News

    2016

  • Publications on Gorkha research

    Our publication on the analysis of strong motion data from the 2015 M7.8 earthquake in Nepal is now available online on the Gorkha Special Issue of Tectonophysics. Also, the GEER report on our field observations can be found here; while our findings have been included in the Special Issue of the Seismological Research Letters on the same event. We look forward to your comments and questions! 10/10/2016

  • SEISMOSOIL v1.0 is now available for PC, Mac

    We are very excited to release v1.0 of our nonlinear site response software, SEISMOSOIL, a one-dimensional total stress finite difference code, complete with a graphical interface for pre- and post-processing, signal processing tools and validation metrics for comparison ofpredictions to recordings. Send us your comments and complaints. 10/01/2016

  • Asimaki presents Caltech's research on resilience at the Capital Campaign launching event

    A glimpse of Caltech’s vision for making Los Angeles resilient to earthquakes. Campaign's launching video is now available on youtube. Check it out! 05/16/2016

  • 2015

  • Asimaki visits OSU Tsunami Basin NHERI Facility

    Domniki visited the NSF NHERI experimental facility at Oregon State University, gave a seminar and discussed future research opportunities with faculty in the Civil Engineering Department working on tsunami experiments, simulations, coastal engineering geotechnical and structural problems, and geomatics. Read about the seminar and about the OSU NHERI facility. 11/19/2015

  • Launch of Engineers Week 2016

    2016 Engineers Week Kick-off Webcast: Watch us celebrate the launch of Engineers Week at Caltech with a panel discussion on diversity and how engineers are making a world of difference! 10/01/2015

  • Caltech research on the 2015 Nepal earthquake

    We have been working with a team of seismologists from the Caltech Seismolab and the USGS, to shed light on some fascinating aspects of the 2015 Nepal (Gorkha) earthquake. You can read about their work here. Stay tuned, we've got a lot of exciting results coming up! 08/13/2015

  • Asimaki participates in GEER reconnaissance in Nepal

    Domniki is part of an NSF-funded team that is heading to Nepal to document damage of natural and man-made geotechnical systems. Stay tuned for our reconnaissance report! 06/09/2015

  • Asimaki group at the Annual SSA meeting

    We presented our recent work on topographic amplification and nonlinear site response analyses. For SSA members, our presentations were recorded and will soon be available here. 04/23/2015

  • Asimaki participated in PRENOLIN Workshop 5 in Nice, France

    Domniki presented our 1D site-response model SEISMOSOIL at the PRENOLIN workshop, an international consortium of experts in site response analyses that has been conducting extensive validation and verification analyses using more than 20 different site-response codes. 04/08/2015

  • Asimaki attended the 2015 Annual EERI Meeting

    Domniki attended the 2015 EERI meeting in Boston. She attended, among other, the meeting of the Editorial Board of Earthquake Spectra, a journal for which she serves as Associate Editor. 04/01/2015

  • Asimaki Seminar at University of Memphis

    Domniki visited the Department of Civil Engineering and the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) at the University of Memphis. Many thanks to everyone for your interest in our work and your hospitality! 02/05/2015

  • Asimaki Seminar at UC San Diego

    Domniki visited the Structural Engineering Department at UC San Diego and gave a seminar, Site Effects in Three Dimensions: Theory, Experiments, and Numerical Simulations. 02/05/2015

2014

  • Jian Shi Presentation at AGU Fall Meeting

    Jian Shi gave a presentation, Nonlinear Site Response Validation Studies Using KIK-net Strong Motion Data; and Kami Mohammadi presented a poster, Scattering of Plane SV Wave by Wedge-Shaped Topographic Features, at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 12/15/2014

  • Asimaki Invited by Caltrans Education Committee

    Domniki was invited by the Caltrans Education Committee to give a seminar, Dynamics of Soils and Foundations: From 3D Numerical Simulations to Design, at the California Department of Transportation in Sacramento. 11/01/14

  • Asimaki Featured

    Domniki was featured in Caltech's New Faculty Profile series. [Read interview] 10/01/14

  • Jian Shi Poster Presentation

    Jian Shi presented a poster, Site response validation studies using KIK-net strong motion recordings, at the 2014 SCEC Annual Meeting in Palm Springs. 09/01/14