PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals

  1. Takewaki, I., Conte, J. P., Mahin, S. A., and Pister, K. S., "A Unified Earthquake-Resistant Design Method for Steel Frames using ARMA Models," Journal Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 20, pp.483-501, 1991.

  2. Takewaki, I., Conte, J. P., Mahin, S. A., and Pister, K. S., "Probabilistic Multi-Objective Optimal Design of Seismic-Resistant Braced Steel Frames using ARMA Models," Journal of Computers and Structures, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 687-707, 1991.

  3. Conte, J. P., Pister, K. S., and Mahin, S. A., "Nonstationary ARMA Modeling of Seismic Motions," Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 411- 426, 1992.

  4. Conte, J. P., Durrani, A. J., and Shelton, R. O., "Seismic Response Modeling of Multi- Story Buildings Using Neural Networks," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems & Structures, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 392-402, May 1994.

  5. Luo, Y., Durrani, A. J., and Conte, J. P., "Equivalent Frame Analysis of Flat-Plate Buildings for Seismic Loading," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 120, No. 7, pp. 2137- 2155, July 1994.

  6. Lu, R., Luo, Y., and Conte, J. P., "Reliability Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Beams," Structural Safety, 14, pp. 277-298, 1994.

  7. Conte, J. P., and Marshall, P. W., "Low Frequency Forces on Tubular Spaceframe Towers: Analysis of Cognac Data," Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 116, No. 3, pp. 122-126, August 1994.

  8. Lu, R., Luo, Y., and Conte, J. P., "Authors’ Reply to Discussion on: Reliability Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Beams," by M. B. Krakovski, Structural Safety, Vol. 17, Issue 2, pp. 124-127, 1995.

  9. Luo, Y., Durrani, A. J., and Conte, J. P., "Seismic Reliability Assessment of Existing R/ C Flat-Slab Buildings," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 10, pp. 1522-1530, October 1995.

  10. Hamed, M. M., Conte, J. P., Bedient, P. B., "Probabilistic Screening Tool for Groundwater Contamination Assessment," Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 11, pp. 767-775, November 1995.

  11. Conte, J. P., and Peng, B. F., "An Explicit Closed-Form Solution for Linear Systems Subjected to Nonstationary Random Excitation," Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 37-50, 1996.

  12. Maged, M. H., Bedient, P. B., and Conte, J. P., "Numerical Stochastic Analysis of Groundwater Contaminant Transport and Plume Containment," Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Vol. 24, pp. 1-24, October 1996.

  13. Conte, J. P., and Peng, B.-F., "Fully Nonstationary Analytical Earthquake Ground Motion Model," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 123, No. 1, pp. 15-24, 1997.

  14. Couch, A. T., and Conte, J. P., "Field Verification of Linear and Nonlinear Hybrid Wave Models for Offshore Tower Response Prediction," Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 119, No. 3, pp. 158-165, August 1997.

  15. Peng, B.-F., and Conte, J. P., "Statistical Insight into Constant-Ductility Design Using a Nonstationary Earthquake Ground Motion Model," Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 26, pp. 895-916, September 1997.

  16. Peng, B.-F., and Conte, J. P., "Closed-Form Solutions for the Response of Linear Systems to Fully Nonstationary Earthquake Excitation," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 124, No. 6, pp. 684-694, 1998.

  17. Nordgren, R. P., and Conte, J. P., "On One-Dimensional Random Fields with Fixed End Values," Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 301-310, 1999.

  18. Stewart, J. P., Conte, J. P., and Aiken, I. D., "Observed Behavior of Seismically Isolated Buildings," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 125, No. 9, pp. 955-964, September 1999.

  19. Conte, J. P., and Trombetti, T. L., "Linear Dynamic Modeling of a Uni-Axial Servo-Hydraulic Shaking Table System," Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 29, No. 9, pp. 1375-1404, September 2000.

  20. Trombetti, T. L., and Conte, J. P., "Shaking Table Dynamics: Results from a Test-Analysis Comparison Study," Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 513-551, 2002.

  21. Conte, J. P., Vijalapura, P., and Meghella, M., "Consistent Finite Element Response Sensitivities Analysis," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 129, No. 12, pp. 1380-1393, 2003.

  22. Conte, J. P., Barbato, M., and Spacone, E., "Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis Using Force-Based Frame Models," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 59, Issue 13, pp. 1781-1820, 2004.

  23. Orakcal, K., Wallace, J. W., and Conte, J. P., "Nonlinear Modeling and Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls," ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 101, No. 5, pp. 688-698, 2004.

  24. Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., "Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis: A Comparison Between Force-Based and Displacement-Based Frame Element Models," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 194, Issues 12-16, pp. 1479-1512, 2005.

  25. Yu, E., Whang, D., Conte, J. P., Stewart, J. P., and Wallace, J., "Forced Vibration Testing of Buildings Using the Linear Shaker Seismic Simulation (LSSS) Testing Method," Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 737-761, 2005.

  26. Trombetti, T. L., and Conte, J. P., "New Insight Into and Simplified Approach to Seismic Analysis of Torsionally Coupled One-Story, Elastic Systems," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 286/1-2, pp. 265-312, 2005.

  27. Zona, A., Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., "Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams with Deformable Shear Connection," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 131, No. 11, pp. 1126-1139, 2005.

  28. Zona, A., Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., "Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Continuous Steel-Concrete Composite Girders," Steel and Composite Structures, An International Journal, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 183-202, 2006.

  29. Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., "Finite Element Structural Response Sensitivity and Reliability Analyses Using Smooth Versus Non-Smooth Material Constitutive Models," International Journal of Reliability and Safety, Vol. 1, No. 1/2, pp. 3-39, 2006.

  30. Barbato, M., Zona, A., and Conte, J. P., "Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis Using Three-Field Mixed Formulation: General Theory and Application to Frame Structures," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 69, Issue 1, pp. 114-161, 2007.

  31. Ozcelik, O., Luco, J. E., Conte, J. P., Trombetti, T. L., and Restrepo, J., "Experimental Characterization, Modeling and Identification of the NEES-UCSD Shake Table Mechanical System," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 134, No. 1, pp. 23-34, 2008.

  32. Ozcelik, O., Luco, J. E., and Conte, J. P., "Identification of the Mechanical SubSystem of the NEES-UCSD Shake Table by a Least-Squares Approach," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, ASCE, Vol. 37, pp. 243-264, 2008.

  33. Moaveni, B., He, X., Conte, J. P., and De Callafon, R. A., "Damage Identification of a Composite Beam Using Finite Element Model Updating," Journal of Computer Aided Civil Infrastructure and Engineering, Vol. 23, pp. 339-359, 2008.

  34. He, X., Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., and Elgamal, A., "Modal Identification Study of Vincent Thomas Bridge Using Simulated Wind-Induced Ambient Vibration Data," Journal of Computer Aided Civil Infrastructure and Engineering, Vol. 23, pp. 373-388, 2008.

  35. Zona, A., Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., "Nonlinear Seismic Response Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Frames," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 134, No. 6, pp. 986-997, 2008.

  36. Conte, J. P., He, X., Moaveni, B., Masri, S. F., Caffrey, J. P., Wahbeh, M., Tasbihgoo, F., Whang, D., and Elgamal, A., "Dynamic Testing of Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 134, No. 6, pp. 1006-1015, 2008.

  37. Zhang, Y., Conte, J. P., Yang, Z., Elgamal, A., Bielak, J., and Acero, G., "Two-Dimensional Nonlinear Earthquake Response Analysis of a Bridge-Foundation-Ground System," Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 343-386, 2008.

  38. Elgamal, A., Yan, L., Yang, Z., and Conte, J. P., "Three-Dimensional Seismic Response of Humboldt Bay Bridge-Foundation-Ground System," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 134, No. 7, pp. 1165-1176, 2008.

  39. De Callafon, R. A., Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., He, X., and Udd, E., "General Realization Algorithm for Modal Identification of Linear Dynamic Systems," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 134, No. 9, pp. 712-722, 2008.

  40. Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., "Spectral Characteristics of Non-Stationary Random Processes: Theory and Applications to Linear Structural Models," Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 23, No.4, pp. 416-426, 2008.

  41. He, X., Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., Elgamal, A., and Masri, S. F., "System Identification of Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge Using Dynamic Field Test Data," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 135, No.1, pp. 54-66, 2009.

  42. Gu, Q., Conte, J. P., Elgamal, A., and Yang, Z., "Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Multi-Yield-Surface J2 Plasticity Model by Direct Differentiation Method," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 198, Issues 30-32, pp. 2272-2285, 2009.

  43. Nayeri, R. D., Tasbihgoo, F., Wahbeh, M., Caffrey, J. P., Masri, S. F., Conte, J. P., and Elgamal, A., "A Study of Time-Domain Techniques for Modal Parameter identification of a Long Suspension Bridge with dense Sensor Arrays," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 135, No. 7, pp. 669-683, 2009.

  44. Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., and Hemez, F., "Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of Damage Identification Results Obtained Using Finite Element Model Updating," Journal of Computer Aided Civil Infrastructure and Engineering, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 320-334, 2009.

  45. Gu, Q., Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., "Handling of Constraints in Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 135, No. 12, pp. 1427-1438, 2009.

  46. Fraser, M., Elgamal, A., He, X., and Conte, J. P., "Sensor Network for Structural Health Monitoring of a Highway Bridge," Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 11-24, 2010.

  47. Luco, J. E., Ozcelik, O., and Conte, J. P., "Acceleration Tracking Performance of the NEES-UCSD Shake Table," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 136, No. 5, pp. 481-490, 2010.

  48. Moaveni, B., He, X., Conte, J. P., and Restrepo, J., "Damage Identification Study of a Seven-Story Full-Scale Building Slice Tested on the UCSD-NEES Shake Table," Structural Safety, 36, pp. 347-356, 2010.

  49. Barbato, M., Gu, Q., and Conte, J. P., "A New Multidimensional Visualization Technique for Limit-State Surfaces in Nonlinear Finite Element Reliability Analysis," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 136, No. 11, pp. 1390-1400, 2010.

  50. Barbato, M., Gu, Q., and Conte, J. P., "Probabilistic Push-Over Analysis of Structural and Soil-Structure Systems," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 136, No. 11, pp. 1330-1341, 2010.

  51. Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., "Structural Reliability Applications of Non-Stationary Spectral Characteristics," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 137, No. 5, pp. 371-382, 2011.

  52. Luco, J.E., Ozcelik, O., Conte, J. P., and Mendoza, L. H., "Experimental Study of the Dynamic Interaction Between the Foundation of the NEES-UCSD Shake Table and the Surrounding Soil: Reaction Block Response, " Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 7, pp. 954-973, 2011.

  53. Panagiotou, M., Restrepo, J. I., and Conte, J. P., "Shake Table Test of a 7-Story Full Scale Building Slice - Phase I: Rectangular Wall," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 137, No. 6, pp. 691-704, 2011.

  54. Moaveni, B., He, X., Conte, J. P., Restrepo, J. I., and Panagiotou, M., "System Identification Study of a Seven-Story Full-Scale Building Slice Tested on the UCSD-NEES Shake Table," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 137, No. 6, pp. 705-717, 2011.

  55. Gu, Q., Conte, J. P., Yang, Z., and Elgamal, A., "Consistent Tangent Moduli for Multi-Yield-Surface J2 Plasticity Material Model," Computational Mechanics, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 97-120, 2011.

  56. Lu, J., Elgamal, A., Yan, L., Law, K. H., and Conte, J. P., "Large Scale Numerical Modeling in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering," International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 490-503, 2011.

  57. Gu, Q., Barbato, M., Conte, J. P., Gill, P. E., and McKenna, F., "OpenSees-SNOPT Framework for Finite Element-Based Optimization of Structural and Geotechnical Systems," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 137, No. 6, pp. 822-834, 2012.

  58. Gobbato, M., Conte, J. P., Kosmatka, J. B., and Farrar, C. R., "A Reliability-Based Framework for Fatigue Damage Prognosis of Composite Aircraft Structures," Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 29, pp. 176-188, 2012.

  59. Lombaert, G., and Conte, J. P., "Random Vibration Analysis of Dynamic Vehicle-Bridge Interaction Due to Road Unevenness," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 138, No. 7, pp. 816-825, 2012.

  60. Hart, G. C., Conte, J. P., Park, K., Reyes, D., and Huang, S. C., "Structural Reliability for Structural Engineers Evaluating and Strengthening a Tall Building," The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, Vol. 21, Issue Supplement S1, pp. 12-30, 2012.

  61. Faggella, M., Barbosa, A. R., Conte, J. P., Spacone, E., and Restrepo, J. I., "Probabilistic Seismic Response Analysis of a 3-D Reinforced Concrete Building," Structural Safety, Vol. 44, pp. 11-27, 2013.

  62. Moaveni, B., Stavridis, A., Lombaert, G., Conte, J. P., and Shing, P. B., "Damage Assessment of a Three-Story Infilled RC Frame Subjected to Seismic Base Excitation," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, in press, 2013.

  63. Barbato, M., Zona, A., and Conte, J. P., "Probabilistic Nonlinear Response Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, in press, 2013.

  64. Hart, G. C., Conte, J. P., Park, K., Ellingwood, B. R., and Wong, K. K. F., "Performance-Based Evaluation and Strengthening of Tall Buildings in the Los Angeles Region by Using Bayesian Structural Reliability," The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, in press, 2013.

  65. Moaveni, B., Barbosa, A. R., Conte, J. P., and Hemez, F., "Uncertainty Analysis of System Identification Results Obtained for a Seven Story Building Slice Tested on the UCSD-NEES Shake Table," Structural Control and Health Monitoring, in press, 2013.

  66. Gobbato, M., Kosmatka, J. B., and Conte, J. P., "A Recursive Bayesian Approach for Fatigue Damage Prognosis: An Experimental Validation at the Reliability Component Level," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, in press, 2013.

  67. Simoen, E., Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., and Lombaert, G., "Uncertainty Quantification in the Assessment of Progressive Damage in a Seven-Story Full-Scale Building Slice," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, in press, 2013.


Book Chapters

  1. Hamed, M. M., Conte, J. P., and Bedient, P. B., "Uncertainty Analysis of Subsurface Transport of Reactive Solutes Using Reliability Methods," Chapter 8 in Groundwater Models for Resources Analysis and Management, pp. 123-135, Aly I. El-Kadi (Editor), Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, Michigan, April 1995.

  2. Conte, J. P., Barbato, M., and Gu, Q., "Finite Element Response Sensitivity, Probabilistic Response and Reliability Analyses," Chapter 2 in Computational Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, pp. 76-97, M. Papadrakakis, D. C. Charmpis, N. D. Lagaros, and Y. Tsompanakis (Editors), CRC Press/Balkema, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2009.


Conference Proceedings

  1. Austin, M. A., Conte, J. P., Mahin, S. A., and Pister, K. S., "Use of ARMA Models for the Investigation of Earthquake-induced Damage Mechanisms in Structures," Proceedings of the 9th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Japan, August, 1988.

  2. Conte, J. P., Pister, K. S., and Mahin, S. A., "Variability of Structural Damage Indices within an Earthquake," Proceedings of the 4th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Palm Springs, May, 1990.

  3. Conte, J. P., Pister, K. S., and Mahin, S. A., "Stochastic Seismic Response of Simple Structures," Proceedings of the 8th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Ohio, May, 1991.

  4. Conte, J. P., Pister, K. S., and Mahin, S. A., "Parametric Study of the Stochastic Seismic Response of Simple Nonlinear Structures," Computational Stochastic Mechanics (Eds. Spanos, P. D. and Brebbia, C. A.), Corfu, Greece, Sept., 1991.

  5. Shekarian, M., Conte, J. P., and Spanos, P. D., "Frictional Aspect of Rocking-Sliding of Rigid Blocks with Surface Impact," Proceedings of the 9th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, pp. 328-331, College Station, Texas, May 1992.

  6. Conte, J. P., "Effects of Earthquake Frequency Nonstationarity on Inelastic Structural Response," Proceedings of the 10th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, pp. 3645-3651, Madrid, Spain, July 1992.

  7. Conte, J. P., Shelton, R. O., and Durrani, A. J., "System Identification of Seismically Excited Structures using Artificial Neural Networks," Proceedings of ANNIE’92 - Conference on Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov., 1992.

  8. Hamed, M. M., Bedient, P. B., and Conte, J. P., "Reliability Approach to the Probabilistic Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Transport," Proceedings of the Conference on Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Detection, and Restoration, National Ground Water Association, Houston, Texas, pp. 317-332, Nov., 1993.

  9. Conte, J. P., and Marshall, P. W., "Low Frequency Forces on Tubular Spaceframe Towers: Analysis of Cognac Data," Proc. of the 13th International Conf. on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. I, pp. 135-142, Houston, Texas, Feb. 27 - March 3, 1994.

  10. Conte, J. P., Durrani, A. J., and Shelton, R. O., "Response Emulation of Multi-Story Buildings Using Neural Networks," Proceedings of the First World Conference on Structural Control, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, August, 1994.

  11. Conte, J. P., and Krishnan, S., "Modal Identification Method for Structures Subjected to Unmeasured Random Excitations," Proc. of the 10th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference, pp. 1296-1299, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, May, 1995.

  12. Hamed, M. M., Bedient, P. B., and Conte, J. P., "Probabilistic Modeling of Contaminant Transport in the Subsurface," Proc. of Solutions’95, International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; June, 1995.

  13. Conte, J. P., Jagannath, M. K., and Meghella, M., "Earthquake Response Sensitivity Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams," Proc. Seventh International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability, pp. 395-402, Paris, France, July 10-13, 1995.

  14. Conte, J. P., and Peng, B.-F., "Nonstationary Earthquake Response Analysis of Linear Classically and Non-Classically Damped MDOF Structures," Proc. of the 7th IFIP WG 7.5 Working Conf. on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, pp. 109-116, Pergamon Press, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, April 2-4, 1996.

  15. Peng, B.-F., and Conte, J. P., "Insight into the Inelastic Response to a Fully Nonstationary Earthquake Ground Motion Model," Proc. of the 11th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, pp. 269-272, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 19-22, 1996.

  16. Conte, J. P., and Peng, B. F., "Nonstationary Earthquake Ground Motion Model," Proc. of the Eleventh World Conf. on Earthquake Eng., Mexico, June 1996.

  17. Couch, A. T., and Conte, J. P., "Field Verification of Linear and Nonlinear Hybrid Wave Models for Offshore Tower Response Prediction," Proc. of the 15th International Conf. on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Florence, Italy, June 16-20, 1996.

  18. Conte, J. P., and Kumar, S., "Statistical System Identification of Structures Using ARMA Models," Proc. of the 7th ASCE Specialty Conf. on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, pp. 142-145, Worcester, Massachusetts, August, 1996.

  19. Inaudi, D., Conte, J. P., Perregaux, N., and Vurpillot, S., "Statistical Analysis of Under- Sampled Dynamic Displacement Measurement," Proc. of the SPIE’s 5th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March, 1998.

  20. Trombetti, T., Conte, J. P., and Durrani, A. J., "Actuator-Foundation-Specimen Interaction in a Small Shaking Table," Proc. of the 12th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, San Diego, La Jolla, California, May 1998.

  21. Conte, J. P., Vijalapura, P. K., and Meghella, M., "Consistent Finite Element Sensitivities in Seismic Reliability Analysis," Proc. of the 13th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, June, 1999.

  22. Vijalapura, P. K., Conte, J. P., and Meghella, M., "Time-Variant Reliability Analysis of Hysteretic SDOF Systems with Uncertain Parameters and Subjected to Stochastic Loading," Proc. Eighth International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability, pp. 827-834, Sydney, Australia, December 12-15, 1999.

  23. Conte, J. P., Liu, M., and Inaudi, D., "Earthquake Response Monitoring and Damage Identification of Structures Using Long-Gage Fiber Optic Sensors," Proc. of the 14th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, May 2000.

  24. Schultz, W., Conte, J. P., Udd, E., and Seim, J., "Static and Dynamic Testing of Bridges and Highways using Long-Gage Fiber Bragg Grating Based Strain Sensors," Proc. of SPIE 7-th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Newport Beach, California, Vol. 4202, p. 79, 2000.

  25. Conte, J. P., "Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis in Earthquake Engineering," Proc. China-US Millenium Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, November 8-11, 2000.

  26. Schulz, W. L., Conte, J. P., and Udd, E., "Long Gage Fiber Optic Bragg Grating Strain Sensors to Monitor Civil Structures," Proc. of SPIE 8-th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Newport Beach, California, 4-8 March, 2001.

  27. Conte, J. P., "Exact Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis for Inelastic Frame Structures," Proc. (Abstracts) 2001 Mechanics and Materials Summer Conference, University of California, San Diego, June 27-29, 2001.

  28. Schultz, W. L., Conte, J. P., and Udd, E., "Structural Damage Assessment Via Modal Property Identification using Macro-Strain Measurements with Fiber Bragg Gratings as an Alternative to Accelerometers," Proc. of SPIE 9-th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, 17-21 March, 2002.

  29. Schultz, W. L., Conte, J. P., Udd, E., and Kunzler, M., "Real-Time Damage Assessment of Civil Structures using Fiber Grating Sensors and Modal Analysis," Proc. of SPIE 9-th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, 17-21 March 2002.

  30. Conte, J. P., Elgamal, A., Yang, Z., Zhang, Y., Acero, G., and Seible, F., "Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of a Bridge Ground System," 15-th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY, June 2-5, 2002.

  31. Orakcal K, Conte, J. P., and Wallace, J., "Nonlinear Modeling of RC Structural Walls," Proc. Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, July 21-25, 2002.

  32. Calvert, S., Conte, J. P., Moaveni, B., Schultz, W. L., and de Callafon, R., "Full-Scale Testing Results of Structural Damage Detection Using Long Gage Fiber Bragg Gratings and Modal Analysis," Proc. of SPIE 10-th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 2003.

  33. Fraser, M., Elgamal, A., Conte, J. P., Masri, S., Fountain, T., Gupta, A., Trivedi, M., and El Zarki, M., "Elements of an Integrated Health Monitoring Framework," Proc. of SPIE 10-th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, March 2003.

  34. Conte, J. P., Elgamal, A., Masri, S., Fraser, M., Fountain, T., Gupta, A., Trivedi, N., and El Zarki, M., "Health Monitoring Framework and Structural Analyses," Proc. of the Structural Health Monitoring and Diagnostics of Bridge Infrastructure Workshop, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, March 7-8, 2003.

  35. Gu, Q., and Conte, J. P., "Convergence Studies in Nonlinear Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis," Proc. Ninth International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP9), pp. 297-304, San Francisco, CA, USA, July 6-9, 2003.

  36. Conte, J. P., Pandit, H., Stewart, J. P., and Wallace, J., "Ground Motion Intensity Measures for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering," Proc. Ninth International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP9), pp. 1465-1472, San Francisco, CA, USA, July 6-9, 2003.

  37. Zhang, Y., Yang, Z., Bielak, J., Conte, J. P., and Elgamal, A., "Treatment of Seismic Input and Boundary Conditions in Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of a Bridge Ground System," Proc. of 16-th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, July 16-18, 2003.

  38. Elgamal, A., Conte, J. P., Masri, S., Fraser, M., Fountain, T., Gupta, A., Trivedi, M., and El Zarki, M., "Health Monitoring Framework for Bridges and Civil Infrastructure," Proc. of 4-th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, September 15-17, 2003.

  39. Yan, L., Elgamal, A., Fountain, T., Conte, J. P., and Masri, S., "System Identification for Bridge Foundation Integrity," Proc. of International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (GEO-Beyrouth 2004), Beyrouth, Lebanon, pp. 467-472, 2004.

  40. Conte, J. P., Barbato, M., and Spacone, E., "Force-Based Finite Element Response Sensitivity of Frame Structures," Proc. of 17-th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, June 13-16, 2004.

  41. Conte, J. P., Luco, E., Restrepo, J, Seible, F., and Van Den Einde, L., "UCSD-NEES Large High Performance Shake Table," Proc. of 17-th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, June 13-16, 2004.

  42. Barbato, M., Zona, A., and Conte, J. P., "Nonlinear Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams," Proc. of 9-th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 26-28, 2004.

  43. Barbato, M., Conte, J. P., and Peng, B.-F., "Response Mean Upcrossing Rate for Linear MDOF Systems Subjected to Fully Nonstationary Earthquake Ground Motion Model," Proc. of 13-th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, BC Canada, August 1-6, 2004, Paper No. 2977.

  44. Zhang, Y., Acero, G., Conte, J. P., Yang, Z., and Elgamal, A., "Seismic Reliability Assessment of a Bridge Ground System," Proc. of 13-th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, BC Canada, August 1-6, 2004, Paper No. 2978.

  45. Van Den Einde, L, Restrepo, J., Conte, J. P., Luco, E., Seible, F., Filiatrault, A., Clark, A., Johnson, A., Gram, M., Kusner, D., and Thoen, B., "Development of the George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table at the University of California, San Diego," Proc. of 13-th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, BC Canada, August 1-6, 2004, Paper No. 3281.

  46. Zona, A., Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., "Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Continuous Steel-Concrete Composite Beams," Proc. of the Second International Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Seoul, Korea, September, 2004.

  47. He, X., Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., Elgamal, A., and Masri, S., "System Identification of Vincent Thomas Bridge using Simulated Wind Response Data," Proc. of the Second International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, Kyoto, Japan, October 19-22, 2004.

  48. Conte, J. P., and Zhang, Y., "Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering: Application to an Actual Bridge-Foundation-Ground System," Proc. of the 12th Italian National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Pisa, Italy, June 10-14, 2007 (invited keynote paper).



Research Reports

  1. Conte J. P., "Nonlinear Geometric and Material Analysis of 3-D Truss and Cable Structures," Diploma Thesis, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, December, 1984.

  2. Conte, J. P., "ARMA Models for Earthquake Excitation and Structural Response Simulation," CE299 Report, Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1988.

  3. Takewaki, I., Conte, J. P., Mahin, S. A., and Pister, K. S., "A Unified Earthquake-Resistant Design Method for Steel Frames Using ARMA Models," Report No. UCB/EERC-90/07, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1990.

  4. Takewaki, I., Conte, J. P., Mahin, S. A., and Pister, K. S., "A Probabilistic Earthquake Resistant Design Method for Braced Steel Frames Using ARMA Models," Report No. UCB/ SEMM-90/08, Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials, Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1990.

  5. Conte, J. P., Pister, K. S., and Mahin, S. A., "Influence of the Earthquake Ground Motion Process and Structural Properties on Response Characteristics of Simple Structures," Report No. UCB/EERC-90/09, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1990.

  6. Conte, J. P., "Analysis of Cognac Data to Investigate Low Frequency Forces," A Report on a Research Project Sponsored by Shell Oil Company, Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, January 1993.

  7. Conte, J. P., Krishnan, S., and Kumar, S., "System Identification of Offshore Platforms," A Report on Research Sponsored by the Engineering Foundation, Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, December 1993.

  8. Conte, J. P., and Jagannath, M. K., "Seismic Reliability Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams," A Report on Research Sponsored by the Italian National Power Board (ENEL), Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 1995.

  9. Conte, J. P., and Jagannath, M. K., "Seismic Reliability Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams - Part II," A Report on Research Sponsored by the Italian National Power Board (ENEL), Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October 1995.

  10. Muhlenkamp, M. J., Conte, J. P., Hudgings, T. R., and Durrani, A. J., "Analysis, Design, and Construction of a Shaking Table Facility," Report to the National Science Foundation, Structural Research at Rice, Report No. 46, Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, April 1997, 169 pages.

  11. Kamal, R., and Conte, J. P., "Nonlinear Geometric and Material Analysis of Shell Structures with Particular Emphasis on Tubular Joints," A Report on Research Sponsored by the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) of the State of Texas, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October, 1997.

  12. Trombetti, T., Conte, J. P., and Durrani, A. J., "Analytical Modeling of a Shaking Table System," Structural Research at Rice, Report No. 48, Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, December 1997, 289 pages.

  13. Trombetti, T., Conte, J. P., and Durrani, A. J., "Correlation Studies Between Analytical and Experimental Dynamic Behavior of the Rice University Shaking Table," Structural Research at Rice, Report No. 49, Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, December 1997, 311 pages.

  14. Trombetti, T., Conte, J. P., and Durrani, A. J., "A Simplified Approach for the Evaluation of Lateral-Torsional Behavior in Seismic Isolated Structures," Structural Research at Rice, Report No. 50, Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, December 1997, 219 pages.

  15. Conte, J. P., and Vijalapura, P. K., "Seismic Safety Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams Accounting for Both System Uncertainty and Excitation Stochasticity," A Report on Research Sponsored by the Italian National Power Board (ENEL-CRIS), Department of Civil Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 1998.



Under Preparation

  1. Kumar, S., and Conte, J. P., "ARMA System Identification of Structures Subjected to Unobserved Random Excitations: I. White Excitation," for submission to the Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE.

  2. Conte, J. P., and Kumar, S., "ARMA System Identification of Structures Subjected to Unobserved Random Excitations: II. Non-White Excitation," for submission to the Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE.

  3. Krishnan, S., and Conte, J. P., "Global Versus Modal Minimization Algorithm for Structural System Identification," for submission to the Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE.

  4. Conte, J. P., and Krishnan, S., "Structural Identification Algorithm for the Case of Unmeasured Random White Excitation," for submission to the Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE.

  5. Conte, J. P., and Jagannath, M. K., "Earthquake Response Sensitivity Analysis of Inelastic Concrete Gravity Dams," for submission to the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics.

  6. Conte, J. P., and Kamal, R., "Shell Element with Drilling Degrees of Freedom in Total Corotational Formulation for Nonlinear Geometric and Material Analysis of Shell Structures," for submission to the International Journal of Solids & Structures.

  7. Conte, J. P., and Peng, B.-F., "Influence of the Time-Varying Frequency Content of Earthquake Ground Motions on the Response of Inelastic Structures," submitted for publication in the Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE.



Presentations

  1. "Génie Sismique," Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, January, 1990.

  2. "Probabilistic Seismic-Resistant Design," Rice University, March, 1990.

  3. "Variability of Structural Damage Indices within an Earthquake," 4th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Palm Springs, May, 1990.

  4. "Nonstationary Stochastic Earthquake Modeling and Structural Response Simulation," Invited Speaker, Shell Oil Co., Civil Engineering Department, Houston, Sept., 1990.

  5. "Nonstationary Stochastic Earthquake Modeling and Structural Response Simulation," Invited Speaker, Shell Development Co., Houston, Sept., 1990.

  6. "Stochastic Seismic Response of Simple Structures," ASCE Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference, Ohio, May, 1991.

  7. "Frictional Aspect of Rocking-Sliding of Rigid Blocks with Surface Impact," ASCE Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference, College Station, Texas, May, 1992.

  8. "System Identification of Seismically Excited Structures using Artificial Neural Networks," ANNIE’92 - Conference on Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov., 1992.

  9. "Structural Reliability Methods for Seismic Safety Assessment of Concrete Gravity Dams," Italian National Power Board (ENEL), Milan, Italy, July 9, 1993. (whole day seminar).

  10. "Analysis of Cognac Data to Investigate Low Frequency Forces," Shell Development Co., Houston, January, 1994.

  11. "Low Frequency Forces on Tubular Spaceframe Towers: Analysis of Cognac Data," 13th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Houston, Texas, February 27 - March 3, 1994.

  12. "Seismic Reliability Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams," University of Houston, May 4, 1994.

  13. "Results on Seismic Reliability Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams," Italian National Power Board (ENEL), Milan, Italy, July 29, 1994. (whole day presentation).

  14. "Design, Construction, and Future Applications of the Rice Shaking Table," Rice University, Civil Engineering Departmental Seminar, Houston, Texas, April 19, 1995.

  15. "Low Frequency Forces on Deepwater Fixed Offshore Platforms," ASCE Technical Committee on Reliability of Offshore Structures, Houston, Texas, May 1, 1995.

  16. "Modal Identification Method for Structures Subjected to Unmeasured Random Excitations," ASCE Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference, University of Colorado at Boulder, May 21-24, 1995.

  17. "Earthquake Response Sensitivity Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams," Seventh International Conference on Application of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Paris, France, July 10-13, 1995.

  18. "Earthquake Response Sensitivity Analysis of Inelastic Concrete Gravity Dams," Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - SEMM, University of California, Berkeley, California, August 30, 1995.

  19. "Seismic Reliability Analysis of Structures Using a Fully Nonstationary Analytical Earthquake Excitation Model," 7th IFIP Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Boulder, Colorado, April 2-4, 1996. (Attendance of the Conference is by invitation only.)

  20. "Insight into the Inelastic Structural Response to a Fully Nonstationary Earthquake Ground Motion Model," 11th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 19-22, 1996.

  21. "Field Verification of Linear and Nonlinear Hybrid Wave Models for Offshore tower Response Prediction," 15th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Florence, Italy, June 16-20, 1996. (Paper presented by Dr. Hongbo Xü from Shell Development Company).

  22. "Identification of Structural And Loading Parameters Using ARMA Models," 7th ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Worcester, Massachusetts, August, 1996.

  23. "Finite Element Reliability and Safety Analysis of Structures," Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - University of California, Los Angeles, California, March 11, 1997.

  24. "Actuator-Foundation-Specimen Interaction in a Small Shaking Table," 12th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, San Diego, La Jolla, California, May 17-20, 1998.

  25. "Finite Element Reliability Analysis," Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Caltech, Los Angeles, January 14, 1999.

  26. "Complementarity Between Numerical Simulation and Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering," Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, April 22, 1999.

  27. "Consistent Finite Element Sensitivities in Seismic Reliability Analysis," 13th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA, June 13-16, 1999.

  28. "Use of Long-Gage Fiber Optic Sensors for Earthquake Response Monitoring and Non- Destructive Evaluation of Structures," Research Progress Overview, Kobori Research Complex, Kajima Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 1999.

  29. "Computational Framework for Seismic Reliability/Safety Analysis of Civil Structures," Kobori Research Complex, Kajima Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 1999.

  30. "Use of Long-Gage Fiber Optic Sensors for Earthquake Response Monitoring and Non-Destructive Evaluation of Structures," Presentation of Final Results of Project, Kobori Research Complex, Kajima Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, October 26, 1999.