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Journal Articles

  • Bose, S., Stavridis, A., Anastasopoulos, P., and Sett, K., "Fragility Curves accounting for Uncertainties in Material Parameters and Ground Motion Characteristics using a Data Driven Surrogate Model", Disaster Prevention and Resilience, Vol. 2, No. 3:17 2023
  • Singh, R. R., Bruneau, M., Stavridis, A., and Sett, K., "Resilience Deficit Index for Quantification of Resilience", Resilient Cities and Structures, Vol. 1, pp. 1-9, 2022
  • Parida, S. S., Nikellis, A., Sett, K., and Singla, P., "Model-Data Fusion for Seismic Performance Evaluation of an Instrumented Highway Bridge", Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Vol. 49, pp. 1559-1578, 2020
  • Nikellis, A. and Sett, K., "Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Bridge-Roadway-Levee System", Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 146, No. 5, pp. 04020050-1-13, 2020
  • Parida, S. S., Sett, K., and Singla, P., "Model-Data Fusion for Spatial and Statistical Characterization of Soil Parameters from Geophysical Measurements", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 124, pp. 35-57, 2019
  • Nikellis, A., Sett, K., and Whittaker, A. S., "Multi-Hazard Design and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Buildings with Special Moment Resisting Steel Frames", Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 145, No. 5, pp. 04019031-1-13, 2019
  • Wang, F. and Sett, K., "Time Domain Stochastic Finite Element Simulation towards Probabilistic Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 116, pp. 460-475, 2019
  • Nikellis, A., Eshun, K. O., Dyanati, M., Roke, D. A., Huang, Q., Chandra, A., and Sett, K., "Effect of Site-Specific Soil Nonlinearities and Uncertainties on Ground Motion Intensity Measures and Structural Demand Parameters" Georisk, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 279-296, 2018
  • Chandra, A., Huang, Q., Roke, D. A., and Sett, K., "Improving Precision in Earthquake Loss Estimation", Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 128-149, 2018
  • Huang, Q., Dyanati, M., Roke, D. A., Chandra, A., and Sett, K., "Economic Feasibility Study of Self-Centering Concentrically Braced Frame Systems", Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 144, No. 8, pp. 04018101-1-15, 2018
  • Parida, S. S., Sett, K., and Singla, P., "An Efficient PDE-Constrained Stochastic Inverse Algorithm for Probabilistic Geotechnical Site Characterization using Geophysical Measurements", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 109, pp. 132-149, 2018
  • Sadrinezhad, A., Sett, K., and Hariharan, S. I., "Efficient Solution Algorithms for Multiaxial Probabilistic Elasto-Plastic Constitutive Simulations of Soils", International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 41, No. 18, pp. 1807-1827, 2017
  • Wang, F. and Sett, K., "Time-Domain Stochastic Finite Element Simulation of Uncertain Seismic Wave Propagation through Uncertain Heterogeneous Solids", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 88, pp. 369-385, 2016
  • Karapiperis, K., Sett, K., Kavvas, M. L., and Jeremić, B., "Fokker-Planck Linearization for Non-Gaussian Stochastic Elastoplastic Finite Elements", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 307, pp. 451-469, 2016
  • Ali, A. W., Abbas, A. R., Nazzal, M., and Sett, K., "Incorporation of Subgrade Modulus Spatial Variability in Performance Prediction of Flexible Pavement", International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 136-140, 2013
  • Gandomi, A. H., Roke, D. A., and Sett, K., "Genetic Programming for Moment Capacity Modeling of Ferrocement Members", Engineering Structures, Vol. 57, pp. 169-176, 2013
  • Sett, K., Unutmaz, B., Çetin, K. Ö., Koprivica, S., and Jeremić, B., "Soil Uncertainty and Its Influence on Simulated G/Gmax and Damping Behavior", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 137, No. 3, pp. 218-226, 2011
  • Sett, K., Jeremić, B., and Kavvas, M. L., "Stochastic Elastic-Plastic Finite Elements", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 200, Nos. 9-12, pp. 997-1007, 2011
  • Sett, K. and Jeremić, B., "Probabilistic Yielding and Cyclic Behavior of Geomaterials", International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 34, No. 15, pp. 1541-1559, 2010
  • Jeremić, B. and Sett, K., "On Probabilistic Yielding of Materials", Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 291-300, 2009
  • Sett, K., Jeremić, B., and Kavvas, M. L., "The Role of Nonlinear Hardening/Softening in Probabilistic Elasto-Plasticity", International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 31, No. 7, pp. 953-975, 2007
  • Sett, K., Jeremić, B., and Kavvas, M. L., "Probabilistic Elasto-Plasticity: Solution and Verification in 1D", Acta Geotechnica, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 211-220, 2007
  • Jeremić, B., Sett, K., and Kavvas, M. L., "Probabilistic Elasto-Plasticity: Formulation in 1D", Acta Geotechnica, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 197-210, 2007
  • Sett, K. and Vipulanandan, C., "Properties of Polyester Polymer Concrete with Glass and Carbon Fibers", ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 30-41, 2004

 

Conference Papers

  • Nikellis, A., Sett, K., Wu, T., and Whittaker, A. S., "Multi-Hazard Financial Risk Assessment of a Bridge-Roadway-Levee System", Risk-Based Bridge Engineering (Proceedings of the 10th New York City Bridge Conference, New York Hilton Midtown, August 26-27), Khaled Mahmoud, ed., pp. 299-307, CRC Press, 2019
  • Bose, S., Stavridis, A., Anastasopoulos, P. C., and Sett, K., "Surrogate Statistical Model of a School Building in Nepal Using ASCE 41-17", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure, Chania, Greece, June 23-26, 2019
  • Nikellis, A. and Sett, K., "Risk Assessment of a Bridge-Roadway-Levee System Subjected to Multiple Hazards", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure, Chania, Greece, June 23-26, 2019
  • Colletti, J., Tessari, A., Sett, K., Hoffman, W., and Coleman, J., "Shear Wave Velocity Measurement in a Large Geotechnical Laminar Box Using Bender Elements", Physical Modelling in Geotechnics: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (ICPMG 2018), London, United Kingdom, July 17-20, Andrew McNamara, Sam Divall, Richard Goodey, Neil Taylor, Sarah Stallebrass, and Jignasha Panchal, Eds., Volume 1, pp. 299-304, CRC Press, 2018
  • Nikellis, A., Sett, K., and Whittaker, A. S., "Multi-hazard Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Steel Buildings with Special Moment Resisting Frames", Proceedings of the Eleventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (11NCEE), Los Angeles, CA, June 25-29, Paper No. 350, EERI, 2018
  • Parida, S. S., Sett, K., and Singla, P., "Probabilistic Geotechnical Site Characterization from Geophysical Measurements using Model-Data Fusion", Geotechnical Special Publication No. 293: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V -- Slope Stability and Landslides, Laboratory Testing, and In Situ Testing (Proceedings of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V, Austin, TX, June 10-13), Scott J. Brandenberg and Majid T. Manzari, Eds., pp. 489-498, ASCE, 2018
  • Parida, S. S., Sett, K., and Singla, P., "Towards Optimal Information Gain for Judicious Positioning of Sensors in Geophysical Tests", Geotechnical Special Publication No. 284: Geo-Risk 2017 -- Impact of Spatial Variability, Probabilistic Site Characterization, and Geohazards (Proceedings of Geo-Risk 2017: Geotechnical Risk from Theory to Practice, Denver, CO, June 4-7), Jinsong Huang, Gordon A. Fenton, Limin Zhang, and D. V. Griffiths, Eds., pp. 497-506, ASCE, 2017
  • Parida, S. S., Sett, K., and Singla, P., "Stochastic Waveform Inversion for Probabilistic Geotechnical Site Characterization", Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation 5: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization (ISSMGE TC-102 - ISC'5), Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, September 5-9, B. M. Lehane, H. E. Acosta-Martínez and R. Kelly, Eds., Volume 1, pp. 1459-1464, Australian Geomechanics Society, 2016
  • Sadrinezhad, A. and Sett, K., "Multiaxial Probabilistic Elastic-Plastic Constitutive Simulations of Soils", Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures (Proceedings of ICOSSAR 2013: International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability, New York, NY, June 16-20), George Deodatis, Bruce R. Ellingwood and Dan M. Frangopol, eds., pp. 859-866, CRC Press, 2013
  • Roke, D. A., Chandra, A., Hunag, Q., and Sett, K., "Methodology for Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Self-Centering Concentrically Braced Frame Systems", Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Urban Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, March 1-2, 2013
  • Sett, K., Eshun, K. O., Chao, Y.-C., and Jeremić, B., "Effect of Uncertain Spatial Variability of Soils on Nonlinear Seismic Site Response Analysis", Geotechnical Special Publication No. 225: State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering (Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2012, Oakland, CA, March 25-29), Roman D. Hryciw, Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, and Nazli Yesiller, Eds., pp. 2856-2865, ASCE, 2012
  • Ali, A. W., Abbas, A. R., and Sett, K., "Effect of Spatial Variations in Subgrade Stiffness on Pavement Performance", Geotechnical Special Publication No. 211 (Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers 2011: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, Dallas, TX, March 13-16), Jie Han and Daniel A. Alzamora, Eds., pp. 4802-4811, ASCE, 2011
  • Jeremić, B., Tafazzoli, N., Kamrani, B., Chao, Y.-C., Jeong, C.-G., Tasiopoulou, P., Sett, K., Kammerer, A., Orbović, N., and Blahoianu, A., "On Seismic Soil Structure Interaction Simulations for Nuclear Power Plants", Proceedings of the OECD-NEA-IAGE-ISSC Workshop on Soil Structure Interaction Knowledge and Effect on the Seismic Assessment of NPPs Structures and Components, Ottawa, Canada, October 6-8, 2010
  • Sett, K. and Jeremić, B., "Forward and Backward Probabilistic Simulations in Geotechnical Engineering", Geotechnical Special Publication No. 186: Contemporary Topics in In-Situ Testing, Analysis, and Reliability of Foundations (Proceedings of the 2009 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo (IFCEE '09), Orlando, FL, March 15-19), Magued Iskander, Debra F. Laefer, and Mohamad H. Hussein, Eds., pp. 332-339, ASCE, 2009
  • Jeremić, B. and Sett, K., "Uncertain Soil Properties and Elastic-Plastic Simulations in Geomechanics", Geotechnical Special Publication No. 170: Probabilistic Applications in Geotechnical Engineering (Proceedings of Geo-Denver 2007: New Peaks in Geotechnics, Denver, CO, February 18-21), K. K. Phoon, G. A. Fenton, E. F. Glynn, C. H. Juang, D. V. Griffths, T. F. Wolff, and L. Zhang, Eds., pp. 1-11, ASCE, 2007
  • Sett, K. and Jeremić, B., "Seismic Wave Propagation in Stochastic Soil", Proceedings of the Eight U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference), San Francisco, CA, April 18-22, Paper No. 519, EERI, 2006
  • Jeremić, B. and Sett, K., "The Influence of Uncertain Material Parameters on Stress-Strain Response", Geotechnical Special Publication No. 156: Geomechanics II - Testing, Modeling and Simulation (Proceedings of the second Japan-US Workshop on Testing, Modeling and Simulation in Geomechanics, Kyoto, Japan, September 8-10), Poul V. Lade and Teruo Nakai, Eds., pp. 132-147, ASCE, 2005
  • Jeremić, B., Putnam, J., Sett, K., Humphrey, D., and Patenaude, S., "Calibration of Elastic-Plastic Material Model for Tire Shreds", Geotechnical Special Publication No. 126: Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Projects (Proceedings of Geo-Trans 2004, Los Angeles, CA, July 27-31), Mishac K. Yegian and Edward Kavazanjian, Eds., pp. 760-767, ASCE, 2004
  • Vipulanandan, C. and Sett, K., "Development and Characterization of Piezoresistive Smart Structural Materials", Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments: Earth & Space 2004 (Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments, League City/Houston, TX, March 7-10), Ramesh B. Malla and Arup Maji, Eds., pp. 656-663, ASCE, 2004

 

Technical Reports

  • Kazemian, A., Angelopoulos, K., Sett, K., Wu, T., and Bruneau, M. (Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York), "A Framework for Vulnerability Assessment of Line Structures and Line Exposures to Extreme Events", Final Report, Montreal (QC): CEATI International Inc., April 2023, 244 p., Contract No.: T193700-33128
  • Li, S., Wu, T., and Sett, K. (University at Buffalo, The State University of New York), "Real-Time Decision Support System for Transportation Infrastructure Management under a Hurricane Event",Final Report, Piscataway (NJ): Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, August 2022, 24 p., Report No.: CAIT-UTC-REG 51, Contract No.: 69A3551847102
  • Li, S., Wu, T., and Sett, K. (University at Buffalo, The State University of New York), "Real-Time Prediction of Storm Surge and Wave Loading on Coastal Bridges",Final Report, Piscataway (NJ): Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, February 2021, 15 p., Report No.: CAIT-UTC-REG 33, Contract No.: 69A3551847102
  • Nikellis, A., Sett, K., Wu, T., and Whittaker, A. S. (Institute of Bridge Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York), "Performance-Based Engineering of Transportation Infrastructure Considering Multiple Hazards",Final Report, Piscataway (NJ): Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, January 2020, 57 p., Report No.: CAIT-UTC-REG 14, Contract No.: 69A3551847102
  • Jeremić, B., Cheng, Z., Preisig, M., Sett, K., and Sun, W. C. (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis), "Geomechanics Simulations Tools for PBEE",Year 8 Progress Report, Berkeley (CA): Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, 2005, 5 p., Contract No.: 4262004
  • Jeremić, B., Putnam, J., Yang, Z., Sett, K., Cheng, Z., Liao, J., Jie, G., and Sun, W. C., "Earthquake Response of Bridge Abutment Backfills Constructed with Tire Shreds", Final Report, Davis (CA): Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, 2004, Contract No.: IWM-C0141/02-00296V, supported by the Special Waste Division of the California Integrated Waster Management Board