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Dr. Maria I. Todorovska
Research
Professor
University of
Southern California Office: Kaprielian
Hall 216A |
Education
Ph.D. - 1988, University
of Southern California (Civil Engineering)
M.Sc. - 1985, University
of Southern California (Civil Engineering)
B.Sc. - 1982, Univ. St. Cyril & Methodius,
M.Sc. - 1988, University
of Southern California (Applied Mathematics)
M.Sc. - 2001, University
of Southern California (Electrical Engineering)
Research Interests
General: Interdisciplinary research,
synthesizing knowledge and technology from Engineering, Earth Sciences, Applied
Mathematics and Social Sciences, and aiming at solving advanced
problems in Earthquake Engineering
and Engineering Mechanics.
Areas: Earthquake Engineering, Engineering Seismology, Engineering Mechanics.
Topics: Structural health
monitoring; Rotational seismology; Wavelets; Soil-structure interaction;
Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis; Strong ground motion; Full-scale testing
of structures; Seismic monitoring arrays, instrumentation, data processing and
databases; Near-source tsunami modelling; Wave propagation in structures, soils
and sedimentary deposits; Assessment of damage and losses from earthquakes;
Passive isolation of structures; Specification of earthquake resistant design
criteria for structures.
Awards and Honors
Named among Top 20 Authors Worldwide on the Special Topic
– Earthquakes for the period 1993-2003 (one of only two earthquake
engineers) by the
Named among Top 1% Authors Worldwide in Engineering
for the period 1995-present by the
Named among “18 prominent women in
civil engineering” selected worldwide as role models for aspiring female
engineering students, in a paper by Yin Kiong Hoh published in the
International Journal of Engineering Education, 2008). http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2008/viterbi-earthquake-engineer.htm
Kapitza Gold Medal, Russian Academy of
Natural Sciences, 2004.
Foreign Member of Russian Academy of Natural
Sciences, 2004.
Fall 1986 Best Teaching Assistant Award in
the Dept. of Civil Engr., Univ. of Southern California.
Some More on Thompson ISI Rankings
USC ranked among Top
5 High-Impact U.S. Universities in
Civil Engineering, 1998-2002, by
In the news
Astani Department's Maria Todorovska
named "a prominent woman in civil engineering" by International Journal of Engineering
Education, Viterbi Newswire, December 2008.
NEW EARTHQUAKE TOOL
HELPS “LIFELINES” - METRANS News, October 2005.
Recent archived presentations
Todorovska MI. “Structural models for rational design,
structural health monitoring and seismic risk and loss assessment”, Earthquake
Hazards Seminar, U.S. Geological Survey,
Research Group Web Site
Publications
See Curriculum
Vitae and Publications page of Strong Motion Research
Group web site.
Selected Research Projects, Results and
Publications
Structural
health monitoring
NEW: Current
project: Earthquake damage detection in buildings and early warning based on
wave travel times, NSF,
PI: Todorovska, 08/01/08-07/31/10.
Seismic
interferometry of a soil-structure interaction model with coupled horizontal
and rocking response, Todorovska MI ,
Bull. Seism.
Soc. Am., 99(2A), 611-625. doi: 10.1785/0120080191,
Soil-structure
system identification of Millikan Library North-South response during four
earthquakes (1970-2002): what caused the observed wandering of the system
frequencies?, Todorovska MI , Bull. Seism. Soc. Am.,
99(2A), 626-635. doi:
10.1785/0120080333
Variability
of the fixed-base and soil-structure system frequencies of a building – the
case of Borik-2 building, Trifunac, MD, M.I. Todorovska, M.I. Manić, and
B.Đ. Bulajić, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, in press, 2008.
Environmental
effects on measured structural frequencies – model prediction of short-term
shift during heavy rainfall and comparison with full-scale observations, Todorovska MI, Al Rjoub Y, Structural
Control and Health Monitoring, in press, DOI:
10.1002/stc.260. 2009.
Impulse
response analysis of the Van Nuys 7-story hotel during 11 earthquakes and
earthquake damage detection, M.I. Todorovska and M.D. Trifunac,
Structural Control and Health Monitoring, DOI: 10.1002/stc.208, 15(1),
90-116, 2008.
Earthquake
damage detection in the Imperial County Services Building I: the data and
time-frequency analysis, M.I. Todorovska and M.D. Trifunac, Soil Dynamics
& Earthquake Engrg, 27(6), 564–576, 2007.
Earthquake
damage detection in the Imperial County Services Building II: analysis of
novelties via wavelets, M.I. Todorovska and M.D. Trifunac, Structural
Control and Health Monitoring, in press 2009.
Earthquake
damage detection in the Imperial County Services Building III: analysis of wave
travel times via impulse response functions, M.I. Todorovska and M.D.
Trifunac, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engrg,
doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2007.07.001, 28(5),
387–404, 2008.
Effects
of rainfall on soil-structure system frequency: examples based on
poroelasticity and a comparison with full-scale measurements, M.I.
Todorovska & Y. Al Rjoub, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engrg, 26(6-7),
708-717, 2006. (Special issue on Biot Centennial – Earthquake
Engineering).
See also
section on Structural Health Monitoring of the research group Selected
Publication page.
Rotational seismology
Lee WHK,
Celebi M, Todorovska
MI, Diggles MF (Eds) (2007). Rotational Seismology and
Engineering Applications: Online Proceedings
for the First International Workshop, Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.—September 18
to 19, 2007, U.S. Geological
Survey, Open-File Report 2007-1144. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1144]
Lee WHK,
Celebi M, Todorovska
MI, Igel H (Editors).
Introduction
to the Special Issue, Bulletin of the
Seismological Society of America (BSSA), Special Issue on Rotational Seismology
and Engineering Applications (May
2009).
International
Working Group on Rotational Seismology:
http://www.rotational-seismology.org/
Selection of
comprehensive design criteria for highway bridges in the vicinity of and
crossing active faults, (METRANS;
9/06-3/08)
Soil-structure interaction
Seismic
interferometry of a soil-structure interaction model with coupled horizontal
and rocking response, Todorovska MI ,
Bull. Seism.
Soc. Am., 99(2A), 611-625. doi: 10.1785/0120080191,
Soil-structure
system identification of Millikan Library North-South response during four
earthquakes (1970-2002): what caused the observed wandering of the system
frequencies?, Todorovska MI , Bull. Seism. Soc. Am.,
99(2A), 626-635. doi:
10.1785/0120080333
Celebi M, Todorovska MI, Okawa I, Iiba M (Eds.) (2004). CD ROM Proc. Third UJNR Workshop on
Soil-Structure Interaction, March 29-30, 2004, Menlo Park, California. [http://www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/Proc/]
Okawa I, Iiba M, Celebi M, Todorovska MI, (Eds.) (2007). CD ROM Proc. Fourth UJNR Workshop on
Soil-Structure Interaction, March 29-31, 2007, Tsukuba, Japan (in press).
See section
on Full-scale testing and soil-structure interaction of the research group Selected
Publication page.
Methodology
for probabilistic assessment of permanent ground displacement across earthquake
faults for the transportation system, (METRANS; 9/03-12/04)
Building
periods for use in earthquake resistant design codes - earthquake response data
compilation and analysis of time and amplitude variations
(USGS; 12/04-12/05; 12/02-12/03)
See also http://www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/Earthquake_eng/ECEES_STS-E10/
Los
Angeles Strong Motion Array (NSF; 5/03-5/05)
Third
UJNR Workshop on Soil-Structure Interaction (NSF; 8/03-8/05)
Wavelets
applications to seismic response studies (NSF).
Processing
of 1999 Hector Mine earthquake records at USC strong motion stations (NSF).
Repeatability
of site effects-1994 Northridge earthquake and its aftershocks (USGS)
Processing
of 1994 Northridge earthquake records at USC strong motion stations
(USGS/NSF)
Northridge
Earthquake research
Simulation of Strong Earthquake Motion by Explosions
Experiments at
the Lyaur Testing Site in Tajikistan: Video, Publication
Strong Motion Data Releases
USGS
Building data of the Northridge earthquakes of January 17, 1994,and its
aftershocks.
ML=7.0
Hector Mine earthquake of October 16, 1999 recorded at stations of the Los
Angeles Strong Motion Network
ML=6.4 Northridge earthquake of January 17, 1994,
and five M>5 aftershocks.
Consulting Interests
Accelerogram data processing, Seismic hazard
assessment, Site-specific design motions for earthquake resistant structures
Has served
as a consultant to government agencies, oil industry, land developers, consulting
firms, and law firms on strong ground motion, seismic hazard assessment, and
strong motion data processing.
Last
updated:
Contact: mtodorov@usc.edu