Prof Michael Griffith
Michael Griffith is Professor in the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering at the University of Adelaide and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences.
He obtained his PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (1988) after completing his BSc(Civil Eng.) and MSc (Civil Eng.) degrees at Washington State University in the US.
Dr. Griffith is a member of the Standards Australia Australian Earthquake Loading Code committee, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, state committee member of the SA Structural College and Past-President and now Honorary Life Member of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.
His main professional and research interests are in the field of earthquake engineering and structural dynamics with a particular interest in the performance of unreinforced masonry structures in earthquakes.
He has co-authored over 200 research papers in the field of structural engineering and sits on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Earthquake Engineering which is based in Tokyo.
Project leadership
Supervisory roles
| Project | Student |
|---|---|
| Quantifying the seismic and site amplification characteristics of Adelaide's regolith | bsetiawan |
