Research
Structural monitoring through community participation in the Community Seismic Network, involving members of the community who host small, inexpensive seismometers in order to achieve deployments of tens of thousands of sensors in seismically active regions.
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Published Studies
- Prieto, G., and M. D. Kohler, Time-varying damping ratios and velocities in a high-rise during earthquakes and ambient vibrations from coda wave interferometry, Earthquake Spectra, 2024.
- Tepp, G., I. Stubailo, M. D. Kohler, R. Guy, and Y. Bozorgnia, Shake to the beat: Exploring the seismic signals and stadium response of concerts and music fans, Seis. Res. Lett., 2024.
- Vela, V., E. Taciroglu, and M. D. Kohler, Vertical system identification of a 52-story high-rise building using seismic accelerations, IWSHM2023, 2023.
- Abdelbarr, M. H., M. D. Kohler, and S. Masri, Structural identification and monitoring of a 52-story high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles based on short-term wind vibration measurements, J. Structural Engineering, 2023.
- Tamhidi et al., Conditioned simulation of ground-motion time series at uninstrumented sites using Gaussian Process Regression, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 2022.
- Filippitzis et al., Ground motions in urban Los Angeles from the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence, Earthquake Spectra, 2021.
- Kohler et al., Variations in ground motion amplification in the Los Angeles basin due to the 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake: implications for the long-period response of infrastructure, In: ASCE-UCLA Lifelines Conference 2021-2022, 2021.
- Kohler, M. D. and the Community Seismic Network team, The Community Seismic Network for dense, continuous monitoring of ground and structural strong motion, In: Proceedings of SMIP 2021 Seminar on Utilization of Strong-Motion Data, 2021.
- Kohler et al., 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake reveals areas of Los Angeles that amplify shaking of high-rises, Seis. Res. Lett., 2020.
- Clayton et al., CSN/LAUSD network: A dense accelerometer network in Los Angeles schools, Seis. Res. Lett., 2020.
- Kohler et al., Community Seismic Network and localized earthquake situational awareness, 11NCEE, 2018.
- Kong et al., Structural health monitoring of buildings using smartphone sensors, Seis. Res. Lett., 2018.
- Massari et al., Dense building instrumentation applications for city-wide structural health monitoring and resilience, 16WCEE, 2017.
- Kohler et al., Downtown Los Angeles 52-story High-Rise and Free-Field Response to an Oil Refinery Explosion, Earthquake Spectra, 2016.
- Clayton et al., Community Seismic Network: a dense array to sense earthquake strong motion, Seis. Res. Lett., 2015.
- Faulkner et al., Community sense and response systems: your phone as quake detector, CACM, 2014.
- Lawrence et al., Rapid earthquake characterization using MEMS accelerometers and volunteer hosts following the Mw7.2 Darfield, New Zealand earthquake, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 2014.
- Kohler et al., Structural health monitoring through dense instrumentation by community participants: the Community Seismic Network and Quake-Catcher Network, 10NCEE, 2014.
- Kohler et al., The Community Seismic Network and Quake-Catcher Network: enabling structural health monitoring through instrumentation by community participants, SPIE, 2013.
- Clayton et al., Community Seismic Network, Ann. Geophys., 2011.
