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Farzin Zareian

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Irvine

Professor

Expertise: Earthquake Engineering, Structural Engineering

About Me Publications

Farzin Zareian, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the University of California – Irvine where his teaching and research interest is in Performance Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE). His research efforts have been focused on the development of new methodologies for enhancement of PBEE, implementation of PBEE for assessment of structures, and the development of tools for implementation of PBEE by engineering practice.

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Current Roles

SCEC Participating Institution Representative (2025 - Present)

Past Roles

SCEC Science Planning Committee, Group Co-Leader (2019 - 2023)

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Lin, T., Rezaeian, S., Luco, N., Deierlein, G., Baker, J. W., & Zareian, F. (2020). Guidelines on Utilization of Simulated Ground Motions for Engineering Building Response Applications. Earthquake Spectra, (in preparation). SCEC Contribution 10791

Kenawy, M., Rezaeian, S., Callaghan, S., Nweke, C. C., & Zareian, F. (2026, 08). Next Generation Ground Motion Simulation, Validation, and Utilization (GM-SVU) in Seismic Hazard and Engineering Applications: A New SCEC Technical Activity Group. Poster Presentation at 2026 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 15638

Fayaz, J., Dabaghi, M., & Zareian, F. (2020). Utilization of Site-Based Simulated Ground Motions for Hazard-Targeted Seismic Demand Estimation: Application for Ordinary Bridges in Southern California. Journal of Bridge Engineering, 25(11). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0001634. SCEC Contribution 15695

Fayaz, J., Azar, S., Dabaghi, M., & Zareian, F. (2020). Methodology for Validation of Simulated Ground Motions for Seismic Response Assessment: Application to CyberShake Source-Based Ground Motions. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111(1), 226-241. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200240. SCEC Contribution 15694

Lin, T., Deierlein, G., Baker, J. W., & Zareian, F. (2020, 08). Guidelines on Utilization of Simulated Ground Motions for Engineering Building Response Applications. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10733

Fayaz, J., Rezaeian, S., & Zareian, F. (2020, 08). Critical assessment of probabilistic seismic demand analysis of ordinary bridge structures using Cybershake simulations. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10286

Stewart, J. P., Brandenberg, S. J., Wang, P., Nweke, C., Hudson, K. S., Mazzoni, S., Bozorgnia, Y., Hudnut, K. W., Davis, C. A., Ahdi, S. K., Zareian, F., Fayaz, J., Koehler, R. D., Chupik, C., Pierce, I., Williams, A., Akciz, S. O., Hudson, M. B., Kishida, T., Brooks, B. A., Gold, R. D., Ponti, D. J., Scharer, K. M., McPhillips, D., Ericksen, T., Hernandez, J., Patton, J. R., Olson, B., Dawson, T., Treiman, J. A., DuRoss, C. B., Blake, K., Bachhuber, J. L., Madugo, C. M., Sun, J., Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G. A., Conway, E. M., & Goulet, C. A. (2019, 08). Engineering and Geological Effects of the July 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9907

Stewart, J. P., Brandenberg, S. J., Wang, P., Nweke, C., Hudson, K. S., Mazzoni, S., Bozorgnia, Y., Goulet, C. A., Hudnut, K. W., Davis, C. A., Ahdi, S. K., Zareian, F., Fayaz, J., Koehler, R. D., Chupik, C., Pierce, I., Williams, A. M., Akciz, S. O., Hudson, M. B., & Kishida, T. (2019). Preliminary report on engineering and geological effects of the July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence. Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaissance Association, 1-69. https://doi.org/10.18118/G6H66K. SCEC Contribution 10141

Galasso, C., Zhong, P., Zareian, F., iervolino, i., & Graves, R. W. (2013). Validation of ground-motion simulations for historical events using MDoF systems. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 42(9), 1395-1412. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2278. SCEC Contribution 1685

Galasso, C., Zareian, F., Iervolino, I., & Graves, R. W. (2012). Validation of Ground-Motion Simulations for Historical Events Using SDoF Systems. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 102(6), 2727–2740. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120120018. SCEC Contribution 1684

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