Dr. Adrian Rodriguez-Marek
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Associate Professor Phone: (509) 335-7088 |
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2000 - University of California at Berkeley
- M.S., Civil Engineering, 1996 - Washington State University
- B.S., Civil Engineering, 1994 - Washington State University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2008 to present, Washington State University, Associate Professor
- 2000-2008 Washington State University, Assistant Professor
- 1996-00 Research/Teaching Assistant, University of California at Berkeley
- 1994-96 Research Assistant, Washington State University
AWARDS
- Teacher of the Year, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Washington State University, 2004
- Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1999
- Harry Bolton Seed Memorial Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley, 1996
- Outstanding Student in Civil Engineering, Washington State University, 1992-1994
RESEARCH
- Geotechnical earthquake engineering
- Site response analysis
- Performance based design of geotechnical structures
- Constitutive modeling of geomaterials
- Soil-structure interaction
- Post-earthquake field reconnaissance
TEACHING
- Soil and Site Improvement
- Advanced Geomaterial Characterization
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Characterization of Geomaterials
- Foundations
- Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Gillie, J.L., Rodriguez-Marek, A. and McDaniel, C.. “Strength Reduction Factors for Near-Fault Forward-Directivity Ground Motions,” Engineering Structures, Accepted for Publication, Sept. 16, 2009.
- Rodríguez-Marek, A, J. Bay, K.S. Park, G.A. Montalva, A. Cortez-Flores, J. Wartman, and R. Boroschek. “Engineering analysis of ground motion records from the Mw 8.4 southern Peru earthquake.” Earthquake Spectra, Accepted for publication, Sept. 3, 2009.
- Cadet, H., Bard, P-Y., Rodriguez-Marek, A. “Defining a standard rock site: propositions based on the KiK-net data base,” BSSA, Accepted for publication, August 19, 2009.
- Rodriguez-Marek, A. and Ciani, D. (2008). “Probabilistic methodology for paleoliquefaction analyses.” Engineering Geology, 96(3-4), 159-172. DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.10.007.
- Rodriguez-Marek, A. and Bray, J. D. (2006) “Site response for near-fault forward directivity ground motions.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 132(12), 1611-1620.
- Wartman, J.; Rondinel-Oviedo, E.; Rodriguez-Marek, A. (2005) "Performance and Analyses of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls in the Tecoman, Mexico Earthquake", accepted for publication, Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, ASCE, 20(3), 287-299.
- Bray, J.D. and Rodriguez-Marek, A. (2004) "Characterization of Forward-directivity Ground Motions in the Near-fault Region". Soul Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 24, 815-828.
- Rodriguez-Marek, A., Bray, J. D., and Abrahamson, N. (2001) “An empirical geotechnical seismic site response procedure.” Earthquake Spectra, 17(1), p. 68-88.
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