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Education
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Ph.D. in Earthquake Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute & State University (VPI & SU), USA, 1983
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M.Sc. in Structural Dynamic, VPI&SU, USA, 1981
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B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, VPI&SU, USA, 1979
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B.Sc.:
Nuclear Engineering, VPI&SU, USA, 1979
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Research/Teaching &
Memberships
Research
Interests
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Earthquake Risk management
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Seismic
hazard assessment
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Random
Vibration
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Seismic
Isolation
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Equipment–structure interaction
Active Projects
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Quick loss and
Risk assessment using the remote sensing technique.
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Seismic
vulnerability evaluation of elevated water tanks and
proposing some solutions for increasing their seismic safety
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Analytical and
experimental study on floor isolation in seismic design of
buildings.
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Developing
intelligent software for damage detection of steel
structures.
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Vulnerability
evaluation of industrial equipment by considering their
interaction effects.
Recent Accomplished Projects
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Experimental
study on common steel structures in Iran
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Multi-support Excitation study of large span
bridges.
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Risk Analysis of the mega-city of Tehran
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Evaluation of damages occurred by an
earthquake using the recorded accelerograms
of the buildings.
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Vulnerability Reduction Project of Tehran.
Teaching
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Random Vibration in Ph.D. Level at IIEES
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Earthquake Engineering in Master Level at
IIEES
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Earthquake Risk Analysis in Master and Ph.D. Level at IIEES
Membership
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Director
and member of Executive Committee of International
Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE)
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Chairman
of IASPEI Commission on “Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Strong
Ground Motion”.
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Ex-Scientific member of Disaster Prevention and Management
Headquarter.
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Committee
on Strengthening of existing public building and
infrastructure
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Founding
member, Director board member and Inspector of Iranian
Earthquake Engineering Association up to Spring 2006.
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Iran’s
Risk Reduction Council.
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Professional Experience
Engineering
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Faculty
Member of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran , Booshehr
Nuclear Plant – Research Center, Apr. 1985 – Dec. 1989, Iran
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Professional
designer of nuclear plants, Bektel Company, Jan. 1984 – Feb.
1985, U.S.A.
Administration
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Founder
and President of IIEES: 3 Dec. 1989 - 3 Dec. 2006
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Chairman
of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th International Conf. on Seismology
and Earthquake Engineering, 90-2003
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Coordinator of National Data Centers of the CTBT members,
WGB-CTBTO, 2002-2007
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"UNESCO-UNDP-UN/ISDR-IIEES Alliance for Earth Risk Reduction
in Developing Countries" manager
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Editor-in-chief of Journal of Seismology and Earthquake
Engineering (JSEE). From its establishment to 2007
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Editor-in-chief of IIEES Research Bulletin. From its
establishment to 2007
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Selected Publications
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“Identification of Modal Parameters of Non-Classically
Damped Linear Structures under Multi-Component Earthquake
Loading”; M. Mahmoudabadi, M. Ghafory-Ashtiany, M. Hosseini,
Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology; May 2007
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"Post Bam
Recovery and Reconstruction", M. Ghafory-Ashtiany , Special
Issue of Journal of Natural Hazards; Paper No. NHAZ121,
November 2007.
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“Elastomeric Isolators with Steel Rings: A Theoretical,
Experimental and Numerical Study”, H. Poormohammad, M.
Ziyaefar, M. Ghafory-Ashtiany, Journal of Seismology and
Earthquake Engineering (JSEE), Vol. 8 No. 2, Summer 2006
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“Crustal
Velocity Structure in Iranian Kopeh-Dagh, from Analysis of
P-Waveform Receiver Functions”; G. Nowrouzi, K. F.
Priestley, M. Ghafory-Ashtiany, G.Javan Doloei, and D. J.
Rham; Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering
(JSEE), Vol. 8 No. 4, Winter 2006.
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“A New
Look at Earthquake Engineering: Simplification of a Complex
Phenomenon”, M. Ghafory-Ashtiany, JSEE, Vol. 7 No.2, Summer
2005.
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“History,
Geography and Economy of Bam” M. Ghafory-Ashtiany, R.
Mousavi, Special Earthquake Spectra: Special Issue on Bam
Earthquake, Vol. 21, No. S1, pp. S3-S11, December 2005.
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“New
Approaches for Non-classically Damped System Eigenanalysis”
M. Ghafory-Ashtiany, K. Khanlari, Journal of Earthquake
Engineering and Structural Dynamics (EESD), Vol. 34, pp.
1073-1087, April 2005.
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“Identification of Modal Parameters of Classically Damped
Linear Structures under Multi-Component Earthquake Loading”,
M. Ghafory-Ashtiany, M. Mahmood-Abadi, JSEE, Vol.7, No.1,
Spring 2005.
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“UN
Strategy for Support to the Government of Iran Following the
Bam Earthquake of 26 December 2003”, K. Kishor, S.K. Jha, F.
Lyons, M. Ghafory-Ashtiany and V.K. Atabaki, JSEE Special
Issue on Bam Earthquake, Vol.5, No.4, Winter 2004
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“Seismological Constraints on the Crustal structure beneath
the Zagros Mountain Belt (Iran)”, D. Hatzfeld, M. Tatar, K.
Priestly and M. Ghafory-Ashtiany, Geophysical Journal
International, Vol. 155, pp 403-410, October 2003.
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“The
Crustal Velocity Structure Beneath the Zagros Mountain Belt
(Iran)”, D. Hatzfeld, M. Tatar, K. Priestly, M.
Ghafory-Ashtiany. JSEE. Vol. 3, No. 3, Dec. 2002.
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“Floor
Response Spectra for Multicomponent Earthquake Input”, M.
Ghafory-Ashtiany, A. Fiouz, Journal of Esteghlal, Vol. 21,
No. 1, September 2002.
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“The
Effect of Random Mass, Stiffness and Eccentricity Parameters
on Seismic Response of Torsional System, M.
Ghafory-Ashtiany, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology,
Vol 25, No.1, Winter 2001.
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“ Damage
Assessment Using Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm”, K.
Saberi-Haghighi, M. Ghafory-Ashtiany and C. Lucas; Journal
of Seismology and earthquake Engineering (JSEE); Vol. 2, No.
2, Spring 2000.
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“Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Achievement in Iran”, M.
Ghafory-Ashtiany, M.K. Jafari, and M. Tehranizadeh,
Proceeding of the 12th world Conference on Earthquake
Engineering (12WCEE); Paper No. 2380, Auckland, New Zealand,
January 2000
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