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Yegian, M. K. and Arzoumanidis, S., "Seismic Vulnerability Assesment and Retrofitting of the Historic Brooklyn Bridge", Proceedings of the Japan-Greece Workshop, Kobe, Japan, October 2011.

Yegian, M. K. and Arzoumanidis, S., Strohman, B. P., Kishore, and K., Patel, J. "Appraising the Brooklyn Bridge." Featured Cover Article, Civil Engineering, ASCE, February, 2009, Volume 79, Number 2.

Yegian, M. K., Arzoumanidis, S. Kishore, K., Patel, J., Jain, S. K., Strohman, B. P., and Edwards, N., “Seismic Soil-Foundation Investigation of the Brooklyn Bridge.” Proceedings of the ASCE-GI Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conference, Sacramento, CA, May, 2008.

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.

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