Civil & Environmental Engineering

Simon Ghanat

Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone (570) 577-2380
Fax (570) 577-3415
simon.ghanat@bucknell.edu

Educational Background:

B.S., Civil Engineering, Arizona State University
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University
Ph.D., Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Arizona State University

Teaching Experience:

Bucknell University, Fall 2012-Present
Arizona State University 2009-2012
Matrix Education Center (Owner/Instructor), Tempe, Arizona 1991-2011

Teaching Interest:

Soil Mechanics
Foundation Design
Engineering Mechanics
Strength of Materials
Fluid Mechanics/Hydrology
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Geo-environmental Engineering
Introduction to Engineering
Calculus/Differential Equations/Linear Algebra/Statistics
General and Organic Chemistry

Research Interest:

Risk analysis and numerical modeling
Seismic site response studies
Engineering characteristics of strong ground motions
Seismic hazard analyses
Seismic micro- zonation studies
Investigating impact of soil-structure interaction on geotechnical and structural system
Developing a duration model for subduction zone and Intra-plate earthquakes
Developing an energy-based model for liquefaction and seismic displacement analyses

Publications:

Ghanat, S.T. and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2010). "Site Specific Response Analysis for Deep Soil Basins 9^th US National 10^th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto Canada, July 2010. Paper 698
Ghanat, S.T. and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2011) "Site-Specific Response Analysis of Non-Standard Sites," Proceedings of the 5^th International Conference of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 2011. Paper No SSRGH
Ghanat, S.T., Arrowsmith, R., and Kavazanjian, E., Jr. (2012) "Seismic Source Characterization for Greater Phoenix Area Seismic Hazard Analysis," submitted to Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists
Ghanat, S.T. and Kavazanjian, E., Jr., (2012) "Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis for the Greater Phoenix Area," in preparation for Submission to Earthquake Spectra

Presentations:

Kavazanjian, E. and Ghanat, S.T.: Site-Specific Seismic Hazard Analysis for Building Code Compliance, Joint Annual Meeting of Cordilleran Section (104th meeting) and Rocky Mountain Section (60th Annual) the Geological Society of America, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2008
Ghanat, S.T: State-of-the-Art Seismic Hazard Analysis, Phoenix Chapter Association of Engineering Geologists Meeting, September, 2008
Ghanat, S.T.: Seismic Response of Shallow Bedrock Sites, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, February, 2010
Ghanat, S.T: Comparison of Methods for Site Specific Site Response Assessment of Shallow and Deep Bedrock Sites, Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, April 2010
Ghanat, S.T.: Seismic Response of Phoenix Deep Soil Basin Sites, AEG-AHS Meeting, April, 2010