Personal website:     www.ce.memphis.edu/pezeshk/default.html

Education

B.S., Civil Engineering; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1982
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1983
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1989

Field of Active Research

Dr. Pezeshk's research interests encompass all phases of engineering seismology and earthquake engineering; in particular, ground motion prediction, site effects, site characterization, probabilistic seismic hazard analyses, and strong ground motions and their impact on structures.

Dr. Pezeshk has also a long record of research in structural optimization, in particular, performance-based structural optimization.

Dr. Pezeshk's research in Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPEs) has been implemented in the USGS hazard maps 2008 and 2014:

• United States - Lower 48
• USGS Open-File Report 2014-1091
• USGS Open File Report 2008-1128
• CEUS Ground Motion Models Used in the 2014 NSHMs

and U.S. NRC and EPRI:

• EPRI 2013 Update

Teaching

• Earthquake Engineering (CIVL7119/8119)
• Structural Dynamics (CIVL7116/8116)
• Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (CIVL7137/8137)
• Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures (CIVL4135)
• Intermediate Design of R/C Structures (CIVL4136/CIVL6136)

Licenses

Professional Engineer, Tennessee.

Research

• Ground Motion Scaling
• Ground Motion Prediction Models
• Geometric Spreading
• Risk-based seismic design for optimal structural and non-structural system performance
• Site Specific Studies
• Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis

Awards, Honors, and Scholarships

• Recipient of the 2014 Herff College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award.
• Recipient of "State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award," American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Recipient of the Emison Professorship, Herff College of Engineering, The University of Memphis (2002-present)
• Featured Engineer (2002)
• Recipient of the Don P. Smith Professorship, Herff College of Engineering, The University of Memphis (1999-2002)
• Recipient of the 1999 Herff College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award.
• Recipient of the 1998 University of Memphis Distinguished Research Award
• Superior Performance in University Research (SPUR) award, The University of Memphis, 1993.
• Myrtle L. Judkins Memorial Scholarship(University of California, Berkeley), 1983.
• B.S. Degree with Highest Honors, 1982.
• Listed in the 5th Edition of Who's Who in Science and Engineering