Jean-Pierre Bardet
Title
Professor of Civil Engineering
Chair, Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, Center on Megacities
Address
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Southern California
Kaprielian Hall, KAP 210
3620 S. Vermont Ave
Los Angeles CA 90089-2531
Telephone / Fax / Email
Consulting Experience in Geotechnical Engineering
Papers Submitted for Publication
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Application of Bounding Surface Plasticity to Sand Behavior
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (Research Initiation Grant)
Amount: $53,730; Period: June 1984 - December 1987.
Experimental Investigation of a New Type of Plasticity Theory
Funding Agency: University of Southern California (Faculty Research and Innovation Fund)
Amount: $15,000; Period: January 1985 - December 1985.
Finite Element Analysis of Strain Softening and Strain Localization in soils
Funding Agency: University of Southern California (Faculty Research and Innovation Fund)
Amount: $14,200; Period: July 1985 - June 1986
Constitutive modeling, Finite Element and Bifurcation Theory
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (Presidential Young Investigator)
Amount: $25,000; Period: January 1987 - December 1994.
Critical Behavior of Transport and Mechanical Properties in Disordered Solids and Particulate Dispersion.
Co-PI with C. Campbell, J. Goddard, and M. Sahimi
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $240,000; Period: April 1987-April 1989.
Prediction of Pore Pressure Generation in Soil Foundations Using Data From Molikpaq I-65.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $75,000; Period: March 1988 - October 1989.
The Whittier Narrows, California, Earthquake of October 1, 1987. Study of the Performance of Six Earthdams. Co-PI with A. Abdel-Ghaffar
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $85,000; Period: March 1988 - March 1990.
Finite Element Solution of Contact and Sliding Interface Problems for Analysis of Stability of Landfills.
Funding Agency: The Earth Technology Corporation and National Science Foundation
Amount: $20,000; Period: March 1988 - March 1989.
Development of Networking and Computing Architecture for Computational Geomechanics (Research Equipment Grant).
Funding Agency: Digital Equipment Corporation and National Science Foundation
Amount: $55,000; Period: March 1988 - March 1989.
Collection of Data and Analysis of the Liquefaction Sand Boils in the Marina District of San Francisco
during the Loma Prieta Earthquake of October 17, 1989.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (SGER)
Amount: $7,500; Period: October 1989 - September 1990.
An Assessment of Liquefaction Analyses Based on the Observations Made in the Marina District
of San Francisco during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $81,300; Period: February 1990 - February 1991.
Development and Implementation of Improved Seismic Design and Retrofit Procedures for Bridge Abutments. Co-PI with G. R. Martin
Funding Agency: Caltrans and National Science Foundation (PYI industrial funds)
Amount: $122,167 + $37,500; Period: October 1990 - September 1991.
Building-Foundation-Soil Interaction: a Study of Non-Linear Soil-Pile-Structure Interaction in Soft Soils
during Strong Earthquakes. Co-PI with G. Martin
Funding Agency: CUREe-Kajima
Amount: $64,981; Period: March 1991-February 1992.
Class A Prediction for the Velacs Project
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $15,000; Period: January 1992-December 1992
A Micromechanical Investigation of Material Instability in Particulate Media
Funding Agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Amount: $188,000; Period: April 1993-March 1996
Surveying and In-Situ Measurement of the Ground Displacement and Failure in the Van Norman Facilities after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (SGER)
Amount: $16,500; Period: January 1994-December 1994.
Creation of Electronic Bulletin Board System for the Northridge Earthquake
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $43,800; Period: January 1994 - December 1995.
Analysis of Ground Displacement and Failure in the Van Norman Facilities after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $60,000; Period: July 1994 - June 1995.
Examination of Numerical Procedures in the Velacs Project
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $38,400; Period: August 1994 - July 1995.
Extension of Research on Granular Instability To Higher-Order Continuum Theories
Funding Agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (ASSERT, AFOSR)
Amount: $101,000; Period: June 1995 - April 1997.
US-Japan Exchanges for the South Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $20,000; Period: February 1995 - January 1996.
US-Japan Workshop on the Geotechnical Features of the Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster of January 17, 1995.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation and Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Amount: $28,000; Period: November 1995 - October 1996.
Investigation of Strain Localization in Geomaterials.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $163,000; Period: May 1996 - April 1998.
Instructional laboratory equipment grant
Funding Agency: USC Powell grant
Amount: $18,600; Period: April 1996.
International Travel Grant for Geotechnical and Engineering Seismology Participation at the Second US-Japan Workshop
for Cooperative Research on Mitigation of Urban Earthquake Disasters.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $9,000; Period: February 1997 - January 1998
Investigation of liquefaction-induced lateral ground deformation during earthquakes
Funding Agency: PG&E-PEER
Amount: $90,000; Period: June 1997 - January 1999.
Creation of a website for RosRine
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $15,000; Period: June 1997 - May 1998.
Strong motion vertical array in LA area
Funding Agency: US Geological Survey
Amount: $40,000; Period: February 1998 - February 1999.
Planning meeting for creation of a Geotechnical Data Management Center
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $18,000; Period: February 1998 - February 1999.
Earthquake-Resistant Design and Remediation of Lifelines and Deep Foundations subjected to Liquefaction
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $40,000; Period: February 1998 - February 1999.
Earthquake-Resistant Design and Remediation of Lifelines and Deep Foundations subjected to Liquefaction (phase 2)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $166,356; Period: May 1999 - May 2002.
Database of case histories of liquefaction-induced deformation during earthquakes
Funding Agency: PG&E-CUREe
Amount: $60,000; Period: July 1998 - August 1999.
Development of a virtual geotechnical data center
Funding Agency: California Division of Mines and Geology, California Department of Transportation
Amount: $220,000; Period: April 2000 - May 2003.
Geotechnical earthquake reconnaissance of the 1999 Izmit, Turkey earthquake
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $25,000; Period: September 1999 - August 2000.
Geotechnical earthquake reconnaissance of the 1999 Chichi, Taiwan earthquake
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $5,000; Period: November 1999 - October 2000.
Geotechnical earthquake reconnaissance of the 1999 Duzce, Turkey earthquake
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $25,000; Period: November 1999 - October 2000.
NEESgrid, A distributed virtual laboratory for advanced earthquake experimentation and simulation (scoping study)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $300,000; Period: October 2000 - March 2001.
NEESgrid, A distributed virtual laboratory for advanced earthquake experimentation and simulation(System integration)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $10,000,000; Period: July 2001 - October 2004.
Geotechnical earthquake reconnaissance of the 2001 Bhuj, India, earthquake
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $20,000; Period: February 2001 – January 2002.
US-Japan workshop on earthquake resistant design of lifeline facilities and countermeasures against liquefaction.
Funding Agency:National Science Foundation
Amount: $25,000; Period: December 2002 – November 2003.
ITR solutions for exchange and utilization of geotechnical information
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $472,500; Period: September 2002 – August 2005.
Collection and Processing of satellite data after the 2003 Tokachi-oki (Hokkaido) Japan Earthquake for determination of permanent ground deformation
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Amount: $30,400; Period: November 2003 – October 2005.
Workshop on Megacities
Funding Agency: Viterbi School of Engineering; Co-PIs D. Zhang and A. Rose
Amount: $10,000; Period: 2008-2009.
Workshop on Megacities
Funding Agency:USC Zumberge Innovation Funds; Co-PIs D. Zhang and A. Rose
Amount: $10,000; Period: 2008-2009.
Workshop on Megacities
Funding Agency: MWH
Amount: $15,000; Period: 2008-2009.
Risks and Recoveries from Extreme Disruptions in Freight Transportation Systems in a Megacity: Case Study for the Greater Los Angeles Area
Funding Agency: METRANS, Co-PIs J. Moore and P. Ioannou
Amount: $90,000; Period: 2009-2010.
The Inner City Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy For Secondary Teachers and Students
Funding Agency: NSF; Co-PI: G. Ragusa
Amount: $100,000; Period: 2009-2010.
Enhancing the economy and seismic performance of a high-speed rail system
Funding Agency: PEER
Amount: $103,000; Period: 2009-2010
2009: Water Resources Workshop,
October, Sponsors USC and Veolia.
2009: 21st Century Infrastructure Workshop: Sponsors USC, TreePeople and MWH, co-organizers: Don Smith, Simon Bluestone, Andy Lipkis and Mark Pisano.
2008: Workshop on Megacities: Sponsors, USC and MWH, co-organizers: D. Zhang, and J. Baker, November, Los Angeles, CA.
2007: Fifth China-Japan-US Trilateral Symposium on Lifeline earthquake Engineering, Co-organizers: Zhou, X., and Y. Tanaka.
2003: 8th US-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Resistant Design of Lifeline Facilities and Countermeasures Against Liquefaction,
Sponsor: NSF, co-organizers: M. Hamada, and T. D. O'Rourke, Tokyo, Japan.
2001: Workshop on Landslide Tsunamis, Sponsor: NSF, co-organizers: C. Synolakis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1999: 7th US-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Resistant Design of Lifeline Facilities and Countermeasures Against Liquefaction,
Sponsor: NSF, co-organizers: M. Hamada, and T. D. O'Rourke, Seattle, WA.
1999: Workshop for creation of a Geotechnical Data Management Center, Sponsor: NSF, Los Angeles, CA.
1997: “North America - Japan Workshop on the Geotechnical Aspects of the Kobe, Loma Prieta, and Northridge Earthquakes,”
co-organizer. I. M. Idriss, Sponsor: NSF, Kobe, Japan.