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PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed journal publications:
1. Jana, A., & Stuedlein, A. W. (2025). “Excess Pore Pressure Generation and Liquefaction of Gravelly Soil.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 151(12), 04025148. https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-13721
2. Jana, A., & Dey, A. (2025). “A Numerical Investigation of Drainage Characteristics of Nonwoven Geotextile in Unsaturated Fine-grained Soil.” International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, 11(5), 53. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40891-025-00660-9
3. Jas, K., Jana, A., and Dodagoudar, G. R. (2025). “Evaluation and Future Prospects of Data‐Driven Intelligence‐Based Framework for Predicting Cyclic Behavior of Reconstituted Sand.” International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 49(5), 1597-1621 https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.3939
4. Dadashiserej, A. Jana, A., Stuedlein, A. W. and Evans, T. M. (2024). “Cyclic Resistance Models for Transitional Silts with Application to Subduction Zone Earthquakes.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 150, 2. https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-11671 (Selected for Editor’s Choice Paper)
5. Dadashiserej, A., Jana, A., Xu, Zhongze., Stuedlein, A. W., Evans, T.M., Stokoe II, K.H., and Cox, B. (2023). “Dynamic Response of a Low Plasticity Silt Deposit: Comparison of In-situ and Laboratory Responses.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 61(7), 1399-1417.
6. Dadashiserej, A., Jana, A., Stuedlein, A. W. and Evans, T. M. (2023). “Effect of Overburden Stress and Plasticity on the Cyclic Resistance of Silts.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE), 149(12), 06023007. https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-11345
7. Jana, A., and Stuedlein, A.W. (2022). “Discussion of A New V s-Based Liquefaction-Triggering Procedure for Gravelly Soils.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE), 149(7), 07023009. https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-11311
8. Jana, A., Dadashiserej, A., Zhang, B., Stuedlein, A. W., Evans, T.M., Stokoe II, K.H., and Cox, B. (2022). “Multi-directional VibroSeis Mobile Shaking and Controlled Blasting to Determine the In-Situ Dynamic Response of a Low Plasticity Silt Deposit.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 149, 3. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002924
9. Stuedlein, A.W., Jana, A., Dadashiserej and Yang, X. (2022). “On the In-situ Cyclic Resistance of Natural Sand and Silt Deposits.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE), 149(4), 04023015. https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-10784
10. Stuedlein, A. W., Dadashiserej, A., Jana, A., and Evans, T. M. (2022). “Liquafaction Susceptibility and Cyclic Response of Intact Nonplastic and Plastic Silts.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 149, 1. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GT.1943-5606.0002935
11. Dadashiserej, A., Jana, A., Stuedlein, A. W. and Evans, T. M. (2022). “Effect of Strain History on the Monotonic and Cyclic Response of Natural and Reconstituted Silts.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2022.107329
12. Jana, A. and Stuedlein, A.W. (2022). “Dynamic In-Situ Nonlinear-inelastic Response of a Plastic Silt Deposit.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal., 59(1), 111-128 https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2020-0652 (Selected for Editor’s Choice Paper)
13. Jana, A., Donaldson, A. M., Stuedlein, A. W. and Evans, T. M. (2020). “Deep, In-Situ Nonlinear Dynamic Testing of Soil with Controlled Blasting: Instrumentation, Calibration, and Example Application to a Plastic Silt Deposit.” Geotechnical Testing Journal (ASTM), https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20190426
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14. Jana, A. and Stuedlein, A.W. (2021). “Dynamic In-Situ Response of a Deep, Medium Dense Sand Deposit.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 147, 6, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002523.
15. Jana, A. and Stuedlein, A.W. (2021). “Monotonic, Cyclic and Post-Cyclic Response of an Alluvial Plastic Silt Deposit.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 147, No. 3, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002462.
16. Jana, A., Donaldson, A. M., Stuedlein, A. W., & Evans, T. M. (2021). Deep, In Situ Nonlinear Dynamic Testing of Soil with Controlled Blasting: Instrumentation, Calibration, and Application to a Plastic Silt Deposit. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 44(5), 1301-1326. https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20190426
17. Jana, A. and Dey, A. (2018). “Combined Functioning of Geotextile as Barrier and Drainage Material in Unsaturated Earth Retaining Structures.” Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 48, No. 342. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-017-0268-0.
18. Aswathi, C K., Jana, A., Dey, A. and Sreedeep, S. (2018). “Stability Assessment of Reinforced Rock Slope Based on Two-Dimensional Finite Element Approach: A Himalayan Case Study.” The Bridge and Structural Engineer, Vol. 48, No. 2, 56-62.
Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings
1. Jana, A., Williams, M., Hieggelke, C., Dadashiserej, A., & Ray, S. (2025) “Geotechnical Characterization of the Soil along the Oregon Coast: Preparing for the Next Subduction Event.” In Geotechnical Frontiers, pp. 204-215.
2. Jana, A., Pushpan, M. K., Dey, A., & Sreedeep, S. (2025). “Assessing Rock Slope Stability under Dynamic Loading: A Case Study of North Sikkim, India.” In Geotechnical Frontiers 2025, pp. 163-173.
3. Sahin, A., Jana, A., Beyzaei, C. Z., Sancio, R., Ulmer, K. J., Brandenberg, S. J., ... & Stuedlein, A. W. (2025) “Next Generation Liquefaction Laboratory Database for Susceptibility and Cyclic Strength Assessment.” In Geotechnical Frontiers, pp. 238-247.
4. Jana, A., & Stuedlein, A. W. (2024). “Cyclic Threshold Shear Strain to Trigger Liquefaction in Gravelly Soil.” In International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (pp. 161-173). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
5. Stuedlein, A. W., & Jana, A. (2024). “Cyclic Resistance of Intact Fine-Grained Tailings: Observations Drawn Through Application of a Model Developed for Natural Silts.” Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 10(37), 1395-1400.
6. Jas, K., & Jana, A. (2024). “Prediction of shear strain and excess pore water pressure response in liquefiable sands under cyclic loading using deep learning model.” Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 10(46), 1729-1734.
7. Ashford, S. A., and Jana, A. (2024). “Thirty Years After Kobe: The Role of Controlled Blasting in Mitigating Liquefaction Hazards.” Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 10(8), 191-196.
8. Ray, S., Dash, S., Jana, A., Mishra, A. K., & Kalamdhad, A. S. “Influence of Fly Ash Leachate on the Hydraulic and Mechanical Behavior of Bentonites.” In Geo-Congress 2024 (pp. 526-535).
9. Dadashiserej, A., Jana, A., Stuedlein, A. W., & Evans, T. M. “Strain-Dependent Cyclic Strength Ratio Model for Transitional Silts.” In Geo-Congress 2024 (pp. 358-368).
10. Jana, A., and Dey, A. (2024). “A Numerical Study of Drainage Characteristics of Nonwoven Geotextile on the Performance of a Reinforced Soil Wall Comprising Unsaturated Marginal Backfill.” In Geo-Congress 2024 (pp. 447-458).
11. Dadashiserej, A., Jana, A., Evans, T. M., and Stuedlein, A. W. (2022). “Influence of natural soil fabric on the cyclic resistance of low and high plasticity silts.” In 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering.
12. Hudson, K.S, Zimmaro, P., Ulmer, K., Carlton, B., Stuedlein, A., Jana, A., Dadashiserej, A., Brandenberg, S. J., Moss, R.E., Franke, K. W., Cetin, Ö., Stamatakos, J., Kramer, S. L., and Stewart, J. P. (2021). “Laboratory Component of Next-generation Liquefaction Project Database.” 4th International. Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake. Geotechnical Engineering (PBD-IV) in Beijing, China.
13. Stuedlein, A.W. and Jana, A. (2021). “In-Situ Liquefaction Testing of a Medium Dense Sand Deposit and Comparison to Case History- and Laboratory-based Cyclic Stress and Strain Evaluations” 4th International. Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake. Geotechnical Engineering (PBD-IV) in Beijing, China (Selected for Theme Lecture).
14. Dadashiserej, A., Zhang, B., Jana, A., Stuedlein, A. W., Stokoe II, K.H., Evans, T.M. and Cox, B. (2021). “In-Situ and Laboratory Cyclic Response of an Alluvial Plastic Silt Deposit.” Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Sydney, Australia.
15. Dadashiserej, A., Jana, A., Ortiz, S.C., Walters, J., Stuedlein, A. W. and Evans, T.M. (2021). “Monotonic, Cyclic, and Post-Cyclic Response of Willamette River Silt at the Van Buren Bridge.” In Geo-Congress 2022, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
16. Jana, A., Stuedlein, A. W., Wharton, T. and Bock, J. (2021). “Deep, Dynamic In-Situ Excess Pore Pressure Response of a Medium Dense Sand.” In the San Fernando Earthquake Conference – 50 years of Lifeline Engineering (Lifelines2021), University of California Los Angeles, California. USA.
17. Stuedlein, A.W., Jana, A., Donaldson, A.M., Batti, J.J., and Evans, T.M. (2019). “Instrumentation and Calibration Protocols for Deep, In-Situ Liquefaction Testing with Controlled Blasting.” Proc., 7th Int. Conf. Earthquake Geot. Engrg., Rome, Italy, 10 pp.
18. Jana, A., Mithresh, P., Dey, A., Sreedeep, S. and Murli Krishna, A. (2018). “Static and Dynamic Slope Stability Assessment of Himalayan Rock Slope.” Geotechnical Applications: IGC 2016, Volume 4. pp. 231-237.
19. Aswathi C.K., Jana A., Dey A., Sreedeep S. (2019). “Stability Assessment of Reinforced Rock Slope Based on Two-Dimensional Finite Element Approach: A Himalayan Case Study.” Geotechnics for Transportation Infrastructure. Sundaram R., Shahu J., Havanagi V. (eds), Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 28. Springer, Singapore.
20. Mithresh, P., Jana, A., Dey, A. and Sreedeep, S. (2017). “Stability assessment of rock slope using finite element modeling.” International Conference on Geo techniques for Infrastructure Projects, Thiruvananthapur.India, 4 pp.
21. Alammyan, A., Pegu, S., Jana, A. and Sreedeep, S. (2017). “A Methodology to Model Effective Two-Dimensional Plane Strain Analysis of Jointed Rock Slope” GeoNEst: IGC, Guwahati, India, 4 pp.
22. Kallam, N., Bora, M., Jana, A., Sreedeep, S. and Krishna, AM. (2017). “Stability Assessment and Designing of Jointed Rock Slope Using Finite Element Method” GeoNEst: IGC, Guwahati, India, 4 pp.
23. Dixit, A., Pal, A.K., Jana, A. and Sreedeep, S. (2017). “Effect of Geological Strength Index on Factor of Safety of Jointed Rock Slope.” GeoNEst: IGC, Guwahati, India, 4 pp.
24. Jana, A., Dey, A. and Sreedeep, S. (2017). “Stability analysis of a Himalayan Rock Slope using combined continuum interface element method.” Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies: Indian Geotechnical Conference, Guwahati, India, 4 pp.
25. Jana, A. and Dey, A. (2016). “Unsaturated Behavior of Geotextile in Earth Retaining Structure Under RainWater Infiltration.” International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issues, ISSMGE, Mumbai, India, pp. 1-4 (Merited the Best Paper Award).
26. Jana, A. and Dey, A. (2016). “Effectiveness of Geotextile Reinforced Soil Walls Backfilled with Fine Soil.” 6th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics, New Delhi, India pp. 440-449.
27. Jana, A. and Dey, A. (2016). “Conflicting Behavior of Geotextiles in Reinforced Clay wall” NorthEast Students Geo-Congress: NESGC 2016, Agartala, India, pp. 42-51.
Technical Reports (Peer-reviewed):
1. Kameshwar, S., Jana, A., H. Dang, M. Gutierrez Soto, A. Abdelhady, A. Diekmann, I. Robertson, J. Yuzbasi, D. Roueche, K. Ancona, K. Wolohan (2024). "StEER: Hurricane Milton Annotated Media Repository", in StEER - Hurricane Milton. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-naw6-rx36
2. Kyprioti, A., J. Yuzbasi, H. Dang, Jana, A., S. Kameshwar, A. Diekmann, S. Garcia, P. Mohammadi, M. Gutierrez Soto, B. Webb, S. Pilkington, M. Amini, P. Alagusundaramoorthy, D. Kalliontzis, S. Parajuli, P. Pokhrel, S. Ray, T. Tomiczek, S. Xu, C. Wang, A. Gasha, M. Perotin, K. Mostafa, D. Roueche, T. Lin, T. Do, K. Ancona, K. Wolohan (2024). "StEER: Hurricane Helene Annotated Media Repository", in StEER - Hurricane Helene [Version 2]. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-mxeh-7712
3. Wolohan, K., K. Mosalam, Jana, A., N. BEKTAS, K. Erazo, S. Garcia, A. Kyprioti, C. Wang, X. Romão, B. Petreski, S. Xu, A. Diekmann, H. Dang, P. Arora, T. Lahna (2024). "StEER: 2024 Hualien City Earthquake Annotated Media Repository", in StEER- 2024 Hualien City, Taiwan Earthquake. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-4xv5-qc41
4. Coffman, R. A., Blanchard, J. D., Stuedlein, A. W., Jana, A., & Budge, A. S. (2024). Pile Design for Downdrag: Examples and Supporting Materials (No. NCHRP Project 12-116A).
5. Coffman, R. A., Blanchard, J. D., Stuedlein, A. W., Jana, A., & Budge, A. S. (2024). Design of Piles for Downdrag (No. NCHRP Project 12-116A).
6. Stuedlein, A. W., Dadashiserej, A., & Jana, A. (2023). Models for the cyclic resistance of silts and evaluation of cyclic failure during subduction zone earthquakes. Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
7. Dilsiz, A., S. Gunay, K. Mosalam, E. Miranda, C. Arteta, H. Sezen, E. Fischer, M. Hakhamaneshi, W. Hassan, B. ALhawamdeh, S. Andrus, J. Archbold, S. Arslanturkoglu, N. BEKTAS, L. Ceferino, J. Cohen, B. Duran, K. Erazo, G. Faraone, T. Feinstein, R. Gautam, A. Gupta, S. Haj Ismail, A. Jana, S. Javadinasab Hormozabad, A. Kasalanati, M. Kenawy, Z. Khalil, I. Liou, M. Marinkovic, A. Martin, Y. Merino, M. Mivehchi, L. Moya, C. Pájaro Miranda, n. quintero, J. Rivera, X. Romão, M. Lopez Ruiz, S. Sorosh, L. Vargas, P. Velani, H. Wibowo, S. Xu, T. YILMAZ, M. Alam, G. Holtzer, T. Kijewski-Correa, I. Robertson, D. Roueche, A. Safiey. (2023) "StEER: 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaras, Türkiye Earthquake Sequence Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report (PVRR)", in StEER- February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaras, Türkiye, Mw 7.8 Earthquake. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-7ry2-gv66
8. Fischer, E. Aldea, S. Archbold, J. Bantis, J. Bravo, M. Ceferino, L. Carrillo, J. Cheng, K. Cordero, D. Elkady, A. Guerrero, H. Gunay, S. Hakhamaneshi, M. Heresi, P. Hoepfinger, C. Khalil, Z. Mathur, V. Martin, A. Metz, A. Mijic, Z. Miranda, E. Pajaro, C. Poulos, A. Sepulveda, C. Toraman, E. Wein, A. Wu, K. Zambrano, J. Zhang, J., Jana, A. (2022) "Eeri: Lugu, Taiwan September 18, 2022, Mw 6.9 Earthquake", In Eeri: Lugu, Taiwan September 18, 2022, Mw 6.9 Earthquake. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-65yg-nn97 v1
9. Stuedlein, A. Evans, M. Dadashiserej, A. Jana, A. (2021) “Oregon State University Blast Array with T-Rex”in Collaborative Research: Bridging the In-situ and Elemental Cyclic Response of Transitional Soils. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-c74j-e947
10. Zhang, B. Stokoe, K. Cox, B. Stuedlein, A. Roberts, J. Hwang, S. Xu, Z. Menq, F. Evans, M. Jana, A., Dadashiserej, A. (2021) “Collaborative Study on Dynamic Response of Transitional Soils”, in Collaborative Research: Bridging the In-situ and Elemental Cyclic Response of Transitional Soils. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-81g3-ef87
11. Stuedlein, A.W., Evans, T. M., Dadashiserej, A. and Jana, A. (2021). “Cyclic Response and Softening of Western Oregon Silts and Assessment Within the Simplified Method Framework,” Final Report, Prepared for the Cascadia Lifelines Program (CLiP), OR, 95 pp.
12. Stuedlein, A.W., Jana, A. and Donaldson, A. (2020). “Undrained Shear Strength of Plastic Silt Subject to Blast-induced Excess Pore Pressures,” Final Report, Prepared for the Oregon Department of Transportation, Salem, OR, 48 pp.
13. Stuedlein, A.W. and Jana, A. (2020). “Evaluation of Deep, In-Situ Blast-Induced Dynamic Response of Natural Silt and Sand: Dynamic Response of Soils at the Port of Portland,” Final Report, Prepared for the Port of Portland, Portland, OR, 311 pp.
DATABASES
1. Blanchard, J., Jana, A., R. Coffman, A. Stuedlein, A. Budge (2025). “NCHRP Research Report 1112: Design of Piles for Downdrag, Database of Instrumented Static Load Test Data on Driven Piles.” DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-bez6-4812
2. Ulmer K.J., Zimmaro P., Brandenberg S.J., Stewart J.P., Hudson K.S., Stuedlein A.W., Jana A., Dadashiserej A., Kramer S.L., Cetin K.O., Can G., Ilgac M., Franke K.W., Moss R.E.S., Bartlett S.F., Hosseinali M., Dacayanan H., Kwak D.Y., Stamatakos J., Mukherjee J., Salman U., Ybarra S., Weaver T. (2023). Next-Generation Liquefaction Database, Version 2. Next-Generation Liquefaction Consortium. DOI: 10.21222/C23P70.
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3. Stuedlein, A., Jana, A., J. Cary (2021). “Subsurface Investigation at Selected Liquefaction Case History Sites, Christchurch, NZ”, in Role of Spatial Variability in Liquefaction Consequence Severity. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-fy1v-hh47
4. Stuedlein, A., M. Evans, A. Dadashiserej, Jana, A. (2021). "Oregon State University Blast Array with T-Rex", in Collaborative Research: Bridging the In-situ and Elemental Cyclic Response of Transitional Soils. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-c74j-e947
5. Zhang, B., K. Stokoe, B. Cox, A. Stuedlein, J. Roberts, S. Hwang, Z. Xu, F. Menq, M. Evans, A. Jana, A., Dadashiserej (2021). "Collaborative Study on Dynamic Response of Transitional Soils", in Collaborative Research: Bridging the In-situ and Elemental Cyclic Response of Transitional Soils. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-81g3-ef87
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