GEORGE DEODATIS

Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Tel: (212) 854-9728; Fax: (212) 854-6267; deodatis@civil.columbia.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Probabilistic mechanics, simulation of stochastic processes and fields to model uncertain earthquake/wind loads and material/soil properties; earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, random vibrations, reliability and safety analysis of structures, stochastic finite element methods, risk assessment and risk management of civil infrastructure systems.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., 1987, Civil Engineering, Columbia University. Master of Science, 1984, Civil Engineering, Columbia University. Diploma, 1982, Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor, July 2002 - present, Columbia University.

Associate Professor, January 2002 - June 2002, Columbia University.

Director, Program in Mechanics, Materials & Structures, July 1997 - June 1999, Princeton University.

Associate Professor, July 1997 - December 2001, Princeton University.

Assistant Professor, July 1991 - June 1997, Princeton University.

Research Associate, February 1988 - June 1991, Princeton University.

Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, June 1987 - January 1988, Columbia University.

HONORS AND AWARDS FOR RESEARCH

American Society of Civil Engineers Walter Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, 1998; International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability Junior Research Prize, 1997; National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, 1992; NEC Preceptorship, 1995; Howard B. Wentz Award, 1994.

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS

James Tantalla; Stelios Koutsourelakis; Michael Tantala.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Shinozuka, M. and Deodatis, G. (2002). Stochastic Processes and Fields: Theories and Engineering Applications, Cambridge University Press, New York (in press).

Shinozuka, M., Deodatis, G., Zhang, R. and Papageorgiou, A.S. (1999). "Modeling, Simulation and Engineering Applications of Strong Earthquake Wave Motion," Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 209-228.

Graham, L. and Deodatis, G. (2000). "Stochastic Response and Random Eigenvalues of Structural Systems with Multiple Uncertain Material and Geometric Properties," Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 11-29.

Deodatis, G. and Micaletti, R.C. (2001). "A Spectral-Representation-Based Algorithm for Simulation of Non-Gaussian Stochastic Processes," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 127, No. 12, pp. 1284-1295.

Koutsourelakis, S., Prevost, J-H. and Deodatis, G. (2002). "Risk Assessment of an Interacting Structure-Soil System Due to Liquefaction," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 31, No.4, pp. 851-879.

Tantala, M. and Deodatis, G. (2002). "Development of Seismic Fragility Curves for Tall Buildings," 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Columbia University, New York, June 2-5 2.

Koutsourelakis, S. and Deodatis, G. (2002). "A Methodology to Simulate the Clustering of Inclusions in Two-Phase Random Media," 4th International Conference on Computational Stochastic Mechanics, Corfu, Greece, June 9-12. 3.

Deodatis, G. and Koutsourelakis, S. (2002). "A Methodology to Generate Sample Realizations of Two-Phase Random Media," Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Vienna, Austria, July 7-12. 4.

Tantala, M.W., Dargush, A., Deodatis, G., Jacob, K., Nordenson, G.J.P., O'Brien, D. and Swiren, B. (2002). "Earthquake Loss Estimation for the New York City Area," 7th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, MA, July 21-25.