Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

421 Davis Hall

University of California, Berkeley

Tel:510-642-3489

E-mail: [email protected]

Publications

Books

  1. Taiebat, M., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Wijewickreme, D. eds (2017) “3rd International Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering”, Vancouver BC
  2. Hryciw, R.D., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. and Yesiller, N. eds. (2012) "GeoCongress 2012 - State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering", Geotechnical Special Publication No. 225, Proceedings of the Annual GeoCongress of the Geo-Institute of ASCE, 4504 pages.

 

Chapters in Books

  1. Zekkos, D., Matasovic, N., El-Sherbiny, R., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Towhata, I., Maugeri, M. (2011) "Chapter 4: Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste", "Geotechnical Characterization, Field Measurement, and Laboratory Testing of Municipal Solid Waste", ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, No 209.

 

Refereed Journal Publications

  1. Zekkos, D., Greenwood, W., Lynch, J., Manousakis, J., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Clark, M., Cook, K.L. and Saroglou, C. (2018). Lessons Learned from The Application of UAV-Enabled Structure-From-Motion Photogrammetry in Geotechnical Engineering. International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, Vol.4, Issue 4, p.254-274. doi: 10.4417/IJGCH-04-04-03
  2. Hubler, J., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Zekkos, D. (2018) “Monotonic and Cyclic Simple Shear Response of Gravel-Sand Mixtures”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol 115, pp. 291-304, Dec 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2018.07.016
  3. Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Hubler, J., Fei, X., Zehtab, K.H., and Marr, A. (2017) “Development Of A Large-Size Cyclic Direct Simple Shear Device For Characterization Of Ground Materials With Oversized Particles”, Geotechnical Testing Journal https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20160271. ISSN 0149-6115
  4. Hubler, J., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Zekkos, D. (2017) “Monotonic, Cyclic and Post-Cyclic Simple Shear Response of Three Uniform Gravels in Constant Volume Conditions”, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 143, Issue 9, doi 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001723
  5. Dellow,S., Massey, C., Cox, S., Archibald, G., Begg, J., Bruce, Z., Carey, J., Davidson, J., Della Pasqua, F., Glassey, P., Hill, M., Jones, K., Lyndsell, B., Lukovic, B., McColl, S., Rattenbury, M., Read, S., Rosser, B., Singeisen, C., Townsend, D., Villamor,P., Villeneuve, M., Godt, J., Jibson, R., Allstadt, K., Rengers, F., Wartman, J., Rathje, E., Sitar, N., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Manousakis, J., and Little, M. (2017) “Landslides caused by the Mw7.8 Kaikoura earthquake and the immediate response”, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 50, No. 2, June 2017
  6. Stringer, M., Bastin, S., McGann, C.R., Cappellaro, C., El Kortbawi, M., McMahon, R., Wotherspoon, L.M., Green, R.A., Aricheta, J., Davis, R., McGlynn, L., Hargraves, S., van Ballegooy, S., Cubrinovski, M., Bradley, B.A., Bellagamba, X., Foster, K., Lai, C., Ashfield, D., Baki, A., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Lee, R. and Ntritsos, N. (2017) “Geotechnical aspects of the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake on the south island of New Zealand”, Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 50, No. 2, June 2017
  7. Stahl, T., Clark, M., Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Willis, M., Medwedeff, W., Knoper, L., Townsend, K., and Jin, J. (2017) “Earthquake Science in Resilient Societies: Earthquakes in Resilient Societies”, Tectonics, April 2017
  8. Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Grizi, A., and Greenwood, W. (2016). The May 25th 2011 Railroad Embankment Failure in Ann Arbor, Michigan, As a Means for Teaching Geotechnical Engineering. International Journal of Geoengineering Case histories, Vol.3, Issue 4, p.234-245. doi: 10.4417/IJGCH-03-04-03
  9. Grizi, A., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Woods, R. (2016). "Ground Vibration Measurements near Impact Pile Driving." J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. , 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001499 , 04016035.
  10. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Pence, H., and Lobbestael, A. (2016) "Ground Motion Selection for Seismic Slope Displacement Evaluation of Earthen Levees", Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, doi: 10.1193/062513EQS169M, February 2016, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 217-237.
  11. Carlson, C., Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2016) "Predictive Equations to Quantify the Impact of Spectral Matching on Ground Motion Characteristics", Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Journal, doi: 10.1193/090914EQS140M February 2016, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 125-142.
  12. Carlson, C., Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. and J. Hubler (2014) "Statistical assessment of impact of ground motion modification on ground motion characteristics and time histories" Earthquake Engineering Journal, DOI: 10.1080/13632469.2014.898602.
  13. Saadi, M. and Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2013) "A GIS-enabled approach for assessing damage potential of levee systems based on underlying geology and river morphology", Journal of Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Special Issue: Structural Damage Modelling and Assessment Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 936468, Article can be accessed at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/936468.
  14. Lobbestael, A., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Colley, J. (2013) "Factor of Safety Reduction Factors for Accounting for Progressive Failure for Earthen Levees with Underlying Thin Layers of Sensitive Soils", Journal of Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Special Issue: Structural Damage Modelling and Assessment Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 893602. Article can be accessed at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/893602.
  15. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Vlachakis, V.S. and Athanasopoulos, G.A. (2013) "Phasing issues in the seismic response of yielding, gravity-type earth retaining walls - Overview and results from a FEM study", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol.55, pp. 59-70.
  16. Saadi, M. and Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2013) "A framework for assessing spatial distribution of soil properties in levee systems based on underlying geology and river morphology", Journal of Geography and Geology, Vol. 5, No.3, pp.22-42.
  17. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. and Seed, R.B., (2013) "Simplified Methodology for Consideration of 2D Dynamic Response of Levees in Liquefaction Triggering Evaluation", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 139, No. 11, pp.1911-1922.
  18. A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, K. Lamote, and G. A. Athanasopoulos, (2012) "Use of EPS geofoam compressible inclusions for reducing the earthquake effects on yielding earth retaining structures", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Journal, Vol.41, pp.59-71.
  19. A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos and M. Saadi, (2012) "Ground Motion Selection for Liquefaction Evaluation Analysis of Earthen Levees", Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Vol. 28 (4), pp. 1331-1351.
  20. J.D. Rogers, G.P. Boutwell, D.W. Schmitz, D. Karadeniz, C.M. Watkins, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, and D. Cobos-Roa, (2008) "Geologic Conditions Underlying the 2005 17th Street Canal Levee Failure in New Orleans", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Vol.134(5), 583-601.
  21. R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, R. I. Abdelmalak, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, G. P. Boutwell, J.-L. Briaud, C. Cheung, D. Cobos-Roa, L. Ehrensing, A. V. Govindasamy, L. F. Harder, K. S. Inkabi, J. Nicks,J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, K. Rhee, M. F. Riemer, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, X. Vera-Grunauer, J. Wartman, (2008) "New Orleans & Hurricane Katrina: I - Introduction, Overview, and the East Flank", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol.134(5), 701-717.
  22. R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, C. Cheung, D. Cobos-Roa, L. Ehrensing, L. F. Harder, J. M. Pestana, M. F. Riemer, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, X. Vera-Grunauer, and J. Wartman, (2008) "New Orleans & Hurricane Katrina: II - The Central Region and the Lower Ninth Ward", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Vol.134(5), 718-739.
  23. R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, C. Cheung, D. Cobos-Roa, L. F. Harder, R. E. S. Moss, J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, M. F. Riemer, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, X. Vera-Grunauer, and J. Wartman, (2008) "New Orleans & Hurricane Katrina: III - The 17th Street Drainage Canal", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Vol.134(5), 740-761.
  24. R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, C. Cheung, D. Cobos-Roa, J. Cohen-Waeber, B. D. Collins, L. F. Harder, R.E. Kayen, R. E. S. Moss, J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, M. F. Riemer, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, X. Vera-Grunauer, and J. Wartman, (2008) "New Orleans & Hurricane Katrina: IV - The Orleans East Bank (Metro) Protected Basin", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Vol.134(5), 762-779.

 

Invited Conference Publications

  1. Seed, R.B., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Cobos-Roa, D., Pestana, J.M., and Inamine, M. (2012) "State of the Art: U.S. Levee and Flood Protection Engineering in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina", 2012 GeoCongress Conference: State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE, 25-29 March, Oakland CA

 

Refereed Conference Publications

  1. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Zekkos, D., Rollins, K., Hubler, J., Higbee, J. and Platis, A. (2019). “Earthquake Performance and Characterization of Gravel-Size Earthfills in the Ports of Cephalonia, Greece, following the 2014 Earthquakes”, 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Rome 17-20 June, 2019 (paper submitted)
  2. Basham, M., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. and Zekkos, D. (2019). “The Importance of Vertical Displacement Control During Constant Volume Cyclic Simple Shear Testing”, 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Rome 17-20 June, 2019 (paper submitted)
  3. Gkrizi, A., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Woods, R.D. (2019). “Surface Wave Development during Impact Pile Driving” XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1-6 September, 2019 (paper submitted)
  4. Gallagher, P, Bhatia, S., Alestalo, S., Soundarajan, S., and Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2019). “Do Seed Grants Increase Collaboration? A Case Study from the “Geotechnical Engineering Women Faculty:  Networked and Thriving” Project”, Geo-Congress 2019: The Eighth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, March 24-27, 2019 (abstract accepted, paper submitted)
  5. Zekkos, D., Clark, M., Willis, M., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Manousakis, J., Knoper, L., Stahl, T., Massey, C., Archibald, G., Greenwood, W., and Medwedeff, W. (2018a). “3D models of the Leader Valley using satellite & UAV imagery following the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake”, Eleventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Integrating Science, Engineering & Policy, June 25-29, 2018, Los Angeles, California.
  6. Zekkos, D., Manousakis, J., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Clark, M., Knoper, L., Massey, C., Archibald, G., Greenwood, W., Hemphill-Haley, M., Rathje, E., Litchfield, N., Medwedeff, W., Van Dissen, R.J., Ries, W., Villamor, P., Langridge, R.M., and Kearse, J. (2018b). “Structure-from-Motion based 3D mapping of landslides & fault rupture sites during 2016 Kaikoura earthquake reconnaissance”, Eleventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Integrating Science, Engineering & Policy, June 25-29, 2018, Los Angeles, California.
  7. Hubler, J.F., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. and Zekkos, D. (2018). “Post-Liquefaction Volumetric Strain of Gravel-Sand Mixtures in Constant Volume Simple Shear.”  Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V 2018, June 10-13
  8. Grizi, A., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Woods, R.D. (2018). “Pile Driving Vibration Attenuation Relationships: Overview and Calibration Using Field Measurements”, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V 2018, June 10-13 .
  9. Grizi, A., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Woods, R.D. (2018). “Understanding the energy transfer mechanism in the near field of impact driven piles”, 10th International Conference on Stress Wave Theory and Testing Methods for Deep Foundations
  10. Hubler, J.F., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. and Zekkos, D. (2018) “Evaluation of Post-Liquefaction Shear Strength and Shear Wave Velocity of Uniform Gravels.” International Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo, March 5-10, 2018.
  11. Grizi, A., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. and Woods, R. D. (2018). “H-Pile Driving Induced Vibrations: Reduced-Scale Laboratory Testing and Numerical Analysis”, IFCEE 2018, March 5-10, ASCE.
  12. Gallagher, P.M., Alestalo, S., Bhatia, S.K., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Soundarajan, S. (2018). “Geotechnical Women Faculty From 1989-2017: A U.S. Case Study Outline”, Submitted to International Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo, March 5-10, 2018
  13. Hubler, J., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Zekkos, D. (2017) “Pore Pressure Generation of Pea Gravel, Sand, and Gravel-Sand Mixtures in Constant Volume Simple Shear”, 3rd International Conference on Performance-Based Design for Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 17-19, 2017
  14. Hubler, J., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Zekkos, D. (2017) "Monotonic, Cyclic and Post-Cyclic Shear Response of a Gravelly Sand", 2017 Geofrontiers ASCE conference, Olrando, FL, March 12-15
  15. S. Nikolaou, X. Vera-Grunauer, R. Gilsanz, R. Luque, T. Kishida, G. Diaz-Fanas, N. Antonaki, T. Toulkeridis, E. Miranda, V. Diaz, D. Alzamora, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, G. Lyvers, E. Morales, P. Lopez, K. Rollins, C. Wood, T. O’Rourke, S. Lopez (2017) “GEER-ATC Mw7.8 ECUADOR 4/16/16 EARTHQUAKE RECONNAISSANCE PART I : SEISMOLOGICAL & GROUND MOTION ASPECTS”, 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 16WCEE 2017 Santiago Chile, January 9th to 13th 2017
  16. X. Vera-Grunauer, S. Nikolaou, R. Gilsanz, G. Diaz-Fanas, N. Antonaki, S. Lopez, R. Luque, B. Casares, A. Caicedo, D. Alzamora, K. Rollins, C. Wood, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, G. Lyvers, V. Diaz, T. Toulkeridis, E. Morales (2017) “GEER-ATC Mw7.8 ECUADOR 4/16/16 EARTHQUAKE RECONNAISSANCE PART II: SELECTED GEOTECHNICAL OBSERVATIONS”, 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 16WCEE 2017 Santiago Chile, January 9th to 13th 2017
  17. Kitsis, V., Vlachakis, V., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Athanasopoulos, G. (2015) "Seismic Thrust vs Wall Inertia in Non-Yielding Retaining Walls Under Earthquake Loading: Synchronous or Asynchronous Action?" 2015 International Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), San Antonio, TX, March 17-21.
  18. Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Grizi, A., Greenwood, W. (2014), "The Railroad Embankment Failure of the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Case history As a Means for Teaching Geotechnical Engineering", 7th Hellenic Conference in Geotechnical Engineering, Athens, 5-7 November 2014 (in greek).
  19. Hubler, J., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Ohm, H-S, and Hryciw, R. (2014) "Effect of Particle Morphology on the Monotonic Response of Gravel-sized Soils through Large Scale Simple Shear Testing", GeoCongress 2014, GSP 234-235, ASCE, Atlanta, GA, February 23-26.
  20. Vlachakis, V., Athanasopoulos, G.A., and Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. "Seismic displacements of yielding gravity-type earth retaining walls – Results from a FEM study", GeoCongress 2014, GSP 234-235, ASCE, Atlanta, GA, February 23-26.
  21. Woods, R.D., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Gkrizi, A., Pietrangelo, A., and Zimmerman, A. (2014) "Measurement of Ground Motion near Piles during Driving", ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 233): Principles and Practices in Geotechnical Engineering, A GSP Honoring Roy Olson, PhD, PE, NAE, DistMASCE.
  22. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. and Seed, R.B. (2013) "Seismic Slope Stability of Earthen Levees", Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, September 2-6 2013.
  23. Lobbestael, A and Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2013) "The Effect of Input Frequency on the Soil-Structure Interaction during dynamic excitation of Levees with Cutoff Walls", GeoCongress 2013, GSP 231, ASCE, San Diego, March 3-6.
  24. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., and Seed, R. (2012) "Dynamic Response and Performance of Earthen Levees", International Conference on Earthquake Engineering Research Challenges in the 21st Century, Institute of Engineering Mechanics (IEM) of the China Earthquake Administration, 18-21 May, 2012, Harbin, China.
  25. Lobbestael, A., and Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2011) "The Behavior of Failure Surfaces Resulting from Progressive Failure Through Thin Layers of Soft Sensitive Soil Beneath Earthen Levees", Dam Safety 2011, ASDSO, Washington, DC., September 25-29 2011.
  26. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Lamote, K., and Athanasopoulos, G., (2011) "Seismic isolation of earth retaining walls using EPS compressible inclusions - Results from centrifuge testing", 4th International Conference on Geofoam Blocks in Construction Applications, Oslo, Norway, 4-6 June, 2011.
  27. Lobbestael, A. and Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2011) "High Performance Cutoff Walls for Levees in Seismic Regions", U.S. Society of Dams 2011 Annual Meeting and Conf., San Diego, CA, April 11-15 2011 (poster).
  28. Lobbestael, A. and Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2011) "A Parametric Analysis of the Effects of Progressive Failure on Embankments Founded on Soft Sensitive Soils", Geo-frontiers 2011, GSP 211, ASCE, Dallas, Texas, March 13-16, 2011.
  29. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. and Seed, R. (2010) "A Simplified Methodology for the Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Earthen Levees", 6th National Hellenic Conference on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Volos, Greece, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2010 (in greek).
  30. Saadi, M. and Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2010) "A GIS-enabled approach for the risk assessment of levee systems", 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Reaching beyond Borders, Toronto, Canada, July 25-29, 2010.
  31. Zekkos, D., Boominathan, A., and Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2010) "Engineering Seismology, Ground Motions and Local Site Effects", General Report on Seesion 3, 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, CA, May 24-29, 2010.
  32. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2010) "Variability in earthen levee seismic response due to time-history selection", 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, CA, May 24-29, 2010.
  33. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos A., Zekkos D. and Matasovic N., (2008), "Validation of generic municipal solid waste material properties for seismic design of landfills", 4th Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conference, GSP 181, Sacramento, CA, May 18-22, 2008.
  34. R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, R. I. Abdelmalak, A. G. Athanasopoulos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, J.-L. Briaud, C. Cheung, J. Cohen-Waeber, B. D. Collins, D. Cobos-Roa, D. Farber, M. Hanenmann, L. F. Harder, K. S. Inkabi, A. M. Kammerer, D. Karadeniz, R.E. Kayen, R. E. S. Moss, J. Nicks, S. Nimala, J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, K. Rhee, M. F. Riemer, K. Roberts, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, A. V Govindasamy, X. Vera-Grunauer, J. Wartman, C. M. Watkins, E.Wenk, and S. Yim, (2007) "Investigation of the performance of the New Orleans Regional Flood Protection Systems during Hurricane Katrina: Lessons learned", Geo-Denver Congress, Geo-Institute, GSP 157-174, ASCE, Denver, CO, February 2007.
  35. R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, A. G. Athanasopoulos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, C. Cheung, B. D. Collins, D. Cobos-Roa, J. Cohen-Waeber, L. F. Harder, R.E. Kayen, R. E. S. Moss, J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, M. F. Riemer, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, X. Vera-Grunauer, J. Wartman, (2007) "Investigation of levee performance in Hurricane Katrina: The New Orleans drainage canals", Geo-Denver Congress, Geo-Institute, GSP 157-174, ASCE, Denver, CO, February 2007.
  36. R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, A. G. Athanasopoulos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, C. Cheung, B. D. Collins, D. Cobos-Roa, L. F. Harder, R.E. Kayen, J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, M. F. Riemer, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, X. Vera-Grunauer, J. Wartman, (2007) "Investigation of levee performance in Hurricane Katrina: The Inner Harbor navigation channel", Geo-Denver Congress, Geo-Institute, GSP 157-174, ASCE, Denver, CO, February 2007.
  37. Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos, G., Athanasopoulos, A. Manousakis, J. (2006), "Elements of engineering geology and geotechnical engineering in the Homeric Poems", International Symposium on Science and Technology in Homeric Epics, Ancient Olympia, Greece, 27-30 August 2006.
  38. Zekkos D.P., Athanasopoulos G.A. and Athanasopoulos A.G., (2004), "Deep Supported Excavation in Difficult Ground Conditions in the City of Patras, Greece - Measured vs. Predicted Behavior", 5th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, 13-17 April 2004, NY

Other Publications

  1. Gallagher, P.M., Alestalo, S., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Bhatia, S.K., and Soundarajan, S. (2017) “Connecting Faculty in Geotechnical Engineering: Thriving in a Networked World”, GeoStrata, March/April Issue, Geo-Institute of ASCE.
  2. Lobbestael, A., and Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2011) "High Performance Cutoff Walls for Levees in Seismic Regions", U.S. Society of Dams Newsletter, Issue No. 154, July 2011
  3. Zekkos D.P., Athanasopoulos A.G., "Milos Island: Working with earth for 9000 years", AEG News, Association of Engineering Geologists Magazine, March 2004, Vol.47, Issue 1
  4. Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos, A., Manousakis, J., "Geotechnical Engineering Experiences in the Homeric Poems", Newsletter of the Technical Chamber of Greece, Issue 2231, January 20th, 2003.

 

Technical Reports - Theses

  1. Bastin, S., Bradley, B., Bray, J., Capellaro, C., Cubrinovski, M., del la Torre, C., Green, R., McGann, C., Olsen, M., Palermo, A., M., Stringer, Wotherspoon, L., Aricheta, J., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., et al. “Geotechnical reconnaissance of the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura, New Zealand earthquake”, GEER report GEER-053, Cubrinovski and Bray eds, Version 1.0, June 2017
  2. Alvarado, A., Alzamora, D., Antonaki, N., Arteta, C., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Bassal, P., Caicedo, A., Casares, B., Davila, D., Diaz, V., Diaz-Fanas, G., Gilsanz, R., González, O., Hernandez, L., Kishida, T., Kokkali, P., López, P., Luque, R., Lyvers, G.M., Maalouf, S., Mezher, J., Miranda, E., Morales Moncayo, E., Nikolaou, S., O’Rourke, T., Ochoa, I., O'Connor, J.S., Ripalda, F., Rodríguez, L.F., Rollins, K., Stavridis, A., Toulkeridis, T., Vaxevanis, E., Vera-Grunauer, X., Villagrán León, N., Wood, C., Yepes, H., Yepez, Y. (2016) “GEER-ATC Earthquake reconnaissance, April 16, 2016 Muisne, Ecuador”, GEER report GEER-049, Nikolaou, Grunauer and Gilsanz eds, Version 1.0b, October 2016
  3. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A., Woods, R.D. and Gkrizi, A. (2014) "Effect of pile-driving induced vibrations on nearby structures and other assets", final report submitted to MDOT, ORBP Number OR10-046, RC-1600
  4. Cortese, G., Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2012a). "Network for Women in Civil and Environmental Engineering - First Annual Report", May 31 2012, University of Michigan: http://www.cee.umich.edu/sites/webservices.itcs.umich.edu.drupal.umcee/files/images/NeWinCEE2012AnnualReport.pdf
  5. Cortese, G., Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. (2012b). "Results of 2011 Undergraduate and Graduate Survey", September 15, 2012, University of Michigan.
  6. Athanasopoulos, A.G. (2008), "Select Topics on the Static and Dynamic Response and Performance of Earthen Levees", Dissertation, Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
  7. Athanasopoulos, A.G. (2006), "Investigation of the performance of the flood-protection systems of New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina, on August 29, 2005", report for the Technical Chamber of Greece.
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