Publications

Below is a list of my current publications. Also included are audio summaries (podcasts) generated with Google NotebookLM (credit to Google). If there are any questions, please reach out to me.

Journal Papers

Component-to-component variability of response spectral ordinates from strike-slip earthquakes

Nathan Girmay, Eduardo Miranda

Earthquake Spectra

March 2026

Evaluation of directionality in physics-based ground motion simulations of strike-slip earthquakes

Nathan Girmay, Alan Poulos, Eduardo Miranda

Earthquake Spectra

September 2024

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Orientation and intensity of maximum response spectral ordinates during the December 20, 2022 Mw 6.4 Ferndale, California earthquake

Nathan Girmay, Eduardo Miranda, Alan Poulos

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

October 2023

Directionality and polarization of response spectral ordinates in the 2023 Kahramanmaras, Türkiye earthquake doublet

Nathan Girmay, Alan Poulos, Eduardo Miranda

Earthquake Spectra

October 2023

Conference Papers

Recent research on ground motion directionality in strike-slip earthquakes

Eduardo Miranda, Nathan Girmay

SMIP Seminar on Utilization of Strong-Motion Data, CA, USA

October 2025

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Preliminary evaluation of the seismic response of tall buildings during the 28 March 2024 Mw 7.8 Myanmar earthquake

Eduardo Miranda, Nathan Girmay

The 3rd Thailand Symposium on Earthquake Research, Bangkok, Thailand

August 2025

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Effect of focal mechanism on directionality of horizontal ground motion intensity

Eduardo Miranda, Nathan Girmay, Alan Poulos

SMIP Seminar on Utilization of Strong-Motion Data, CA, USA

October 2024

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Ground Motion Directionality Effects in the 2023 Kahramanmaras, Türkiye Earthquake Sequence

Nathan Girmay, Alan Poulos, Eduardo Miranda, Miguel Bravo-Haro, Pablo Heresi, Hector Davalos, Maria Liapopoulou

18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy

July 2024

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Examination of Directionality in the Mw 6.4, Ferndale, California, Earthquake

Nathan Girmay, Eduardo Miranda, Alan Poulos

18th World Conference On Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy

July 2024

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Evaluation of Seismic Demand on Bridge Nonstructural Components Using ASCE 7

Nathan Girmay, Mirela Tumbeva, Thanh Do, David R. Ojala

Fifth International Workshop on the Seismic Performance of Non-Structural Elements (SPONSE)

December 2022

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