Publications
Refereed Journal Papers:
1) J.D. Rogers, G.P. Boutwell, D.W. Schmitz, D. Karadeniz, C.M. Watkins, A. Athanasopoulos- Zekkos, and D.
Cobos-Roa, (2008) “Geologic Conditions Underlying the 2005 17th Street Canal Levee Failure in New Orleans”,
ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Vol.134(5), 583-601.
2) R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, R. I. Abdelmalak, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, G. P. Boutwell, J.-L. Briaud, C. Cheung, D.
Cobos-Roa, L. Ehrensing, A. V. Govindasamy, L. F. Harder, K. S. Inkabi, J. Nicks, J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, K. Rhee,
M. F. Riemer, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, X. Vera-Grunauer, J. Wartman, (2008) "New Orleans & Hurricane
Katrina: I - Introduction, Overview, and the East Flank", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental
Engineering, Vol.134(5), 701-717.
3) R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, C. Cheung, D. Cobos-Roa, L.
Ehrensing, L. F. Harder, J. M. Pestana, M. F. Riemer, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, X. Vera-Grunauer, and J.
Wartman, (2008) "New Orleans & Hurricane Katrina: II - The Central Region and the Lower Ninth Ward", ASCE
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Vol.134(5), 718-739.
4) R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, C. Cheung, D. Cobos-Roa, L. F.
Harder, R. E. S. Moss, J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, M. F. Riemer, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, X. Vera-Grunauer, and J.
Wartman, (2008) "New Orleans & Hurricane Katrina: III - The 17th Street Drainage Canal", ASCE Journal of
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Vol.134(5), 740-761.
5) R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, C. Cheung, D. Cobos-Roa, J.
Cohen-Waeber, B. D. Collins, L. F. Harder, R.E. Kayen, R. E. S. Moss, J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, M. F. Riemer, J. D.
Rogers, R. Storesund, X. Vera-Grunauer, and J. Wartman, (2008) "New Orleans & Hurricane Katrina: IV - The
Orleans East Bank (Metro) Protected Basin", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Vol.134(5), 762-779.
Conference Papers:
1) Athanasopoulos-Zekkos A., Zekkos D. and Matasovic N., “Validation of generic municipal solid waste material
properties for seismic design of landfills”, (2008), 4th Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Conference, Sacramento, CA, May 18-22, 2008.
2) R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, R. I. Abdelmalak, A. G. Athanasopoulos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, J.-L. Briaud, C.
Cheung, J. Cohen-Waeber, B. D. Collins, D. Cobos-Roa, D. Farber, M. Hanenmann, L. F. Harder, K. S. Inkabi, A. M.
Kammerer, D. Karadeniz, R.E. Kayen, R. E. S. Moss, J. Nicks, S. Nimala, J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, K. Rhee, M. F.
Riemer, K. Roberts, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, A. V Govindasamy, X. Vera-Grunauer, J. Wartman, C. M. Watkins,
E.Wenk, and S. Yim, (2007) “Investigation of the performance of the New Orleans Regional Flood Protection
Systems during Hurricane Katrina: Lessons learned”, Geo-Denver Congress, Geo-Institute, ASCE, Denver, CO,
February 2007.
3) R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, A. G. Athanasopoulos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, C. Cheung, B. D. Collins, D. Cobos-
Roa, J. Cohen-Waeber, L. F. Harder, R.E. Kayen, R. E. S. Moss, J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, M. F. Riemer, J. D.
Rogers, R. Storesund, X. Vera-Grunauer, J. Wartman, (2007) “Investigation of levee performance in Hurricane
Katrina: The New Orleans drainage canals”, Geo-Denver Congress, Geo-Institute, ASCE, Denver, CO, February
2007.
4) R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, A. G. Athanasopoulos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, C. Cheung, B. D. Collins, D. Cobos-
Roa, L. F. Harder, R.E. Kayen, J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, M. F. Riemer, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, X. Vera-
Grunauer, J. Wartman, (2007) “Investigation of levee performance in Hurricane Katrina: The Inner Harbor
navigation channel”, Geo-Denver Congress, Geo-Institute, ASCE, Denver, CO, February 2007.
5) Zekkos, D.P., Athanasopoulos, A.G., Athanasopoulos, G.A. (2004), “Deep supported excavation in difficult
ground conditions in the city of Patras, Greece – Measured Vs. Predicted behavior”, 5th International Conference
on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. New York, NY, April 13-17, 2004.
Reports - Theses:
1) Athanasopoulos, A.G. (2008), “Select Topics on the Static and Dynamic Response and Performance of Earthen
Levees”, Dissertation, Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
California, Berkeley, California, USA. (abstract, contact me for a pdf copy)
2) Athanasopoulos, A., Zekkos D. (2006), “Geoengineering, refereed journals and case histories: A survey”,
Geoengineer.org report GEO/01/06, September 2006.
3) R. B. Seed, R. G. Bea, R. I. Abdelmalak, A. G. Athanasopoulos, G. P. Boutwell, J. D. Bray, J.-L. Briaud, C.
Cheung, D. Cobos-Roa, J. Cohen-Waeber, B. D. Collins, L. Ehrensing, D. Farber, M. Hanemann, L. F. Harder, K. S.
Inkabi, A. M. Kammerer, D. Karadeniz, R.E. Kayen, R. E. S. Moss, J. Nicks, S. Nimmala, J. M. Pestana, J. Porter, K.
Rhee, M. F. Riemer, K. Roberts, J. D. Rogers, R. Storesund, A. V. Govindasamy, X. Vera-Grunauer, J. E. Wartman,
C. M. Watkins, E. Wenk Jr., and S. C. Yim, (2006), "Investigation of the performance of the New Orleans flood
protection systems in hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005",Report No.UCB/CCRM – 06/01, July 2006, University
of California at Berkeley, (http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~new_orleans/)
4) Athanasopoulos, A.G. (2003), “Rion – Antirion Bridge: The foundation system of the Antirion approach viaduct
and results of axial and lateral loading tests on 2m – diameter steel pipe piles”, Thesis, Ptychion, Department of
Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece.
Other Publications:
1) Zekkos, D. P., Athanasopoulos, A. (2004), “Milos island: Working with earth for more than 9000 years”. cover
story in AEG News, magazine of the Association of Engineering Geologists, March 2004, Vol. 47, Issue 1. (.html
and .pdf versions)
2) Zekkos, D., Athanasopoulos, A., Manousakis, J., (2003), “Geotechnical Engineering Experiences in the
Homeric Poems”, Newsletter of the Technical Chamber of Greece, issue 2231, January 20th, 2003.
Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Ph.D.
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