Jonathan P. Stewart

 

JONATHAN P. STEWART, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor and Vice Chair
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

Boelter Hall, University of California Los Angeles, CA  90095-1593
Voice:(310) 206-2990, Fax: (310) 206-2222
Email:jstewart@seas.ucla.edu
Web: http://www.cee.ucla.edu/faculty/stewart.htm

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., 1996, Civil Engineering
University of California, Berkeley, M.S., 1992, Civil Engineering
University of California, Berkeley, B.S., 1990, Civil Engineering (with honors)

AWARDS AND HONORS (selected)

2006     Shamsher Prakash Research Award, Shamsher Prakash Foundation
2005     Fulbright Scholarship, Senior Lecturer in Italy, United States Department of State
2003     Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award, UCLA HSSEAS
2001     Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award, ASCE
1998     Faculty Early Career Development Award, NSF
1995     Graduate Fellow in Earthquake Hazard Reduction, EERI/FEMA

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Registered Professional Engineer in California, since June, 1993
Member:  ASCE, EERI, SSA, ISSMFE, CUREE, NEES Consortium

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Civil Engineering: University of California, Los Angeles, 7/2005 – present (Associate Professor 7/2003 – 6/2005; Assistant Professor 2/1997-6/2003).
Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant: University of California, Berkeley, Aug. 1992 – Dec. 1996
Staff Engineer: Alan Kropp and Associates, Berkeley, California, May 1989 – June 1993

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Chu, D.B., Stewart, J.P., Youd, T.L., and Chu, B.L. (2006). “Liquefaction-induced lateral spreading in near-fault regions during the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake,” J. Geotech. & Geoenv. Engrg., ASCE, 132 (12), 1549-1565.
Choi, Y. and Stewart, J.P. (2005). “Nonlinear site amplification as function of 30 m shear wave velocity,” Earthquake Spectra, 21 (1), 1-30.
Stewart, J.P., Smith, P.M., Whang, D.W., and Bray, J.D. (2004). “Seismic compression of two compacted earth fills shaken by the 1994 Northridge earthquake,” J. Geotech. & Geoenv. Engrg., ASCE, 130 (5), 461-476.
Baturay, M.B. and Stewart, J.P. (2003). “Uncertainty and bias in ground motion estimates from ground response analyses,” Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 93 (5), 2025-2042.
Kim, S. and Stewart, J.P. (2003). “Kinematic soil-structure interaction from strong motion recordings,” J. Geotech. & Geoenv. Engrg., ASCE, 129 (4), 323-335.


PROFESSIONAL SERVICE  (selected)

Editor in Chief, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 1/2007 – present (Editor 6/2004 – 12/2006; Editorial Board Member 7/2002 – 6/2004)
Associate Editor, Earthquake Spectra, EERI, 1/2004 – present.
Member, BSSC NEHRP Provisions Update Committee, 1/2005 – present.