Dr. Shahram Pezeshk
Chair & Professor, Civil Engineering
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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:
and U.S. NRC and EPRI:
Teaching
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, ÁñÁ«Ö±²¥, 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