Michael Griffith

Associate Professor

Phone: +61 8 830 34316
Email: mcgrif@civeng.adelaide.edu.au
Room: N153, Engineering North Building

Personal |Research | Publications| Teaching | Consulting

Personal

• Education
• Awards, Scholorships, etc
• Present Appointment
• Previous Appointments
• Research Interests
• Research Support/Grants Held
  

Education

1988 Ph.D. in Engineering University of California at Berkeley
1983 M.Sc. in Civil Engineering Washington State University (WSU), Pullman, WA
1982 B.Sc. in Civil Engineering Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Awards, Scholarships, etc

1995 Master Builders Association Commendation for Excellence in R & D for the Building Industry.
1992 The University of Adelaide PGSA, Post-Graduate Supervisor of the Year Award.
1984 University of California, Berkeley Post-Graduate Scholarship
1983 "Outstanding Senior", Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (WSU).
1983 Wayne Arrasmith Scholarship for academic excellence (WSU)
1983 Structural Engineers Association of Washington Scholarship for academic excellence.
1983 N. A. Degerstrom Scholarship for the top civil engineering graduate (WSU).
1983 Elected member of Tau Beta Pi, the U.S. National Engineering Honor Society.
1983 Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a GPA = 3.98 (4.00 max.).

Present Appointment

1998 - Associate Professor, The University of Adelaide, School of Civil and Environmental. Engineering

Previous Appointments

1995 - 1997 Head of Department, The University of Adelaide, Dept. of Civil and Env. Eng.
1994 -1998 Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide, Dept. of Civil and Env. Eng.
1993 (July - Head of Discipline (Chemical/Civil/Mechanical Engineering) (seconded to Sepang Institute of Technology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
1991 - Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng.
1988 - Lecturer, University of Adelaide, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng.
1983-87 (0.5 time) Research Assistant, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, The University of California, Berkeley, Department of Civil Engineering.
1984-87 (0.5 time) Structural Engineer, Robert Cloud Associates, Consulting Engineers, 125 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94270 USA.
1983 Research Assistant, Washington State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

Associate Professor Griffith has over 20 years research experience in the area of earthquake resistant design and analysis of structures, beginning with his PhD research at the University of California at Berkeley. During this time he has published over 100 refereed papers in this area and attracted over $1.6 million dollars in competitive research funding in Australia.

In the field of earthquake engineering, Dr Griffith has been closely involved with the development of new technologies to improve the seismic resistance of both new and existing structures. His initial work in this field, based on his PhD research, was to demonstrate experimentally and theoretically the feasibility and reliability of seismic isolation as an effective seismic design strategy for a wide range of building heights and earthquake ground motions.

His research at the University of Adelaide has focussed on developing methods to prevent earthquake induced damage, including collapse, of unreinforced masonry buildings and non-seismically designed reinforced concrete frames. Recent outcomes and progress in these areas are described below.

Masonry Research

His research on masonry walls has led to the development of a displacement-based analysis technique for assessing the earthquake resistance of existing and the design of new masonry walls in vertical bending. Currently he is working with colleagues to extend this innovative design technique to walls subject to bi-axial (two-way) bending.

In addition, some of his results from shaking table tests on typical wall connections in masonry buildings have already been incorporated into the Australian Masonry Structures Code in the form of amendments to allow friction to be considered as part of the seismic load path.

Two new projects that are in their very initial stages involve (1) establishing deemed-to-comply design guidelines for masonry buildings under 15m tall with respect to earthquake loading; and (2) developing an innovative technique for earthquake strengthening of masonry walls using fibre reinforced polymers in such a way that it does not alter the normal, aesthetic appearance of masonry.

Concrete Frame Research

Earthquake related research on concrete structures at Adelaide has focussed on the seismic performance of concrete frames whose design is dominated by gravity-load considerations and methods for their seismic upgrade. Experimental research has consisted of shaking table tests of 1/5-scale concrete frame structures, quasi-static cyclic testing of ½-scale concrete frames with and without masonry infill panels, and monotonic static and quasi-static cyclic testing of concrete columns. Non-linear dynamic modelling procedures have now been developed that can accurately model the dynamic behaviour observed during experiments. Current research is focussed on developing practical methods to improve the strength and ductility of such concrete columns and frames using composite plating techniques that fully accounts for the partial-interaction behaviour between the concrete sections and the plates

Research Support/Grants Held

Publications

• Books/Monographs/Symposia
• Journal Articles
• Conference Papers - Refereed
• Conference Papers - Refereed by Abstract
• Conference Papers - Unrefereed
• Other Technical Publications and Reports

Books/Monographs/Symposia

McCue, K, Griffith, MC and Butler, B (editors), (2004). "Australian earthquake engineering in the new millennium - where to from here?" Proceedings of the 2004 Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference, held at Mt. Gambier, South Australia, AEES publisher.

Griffith, MC, Love, D, McBean, P, McDougall, A and Butler, B (editors), (2002). "Total risk management in the privatised era," Proceedings of the 2002 Australian Earthquake Engineering Conference, held at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society publisher.

Griffith, MC (editor), (2001). "Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Masonry Conference," Adelaide, South Australia, 431p.

Griffith, MC, (1996). "Large Concrete Structures - Chapter 3: Computer-Aided Analysis and Design," pp 38-53, (R.F. Warner and B.V. Rangan, editors), Longman Group UK, Ltd.

Crawley, DB and Griffith, MC, (1994). "International Handbook of Earthquake Engineering: Codes, Programs and Examples - Chapter 7: Australia," (M. Paz, editor), Chapman & Hall, Publishers, New York, pp. 84-99.

Simpson, AR and Griffith, MC (editors), (1990). "Proceedings of the University of Adelaide Special Symposium on the Occasion of George Sved's 80th Birthday," 439p.

Journal Articles

Morandi, P, Magenes, G and Griffith, MC, (2008). "Second order effects in out-of-plane strength of URM walls subject to bending and compression," Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, Institution of Engineers, Australia, 8(2): 133-144.

Lawrence, SJ, Willis, CR and Griffith, MC, (2008). "Earthquake performance of unreinforced masonry residential buildings designed to Australian standards," Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, Institution of Engineers, Australia, 8(1): 49 - 62.

Mohamed Ali, MS, Oehlers, DJ, Griffith, MC and Seracino, R, (2008), in press, published on-line 24/2/08 to appear August 2008), "Interfacial stress transfer of near surface mounted FRP-to-concrete joints," Engineering Structures.

Griffith, MC and Vaculik J, (2007). "Static tests of unreinforced brick masonry walls in 2-way bending," TMS Journal, The Masonry Society, Boulder, Colorado, September, pp. 53 - 68.

Vaculik, J, Griffith, MC, Lam, NTK, Wilson, J and Lumantarna, E (2007). "Cyclic tests of brick masonry walls in bending," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, John Wiley and Sons, 36(6): 801 - 821.

Willis, CR, Lawrence, SJ and Griffith, MC, (2006). "Moment capacities of unreinforced masonry sections in bending," Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, The Institution of Engineers, Australia, 6(2): 133 - 146.

Griffith, MC, Lam, NTK and Wilson, JL, (2006). "Displacement-based assessment of the seismic capacity of unreinforced masonry walls in bending," Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, The Institution of Engineers, Australia, 6(2): 119 - 132.

Griffith, MC, Lawrence, SJ and Willis, CR, (2005). "Diagonal bending of unreinforced clay brick masonry," Masonry International, 18(3): 125 - 138.

Griffith, MC, Wu, YF and Oehlers, DJ, (2005). "Behaviour of steel plated RC columns subject to lateral loading," Advances in Structural Engineering, 8(4): 333 - 347.

Willis, CR Griffith, MC and Lawrence, SJ, (2004). "Horizontal bending of unreinforced clay brick masonry walls," Masonry International, 17(3): 109 - 121.

Wu, YF, Oehlers, DJ and Griffith, MC, (2004). "Rational definition of the flexural deformation capacity of RC column sections," Engineering Structures, Elsevier Publishers, 26(5): 641 - 650.

Wu, YF, Griffith, MC and Oehlers, DJ, (2004). "Numerical simulation of steel plated RC columns," Computers and Structures Journal, Elsevier Publishers, U.K., 82(4-5): 359 - 371.

Griffith, MC, Lam, NTK, Wilson, JL and Doherty, K, (2004). "Experimental investigation of URM walls in flexure," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 130(3): 423 - 432.

Griffith, MC, (2003). "Australian earthquake engineering: achievements, challenges and obstacles," Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 36(2): 117-124.

Griffith, MC, Magenes, G, Melis, G and Picchi, L, (2003). "Evaluation of out-of-plane stability of unreinforced masonry walls subjected to seismic excitation," Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 7(SI1): 141-169.

Lam, NTK, Griffith, MC, Wilson, JL and Doherty, K, (2003). "Time-history analysis of URM walls in out-of-plane flexure," Engineering Structures, 25(5): 743 - 754.

Wu, YF, Griffith, MC and Oehlers, DJ, (2003). "Improving the strength and ductility of rectangular RC columns through composite partial-interaction: Tests," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 129(9): 1183 - 1190.

Jaksa, MB, Griffith, MC, and Grounds, RW, (2002). "Ground vibrations associated with installing enlarged base driven cast-in-situ piles," Australian Geomechanics, The Institution of Engineers, Australia, 37(1): 67 - 73.

Doherty, K, Griffith, MC, Lam, NTK and Wilson, JL, (2002). "Displacement-based analysis for out-of-plane bending of seismically loaded unreinforced masonry walls," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, John Wiley and Sons, 31(4): 833-850.

Griffith, MC, Kawano, A and Warner, RF, (2002). "Towards a direct collapse-load method of design for concrete frames subjected to severe ground motions," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, John Wiley & Sons, 31(10): 1879-1888.

Wu, YF, Oehlers, DJ and Griffith, MC, (2002). "Partial interaction analysis of composite beam/column members," Mechanics of Structures and Machines, 30(3): 309-332.

Griffith, MC and Page, AW, (1998). "On the Seismic Capacity of Typical DPC and Slip Joints in Unreinforced Masonry Buildings," Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, The Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1(2): 133-140.

Klopp, G and Griffith, MC, (1998). "Seismic Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings," Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, The Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1(2): 121-132.

Klopp, G and Griffith, MC, (1998). "Shaking Table Tests of Unreinforced Masonry Wall Panels," Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, The Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1(2): 113-120.

Klopp, G and Griffith, MC, (1993). "Dynamic Characteristics of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings," Australian Civil Engineering Transactions, The Institution of Engineers, Australia, CE35(1): 59-68.

Griffith, MC, Aiken, ID and Kelly, JM, (1990). "Comparison of Earthquake Simulator Test Results with the SEAONC Tentative Seismic Isolation Design Requirements," Earthquake Spectra, 6(2): 403-417.

Griffith, MC, Aiken, ID and Kelly, JM, (1990). "A Displacement Control and Uplift Restraint Device for Base-Isolated Structures," Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 116(4): 1135-1148.

Itani, RY, Griffith, MC and Hoyle, Jr., RJ, (1986). "The Effect of Creep on Long Wood Column Design and Performance," Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, 112(5): 1097-1114.

Hoyle, Jr., RJ, Griffith, MC and Itani, RY, (1985). "Primary Creep in Douglas Fir Beams of Commercial Size and Quality," Wood and Fiber Science, 17(3): 300-314.

Conference Papers - Refereed

Oehlers, D.J., Mohammed Ali M.S., Griffith, M.C. and Ozbakkaloglu, T (2007) "Fundamental issues that govern the rotation of FRP retrofitted RC columns and beams: the intractable plastic hinge ductility problem", Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures, APFIS 002, Hong Kong, December, KEYNOTE.

Willis, CR, Wu, C, Seracino, R and Griffith, MC (2007). "Displacement-induced and intermediate crack debonding in FRP strengthened one-way masonry beams," Proceedings, Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures, Hong Kong, December.

Brunsdon, D, Bull, D, Hammond, D, Griffith, M and Wilson, J (2007). "Training engineers for urban search and rescue across the Pacific: Background, current status and future challenges," Proceedings, 8th Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Singapore, Dec 5 - 7.

Kashyap, J, Griffith, M and Ozbakkaloglu, T (2007). "Seismic behaviour of reinforced concrete frames in Australia," Proceedings, 8th Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Singapore, Dec 5 - 7, paper No. 266.

Vaculik, J and Griffith, MC (2007). "Shake table tests on masonry walls in two-way bending, Proceedings, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Woolongong, 23-25 November, paper No. 58.

Vaculik, J, Lumantarna, E, Griffith, MC, Lam, NTK and Wilson, J (2007). "Dynamic response behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls subject to out-of-plane loading," Proceedings, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Woolongong, 23-25 November, paper No. 35.

Oehlers, DJ, Ali, M and Griffith, MC (2007). "Ductility of FRP plated flexural members," Proceedings of FRPRCS-8 Conference, University of Patras, Greece, July 16-18, paper 3-8.

Willis, CR, Yang, Q, Seracino, R and Griffith, MC (2007). "Analysis of damaged masonry walls retrofitted with vertical FRP strips subjected to out-of-plane loading," Proceedings of FRPRCS-8 Conference, University of Patras, Greece, July 16-18, paper 18-5.

Willis, CR, Yang, Q, Seracino, R, Xia, SH and Griffith, MC (2006). "Severely damaged unreinforced masonry walls retrofitted with FRP strips subjected to out-of-plane bending," 3rd International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, Miami, USA, 13-15 December.

Lumantarna, E, Lam, NTK, Wilson, JL, Griffith, MC and Vaculik, J, 2006. "The dynamic out-of-plane behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls," Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Christchurch, New Zealand, 29 Nov - 1 Dec., pp 401 - 408.

Yang, Q, Willis, CR, Seracino, R, Xia, SH and Griffith, MC (2006). "Bond tests on FRP retrofitted URM prisms," Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Christchurch, New Zealand, 29 Nov - 1 Dec., pp 133 - 140.

Lumantarna, E. Vaculik, J. Griffith, MC, Lam, NTK and Wilson, JL (2006). "Seismic fragility curves for unreinfrced masonry walls," Proceedings of 2006 Conference, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Canberra, pp 33 - 40.

Russell, AP, Ingham, JM and Griffith, MC (2006). "Comparing New Zealand's unreinforced masonry details with those of other seismically active countries," Proceedings of the 7th International Masonry Conference, London, Paper No. 42.

Vaculik, J and Griffith, MC (2006). "Cyclic behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls in two-way bending," Proceedings of the 7th International Masonry Conference, London, Paper No. 30.

Vaculik, J, Griffith, M, Lam, N, Wilson, J and Lumantarna, E, (2005). "Cyclic response of unreinforced clay brick masonry walls," Proceedings of 2005 Conference, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Albury, paper No. 40.

Lumantarna, E, Lam, N, Wilson, J, Griffith, M, and Vaculik, J, (2005). "Out-of-plane Displacement Behaviour of Unreinforced Masonry Walls from Time-History Analyses," Proceedings of 2005 Conference, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Albury, paper No. 34.

Lawrence, SJ, Willis, CR and Griffith, MC, (2005). "Further developments in the design of masonry walls in bending," Proceedings of the Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, Institution of Engineers, Newcastle, Australia.

Vaculik, J and Griffith, MC, (2005). "Flexural strength of unreinforced clay brick masonry walls," Proceedings of 10th Canadian Masonry Symposium, Banff, Alberta Canada.

Vaculik, J, Griffith, M, Hogarth, B and Todd, J,(2004). "Out-of-plane flexural response testing of dry stack masonry," Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Earthquake Risk Mitigation, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Paper No. 18.

Willis, C, Griffith, MC and Lawrence, SJ, (2004). "Implications of recent experimental and analytical studies for the design of face-loaded URM walls," Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Masonry Conference, Newcastle, pp. 255 - 264.

Griffith, MC, (2003). "Earthquake engineering in Australia - international collaborations and future directions," invited keynote paper, Proceedings of Joint NCREE/JRC Workshop on International Collaboration on Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research, Taipei, pp 101-110.

Griffith, M, Wu, YF and Oehlers, DJ, (2003). "Steel plated seismic retrofit for RC columns in soft-storey frames," Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on Earthquake Risk Mitigation, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Paper No. 9.

Griffith, MC and Magenes, G, (2003). "Accuracy of displacement-based seismic evaluation of URM wall stability," Proceedings of the 2003 Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Christchurch, New Zealand, paper No. 127.

Griffith, MC, (2003). "Australian earthquake engineering: achievements, challenges and obstacles," invited keynote paper, Proceedings of the 2003 Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Christchurch, New Zealand, paper No. 149.

Willis, CR, Griffith, MC and Lawrence, SJ, (2002). "Horizontal bending of face loaded brick masonry wallettes," Proceedings of the 6th International Masonry Conference, London, Published by the British Masonry Society, Stoke-on-Trent, pp. 551-558.

Willis, CR, Griffith, MC and Lawrence, SJ, (2002). "Non-linear behaviour of out-of-plane loaded URM walls," Advances in Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Proceedings of 17th ACMSM, Gold Coast, Balkema Publishers, pp. 539-544.

Potger, GM and Griffith, MC, (2002). "Using performance criteria to evaluate structural response factors for seismic design," Advances in Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Proceedings of 17th ACMSM, Gold Coast, Balkema Publishers, pp. 751-756.

Wu, YF, Oehlers, DJ and Griffith, MC, (2001). "Composite Plated Columns," Proceedings of International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, Vol. 1, J.-G. Teng (Ed.), Elsevier Science Ltd., pp. 767-774.

Griffith, MC, Willis, CR and Lawrence, SJ, (2001). "Flexural behaviour and design of unreinforced (brick) masonry walls," Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Masonry Conference, Adelaide, pp 175 -184.

Lam, NTK, Wilson, JL and Griffith, MC, (2001). "Seismic assessment of geometric unreinforced masonry wall sections based on displacement," Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Masonry Conference, Adelaide, pp 249 - 258.

Potger, G, Griffith, MC and Kawano, A, (2001). "Evaluation of Seismic Response Factors for Reinforced Concrete Frames," Proceedings of the Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, Gold Coast, pp. 175-182.

Doherty, K, Griffith, MC, Lam, NTK and Wilson, JL, (2000). "Displacement-based seismic design of brick masonry walls in bending," Proceedings of the 12th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference, Madrid, Spain pp. 791-800.

Chen, Q, Page, AW and Griffith, MC, (1999). "An investigation of connection behaviour in an unreinforced masonry structure under seismic loads," Proceedings of the 8th North American Masonry Conference, Austin, Texas.

Rodolico, B, Doherty, K, Lam, N, Griffith, M and Wilson, J, (1999). "Seismic response behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls by shaking table testing and time-history analyses," Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Sydney, pp. 581 - 586.

Doherty, K, Lam, N, Griffith, M and Wilson, J, (1998). "Investigation of the Weak Links in the Seismic Load Path of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings," Proceedings, 5th Australian Masonry Conference, Gladstone, pp. 115-128.

Lam, N, Wilson, J, Doherty, K and Griffith, M, (1998). "Horizontal seismic forces on Rigid Components within Multi-storey Buildings," Proceedings of the 1998 Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, Vol. 2, pp. 721-726, Auckland.

Griffith, MC and Alaia, R, (1997). "Gap Effects on the Seismic Ductility of Brick Infilled Concrete Frames," Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Melbourne, pp. 305 - 310.

Mares, P, Lambert, M, Copeland, J, Lewis, S, Simpson, A and Griffith, M, (1997). "So that's what a flume is! - making practicals student friendly," Proceedings, 9th Annual Convention and Conference, Australian Association of Engineering Education,, Ballarat.

Alaia, A, Griffith, MC and Freeman, S, (1997). "An investigation into the Seismic Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Brick Infill Panels," Proceedings of Concrete Institute of Australia, 18th Biennial Conference, Adelaide, pp. 433 - 439.

Griffith, M, Kohlstrom, V and Johnson, R, (1997). "Theoretical Evaluation of the Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Structures," Proceedings of Concrete Institute of Australia, 18th Biennial Conference, Adelaide, pp. 423-431.

Klopp, G and Griffith, MC, (1996). "Design of Domestic Unreinforced Masonry Buildings to AS1170.4," Proceedings, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Adelaide.

Griffith, MC and Pham, L, (1996). "Implications of the 1995 Kobe, Japan Earthquake for Australia," Proceedings, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Adelaide.

Mares, P, Lewis, S, Lambert, MF, Simpson, AR, Copeland, J and Griffith, MC, (1996). "What's a flume? - Gender dynamics inside the engineering laboratory," Proceedings, 8th Annual Convention and Conference, Australian Association of Engineering Education, Sydney.

Griffith, MC and Wong, A, (1995). "Dynamic Simulation of Beam-Column Joint Behaviour in Concrete Frame Buildings," Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Hobart, Vol. 2, pp. 585-590.

Griffith, MC and Malinova, RG, (1995). "Earthquake Response of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Masonry Infill Panels," Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Hobart, Vol. 2, pp. 493-497.

Pham, L and Griffith, MC, (1995). "Review of Building Performance in Recent Earthquakes," Proceedings, 4th Australian Masonry Conference, Sydney, pp. 14-20.

Griffith, MC and Whittaker, AS, (1995). "Base Isolation for the Seismic Protection of Structures in Australia," Proceedings, Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Melbourne, Vol. 1, pp. 91-100.

Griffith, MC and Heneker, DG, (1995). "Implications of Earthquake Simulator Test Results for the Aseismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Frames," Proceedings, Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Melbourne, Vol. 2, pp. 41-48.

Klopp, GM and Griffith, MC, (1995). "The Design of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings for Earthquake Induced Forces," Proceedings, Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Melbourne, Vol. 3, pp. 87-96.

Sanders, P, Wilson, JL and Griffith, MC, (1995). "Seismic Behaviour of Load Bearing Precast Construction in Australia," Proceedings of Concrete Institute of Australia, 17th Biennial Conference, Brisbane, Vol. 1, pp. 101-106.

Klopp, GM and Griffith, MC, (1994). "The Earthquake Design of Unreinforced Masonry Structures in Areas of Low Seismic Risk," Proceedings of the 3rd National Masonry Seminar, Brisbane.

Klopp, GM and Griffith, MC, (1994). "Earthquake Design Requirements for Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Australia - 2 Case Studies," Proceedings of the Australasian Structural Engineering Conference 1994, Institution of Engineers, Australia, pp. 841-846.

Griffith, MC, Heneker, D and Wong, A, (1994). "Seismic Testing of a 1/5-Scale Model of an Australian Detailed Reinforced Concrete Frame," Proceedings of the Australasian Structural Engineering Conference 1994, Institution of Engineers, Australia, pp. 427-432.

Klopp, GM and Griffith, MC, (1993). "The Earthquake Design of Unreinforced Masonry Structures - Are Existing Period Formulae Suitable?," Proceedings of the 1993 National Earthquake Conference, Memphis, Vol. 2, pp. 153-162.

Griffith, MC and Heneker, D, (1993). "Seismic Performance of Lightly Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings," Proceedings of the 1993 National Earthquake Conference, Memphis, Vol. 2, pp. 225-234.

Griffith, MC, (1993). "Earthquake Simulator Testing of Small-Scale Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings," Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Wollongong, Vol. 1, pp. 303-310.

Griffith, MC and Heneker, D, (1993). "Comparison of Dynamic Analysis Techniques for Earthquake Loading of Concrete Buildings," Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Wollongong, Vol. 1, pp. 311-318.

Klopp, GM and Griffith, MC, (1993). "Earthquake Simulator Tests of Unreinforced Brick Panels," Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Wollongong, Vol. 1, pp. 469-476.

Griffith, MC, Hirst, MJS and Lee, DSC, (1993). "Experimental Study of Fatigue Effects on Plywood Gusseted Timber Joints," Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Wollongong, Vol. 1, pp. 319-326.

Stevens, W, Griffith, MC and Hirst, MJS, (1993). "Actual Deformations in Plywood Gusset Plate Joints due to Dynamic Loading," Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Wollongong, Vol. 2, pp. 817-823.

Griffith, MC, (1992). "Computer Aided Teaching for Statics," Proceedings of the 4th Annual Convention and Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Brisbane, pp. 549-552.

Griffith, MC, Hirst, MSJ, Lee, DSC and Stevens, WB, (1992). "Experimental Study of Fatigue Effects on Plywood Gusseted Timber Joints," Proceedings, 1992 Timber Bridges Conference, Melbourne, pp. 363-372.

Griffith, MC, (1991). "Performance of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings During the Newcastle Earthquake, Australia," 3rd US Conference on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, California, pp. 1061-1070.

Griffith, MC and Klopp, G, (1991). "Dynamic Characteristics of Existing Masonry Buildings," Proceedings, Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 187-196.

Griffith, MC and Woodside, JW, (1991). "Commentary on the new Australian Earthquake Loading Code," Proceedings, Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 179-186.

Hua, W-G, Griffith, MC and Warner, RF, (1990). "Diagnostic Procedure for Defective Concrete Buildings," Proceedings, 2nd National Structural Engineering Conference, Institution of Engineers, Australia, Adelaide, pp. 356-360.

Crawley, DB and Griffith, MC, (1990). "Earthquake Resistance in Buildings - How Can We Avoid Future Disasters?," Proceedings, 2nd National Structural Engineering Conference, Institution of Engineers, Adelaide, pp. 300-304.

Hua, W-G, Griffith, MC and Warner, RF, (1989). "Diagnosis and Assessment of Defective Concrete Structures," Proceedings, Australasian Conference on Expert Systems in Engineering, Architecture and Construction, University of Sydney, pp. 45-62.

Griffith, MC, Aiken, ID and Kelly, JM, (1988). "A Displacement Control and Uplift Restraint Device for Base Isolate Structures," Proceedings, 9th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Kyoto, Japan, (1988). Also published in Proceedings, Tall Buildings in Seismic Regions Conference, Los Angeles, California.

Griffith, MC, Kelly, JM and Aiken, ID, (1988). "Earthquake Simulator Tests of a Neoprene Bearing Base Isolation System for Medium-Rise Structures," Proceedings, ASME-PVP Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 9p.

Griffith, MC and Kelly, JM, (1987). "Base Isolation for Reinforced Concrete Structures," Proceedings, ASCE Structures Congress, Orlando, Florida, Volume on Materials and Member Behavior, pp. 360-373.

Conference Papers - Refereed by Abstract

Griffith, MC, (2004). "Urban Search and Rescue Training for Engineers," M.C. Griffith, Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Earthquake Risk Mitigation, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, November, Paper No. 24.

Griffith, MC, Lam, NTK and Wilson, JL, (2004). "Displacement-based design of face-loaded URM walls," Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, Paper No. 2463.

Brzezniak, N, Lynch, T, Moore, C, Rollison, C and Griffith, M, (2003). "Improved vulnerability models for regional earthquake risk assessment," Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on Earthquake Risk Mitigation, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Paper No. 23.

Griffith, MC, Magenes, G, Melis, G and Picchi, L, (2002). "Evaluation of out-of-plane stability of unreinforced masonry walls subjected to seismic excitation," Proceedings of the 2nd International ROSE School Seminar, University of Pavia, European School for Advanced Studies in Reduction of Seismic Risk.

Griffith, MC, (2002). "Australian earthquake engineering: achievements, challenges and obstacles," M.C. Griffith, Proceedings of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Adelaide.

Potger, GM, Kawano, A, Griffith, MC and Warner, R, (2001). "Dynamic analysis of RC frames including buckling of longitudinal steel reinforcement," Proceedings of the New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering Technical Conference, Wairakei.

Griffith, MC and Pinto, AV, (2000). "Seismic retrofit of reinforced concrete buildings - a review and case study," Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand.

Doherty, K, Lam, N, Griffith, M and Wilson, J, (2000). "The modelling of earthquake induced collapse of unreinforced masonry walls combining force and displacement principles," Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand.

Doherty, K, Rodolico, B, Lam, N, Griffith, M and Wilson, J, (1999). "Modelling the collapse behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls during the Newcastle earthquake," Proceedings of Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Sydney, Paper No. 6.

Griffith, M, Lam, N and Wilson, J, (1999). "Masonry research in Australia since Newcastle - 10 years and what have we learned?," Proceedings of Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Sydney, Paper No. 4.

Griffith, MC and Page, A, (1998). "Seismic Design of Connections in Unreinforced Masonry Buildings," Proceedings of the 1998 Structural Engineers World Congress, San Francisco.

Doherty, K, Griffith, M, Lam, N and Wilson, J, (1998). "Seismic Risks of Unreinforced Masonry Construction in Australia," Proceedings of the New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering Technical Conference, Wairakei.

Joshi, HR, Kawano, A, Griffith, MC and Warner, RF, (1997). "Analysis of the Collapse Behaviour of Concrete Frames under Severe Dynamic Loading," Proceedings of Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Brisbane, pp. 14.1-14.4.

Nurtug, A, Doherty, K, Wilson, J, Lam, N and Griffith, M, (1997). "Research into the Seismic Performance of Unreinforced Masonry Walls," Proceedings of Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Brisbane, pp. 15.1-4.

Conference Papers - Unrefereed

Griffith, MC, (1994). "The Feasibility of Base Isolation for the Seismic Protection of Lifelines in Australia," Proceedings, Seminar on Survival of Lifelines in Earthquakes, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Canberra, pp. 33-42.

Griffith, MC, (1992). Invited Paper & Keynote Address: "Base Isolation Design Criteria for Buildings in Moderate Seismic Risk Areas," Proceedings, International Workshop on Recent Developments in Base-Isolation Techniques for Buildings, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 15-24.

Griffith, MC, (1992). "Earthquake Simulator Testing of Scale-Model Structures," Proceedings, Conference on Earthquake Resistant Design and Insurance in Australia, Institution of Engineers, Australia, Sydney, pp. 40-48.

Other Technical Publications and Reports

Willis, C, Griffith, MC and Lawrence, SJ, (2006). "Earthquake performance of unreinforced masonry residential buildings up to 15 m in height," The University of Adelaide, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Research Report R178, 34p.

Wu, YF, Griffith, MC and Oehlers, DJ, (2001). "Behaviour of Plated RC Columns," Research Report No. R173, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Adelaide University, 57p.

Wu, YF, Oehlers, DJ and Griffith, MC, (2001). "Numerical Simulation of Composite Plated Columns," Research Report No. R172, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Adelaide University, 44p.

Griffith, MC, (2000). "Experimental study of the flexural strength of URM (brick) walls," Research Report No. R169, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Adelaide, 21p.

Griffith, MC, (1999). "Seismic retrofit of RC frame buildings with masonry infill walls - a literature review and preliminary case study," European Commission Research Report, Joint Research Center, European Laboratory for Structural Assessment, Ispra, Italy, 72p.

Kawano, A, Griffith, MC, Joshi, HR and Warner, RF, (1998). "Analysis of the behaviour and collapse of concrete frames subjected to severe ground motion," Research Report No. R163, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Adelaide, 76p.

Pham, L and Griffith, M, (1995). "Report on the January 17, 1995 Great Hyogo-Ken Nanbu (Kobe) Earthquake," Joint report from CSIRO Division of Building, Construction and Engineering and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Adelaide, Report No. DBCE Doc 95/175(M), 55p.

Griffith, MC, (1993). "Seismic Performance of Australian Designed Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings," The University of Adelaide, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Report No. R102, 42p.

Griffith, MC, (1991). "Earthquake Analysis of 3-storey Unreinforced Masonry Building During Newcastle Earthquake," University of Adelaide, Department of Civil Engineering Research Report No. R86, 20p.

Griffith, MC, (1990). "Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis," Chapter 12 for ESAA Mechanical School in Power Generation, University of Adelaide, 22p.

Griffith, MC, Kelly, JM, Coveney, VA and Koh, CG, (1988). "Experimental Evaluation of Seismic Isolation of Medium Rise Structures Subject to Uplift," Report No. UCB/EERC-88/02, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 168p.

Griffith, MC, Kelly, JM and Aiken, ID, (1988). "Experimental Evaluation of Seismic Isolation of a 9-Story Braced Steel Frame Subject to Uplift," Report No. UCB/EERC-88/05, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 132p.

Griffith, MC, Kelly, JM and Aiken, ID, (1987). "A Displacement Control and Uplift Restraint Device for Base Isolated Structures," Report No. UCB/EERC-87/03, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 61p.

Teaching

• Teaching Experience
• Teaching Grants Recieved
• Course Advisor
• Subject Coordinator/Lecturer
• Administration and Service to the University

Teaching Experience

During my 18 years at Adelaide, I have taught subjects to students at all year levels of the BE(Civil) degree course as well as some subjects in the Bachelor of Architecture degree course. I take great pride in my teaching and regard this aspect of university work to be very important. Indeed, I enrolled in and completed the ACUE (as it was then) course for new university lecturers in 1988 long before it was a requirement for newly appointed lecturers. I believe that students consider me to be a very good teacher - as evidenced by the anecdotal feedback I receive from them and from the "scores" I receive from them on the SELTs. For example, only once since 2002 have I received less than 6 out of 7 for their response to "All things considered, how would you rate Dr Griffith's effectiveness as a university lecturer".

While my teaching has been primarily in the area of structural engineering, I have also taught Construction and Surveying to our students and regularly assist with the running of group projects in the 1st year introductory subject Engineering Planning and Design.

Significantly, in recognition of my status as a leading international researcher in the area of seismic design of masonry buildings I have been invited to give the "Seismic design of masonry buildings" course to the post-graduate students at the European School for the Reduction of Seismic Risk at the University of Pavia in northern Italy, starting in January 2007. This is a very high honour as the lecturers for all the courses in this programme come from highly regarded universities all around the world (eg, University of California, University of Illinois, MIT, Imperial College London, and University of Tokyo).

Outside of the classroom I have served as a course advisor to undergraduate students since 1997 and have been heavily involved with curriculum development for the department's two degree programmes, chairing the committee for 4 years since 1996. A list of the administrative activities related to my undergraduate teaching as well as a partial list of the civil engineering subjects which I have taught is given below.

Teaching Improvement: ACUE course, "An introduction to university teaching" 9-12/2/88

Teaching Grants Received

Course Advisor

1997 - present

Curriculum Committee: Member (since 1992), Chair (1996 - 1997, 2004-present).

Subject Coordinator/Lecturer

Administration and Service to the University:

1997-2000 Chair, ARC Small Grants Committee (Eng., Earth and Applied Sciences Panel)
1996-98 Vice Chancellor's representative on DECS Technology Reference Group
1996-97, 2004-05, Chair, Departmental Curriculum Committee
1995-97, 2006 Head of Department
1995 AVCC National Leadership Training for Deans, Heads, and Senior Administrators
1995 Adelaide University Staff Development Workshops for Department Heads
1995-97 Member, Adelaide University Academic Board
1995-97 Member, Faculty of Engineering Board
1995-97 Chair, Departmental Finance Committee
1994-96: Panel Member, ARC Small Grants Committee (Engineering, Earth and Applied
Sciences)
1993 Foundation Head of Discipline (Chemical/Civil/Mechanical Engineering) for
University of Adelaide/Sepang Institute of Technology Twinning Project
1991-92 Member, Faculty of Engineering Action Committee
1989- Member, Departmental Lab/Workshop Committee
1989-91 Member, Faculty of Engineering Board
1989- Member, Departmental Finance Committee
1988-91 Chair, Departmental Research Seminars
1988- Member, Departmental Computing and Post-Graduate Committees

Consulting