Mailing Address:Dariush Motazedian, Room 2125, Herzberg Bldg., Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada

Research interests: Stochastic and hybrid earthquake fault modeling, Seismic soil modelling, Earthquake ground motion relations, Seismic Microzonation, Rapid warning systems for earthquakes (ShakeMap)

PostDoc and Graduate students

• Sylvia Hayek, M. Sc. student, (2012-current)
• Steve Crane , Ph.D.student, (2011-current)
• Shutian Ma, PDF, (2010-current)
• Ehsan Karkooti , Ph.D., (2010-current)
• Kasgin Khaheshi-Banab, PDF, (2010-2011)
• Steve Crane , M. Sc. student, (2009-2011)
• Heather Crow, M. Sc. student, (2008-2010)
• Nader Fanaie, Visiting Ph.D. (2006-2008)
• Kasgin Khaheshi-Banab, Ph.D., (2005-2010)
• Miguel Macías Carrasco, Ph.D., (2003-2008)
• ChengXiang Liu chester, M.Sc., (2003-2006)\

Honours and summer students:

• MalcolmWhite, Honours student,(2011-current)
• Andrei Ulyanov, summer & Honours student,(2011-current)
• Michal Kolaj, summer & Honours student,(2008-2010)
• Raymond Caron,summer & Honours student, (2007-2008)
• Krysral Abery ,summer & Honours student, (2009-2010)
• Laura Katz, summer student, (2010-2010)
• Laura Dixon, summer student, (2008-2008)
• Marianne Marot ,Honours student, (2007-2008)
• Alexander (Sandy) Duxbury, winter and summer student, (2006-2006)
• Viktor Ter-Emmanuilyan, Volunteer summer student, (2006-2006)
• Amanda Landriault, winter and summer student, (2006-2006)
• Adam Jones, summer student & Honours student (2005-2006)
• Geoff Plastow , Honours student (2005-2006)
• Danika Muir, NSERC summer student (2005-2005)
• Aaron Snider, Honours student (2004-2005)

Peer-reviewed book chapter, journal articles and open files.

• Motazedian, D., Khaheshi Banab K., Hunter J.A., Sivathayalan S., Crow, H., and Brooks, G.   (2011) Comparison of Site Periods Derived from Different Evaluation Methods, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, doi: 10.1785/0120100344 [NSERC and GSC]
• Ma, S. and D. Motazedian, (2011) Determination of Small Shallow Earthquakes in Eastern Canada from Maximum Power Rg/Sg Spectral Ratio", Journal of Seismology,doi 10.1007/s10950-011-9252-9[NSERC]
• Crow, H.L., J.A. Hunter, D. Motazedian, A.J.-M. Pugin (2011). “In situ low-strain damping measurements using a monofrequency spectral ratio approach”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Journal, doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.07.002. [NSERC and GSC].
• Motazedian, D., J.A. Hunter, A. Pugin, K. Khaheshi Banab, H.L. Crow (2011). “Development of a Vs30 (NEHRP) Map for the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada”, Canadian Geotechnical Engineering Journal. doi:10.1139/T10-081. [NSERC and GSC].
• Motazedian, D., J.A. Hunter, S. Sivathayalan, A. Pugin, S. Pullan, H.  Crow, and K. Khaheshi Banab, (2011) Railway train induced ground vibrations in a low VS soil layer overlying a high VS bedrock in eastern Canada. Soil Dynamics Earthquake Engineering, doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.02.008[NSERC and GSC].
• Goda, K., G.M. Atkinson, J.A. Hunter, H.L. Crow, D. Motazedian (2011). “Probabilistic Liquefaction Hazard Analysis for Canadian Cities”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Khaheshi Banab, K. and D. Motazedian (2010). “Efficiency of the multi-channel analysis of surface wave method for shallow and semi-deep loose soil layers overlaying a very high shear wave velocity bedrock”, International Journal of Geophysics, Volume 2010, Article ID 403016, doi:10.1155/2010/403016. [NSERC].
• Hunter, J.A., D. Motazedian, H.L. Crow, G.R. Brooks, R.D. Miller, A.J-M. Pugin, S.E. Pullan, J. Xia (2010). “Near Surface Shear Wave Velocity Measurements for Soft Soil-Earthquake Hazard Assessment: Some Canadian Mapping Examples” in the book Recent Advances in Near Surface Geophysics, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, Oklahoma. [GSC and NSERC]
• Moghaddam, H., N. Fanaie, D. Motazedian (2010). “Estimation of Stress Drop for some Large Shallow Earthquakes Using Stochastic Point Source and Finite Fault Modeling”, Scientia Iranica Journal, 17(3), pp. 217-235.
• Hunter, J.A., H.L. Crow, G. Brooks, D. Motazedian, et al. (2010).“Seismic site classification and site period mapping in the Ottawa area using geophysical methods”, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File Report 6273.
• Hunter, J.A., H.L. Crow, D. Motazedian, et al. (2009). “City of Ottawa Seismic Site Classification Map from Combined Geological/Geophysical Data”, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File Report 6191.
• Atkinson, G.M., D.M. Boore, K. Assatourians, K. Campbell, D. Motazedian (2009). A guide to differences between stochastic point-source and stochastic finite-fault simulations, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 99, pp. 3192-3201. [NSERC]
• Motazedian, D. and J.A. Hunter (2008). “Development of a NEHRP Map for the Orleans Suburb of Ottawa, Ontario”, Canadian Geotechnical Engineering Journal, 45, pp. 1180-1188. doi:10.1139/T08-051.[NSERC].
• Macias, M., G.M. Atkinson, D. Motazedian (2008). “Ground motion attenuation, source and site effects for the September 26, 2003, M 8.1 Tokachi-Oki earthquake sequence”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 98(4), pp. 1947-1963; DOI: 10.1785/0120070130. [NSERC]
• Crow, H.L., M. Pyne, J.A. Hunter, D. Motazedian, and A. Pugin (2008). “Shear Wave Measurements for Earthquake Response Evaluation in the Ottawa suburb of Orleans, Ontario”, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File Report 5579. [GSC and NSERC]
• Motazedian, D. (2006). “Region-Specific Key Seismic Parameters for Earthquakes in Northern Iran”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 96(4A), pp. 1383-1395.
• Motazedian, D. and A. Moinfar (2006). “Hybrid Stochastic Finite Fault Modelling of 2003, M6.5, Bam Earthquake”, Journal of Seismology, 10, pp. 91-103.
• Motazedian, D. and G.M. Atkinson (2005). “Stochastic Finite-Fault Modelling Based on a Dynamic Corner Frequency”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 95, pp. 995-1010. [NSERC]. Download EXSIM_Beta (May, 26, 2009). After downloading please send us an email because we would like to keep track of EXSIM users for future correspondence, in case of any upgrade version. If any third party is interested in EXSIM, please forward him/her to our websites. We appreciate your cooperation on this matter.
• Motazedian, D. and G.M. Atkinson (2005). “Earthquake Magnitude Measurements for Puerto Rico”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 95, pp. 725-730.
• Motazedian, D. and G.M. Atkinson (2005). “Ground motion relations for Puerto Rico”, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 385, pp. 61-80.

Refereed proceedings papers

• Motazedian, D., J.A. Hunter, M. Belvaux, S. Sivathayalan, A. Pugin, L. Chouinard, K. Khaheshi Banab, H.L. Crow, M. Tremblay, D. Perret, and Ph. Rosset (2010). “Seismic Microzonation of Montreal and Ottawa, Canada”, In proceedings of the 10th Canadian & 9th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, ON, July 2010. [NSERC]
• Crow, H.L., J.A. Hunter, and D. Motazedian (2010). “Seismic Q (Attenuation) Measurements in Leda Clay within the Ottawa Area”, In proceedings of the Advances in Earth Sciences Research Conference (AESRC), Ottawa, ON, March 2010.
• Crow, H.L., J.A. Hunter, A.J-M. Pugin, and D. Motazedian (2010). “Advances in Seismic Hazard Assessment within the Ottawa Area Leda Clays”, In proceedings of the Canadian Geophysical Union Conference, Ottawa, ON, May 2010.
• Crow, H.L., J.A. Hunter, A.J.-M. Pugin, and D. Motazedian (2010). “In situ damping measurements in Leda Clay within the Ottawa, ON area”, In proceedings of the 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Calgary, AB, September 2010.
• Hunter, J.A., H.L. Crow, A.J.-M. Pugin, and D. Motazedian, K. Kaheshi Banab, (2010). “Some Applications of Near Surface Geophysics to Earthquake Geohazards Investigations: Examples from Eastern Ontario, Canada”, In proceedings of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), Denver, CO, October 2010.
• Hunter J.A., H. Crow, G.R. Brooks, A. Pugin, S.E. Pullan, D. Motazedian, and K. Kaheshi Banab (2010). “Earthquake Hazard Maps of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada using Near-Surface Geophysical and Geological Methods”, In proceedings of the The Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP), Keystone, CO, April 2010.
• Crow, H.L., J.A. Hunter, D. Motazedian, A. Pugin, G.R. Brooks, and M. Pyne (2009). “Development of Vs30 and Fundamental Site Period Maps for Seismic Hazard Estimation in Ottawa, ON”, In proceedings of the Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Halifax, NS, September 2009.
• Crow, H.L., J.A. Hunter, A.J.-M. Pugin, and D. Motazedian, K. Khaheshi Banab (2009). “Application of Near-Surface Geophysical Techniques for Earthquake Microzonation Mapping in the Ottawa, Ontario Region”, In proceedings of the American Geophysical Union, Annual General Meeting, Toronto, ON, May 2009.
• Khaheshi Banab K., S. Sivathayalan, and D. Motazedian (2009). “Site response analysis of high contrast shear wave velocity soil profiles using the generalized reflection/transmission method”, Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Halifax, NS, September 2009. [NSERC]
• Hunter, J.A., D. Motazedian, G. Brooks, M. Lamontagne, H.L. Crow, T. Cartwright, A. Pugin, and M. Pyne (2008). “Earthquake Hazard Mapping in the Ottawa Area”, 4th Canadian Conference on Geohazards, Université Laval, Québec, QC, May 2008. [NSERC]
• Khaheshi Banab, K. and D. Motazedian (2007). “Shear Wave Velocity Profile Determination Based on the Multi-Channel Analysis of Surface Waves Methods for NEHRP Site Classification in the City of Ottawa”, Ninth Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering (9ccee), Ottawa, ON, June 2007. [NSERC]
• Pugin A., J.A., Hunter, D. Motazedian, K. Khaheshi Banab (2007). “An Application of Shear Wave Reflection Landstreamer Technology to Soil Response Evaluation of Earthquake Shaking in an Urban Area, Ottawa, Ontario”, Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems (SAGEEP) Conference Bulletin, Denver, CO, April 2007.
• Crow H.L., J.A. Hunter, A. Pugin, G. Brooks, D. Motazedian, K. Khaheshi Banab (2007). “Shear Wave Measurements for Earthquake Response Evaluation in Orleans, Ontario”, the Canadian Geotechnical Conference, OttawaGeo2007: The Diamond Jubilee Conference, Ottawa, ON, October 2007.
• Hunter, J.A. and D. Motazedian (2006). “Shear Wave Velocity Measurements for Soft Soil Earthquake Response Evaluation in the Eastern Ottawa Region, Ontario, Canada”, SAGEEP Conference Bulletin, Seattle, WA, April 2006. [NSERC]
• Meng J. and D. Motazedian (2006) “Frequency- Dependent Attenuation of Soils in Seismic Simulation”, In the proceedings of the 8th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering,  Paper No. 1749, San Francisco, CA, April 2006.