1. Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, MS 0258, Reno, NV 89557-0258 (corresponding author).
2. Structural Analyst, Advanced Technology and Research, Arup. 560 Mission St., 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105; formerly, Postdoctoral Scholar, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, MS 0258, Reno, NV 89557-0258.
3. Professor, Dean of Engineering, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, MS 0258, Reno, NV 89557-0256.
4. Senior Researcher, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, 1501-21 Nishikameya, Mitsuta, Shijimi-cho Miki, Hyogo 673-0515, Japan.
5. Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido Univ., Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan.