshire .
• Evaluations of recorded earthquake motions and site response analysis for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant.
• Seismic risk analysis of La Vueltosa Dam , Venezuela .
• Seismic response analysis of Mead Reservoir Dam, Plattsburgh , New York .
• Seismic risk analysis of La Honda Dam, Uribante Caparo Project , Venezuela .
• Seepage analysis and recommendations for cement-bentonite cut-off wall for a dike in Cuidad Guayana , Venezuela .
• Response analysis of basement floor subjected to machine-induced dynamic forces, Northrop , Massachusetts .
• Analysis of ground motion and spectral responses at Indian Point Nuclear Power Station, NY.
• Analysis of failure and reconstruction of dikes in Cuidad, Guayana , Venezuela .
• Seismic safety analysis of Holden Reservoir No. 1 in Holden , Massachusetts .
• Seismic stability analyses of slopes and oil tank foundations for MENEVEN, Puerto la Cruz , Venezuela .
• Seismic design and analysis of oil tanks for MARAVEN in Venezuela .
• Seismic safety analysis of Kettlebrook Reservoir No. 4 Dam in Paxton , Massachusetts .
• Design of turbine foundation and response of loose saturated sands at Medi-Waste Plant, West Babylon , New York .
• Seismic stability analyses for slopes at INTEVEP, Venezuela .
• Foundation design and isolation schemes for a large electromagnetic shaker at Northrop, Norwood , Massachusetts .
• Foundation recommendations for Santa Barbara , Boca Vieja, Izate and Araquita bridges in Caracas , Venezuela .
• Pier foundation and design at Puenta de Pierdas in Isle of Margarita.
• Liquefaction and settlement analysis of buildings in Cumana , Venezuela .
• Seismic design considerations for the Southeast Resource Recovery Facility in Long Beach , California .
• Offshore site exploration and investigation in Guaranao and Lake Maracaibo , Venezuela .
• Sea-bottom stability analysis considering earthquake loads at the site of a pier in Puerto Suene , Venezuela .
• Analysis of pile foundations, pile driving criteria, determination of pile cap movements for the Water intake line at Amuay Refinery, Venezuela .
• Liquefaction of soils, seismic risk analysis, dynamic analysis of oil storage tanks for a refinery in Kawasaki , Japan .
• Blast vibrations at the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, New York.
• Liquefaction analysis for Oyster Creek Power Plant site.
• Sea floor stability at the site of the Trident Submarine drydock, Seattle , Washington .
• Dynamic stresses on the MBTA tunnel walls in Cambridge .

Media Activities

Prof. Yegian with Former NU President Jack Curry during 1995 Excellence in Teaching Awards Ceremony