Professor of Structural Engineering

Department of Structural Engineering
Jacobs School of Engineering
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0085
La Jolla, CA 92093-0085

jpconte@ucsd.edu
(858) 822-4545 · Fax: (858) 822-2260

http://jaguar.ucsd.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (1990)
• M.S. University of California, Berkeley (1986)

Awards:

• James H. Robbins Excellence-in-Teaching Award, Pacific District, Chi-Epsilon, 2000-2001.
• Member, Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society, 1995.
• Professor of the Year Award, Civil Engineering Honor Society, Rice University, "in recognition of exemplary commitment to undergraduate teaching", 1994.
• Research Initiation Award, National Science Foundation, 1992.
• Research Initiation Award, Engineering Foundation, 1992.
• Scholarship from the "Société Académique Vaudoise", 1985.
• Swiss National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1985-1987.
• Vaudoise Society of Civil Engineers and Architects Award, 1985.

Research Activities:

• Structural reliability analysis, probabilistic design, and risk analysis.
• Inelastic behavior of structures and nonlinear computational structural mechanics.
• Experimental structural dynamics and passive/active vibration control of structures.
• Modern experimental methods for investigating structural behavior and developing analytical models.
• Structural monitoring and condition assessment.
• Theoretical and experimental methods of nondestructive evaluation using advanced sensors and advanced analytical tools.
• Design, analysis, and behavior of innovative, high-performance structural systems.
• Integrating modeling, analysis, design, identification, and control of uncertain nonlinear systems with application to large and complex structural systems.

Other Related Experience (teaching, industrial, etc.):

• 1998-2001 Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, UCLA.
• 1998- Independent Consultant: dynamic analysis of structures (sport arena, underground tank) for Englekirk & Sabol Consulting Engineers, Inc., Los Angeles, California; seismic response analysis of a building for SAA Consultants, Los Angeles, California; member of a team of technical experts appointed by Los Angeles County to investigate potential seismic damage imparted to Courthouses and parking structures by the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
• 1997 (summer) Visiting Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland: Use of low-coherence interferometric fiber optic deformation sensors in health monitoring, non-destructive damage assessment, and active control of civil structures.
• 1996 Independent Consultant: reliability based design of tubulars for exploration and production wells for Shell Development Company.
• 1990-1998 Assistant and Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas.
• 1988-1989 Engineer Consultant, SSD, Inc., Berkeley, California.
• 1986-1990 Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley.
• 1981-1984 Teaching Assistant, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

Principle Publications:

• He, X., Moaveni, B., Conte, J. P., Elgamal, A., and Masri, S., (2004). “System Identification of Vincent Thomas Bridge Using Simulated Wind Response Data,” Proceedings, 2nd International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, Kyoto, Japan.
• Zona, A., Barbato, M., and Conte, J. P., (2004). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Continuous Steel-Concrete Composite Beams,” Proceedings, 2nd International Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Seoul, Korea.
• Zhang, Y., Acero, G., Conte, J. P., Yang, Z., and Elgamal, A., (2004). “Seismic Reliability Assessment of a Bridge Ground System,” Proceedings, 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, BC Canada, pp. 2978.
• Van Den Einde, L, Restrepo, J., Conte, J. P., Luco, E., Seible, F., Filiatrault, A., Clark, A., Johnson, A., Gram, M., Kusner, D., and Thoen, B., (2004). “Development of the George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table at the University of California, San Diego,” Proceedings, 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, BC Canada, pp. 3281.
• Conte, J. P., Barbato, M., and Spacone, E., (2004). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis Using Force-Based Frame Models,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 59, Issue 13, pp. 1781-1820.
• Conte, J. P., Vijalapura, P., and Meghella, M., (2003). “Consistent Finite Element Response Sensitivities Analysis,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 129, No. 12, pp. 1380-1393.
• Trombetti, T. L., and Conte, J. P., (2000). “Shaking Table Dynamics: Results from a Test-Analysis Comparison Study,” Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 513-551.
• Conte, J. P., and Trombetti, T. L., (2000). “Linear Dynamic Modeling of a Uni-Axial Servo-Hydraulic Shaking Table System,” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 29, No. 9, pp. 1375-1404.
• Vijalapura, P. K., Conte, J. P., and Meghella, M., (1999). “Time-Variant Reliability Analysis of Hysteretic SDOF Systems with Uncertain Parameters and Subjected to Stochastic Loading,” Proceedings, 8th Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP8), pp. 827-834, Sydney, Australia.
• Stewart, J. P., Conte, J. P., and Aiken, I. D., (1999) “Observed Behavior of Seismically Isolated Buildings,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 125, No. 9, pp. 955-964.

Professional Memberships:

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1990-present.
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), 1990-present.
• International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 1994-present.
• International Association for Structural Control (IASC), 1994-present.
• Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE), 1999-present.
• Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), 1999-present.
• International Association of Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR), 2001-present.
• Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Consortium, 2003-present.