Selected Research Reports

Conference Papers & Journals

Anderson, J. (ed.) (2018). "Nevada Seismic Hazards: Report on the 2018 Meeting of the Nevada Working Group", Seismological Research Letters, Seismological Society of America, in review.

Li, G., Motamed, R., and Dickenson, S. (2018). “Evaluation of One-Dimensional Multi-Directional Site Response Analyses Using Geotechnical Downhole Array Data in California and Japan,” Earthquake Spectra, EERI, 34-1, February, 349 – 376.

Souri, M., Khosravifar, A., Dickenson, S., Schlechter, S., and McCullough, N. (2018), “Interaction of Inertial and Liquefaction-Induced Kinematic Demands from in Centrifuge Tests on Pile-Supported Wharves”, ASCE Conference Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics V.

Dunn, M., Louie, J., Smith, K., Dickenson, S., and Hatch, R. (2018). “Investigating basin amplification factors for shaking in the Reno-Tahoe and Las Vegas regions for local and regional events”, Proc. of the 2018 Working Group on Nevada Seismic Hazards, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, and Proc. of Seismology of the Americas Meeting, Seismological Society of America.

Giretti, D., Fioravante, V., Been, K., and Dickenson, S. (2017). Mechanical Properties of a Carbonate Sand from a Dredged Hydraulic Fill", Geotechnique, August.

Giretti, D., Been, K., Fioravante, V., and Dickenson, S. (2017). “CPT Calibration and Analysis for a Carbonate Sand", Geotechnique, July. 

Motamed, R., Li, G., and Dickenson, S. (2017). “Nonlinear Site Response at California Downhole Arrays and Interpretation of Finite Element Simulation Results”. Proc. Of SMIP17 Seminar on Utilization of Strong-Motion Data, California Geological Survey.

Stuedlein, A., Cox, B., Meskele, T., Dickenson, S., and Schwarm, D. (2016). “Effects of Ground Improvement on Seismic Response”, Invited presentation at; 2016 ASCE Geotechnical & Structural Engineering Congress, Phoenix, AZ, February.

Dickenson, S., Yang, S., Schwarm, D., Rees, M. (2016). “Design Considerations for Kinematic Loading of Piles,” Proc. of Ports ’16, ASCE COPRI, New Orleans, June.

McMahon, S., Dickenson, S., Schlechter, S., and Gordon, J. (2016). “Port-wide Seismic Risk Assessment; (1) Engineering Analyses,” Proc. of Ports ’16, ASCE COPRI, New Orleans, June.

Paparis, B., Yang, S., Rees, M., Kumar, P., Dickenson, S., and Ostrovsky D. (2016). “Optimization of Breakwater and Quay Structures for Port of Haifa Expansion Using Performance-Based Seismic Design,” Proc. of Ports ’16, ASCE COPRI, New Orleans, June.

Jain, P., Anderson, M., and the Task Committee (2016). “Development of New ASCE Guidelines for Seismic Design of Bulkheads,” Proc. of Ports ’16, ASCE COPRI, New Orleans, June.

Li, G., Motamed, R., and Dickenson, S. (2016). “Evaluation of Ground Motions Recorded During the 2014 South Napa Earthquake at the Crockett-Carquinez Downhole Arrays”, Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, NV.

Beaty, M., and Dickenson, S.E. (2015). “Numerical Analysis for Seismically-Induced Deformations in Strain-Softening Plastic Soils,” Proc. 6th International Conf. of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Nov. 2 – 4, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Hung, B., Dickenson, S.E., Jaeger, S.M., Xiong, B. (2015). “Vibration Study Design, Implementation, and Findings Related to Vertical Barrier Wall Feasibility Evaluations,” Proc. 8th International Conf. on Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments, Jan. 12-15, New Orleans. 

Dickenson, S., Yang, S., Schwarm, D., and Rees, M. (2014). “Seismic Performance Analysis of Pile-Supported Wharves Subjected to Long-Duration Ground Motions,” Proc. SMIP14 Seminar on Utilization of Strong-Motion Data, Berkeley, CA, California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program, California Geological Survey.

Beaty, M., Schlechter, S., Greenfield, M., Bock, J., Dickenson, S., Kempner, L., and Cook, K. (2014). “Seismic Evaluation of Transmission Tower Foundations at River Crossings in the Portland-Columbia River Region,” Proc. Tenth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Frontiers of Earthquake Engineering, July 21-25, 2014.

Dickenson, S., Yang, S., Schwarm, D., and Rees, M. (2013). “Use of Strong Motion Records to Validate SFSI Models for Pile Supported Wharves,” Proc. SMIP13 Seminar on Utilization of Strong-Motion Data, Los Angeles, CA, California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program, California Geological Survey.

Dickenson, S.E. (2013). Plenary Session Organizer and Moderator; “The M 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011: Port Performance and Implications for Design in Regions of High Seismicity,” Proc. ASCE COPRI Ports ’13, Seattle, WA.

Percher, M., Bruin, W., Dickenson, S., Eskijian, M., Oritatsu, Y., and Rudolph, R.W. (2013). “Performance of Port and Harbor Structures Impacted by the March 11, 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami”, Proc. ASCE COPRI Ports ’13, Seattle, WA.

Wentz, F.J., and Dickenson S.E. (2013). “Evaluation of High-Frequency Sonic Drilling on SPT N-Values for Liquefaction Assessment,” Proc. 19th NZGS Geotechnical Symposium.  C.Y. Chin (ed), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Hann, E.M., Mills, S.V., Shipton, B.A., Dickenson, S.E., and Rose, C.J. (2013). “Refining Estimates of Foundation Settlements Due to Consolidation of Fine-Grained Tailings Deposits,” Proc. ISC-4: The 4th International Conf. on Site Characterization, Coutinho & Mayne (eds), Pernambuco, Brazil.

Priest, G.R., Allan, J.C., Niem, A.R., Niem, W.A., and Dickenson, S.E. (2009). “Movement Triggers and Remediation in a Fracture-Dominated Translational Slide at the Oregon Coast”: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 497.

McCullough, N.J., Hoffman, B., Takasumi, D., Anderson,D., and Dickenson, S. (2009). “Seismic Site Response for an LNG Facility – Analyses and Lessons Learned,” Proc. of ASCE TCLEE 2009 Conference, Oakland, CA.

Kayen, R., Brandenberg, S.J., Collins, B.D., Dickenson, S., Ashford, S., Kawamata, Y., Tanaka, Y., Koumoto, H., Yashinsky, M., Abrahamson, N., and Tokimatsu, K. (2008). “Niigata-Chuetsu Oki Earthquake of July 16, 2007: Geotechnical and Seismological Aspects,” Earthquake Spectra, EERI, 25(4), 777-802.

Priest, G.R., Allan, J.C., Niem, A.R., Niem, W.A., and Dickenson, S.E. (2008). “Final Report: Johnson Creek Landslide Project, Lincoln County, Oregon”: Oregon Dept. Geology & Mineral Industries Special Paper 40, 76 p., 14 appendices, 1 data file.

Dickenson, S.E. (2007). “Instrumentation & Monitoring of Port Facilities: Planning, Funding, Field Applications, and Long-Term Benefits,” Proc. Ports ‘07, ASCE COPRI, proceedings on CDROM.

McCullough, N.J., Dickenson, S.E., Schlechter, S.M., and Boland, J.B. (2007). “The Dynamic Centrifuge Modeling of Pile Supported Wharves”, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, September 2007 -- GTJ Volume 30, Issue 5GTJ14066.

Dickenson, S., Eskijian, M., and LaBasco, T. (2007). “Implementation of Instrumentation for Performance Monitoring of Port and Coastal Infrastructure,” Proc. Ports 2007, ASCE COPRI, proceedings on CDROM.

McCullough, N.J., Esterhuizen, J., and Dickenson, S. (2007). “Un-conservative Outcomes of Conservative Geotechnical Parameters in Performance-Based Modeling,” Proc. Ports ‘07, ASCE COPRI, proceedings on CDROM.

Dickenson, S.E., and McCullough, N.J. (2006). “Modeling the Seismic Performance of Pile Supported Foundations for Port and Coastal Infrastructure,” Proc. of Seismic Performance and Simulation of Pile Foundations in Liquefied and Laterally Spreading Ground, Boulanger and Tokimatsu (eds.), Geotechnical Specialty Publication No. 145, ASCE, 173-191 (invited paper).

Priest, G.R., Allan, J.C., Niem, A.R., Christie, S.R., and Dickenson, S.E. (2006). “Interim Report: Johnson Creek Landslide Project, Lincoln County, Oregon”: Oregon Dept. Geology & Mineral Industries Open-File Report O-06-02, 85 p., 10 appendices.

Donahue, M. J., Dickenson, S. E., Miller, T.H., and Yim, S.C. (2005). “Implications of the Observed Seismic Performance of a Pile Supported Wharf for Numerical Modeling.” Earthquake Spectra, EERI, 21(3), 617-634.

McCullough, N.J., Esterhuizen, J., and Dickenson, S.E. (2005). “Limitations of Limit-Equilibrium Methods for Seismic Slope Stability Analysis,” Proceedings of Dam Safety ’05, Assoc. of State Dam Officials, Orlando, FLA.

Dickenson, S.E., Donahue, M.J., and Miller, T.M. (2004). “Strong Motion Instrumentation for Coastal Infrastructure: Critical Needs and a Case History Application for Dynamic SFSI Modeling,” Proc. COSMOS International Workshop for Site Selection, Installation and Operation of Geotechnical Strong Motions Arrays: Workshop 1, Inventory of Current and Planned Arrays, October 14-15.

Schlechter, S.M., Dickenson, S.E., McCullough, N.J., and Boland, J.C. (2004). “Influence of Batter Piles on the Dynamic Behavior of Pile Supported Wharf Structures.” Proc. of Ports 2004, ASCE COPRI.

McCullough, N.J., and Dickenson, S.E. (2004). “The Behavior of Piles in Sloping Rock Fill at Marginal Wharves.” Proc. of Ports 2004, ASCE COPRI.

Donahue, M., J., Dickenson, S.E., Miller, T.H., and Yim, S.C. (2004). “Comparison of 3D Modeling to Recorded Seismic Response for a Pile Supported Wharf,” Proc. of Ports 2004, ASCE COPRI.

Dickenson, S.E., McCullough, N.J., Paparis, W., and Halbert, D. (2001). “Port Terminal Design in a Region of Moderate Seismicity: Engineering and Economic Considerations”, Proc. of Ports 2001, ASCE COPRI, April, Norfolk, VA.

McCullough, N.J., Dickenson, S.E., and Schlechter, S.M. (2001). “The Seismic Performance of Pile Supported Wharf Structures”, Proc. of Ports 2001, ASCE COPRI, April, Norfolk, VA.

McCullough, N. J., Dickenson, S.E., and Pizzimenti, P. (2001). “The Seismic Modeling of Pile-Supported Wharves in Waterfront Applications”, Proceedings of the 2nd FLAC Symposium on Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics, October 29-31, Lyon, France.

McCullough, N.J., Dickenson, S.E., and Schlechter, S.M. (2001). “Centrifuge Modeling of Pile-Supported Wharves for Seismic Hazards”, Proc. of the Fourth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, CA.

Iai, S. (editor) (2001). “Seismic Design Guidelines for Port Structures”, PIANC Report of Working Group No. 34 of the Maritime Navigation Commission. 

Obermeier, S.F., and Dickenson, S.E. (2000). “Liquefaction Evidence for the Strength of Ground Motions Resulting from Late Holocene Cascadia Subduction Earthquakes, with Emphasis on the Event of 1700 A.D.”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90(4), 876-896.

Kimball, T., and Dickenson, S. (1999). “Potential Impacts of Earthquake-Induced Submarine Landslides on Shipping in the Columbia River,” Proc. 5th U.S. Conf. on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, ASCE TCLEE, Monograph No. 16, 493 – 502.

Dickenson, S.E. (1999). “Seismic Guidelines for Ports: Current Developments,” Proc. 5th U.S. Conf. on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, ASCE TCLEE, Monograph No. 16, 1008 - 1017.

Koelling, M., and Dickenson, S.E. (1998). “Ground Improvement Case Histories for Liquefaction Mitigation of Port and Near-Shore Structures”, Proc. of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics III, ASCE, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 75, vol. 1, pp. 614-626.

McCullough, N.J., and Dickenson, S.E. (1998). “Estimation of Seismically Induced Lateral Deformations for Anchored Sheetpile Bulkheads”, Proc. of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics III, ASCE, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 75, vol. 2, pp. 1095-1106.

Dickenson, S.E., and Yang, D.S. (1998). “Seismically-Induced Deformations of Caisson Retaining Walls in Improved Soils”, Proc. of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics III, ASCE, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 75, vol. 2, pp. 1071-1082.

Dickenson, S.E., Erickson, B.P., Ferritto, J., and Werner, S.D. (1998). “Geotechnical and Structural Concepts for Seismic Risk Reduction at Ports,” Proc. Ports ’98, ACSE COPRI, Vol. 1, 378 – 387.

Erickson, B.P., Dickenson, S.E., Byrne, E.F., Hebert, D.C., Ferritto, J., and Stewart, W.A. (1998). “Seismic Guidelines for Waterfront Components,” Proc. Ports ’98, ASCE COPRI, Vol. 1, 388 – 397.

Dickenson, S.E., and McCullough, N.J. (1998). “Mitigation of Liquefaction Hazards to Anchored Sheetpile Bulkheads,” Proc. Ports ’98, ACSE COPRI, Vol. 1, 561 – 570.

Werner, S.D., Taylor, C.E., and Dickenson, S.E. (1997). “Seismic Risk Reduction at Ports: Case Studies and Acceptable Risk Evaluation”, Journal of Waterways, Ports, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, ASCE, Nov., pp. 337-346.

Seed, R. B., Chang, S. W., Dickenson, S. E., and Bray, J. D. (1997).  “Site-Dependent Seismic Response Including Recent Strong Motion Data,” in Seismic Behaviour of Ground and Geotechnical Structures, Seco e Pinto, P. S., ed., Proc. of Spec. Session on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, XIV International Conf. On Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Hamburg, Germany, A.A. Balkema, pp. 125-134.

Co-Authorship of Books, Technical Monographs, Engineering Circulars, and Standards

ASCE COPRI Standards Committee on Seismic Design of Piers and Wharves (2014). ASCE/COPRI 61-14, Seismic Design of Piers and Wharves.

Kavazanjian, E., Wang, J-N, Martin, G.R., Shamsabadi, A., Lam, I., Dickenson, S.E., and Hung, C.J. (2011). LRFD Seismic Analysis and Design of Transportation Geotechnical Features, and Structural Foundations, Reference Manual, Publication No. FHWA-NHI-11-032, GEC No. 3, August 2011 (Rev. 1). This reference can be obtained at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/geotech/library_arc.cfm?pub_number=19

Iai, S. (ed.), Seismic Design Guidelines for Port Structures, PIANC – International Navigation Association, Working Group #34, A.A. Balkema Publishers, 474 p., 2001.

Werner, S.D. (ed.), Seismic Guidelines for Ports, American Society of Civil Engineers – Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, Ports Committee, ASCE-TCLEE Monograph #12, ASCE, Reston, VA, 327 p., 1998.

Schroeder, W.L., Dickenson, S.E., and Warrington, D.C. (2017). Soils in Construction, 5th edition, Waveland Press, Inc., 358 p.

Post –Earthquake Reconnaissance Reports

Co-author, Tohoku, Japan, Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011; Survey of Port and Harbor Facilities, Northern Region (2014). Percher, M. (editor), ASCE COPRI.

Co-author, Kashiwazaki, Japan Earthquake of July 16, 2007; Lifelines Performance, A.K. Tang and A.J. Schiff (editors), ASCE-TCLEE Monograph No. 31.

Werner, S.D. and Dickenson, S.E. (1996). Hyogo-Ken Nanbu Earthquake of January 17, 1995: A Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance of Port Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers – Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, Ports Committee, ASCE-TCLEE Special Report, ASCE, Reston, VA, 161 p.

Seed, R.B., Dickenson, S.E., Riemer, M.F., Bray, J.D., Sitar, N., Mitchell, J.K., Idriss, I.M., Kayen, R. E., Kropp, A., Harder, L.F., and Power, M.S. (1990). Preliminary Report on the Principal Geotechnical Aspects of the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Report No. UCB/EERC-90/05, April, 137 p.