Publications.

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JouRnAL ARTICLES, 2018-2021

Hazard-Consistent Seismic Losses and Collapse Capacities for Light-Frame Wood Buildings in California and Cascadia - Chase, Robert, Abbie B. Liel, Nicolas Luco and Zach Bullock. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 19 (15), 6615-6639, 2021.

Component Response Metrics for Indication of Global Collapse - Cook, Dustin and Abbie B. Liel. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 19 (15), 6469-6496, 2021.

Evaluation of Seismic Performance of As-Built and Retrofitted Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures with Lap Splice Deficiencies - Opabola, Eyitayo, Kenneth J. Elwood and Abbie B. Liel. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics”, 50(12), 2021.

Experimental Assessment of 2nd-Generation Hybrid-Sliding-Rocking Bridge Columns under Reversed Lateral Loading for Free and Fixed End Rotation Conditions - Salehi, Mohammad, Jakub Valigura, Petros Sideris, and Abbie Liel, ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, 26(10), 2021.

Experimental Testing of Hybrid Sliding-Rocking Bridge Columns under Torsional and Biaxial Lateral Loading - Salehi, Mohammad, Petros Sideris, and Abbie Liel. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 50(10), 2021.

Site-Specific Liquefaction Fragility Analysis: Cloud, Stripe, and Incremental Approaches - Bullock, Zach, Abbie B. Liel, Keith A. Porter, and Shideh Dashti. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics”, 50(9), 2021.

Mitigating Injection-Induced Seismicity to Reduce Seismic Risk - Johnson, Eric G. Ryan Haagenson, Abbie B. Liel and Hari Rajaram. “Earthquake Spectra, 37(4).

Seismic Interaction of Adjacent Structures on Liquefiable Soils: Insight from Centrifuge and Numerical Modeling - Hwang, Yu-Wei, Jenny Ramirez, Shideh Dashti, Peter Kirkwood, Abbie B. Liel, Guido Camata and Massimo Petracca. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 147(8), 2021.

Benchmarking FEMA P-58 Repair Costs and Unsafe Placards from the Northridge Earthquake: Implications for Performance-Based Engineering - Cook, Dustin, Abbie B. Liel, D. Jared DeBock and Curt Haselton. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 56, 2021.

Can Geotechnical Liquefaction Indices Improve Foundation Settlement Predictions? Bullock, Zachary, Shideh Dashti, Abbie B. Liel and Keith Porter. Earthquake Spectra, 37(4), 2021.

Practitioner-friendly optimization-supported design method to improve seismic performance of RC frame buildings - Arroyo, O., A.B. Liel and S. Gutierrez. Earthquake Spectra, 37(3), 2021.

Wind Performance Assessment of Post-Disaster Housing in the Philippines - Venable, Casie, Abbie B. Liel, Tracy Kijewski-Correa, and Amy Javernick-Will. ASCE Natural Hazards Review, 22(4), 2021.

The Dilemma of the Tropics: Changes to Housing Safety Perceptions, Preferences, and Priorities in Multi-Hazard Environments - Goldwyn, Briar, Amy Javernick Will and Abbie B. Liel. “Natural Hazards Review. 22(3), 2021.

A Suite of Ground Motion Prediction Equations for Cumulative Absolute Velocity in Shallow Crustal Earthquakes Including Epistemic Uncertainty - Bullock, Zachary, Shideh Dashti, Abbie B. Liel and Keith Porter. Earthquake Spectra, 37(2), 2021

Indicators of Improvements in Performance Possible through Retrofit of RC Frame Buildings - Harrington, Cody C. and Abbie B. Liel. Earthquake Spectra, 37(1), 2021.

Revealing (Mis)Alignments Between Comparing Household Perceptions and Engineering Assessments of Post-Disaster Housing Safety in Typhoons - Venable, Casie, Amy Javernick-Will, Abbie B. Liel, Matthew Koschmann. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 53(1), 101976, 2021.

Magnitude Thresholds and Spatial Footprints of Damage from Induced Earthquake - Baird, Bridger, Abbie Liel and Robert Chase. Earthquake Spectra, Accepted.  

Life-Cycle Cost Assessment of Conventional and ‘Accelerated Bridge Construction’ Reinforced Concrete Bridges in Seismic Areas - Valigura, Jakub, Abbie B. Liel and Petros Sideris. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 17(5), 2019.

Indicators of Improvements in Performance Possible through Retrofit of RC Frame Buildings - Harrington, Cody C. and Abbie B. Liel. Earthquake Spectra, Accepted.

Perceptions of Safety of Post-Disaster Housing in Future Typhoons and Earthquakes - Venable, Casie, Amy Javernick-Will and Abbie B. Liel. Sustainability, 12(9), 3937.

Seismic Repair Assessment of Hybrid-Sliding-Rocking Bridge Columns through Integrated Experimentation and Expert Panel Solicitation - Valigura, Jakub, Mohammad Salehi, Abbie B. Liel and Petros Sideri. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 146(9), 2020.

In-Ground Gravel-Rubber Panel Walls to Mitigate and Base Isolate Shallow-Founded Structures on Liquefiable Ground - Paramasivam, Balaji, Shideh Dashti and Abbie B. Liel. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146(9), 2020. 

Reduce, Reuse, Resilient: Life-cycle seismic and environmental performance of buildings with alternative concretes  - Welsh-Huggins, Sarah, Abbie B. Liel and Sherri M. Cook. ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 26(1), 2020.

Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings Retrofitted According to ASCE 41 - Harrington, Cody C. and Abbie B. Liel. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 146(11), 2020.

Effect of Major Design Parameters on the Seismic Performance of Bridges with HSR Columns - Salehi, Mohammad, Petros Sideris and Abbie B. Liel. ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, 25(10), 2020.

Increases in Life-Safety Risks from Induced Earthquakes in the Central United States - Liu, Taojun, Nicolas Luco, and Abbie B. Liel, Earthquake Spectra, 35(2), 2019.

Risk-Based Assessment of Seismic Repair Costs for Reinforced Concrete Bridges, Considering Competing Repair Strategies - Valigura, Jakub, Abbie B. Liel, and Petros Sideris, Journal of Bridge Engineering, 24(11), 2019.

Seismic Loss and Damage in Light-frame Wood Buildings from Sequences of Induced Earthquakes - Robert E. Chase, Abbie B. Liel, Nicolas Luco, and Bridger W. Baird, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 48(12), 2019.

Impact of Spatial Variations in Permeability of Liquefiable Deposits on the Seismic Performance of Structures and Effectiveness of Drains -Paramasivam, Balaji, Shideh Dashti and Abbie B. Liel. , ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 145(8), 2019.

Assessment Supporting the Use of Outcropping Rock, Evolutionary Intensity Measures for Prediction of Liquefaction Consequences on Structures - Bullock, Zach, Shideh Dashti, Abbie B. Liel, Keith A. Porter, and Zana Karimi, Earthquake Spectra, 35(4), 2019.

Hazard Implications of the 2016 Mw 5.0 Cushing, OK Earthquake from a Joint Analysis of Damage and InSAR Data - Magali Barba-Sevilla, Bridger W. Baird, Abbie B. Liel, and Kristi F. Tiampo, Remote Sensing, 10(11), 2018.

Probabilistic Models for Residual and Peak Transient Tilt of Mat-Founded Structures on Liquefiable Soils - Zach Bullock, Zana Karimi, Shideh Dashti, Abbie Liel, Keith Porter and Kevin Franke,  ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geeoenvironmental Engineering, 145(2): 04018108, 2018.

A Physics-Informed Semi-Empirical Probabilistic Model for the Settlement of Shallow Founded Structures on Liquefiable Ground - Zach Bullock, Zana Karimi, Shideh Dashti, Keith Porter, Abbie Liel and Kevin Franke, Geotechnique, 69(5), 2019.

Influence of Prefabricated Vertical Drains on the Seismic Performance of Structures Founded on Liquefiable Soils -  Balaji Paramasivam, Shideh Dashti and Abbie Liel, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geeoenvironmental Engineering, 144(10).

Effects of Drainage Control on Densification as a Liquefaction Mitigation Technique - Juan Olarte, Shideh Dashti and Abbie Liel, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 110, 212-231.

Key Predictors of Structure Settlement on Liquefiable Ground: A Numerical Parametric Study - Zana Karimi, Shideh Dashti, Zachary Bullock, Keith Porter and Abbie B. Liel, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 113, 286-308, 2018. 

Can ground densification improve seismic performance of the soil-foundation-structure system on liquefiable soils? Juan Olarte, Shideh Dashti and Abbie Liel, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 47(5), 1193-1211. 

Evaluating multi-objective outcomes for hazard resilience and sustainability from enhanced building seismic design decisions -  Sarah J. Welsh-Huggins and Abbie B. Liel, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 144(8).

A Performance-Based Evaluation of a Seismic Design Method for Reinforced Concrete Frames - Orlando Amell Arroyo, Abbie Liel and Sergio Gutierrez, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 22(10), 2017. 

journal ARTiCLES,

2008 - 2017

Considerations in comparing the USGS induced-one-year seismicity models with “Did You Feel It?” and instrumental data  - Isabel White, Taojun Liu, Nicolas Luco and Abbie B. Liel, Seismological Research Letters, 89(1), 127 – 137, 2017.

Collapse Indicators for Existing Nonductile Concrete Buildings with Varying Column and Frame Characteristics - Siamak Sattar, and Abbie B. Liel. Engineering Structures, 152, 188-201, 2017. 

Ground Motion Prediction Equations for Arias Intensity, Cumulative Absolute Velocity, and Peak Incremental Ground Velocity for Rock Sites in Different Tectonic Environments -  Zachary Bullock, Shideh Dashti, Abbie B. Liel, Keith Porter, Zana Karimi, and Brendon Bradley,  Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, 107(5), 2293-2309, 2017. 

Numerical Simulation of Hybrid Sliding-Rocking (HSR) Columns subjected to Earthquake Excitation -  Mohammad Salehi, Mohammad, Petros Sideris and Abbie Liel. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 143(11), 2017.

A Call to Refocus Research Goals for the Development of Seismic Optimization Methods -  Orlando Amell Arroyo, and Abbie B. Liel, Earthquake Spectra, 33(3), pp. 1029 - 1031, 2017. 

Centrifuge Modeling of Mitigation-Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction on Liquefiable Ground - Juan Olarte, Balaji Paramasivam, Shideh Dashti, Abbie B. Liel, and Jacopo Zannin, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 97, 304-323, 2017. 

Information Deficits and Community Disaster Resilience - Erin Arneson, Derya Deniz, Amy Javernick-Will, Abbie Liel and Shideh Dashti,  ASCE Natural Hazards Review, 18(4), 2017. 

Reliability-Based Design Snow Loads: II Reliability Assessment and Mapping Procedures - Abbie B. Liel, D. Jared DeBock, James R. Harris, Jeannette Torrents, and Bruce Ellingwood, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 143(7), 2017.

Reliability-Based Design Snow Loads: I. Site-Specific Probability Models for Ground Snow Loads -  D. Jared DeBock, Abbie B. Liel, James R. Harris, Bruce Ellingwood and Jeannette Torrents, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 143(7), 2017.

Flood Loss Models for Residential Buildings Based on the 2013 Colorado Floods - Derya Deniz, Erin E. Arneson, Abbie B. Liel, Shideh Dashti and Amy N. Javernick-Will, Natural Hazards, 85(2), pp977-1003, 2017. 

A Life-Cycle Framework for Integrating Green Building and Hazard-Resistant Design: Examining the Seismic Impacts of Buildings with Green Roofs - Sarah Welsh-Huggins and Abbie Liel, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 13(1), pp. 19-33, 2017.

Calibration of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Columns for Simulating Seismic Response to Collapse. -   Haselton, Curt B., Abbie B. Liel, Sarah Taylor Lange, and Gregory G. Deierlein. ACI Structural Journal, 113(6), pp. 1141 - 1152, 2016.

Collapse Assessment of Moment Frame Buildings Considering Vertical Ground Shaking - Cody Harrington and Abbie Liel, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 45, pp. 2475-2493, 2016. 

Seismic Performance Assessment of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frames with Masonry Infilled Walls: II. Collapse Assessment - Siamak Sattar and Abbie Liel, Earthquake Spectra, 32(2), pp. 819-842, 2016.

Seismic Performance of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frames with Masonry Infill Walls: I. Development of a Finite-Element Enhanced Strut Modeling Approach - Siamak Sattar and Abbie Liel, Earthquake Spectra, 32(2), pp. 795 - 818, 2016.

Reliability of Steel Roof Structures under Snow Loads - Derek Kozak and Abbie Liel, Structural Safety, 54, pp. 46-56, 2015.

A Comparative Evaluation of Probabilistic Regional Seismic Loss Assessment Methods - D. Jared DeBock and Abbie Liel, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 19(6), pp. 905-937, 2015. 

Collapse Risk of Buildings in the Pacific Northwest due to Subduction Earthquakes - Meera Raghunandan, Abbie Liel and Nicolas Luco, Earthquake Spectra, 31(4), pp. 2087 -2115, 2015.

Framework Methodology for Risk-Based Decision Making for Transportation Agencies - Yolanda Lin, Abishek Paul, Ross Corotis and Abbie Liel, ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, 1(3), 2015.

Aftershock Collapse Vulnerability of Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures - Meera Raghunandan, Abbie Liel and Nicolas Luco, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 44(3), pp. 419-439, 2015.

Diversity in the Structural Engineering Profession - Abbie Liel, Structure Magazine, Oct. 2014.

Collapse Assessment of Non-Ductile, Retrofitted and Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frames - Majid Baradaran Shoraka, Ken Elwood, Tony Yang and Abbie Liel, ACI Special Publication, 297, 1-20, 2014.

Component Model Calibration for Cyclic Behavior of a Corrugated Shear Wall - LG Vigh, GG Deierlein, E Miranda, AB Liel, and S Tipping, Thin Walled Structures, 75, 53-62, 2014.

Incorporation of Spatial Correlations Between Building Response Parameters in Regional Seismic Loss Assessment - D. Jared DeBock, Jack W. Garrison, Kevin Y. Kim and Abbie B. Liel, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 104(1), pp. 214 - 228, 2014. 

Importance of Seismic Design Accidental Torsion Requirements for Building Collapse Capacity - D. Jared DeBock, Abbie B. Liel, Curt B. Haselton, John D. Hooper and Richard Henige, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 43(6), pp. 831 - 850.

Cost-Benefit Evaluation of Seismic Mitigation Alternatives for Older Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings - Abbie Liel and Gregory Deierlein, Earthquake Spectra, 29(4), pp. 1391 -1411, 2013. 

Perceptions of Decision-Making Roles and Priorities Affecting Rebuilding After Disaster: The Example of L'Aquila, Italy - Abbie Liel, Ross Corotis, Guido Camata, Jeanette Sutton, Rose Holtzman, and Enrico Spacone, Earthquake Spectra, 29(3), pp. 843 - 868, 2013. 

Snow Load Damage to Buildings: Physical and Economic Impacts - Kristen Strobel and Abbie Liel, Forensic Engineering, 166(3), pp. 116- 133, 2013.

Seismic Performance Assessment of Steel Corrugated Shear Wall System using Non-Linear Analysis - Laszlo Vigh, Gregory Deierlein, Eduardo Miranda, Abbie Liel and Steven Tipping, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 85, 48-59, 2013.

Effect of Ground Motion Duration on Earthquake-Induced Structural Collapse - Meera Raghunandan and Abbe Liel, Structural Safety, 41, 119-133, 2013.

Using Assessed Collapse Risk to Inform Seismic Safety Decisions for California's Older Concrete Buildings - Abbie Liel and Gregory Deierlein, Earthquake Spectra, 28(4), pp. 1495 - 1521, 2012. Winner of Outstanding Paper Award.

Expected Earthquake Damage and Repair Costs in Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings - C. Marc Ramirez, Abbie Liel, Judith Mitrani-Reiser, Curt Haselton, Ashley Spear, Jacqueline Steiner, Gregory Deierlein and Eduardo Miranda, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 41(11), pp. 1455-1475, 2012. 

The Effect of Near-Fault Directivity on Building Seismic Collapse Risk - Casey Champion and Abbie Liel, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 41(10), pp. 1391-1409, 2012.

Snow-Induced Building Failures - Jamie Geis, Kristen Strobel and Abbie Liel. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 26(4), pp. 1-12, 2012.

Vulnerability of Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings and their Occupants in the 2009 L'Aquila, Italy, Earthquake - Abbie Liel and Kathryn Lynch, atural Hazards Review, 13(1), pp. 1-16, 2012.

Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings in Southern California - Kathryn Lynch, Kristen Rowe and Abbie Liel, Earthquake Spectra, 27(2), pp. 399--417, 2011.

Seismic Collapse Safety of Reinforced Concrete Buildings: I. Assessment of Ductile Moment Frames - Curt Haselton, Abbie Liel, Gregory Deierlein, Brian Dean, Jason Chou, Journal of Structural Engineering, 137(4), pp. 481-491, 2011.

Seismic Collapse Safety of Reinforced Concrete Buildings: II. Comparative Assessment of Non-Ductile and Ductile Moment Frames- Abbie Liel, Curt Haselton, Greg Deierlein, Journal of Structural Engineering, 137(4), pp. 492-502, 2011.

Accounting for Ground Motion Spectral Shape Characteristics in Structural Collapse through an Adjustment for Epsilon - Curt Haselton, Jack Baker, Abbie Liel and Gregory Deierlein, Journal of Structural Engineering, 137(3), pp. 332-344, 2011. .

Incorporating Modeling Uncertainties in the Assessment of Seismic Collapse Risk of Buildings - Abbie Liel, Curt Haselton, Greg Deierlein and Jack Baker, Structural Safety, 31(2), pp. 197-211, 2009.

Engineering Innovations at Bonneville Dam - Abbie Liel and David Billington, Technology and Culture, 49(3), July 2008.

COnFERENCE Papers

Assessing reparability of damaged buildings based on impairment of future earthquake performance - Murray, P. B., Liel, A. B., Elwood, K., Bullock, Z. World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, 2020.

Hindcast Loss Estimates for the 1994 Northridge Earthquake: Implications for Loss Assessment at Low Intensity Shaking - D. T. Cook, A. B. Liel, D. J. DeBock, C. B. Haselton, K. F. Wade, E. L. Almeter, and A. Gupta. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, 2020.

ASCE 41 Assessment of the Imperial County Services Building and Comparison with Recorded Response and Damage - D. T. Cook and A. B. Liel. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, 2020.

Stochastic Settlement and Tilt Time Histories for Dynamic Analysis of Structures on Liquefiable Ground  - Bullock, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A. B., & Porter, K. A. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Sendai, Japan, 2020.

The Influence of Reconstruction Modality, Social Capital, and Community Satisfaction on Willingness to Participate in Resilience-Building Activities - Goldwyn, Briar, Casie Venable, Amy Javernick-Will and Abbie Liel. Construction Research Congress, 2020.

Data-driven versus Simulation Approaches in Flood Performance Assessment of the Residential Buildings: A Case Study of 2013 Colorado Flood. - Deniz, Derya, Bruce Ellingwood, Abbie Liel and Shideh Dashti. 2nd International Conference on Natural Hazards Infrastructure (ICONHIC2019), Chania, Greece, 2019.

Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements Research Priorities - Goldwyn, Briar, Aaron Opdyke, Amy Javernick-Will and Abbie Liel. Engineering Projects and Organizations Conference, Vail, CO, June, 2019.

A Framework for Machine Learning-Assisted Design and Execution of Numerical Parametric Studies in Evaluating the Seismic Response of Soil-Structure Systems - Bullock, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A. B., & Porter, K. Proceedings of the 12th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering. CCEE12, Quebec City, QC, 2019. 

Physics-Informed and Semi-Empirical Probabilistic Models for Structure’s Average and Differential Settlement on Liquefiable Ground with Extensions to Regional Analysis - Bullock, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A. B., & Porter, K. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Rome, Italy, 2019.

Numerical simulation of nonlinear structures on liquefiable soils with ground improvement - Ramirez, Jenny, Massimo Petraca, Shideh Dashti, Abbie Liel and Guido Camata. 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (7ICEGE), Rome, Italy, 2019.

Generating Synthetic Borehole Data for Applications in Site-Specific and Regional Evaluation of Liquefaction Consequences - Bullock, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A. B., & Porter, K.. Proceedings of GeoCongress 2019, Philadelphia, PA, 2019.

A Framework for the Evaluation of Liquefaction Consequences for Shallow-Founded Structures - Bullock, Z., Porter, K., Liel, A. B., & Dashti, S. 13th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, ICASP13, Seoul, South Korea, May 2019.   

Consideration of Post-Repair Performance in Seismic Loss Assessment of Structures - Jakub Valigura, Abbie B. Liel, and Petros Sideris. 13th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, ICASP13, Seoul, South Korea, May 2019.

Implications of Seismic Design Values for Economic Losses - Dustin Cook, Abbie B. Liel, Nicolas Luco, Edward Almeter, and Curt Haselton. 13th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, ICASP13, Seoul, South Korea, May 2019.

Preliminary Magnitude and Distance Damage Thresholds for Light-Frame Wood Buildings in Induced Earthquakes - Bridger W. Baird, Abbie B. Liel, and Robert E. Chase. 13th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, ICASP13, Seoul, South Korea, May 2019.

“Built Back Better? An Analysis of Perceived Performance of Post-Disaster Shelter” - Venable, Casie, Abbie B. Liel and Amy Javernick-Will. Engineering Projects and Organizations Conference, 2018.

A Design Method For Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings Based On Pondered Virtual Work - Arroyo, O, Liel, A., and S. Gutierrez. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June, 2018.

Key Parameters for Predicting Residual Tilt of Shallow-Founded Structures Due to Liquefaction - Bullock, Z., Karimi, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A. & Porter, K.  5th Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics GEESDV 2018, Austin, TX , July 2018.

Damage Accumulation for a Two-Story Wood Frame Building in Sequences of Induced Earthquakes - Chase, Robert, Abbie Liel and Nicolas Luco. 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, June 2018.

Quantifying Improvements in Seismic Performance Possible through Retrofit of RC Frames - Harrington, Cody and Abbie Liel. 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, June 2018.

Torsional Irregularity as a Collapse Indicator for Older Concrete Buildings - Marcilla, Travis and Abbie Liel. 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, June 2018.

Efficiency, Sufficiency and Predictability of Intensity Measures for Predicting the Consequences of Liquefaction on Buildings - Bullock, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A. & Porter, K. 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, June 2018.

Seismic Performance Assessment of HSR Bridges through Structural Simulation and Testing - Salehi, Mohammad*#, Petros Sideris, and Abbie B. Liel. 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, June 2018.

Centrifuge modeling of mitigation-soil-structure-interaction on layered liquefiable soil deposits with a silt cap - Paramasivam, Balaji, Shideh Dashti, Abbie Liel, Juan Olarte. 9th International Conference on Physical Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering, London, June 2018.

Community Participation in Post-Disaster Shelter Programs: Examining the Evolution of Participation in Planning, Design, and Construction - Venable, Casie, Aaron Opdyke, Amy Javernick-Will and Abbie Liel. Construction Research Congress, March 2018.

Performance-based assessment of reinforced concrete frames designed using eigenfrequency optimization - Orlando Arroyo, Abbie Liel, Sergio Gutiérrez. X International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN, September 2017.

Stochastic Ground Motion Simulations for Assessment of Regional Losses from Induced Earthquakes - Taojun Liu, Nicolas Luco, Abbie B. Liel and Sanaz Rezaeian, ICOSSAR, Vienna, August 2017.

Flood Loss and Recovery Models for Residential Housing Stock: A Case Study of the 2013 Boulder, Colorado Floods - Derya Deniz, Bruce Ellingwood, Abbie Liel and Shideh Dashti, ICOSSAR 2017, Vienna, Austria.

Influence of soil and structural parameters on liquefaction induced settlement of foundations - Zana Karimi, Zachary Bullock, Shideh Dashti, Abbie Liel, & Keith Porter, K. 3rd International Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, July 2017.

Effects of drains on the performance and damage-potential of shallow-founded structures - Balaji Paramasivam, Shideh Dashti, Abbie Liel and Juan Olarte, 3rd International Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, July 2017.

Seismic performance of a layered liquefiable site: Validation of numerical simulations using centrifuge modeling - Ramirez, J., Badanagki , M., Rahimi-Abkenar, M., Elghoraiby, M. A., Manzari, M. T., Dashti, S., Barrero, A., Taiebat, M., Ziotopoulou, K. and Liel, A. Geotechnical Frontiers 2017, Orlando, FL, March 2017.

Seismic Settlement of Shallow-Founded Structures on Liquefiable Ground - Karimi, Z., Bullock, Z., Dashti, S., Liel, A., & Porter, K.. Geo-Risk 2017, Denver, CO. April 2017. 

Seismic Collapse Analysis of RC Framed Structures Using the Gradient Inelastic Force-Based Element Formulation - Salehi, Mohammad*, Petros Sideris, and Abbie B. Liel (2017). 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 2017.

Building collapse and life endangerment risks from induced seismicity in the United States -  Liu, Taojun, Nicolas Luco, Abbie B. Liel, and Susan Hoover. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 2017. 

Potential for Damage to Brittle Structures in Induced Earthquakes - Robert Chase,  and Abbie B. Liel. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 2017. 

Benefits of Lateral Strength in Terms of Residual Capacity - Meera Raghunandan, Sarah J. Welsh-Huggins and Abbie B. Liel, 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, January 2017. 

Aftershock Collapse Vulnerability Assessment of Older Reinforced Concrete Frames - Meera Raghunandan and Abbie B. Liel. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 2017. 

Structural Models for Centrifuge Testing of Liquefaction-Related Building Damage - Juan Olarte, Abbie B. Liel, Shideh Dashti, Rebecca Scheetz, Jalila Elfejji, and Jakub Valigura, 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 2017. 

Influence of liquefaction mitigation on performance of inelastic shallow-founded structures -Balaji Paramasivam, Shideh Dashti, Abbie Liel, Juan C. Olarte, Luciano Souza Junior, and Leonardo Soligo Gomes, 16th World Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile,January 2017.  

Critical Structural Weaknesses Exposed in Older RC Wall-Frame Structures during the Christchurch Earthquakes - Travis Marcilla, S.R. Uma, and Abbie B. Liel.16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 2017. 

Seismic Vulnerability of Reinforced Concrete Hillside Buildings in Northeast India - Sarah J. Welsh-Huggins, Janise E. Rodgers, William T. Holmes, and Abbie B. Liel, 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 2017. 

Evaluating the Seismic Performance of Eigenfrequency Optimized Concrete Moment Frame Buildings, -Orlando Arroyo,  Abbie Liel, and Sergio Gutierrez, 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile,January 2017. 

Seismic Collapse Analysis of RC Framed Structures using the Gradient Inelastic Force-Based Element Formulation - Mohammad Salehi, Petros Sideris and Abbie Liel,  Santiago, Chile, 16th World Conference in Earthquake Engineering,January 2017.  

Simplified Seismic Evaluation of Older Concrete Buildings for Collapse Potential (ATC 78) - Abbie B. Liel, William Holmes, Michael Mehrain, Jack Moehle and Peter Somers, 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 2017. 

 Is a Stronger Building also Greener? Influence of Seismic Design Decisions on Building Life-Cycle Economic and Environmental Impacts - Sarah J. Welsh-Huggins  and Abbie B. Liel, 6th International Symposium of Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, Deflt, The Netherlands, Fall 2016.

Retaining Diverse Students in Civil Engineering and Its Subdisciplines: Challenges and Opportunities - Abbie Liel and Eva Leong, 2016 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting, June 2016.

Can service learning impact student learning and motivation in a required engineering probability and statistics course? - Abbie Liel and Timothy Clarkin, 2016 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting, June 2016.

Introducing Students to Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Building and Urban Design - Abbie B. Liel and Sarah Welsh-Huggins, 2016 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting, June 2016.

The Polyvocality of Resilience: Discovering a Research Agenda through Interdisciplinary Investigation & Community Engagement - Robert Soden, Leysia Palen, Claire Chase, Erin Arneson, Derya Deniz, Leah Sprain, Bruce Goldstein, Abbie Liel, Shideh Dashti and Amy Javernick-Will.  12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2015, Kristiansand, Norway, May 24-27, 2015. Finalist for student paper award. 

Modifications to Risk-Targeted Seismic Design Maps for Subduction and Near-Fault Hazards - Abbie Liel, Nicolas Luco, Meera Raghunandan and Casey Champion, 12th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering,  ICASP12, Vancouver, Canada, July 12-15, 2015. 

Reliability-Based Snow Load Maps for Building Design  -  Jared DeBock, Abbie Liel, James Harris, Jeannette Torrents,  12th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering,
ICASP12, Vancouver, Canada, July 12-15, 2015. 

The ATC-78 Methodology for Evaluation and Mitigation of Nonductile Concrete Buildings - Abbie Liel, 15th U.S.-Japan Workshop on the Improvement of Structural Engineering and Resiliency, Big Island, Hawaii, December, 2014.

Next-Generation Disaster-Related Debris Estimation Models - Wil Srubar, Andrew Siefried, Aaron Michel and Abbie Liel, 3rd International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction, Boulder, Colorado, September, 2014.

Integrating Green and Resilient Building Design for Enhanced Disaster Recovery - Sarah Welsh-Huggins and Abbie Liel, 3rd International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction, Boulder, Colorado, September, 2014. 

Integrating Hazard-Induced Damage and Environmental Impacts in Building Life Cycle Assessments - Sarah Welsh-Huggins and Abbie Liel, 2014 International Symposium of Life-Cycle Civil Engineering. Tokyo, Japan, November, 2014. 

Aftershock risks and the recent events in New Zealand and Japan - Nilesh Shome, Nicolas Luco, Matt Gerstenberger, Oliver Boyd, Ned Field, Abbie B. Liel and John van de Lindt. National Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Anchorage, AK, July, 2014. 

Seismic Collapse Assessment of Ductile and Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Alaska - Meera Raghunandan and  Abbie B. Liel. National Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Anchorage, AK, July, 2014. 

The Effectiveness of ‘Interactive’ Slide Presentation for Promoting Student Engagement in University Engineering Courses - Sean Wirth, Abbie Liel, and John S. McCartney. 2014 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, IN, June, 2014. 

Scenario Seismic Risk Assessment for Communities of Buildings - Jared DeBock, Kevin Kim and Abbie Liel.  ICOSSAR, New York, NY, June, 2013.

Effect of Construction Errors on the Risks of Snow Induced Failure of Roofs Supported by Open-Web Steel Joists  - Derek Kozak, and Abbie Liel.  ICOSSAR, New York, NY, June, 2013.  

Quantification of modeling uncertainties based on the blind prediction contest submissions - Siamak Sattar Abbie Liel, and Paolo Martinelli. ASCE Structures Congress, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May, 2013.

Diversity and Gender Balance in the Structural Engineering Profession - Eva Leong, Abbie Liel, Judith Mitrani-Reiser, Emily Guglielmo, Donna Friis, Devon Lumbard, Rafael Gomes de Oliveira, Robert Pekelnicky. ASCE Structures Congress, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May, 2013. 

Aftershock Fragility Curves and Tagging Assessments for a Mainshock-Damaged Building - Meera Raghunandan, Hyeuk Ryu, Abbie Liel, Nicolas Luco and S.R. Uma. 5th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2012. 

Quantification of Building Seismic Performance Factors Component Equivalency Methodology – FEMA P-795 - Charles Kircher,  Curt Haselton, Abbie Liel, SEAoC  (Structural Engineers Association of California) Convention. Las Vegas, September, 2011.

A Framework for Performance-Based Design and Assessment of Buildings Subjected to Extreme Snow Loads -  Abbie B. Liel, Kyle Jackson, Jamie Geis, ICASP 11: 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering. Zurich, Switzerland, August, 2011. 

Rebuilding L’Aquila Following the 2009 Earthquake: Priorities and Perspectives - Abbie Liel, Ross Corotis, Jeannette Sutton, Guido Camata, Enrico Spacone, and Rose (Bricker-Ford) Holtzman, ICASP 11: 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering. Zurich, Switzerland, August, 2011.

Methodology for Post-Mainshock Probabilistic Assessment of Building Collapse Risk - Nicolas Luco, Matt Gerstenberger, S.R. Uma, Hyeuk Ryu, Abbie Liel and Meera Raghunandan, Proceedings of the Ninth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Building an Earthquake-Resilient Society. Auckland, New Zealand, April, 2011.

Developing Fragilities for Mainshock-Damaged Structures through Incremental Dynamic Analysis - Hyeuk Ryu, , Nicolas Luco, S.R. Uma and Abbie. Liel, Proceedings of the Ninth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Building an Earthquake-Resilient Society. Auckland, New Zealand, April, 2011. 

Comparison of Mainshock and Aftershock Fragility Curves Developed for New Zealand and U.S. Buildings - S.R. Uma, Hyeuk Ryu, Nicolas Luco, Abbie B. Liel and Meera Raghunandan, Proceedings of the Ninth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Building an Earthquake-Resilient Society. Auckland, New Zealand, April, 2011.

The Influence of Engineering Organization on Design and Construction Processes at Tennessee Valley Authority Dams of the 1930s - Abbie Liel,  ASCE Structures Congress. Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 2011.

 Example Application of the FEMA P695 (ATC-63) Methodology for Collapse Performance of Reinforced Concrete Special Moment Frame Building - Curt Haselton, Abbie Liel and Gregory Deierlein, 9th U.S. National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, Canada, July, 2010.

Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures with and without Masonry Infill Walls - Siamak Sattar, Abbie Liel, 9th U.S. National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, Canada, July, 2010.

A Practical Approach for Assessing Structural Resistance to Earthquake-Induced Collapse  - Abbie Liel  and Hesham Tuwair, 2010 Structures Congress and 19th Analysis and Computation Specialty Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2010. 

Case Study on the Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Intermediate Moment Frames using ACI Design Provisions - M.J. Richard, L. D. Albano, D. Kelly, and A. B. Liel, 2010 ASCE Structures Congress, Orlando, FL, May 2010.

Concept Paper on Utilizing the FEMA P695 (ATC-63) Ground Motion Spectral Shape Guidelines to Adjust the Target Displacement in the ASCE/SEI 41 Nonlinear Static Procedure - Curt Haselton, Charles Kircher, Abbie Liel, ATC/SEI Conference on Existing Buildings, San Francisco, December, 2009. 

Preliminary Results of a Cost-Benefit Assessment of Replacing Seismically Vulnerable Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures - Abbie Liel and Gregory Deierlein, ATC/SEI Conference on Existing Buildings, San Francisco, CA, December, 2009.

Dynamic Analysis Based Seismic Performance Quantification of Steel Corrugated Shear Wall System - L.G. Vigh, G.G. Deierlein, E. Miranda, A.B. Liel and S. Tipping, 12th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Portugal, September, 2009. 

Benefit-Cost Evaluation of Seismic Risk Mitigation in Existing Non-Ductile Concrete Buildings - Abbie Liel and Gregory Deierlein,  ACES Workshop: Advances in Performance-Based Engineering Earthquake Engineering, Corfu, Greece, July, 2009.

Important Issues in Simulating Structural Collapse due to Earthquakes: Mathematical Idealizations, Model Calibration, Uncertainty Propagation and Numerical Solution Algorithms -  Curt Haselton, Abbie B. LIel, Gregory G. Deierlein, Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering COMPDYN 2009, Rhodes, Greece, June, 2009.

Lessons Learned from Seismic Collapse Assessment of Buildings for Evaluation of Bridge Structures - Abbie Liel and Curt Haselton, ASCE TCLEE 2009 Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multi-Hazard Environment, Oakland, California, June/July, 2009. 

Comparative Assessment of Collapse Safety of Reinforced-Concrete Moment Frame Buildings -  Abbie Liel, Curt Haselton and Greg Deierlein, ” 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, Oct. 12 - 17, 2008.

Comparing Seismic Collapse Safety of Modern and Existing Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures in California - Abbie Liel, Curt Haselton and Greg Deierlein,Crossing Borders: ASCE Structures Congress, Vancouver, British Columbia, April, 2008. 

ATC 63 Methodology for Evaluating Seismic Collapse Safety of Archetype Buildings - Gregory Deierlein, Abbie Liel, Curt Haselton and Charles Kircher,  Crossing Borders: ASCE Structures Congress, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 24 – 26, 2008.

Example Evaluation of the ATC-63 Methodology for Reinforced Concrete Special Moment Frame Buildings - Curt Haselton,  Abbie B. Liel and Gregory G. Deierlein,  Crossing Borders: ASCE Structures Congress, Vancouver, British Columbia, April, 2008.

Assessing Building System Collapse Performance and Associated Requirements for Seismic Design - Gregory Deierlein, Abbie Liel, Curt Haselton and Charles Kircher,  SEAOC 2007 Convention Proceedings, September, 2007.

Significance of Various Design and Assessment Parameters on Seismic Collapse Safety Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings - Curt Haselton, Abbie Liel and Gregory Deierlein,  Proceedings of the Asian-Pacific Network of Centers for Earthquake Engineering Research (ANCER), Hong Kong, May, 2007.

Seismic Collapse Safety and Behavior of Modern Reinforced Concrete Moment Frame Buildings -  Curt Haselton, Abbie Liel, Brian Dean, Jason Chou and Gregory Deierlein, ASCE Structures Congress, Long Beach, California, May, 2007.

Assessing the Seismic Collapse Risk of Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures, Including the Effects of Modeling Uncertainties - Abbie Liel, Curt Haselton, Greg Deierlein, Jack Baker, Special Workshop on Risk Acceptance and Risk Communication, Stanford, California, March, 2007. 

The Effectiveness of Seismic Building Code Provisions on Reducing the Collapse Risk of Reinforced Concrete Moment Frame Buildings - Abbie Liel, Curt Haselton and Gregory Deierlein, 4th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct., 2006. 

How have Changes in Building Code Provisions for Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures Improved Seismic Safety? Abbie Liel, Curt Haselton and Gregory Deierlein, 8th National Conference for Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, California, April, 2006. 

other publications

Assessing the Collapse Risk of California's Existing Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures: Metrics for Seismic Safety Decisions - Ph.D. Thesis, Submitted June 2008. 

Vulnerability of Reinforced Concrete Frame buildings and their Occupants in the 2009 L'Aquila, Italy Earthquake - Abbie Liel and Kathryn Lynch, Natural Hazards Center, Quick Response Report, 2009. 
 

Beam-Column Element Model Calibrated for Predicting Flexural Response Leading to Global Collapse of RC Frame Buildings - Curt Haselton, Abbie Liel, Sarah Taylor Lange and Gregory Deierlein, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, PEER 2007/03, May 2008. 

Proposals to Improve the Earthquake Resistance of Turkey's Housing -  Abbie Liel, M.Sc. Thesis in Building and Urban Design and Development, University College London, August 2004.  

Development of an Engineering Organization/ Development of an Engineer - Abbie Liel, Festschrift, 2012.