July 19, 2019
Prof. Yusef Bozorgnia of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) has won a medal from three American organizations for his work on earthquake research.
He was awarded the 2019 Bruce Bolt Medal jointly by the Consortium of Strong Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS), the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERE) and the Seismological Society of America (SSA).
Bozorgnia is a professor of civil and environmental engineering.
He organized an interdisciplinary team of researchers that helped develop earthquake ground motion models used worldwide for seismic analysis and infrastructure design.
In addition to his own extensive publication record, Bozorgnia has served as the associate editor for Earthquake Spectra and Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. In 2004, he co-edited Earthquake Engineering: From Engineering Seismology to Performance-Based Engineering, which featured contributions from a range of experts, including Bruce Bolt.
He received his bachelor’s degree from Sharif University of Technology and his Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of California at Berkeley.
“It is indeed a great honor to receive the Bolt Medal,” said Bozorgnia. “Bruce Bolt was a role model to me, and that makes this medal even more special.”
