I have a bachelor’s diploma in civil engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (1998), and an MS (2000) and PhD (2004) from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT. My research focuses on understanding the response of geological features and geotechnical systems to natural and man made hazards, such as earthquakes. I am associate editor for the ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering; for Earthquake Spectra (EERI); for Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering; and for Soils and Foundations (Japanese Geotechnical Society). I am also the recipient of the 2009 Arthur Casagrande Award from the ASCE Geo-Institute, the 2012 Shamsher Prakash Research Award in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering; and the 2014 Young Investigator award from the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
SCEC Participation
SCEC Science Planning Committee, Group Co-Leader (2015 - Present)
Oral, E., Ampuero, J., Ruiz, J., & Asimaki, D. (2021, 08). Numerical modelling of rupture dynamics constrained by past seismicity for ground motion prediction. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11235
Shi, J., & Asimaki, D. (2019, 08). A Site Response Module Toolbox for the Broadband Platform: Implementation and Verification. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9906
Asimaki, D., & Shi, J. (2018, 08). Nonlinear Fourier-based Amplification Factors for the SCEC Broadband Platform. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8631
Asimaki, D., Shi, J., & Taborda, R. (2017, 08). A velocity model for basin sediments in Southern California based on field measurements. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7883
Jeong, S., Mohammadi, K., Asimaki, D., & Bradley, B. A. (2017, 08). Simulation and Validation of Topographic Effects on Mt Pleasant, Christchurch, New Zealand. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7562
Asimaki, D., Shi, J., & Taborda, R. (2016, 08). From VS30 to near-surface velocity profiles: Integrating soft sediments in SCEC's UCVM. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6919
Shi, J., & Asimaki, D. (2018). A Generic Velocity Profile for Basin Sediments in California Conditioned on VS30. Seismological Research Letters, 89(4), 1397-1409. doi: 10.1785/0220170268. SCEC Contribution 7287
Shi, J., & Asimaki, D. (2017). From stiffness to strength: Formulation and validation of a hybrid hyperbolic nonlinear soil model for site response analyses. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(3), 1336-1355. SCEC Contribution 6019
Asimaki, D., & Taborda, R. (2014). Site-specific response in validation studies of physics-based earthquake simulations. Seismological Research Letters, 85(2), 470. SCEC Contribution 1986
Asimaki, D., & Li, W. (2012). Site- and ground motion-dependent nonlinear effects in seismological model predictions. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 32(1), 143-151. SCEC Contribution 1659
Asimaki, D., Li, W., & Fragiadakis, M. (2010). Site Effects in Ground Motion Models for Structural Performance Estimation. In M. Papadrakakis, M. Fragiadakis, & N. Lagaros (Eds.), Computational Methods in Earthquake Engineering, (, pp. ) , : Springer SCEC Contribution 1344
Li, W., & Asimaki, D. (2010). Site and motion-dependent parametric uncertainty of site response analyses in earthquake simulations. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100(3). SCEC Contribution 1259
Asimaki, D., Fragiadakis, M., & Li, W. (2008, 10). Site response modeling variability in "rupture-to-rafters" ground motion simulations. Poster Presentation at 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE). SCEC Contribution 1162
Asimaki, D., Li, W., Steidl, J. H., & Schmedes, J. (2008). Quantifying Nonlinearity Susceptibility via Site-Response Modeling Uncertainty at Three Sites in the Los Angeles Basin. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98(5), 2364-2390. doi: 10.1785/0120080031. SCEC Contribution 1119
Asimaki, D., Li, W., Steidl, J. H., & Tsuda, K. (2008). Site Amplification and Attenuation via Downhole Array Seismogram Inversion: A Comparative Study of the 2003 Miyagi-Oki Aftershock Sequence. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98(1), 301-330. doi: 10.1785/0120070030. SCEC Contribution 1091
Asimaki, D., Li, W., Steidl, J. H., & Schmedes, J. (2007). From research to practice in nonlinear site response: Observations and simulations in the Los Angeles basin. Presentation at 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. SCEC Contribution 1047
Asimaki, D., & Steidl, J. H. (2006). Inverse analysis of weak and strong motion downhole array data from the Mw7.0 Sanriku-Minami earthquake. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 27(1), 73-92. doi: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2005.10.010. SCEC Contribution 987
Tsuda, K., Steidl, J. H., Archuleta, R. J., & Asimaki, D. (2006). Site-Response Estimation for the 2003 Miyagi-Oki Earthquake Sequence Considering Nonlinear Site Response. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 96(4A), 1474-1482. doi: 10.1785/0120050160. SCEC Contribution 986
Asimaki, D., & Steidl, J. H. (2006). Attenuation and Velocity Structure for Site Response Analyses via Downhole Seismogram Inversion. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 163(1), 81-118. doi: 10.1007/s00024-005-0009-7. SCEC Contribution 878
Asimaki, D., & Steidl, J. H. (2005). Velocity and attenuation inversion in downhole arrays via a hybrid optimization algorithm. Poster Presentation at 11th International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics Conference. SCEC Contribution 877
