Prof. APOSTOLOS S. PAPAGEORGIOU

POSITION

  • Professor, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, Ketter Hall 222, BUFFALO, NY., 14260-4300, USA;
  • Phone: (716) 645-2114 x 2416 Fax: (716) 645-3733, E-mail: [email protected]
  • Effective June 1, 2004: Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Division of Structural Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS, GR-265 00 – PATRAS, GREECE


EDUCATION

  • B.Sc. Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) - M.I.T. 1976
  • M.Sc. Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) - M.I.T. 1978
  • M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (Engineering Mechanics) - M.I.T. 1978
  • Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology) - M.I.T. 1981


ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

  • Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Division of Structural Engineering, University of Patras, June 2004 – present
  • Professor, Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, January 1999 – May 2004
  • Associate Professor, (with tenure), Department of Civil Engineering, R.P.I., Spring 1990 – December 1998
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, R.P.I., September 1983 - Spring 1990
  • Greek Army Corps of Engineers (Military Service), October 1981 - August 1983
  • Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, M.I.T., September 1976 February 1981


HONORS AND AWARDS

  • The Richard Lee Russel Award of 1976, of the Dept. of Civil Engineering, M.I.T., “in recognition of distinguished academic achievements”.


GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES AND SERVICE

  • Reviewer of the research conducted by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) on the Seismic Hazard Characterization of the Eastern United States. Review requested by the Panel of Seismic Hazard Analysis of the Committee on Seismology, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.
  • Member, for three consecutive years, of a review panel for research awards granted by U.S. Geological Survey for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP).
  • Member of the Seismic Effects Committee of the Structures Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
  • Member of the Dynamics Committee of the Engineering Mechanics Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).


RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

  • Dr. A.S. Papageorgiou received support for his research work over the years from the National Science Foundation (NSF); the US Geological Survey (USGS); and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Papageorgiou, A.S. and K. Aki, (1982). “Aspects of the Mechanics of Earthquake Rupture Related to the Generation of High Frequency Waves and the Prediction of Strong Ground Motion”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 2, 67 74.
  • Papageorgiou, A.S. and K. Aki (1983). “A Specific Barrier Model for the Quantitative Description of Inhomogeneous Faulting and the Prediction of Strong Ground Motion. Part I: Description of the Model”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 73, No. 3, 693 722.
  • Papageorgiou, A.S. (1988). “On Two Characteristic Frequencies of Acceleration Spectra: Patch Corner Frequency and fmax”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 78, No. 2, 509 529.
  • Papageorgiou, A.S. and B. C. Lin (1990). “Analysis of Recorded Earthquake Response and Identification of a Multi Story Structure Accounting for Foundation Interaction Effects,” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 9, pp. 55 64.
  • Papageorgiou, A.S. and J. Kim (1991). “Study of the Propagation and Amplification of Seismic Waves in Caracas Valley with Reference to the July 29, 1967 Earthquake Response: SH Waves,” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 81, No. 6, pp. 2214 2233.
  • Kim, J. and A.S. Papageorgiou (1993). “The Discrete Wavenumber Boundary Element Method for 3 D Scattering Problems,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 119, No. 3, pp. 603 624.
  • Pei, D. and A.S. Papageorgiou (1996). “Locally Generated Surface Waves in Santa Clara Valley: Analysis of Observations and Numerical Simulation”, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 25, pp. 47-63.
  • Papageorgiou, A.S., (1997). "Engineering Seismology," in Computer Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures, edited by D.E. Beskos and S.A. Anagnostopoulos, Computational Mechanics Publications, September, 1997, 600 pp.
  • Papageorgiou, A.S., and Duoli Pei (1998). “A Discrete Wavenumber Boundary Element Method for Study of the 3-D Response of 2-D Scatterers,” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 27, pp. 619-638.
  • Dong, G. and A.S. Papageorgiou (2002a). “Seismic Radiation from a Unidirectional Asymmetrical Circular Crack Model – Part (I): Constant Rupture Velocity”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 92, No.3, pp. 945-961.
  • Dong, G. and A.S. Papageorgiou (2002b). “Seismic Radiation from a Unidirectional Asymmetrical Circular Crack Model – Part (II): Variable Rupture Velocity”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 92, No.3, pp. 962-982.
  • Dong, G. and A.S. Papageorgiou (2003). “On a New Class of Kinematic Models: Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Circular and Elliptical Cracks”, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, Vol.137, pp. 129-151.
  • Dutta, U., N.N.Biswas, A. Matrirosyan, A.S. Papageorgiou, and S. Kinoshita (2003). “Estimation of Earthquake Source Parameters and Site Response in Anchorage, Alaska from Strong Motion Network Data Using Generalized Inversion Method”, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, Vol.137, pp. 13-29.
  • Papageorgiou, A.S. (2003). “The Barrier Model and Strong Ground Motion”, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 160, No. 3/4, pp.603-634.
  • Mavroeidis, G.P. and A.S. Papageorgiou (2003). “A Mathematical Representation of Near-Fault Ground Motions”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 93, No.3, pp. 1099-1131.
  • Mavroeidis, G., G. Dong, and A.S. Papageorgiou (2004). “Near-Fault Ground Motions, and the Response of Elastic and Inelastic Single-Degree-of-Freedom (SDOF) Systems”, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 33, pp. 1023-1049.