Jonathan P. Stewart is a Professor in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at UCLA, where he has been a faculty member since 1996. Stewart’s technical expertise is in geotechnical earthquake engineering and engineering seismology, with emphases on soil-structure interaction, ground motion characterization, performance of levees and other embankments, and ground failure. His work has impacted seismic guidelines and policy nationally and globally. Examples include the US National Seismic Hazard Maps and recommended procedures for the seismic assessment of structures.
He is a former Chief Editor for the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering and is now Past Editor of Earthquake Spectra.
SCEC Participation
Current Roles
SCEC Board of Directors, Core Institution Member (2022 - Present)
Ledesma, J., Buckreis, T. E., & Stewart, J. P. (2022, 09). Site Characterization Using Seismic Velocity Testing and its Incorporation into a Relational Database. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12326
Stewart, J. P. (2021, 08). Spatial distributions of liquefaction for seismic risk analysis. Oral Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11221
Nweke, C., Stewart, J. P., & Brandenberg, S. J. (2020). Site Response of Southern California Sedimentary Basins and Other Geomorphic Provinces. Los Angeles, US: Natural Hazards Risk and Resiliency Research Center, B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences, UCLA . doi: 10.34948/N3159F. SCEC Contribution 10965
Afshari, K., & Stewart, J. P. (2016). Validation of Duration Parameters from SCEC Broadband Platform Simulated Ground Motions. Seismological Research Letters, 87(6), 1355-1362. doi: 10.1785/0220160086. SCEC Contribution 7094
Afshari, K., & Stewart, J. P. (2016). Physically Parameterized Prediction Equations for Significant Duration in Active Crustal Regions. Earthquake Spectra, 32(4), 2057-2081. doi: 10.1193/063015EQS106M. SCEC Contribution 6231