Address: University of Southern California Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Los Angeles, California 90089-1453 Office: OHE 430I Tel. (213) 740-0493 Fax. (213) 740-8071 email: mdravins@usc.edu

Academic rank: Professor, full-time

Education:

1975 Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
1971 Dip. Ing., University of Zagreb, Croatia

USC Academic Positions:

1998-: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
1989-98: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
1983-89: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Interests:

Propagation, and diffraction of elastic waves, geophysical wave propagation, earthquake engineering

Selected Publications:

M. Dravinski and T. Zheng, ''Numerical evaluation of Green's functions for trans versely isotropic full space,'' Wave Motion 32, pp. 141-151, 2000.
T. Zheng and M. Dravinski, ''Scattering of waves by a 3D anisotropic basin,'' Earthq. Eng. Struct. Dyn. 29, pp. 419-439, 2000.
T. Zheng and M. Dravinski, ''Amplification of waves by an orthotropic basin: Sagittal plane motion,'' Earthq. Eng. Struct. Dyn. 28, pp. 565-584, 1999.
T. Zheng and M. Dravinski, ''Amplification of SH waves by an orthotropic basin,'' Earthq. Eng. Struct. Dyn. 27, pp. 243-257, 1998.