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I was honoured and privileged to work with Professor Nicholas Ambraseys as his

assistant (i.e. associate after the completion of my PhD in 1994) on a number

of research projects supported by the Engineering and Physical Science Research

Council of the United Kingdom and by the EPOCH program of the Community

of European Countries at Imperial College in London (UK) during the period

1991–1997. The simplified approach used in our research is directly applicable to

routine engineering practice. My initial involvement with earthquake engineering

was a starting point for further work concerning soil dynamics and ground vibration related issues while working on a number of projects worldwide for Mott

MacDonald Ltd.

Dr E.T.R. Dean of Caribbean Geotechnical Design Limited (Trinidad) and Soil

Models Limited (UK) reviewed several of my papers and was of great help with

his detailed and precise comments for the improvement of initial versions of the

papers. He kindly reviewed the initial version of this volume and made a significant

contribution towards the improvement of the clarity and readability of the text.

Several of my former colleagues influenced my professional carrier and hence

this volume. Professor Milan Maksimovic persuaded me to switch profession from

concrete structures to geotechnics right after my graduation. He pioneered studies of soil mechanics paid by Energoprojekt Co. at Imperial College in the U.K.

The MSc soil mechanics study in 1984/85 enabled me to obtain the position of

a research assistant later. Professor Petar Anagnosti (former principal geotechnical

engineer of Energoprojekt Co. and former vice president of the International Society

for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering) and Mr Aleksandar Bozovic (former technical director of Energoprojekt Co. and former chairman of the committee

on seismic aspects of dam design of the International Commission of Large Dams)

encouraged me to apply for the position of a research assistant at Imperial College.

The editor of European Earthquake Engineering and Ingegneria Sismica journals

Professor Duilio Benedetti accepted kindly for publication 20 of my papers related

to geotechnical earthquake engineering in the period 1995 to end of 2010. Numerous

publications of my papers encourage me to work more in the field of geotechnical

earthquake engineering and related topics such as ground vibration. Dr. Massimo

Tognetti from Patron Editore provided publisher’s consent