·         Modeling and analysis of reinforced concrete, steel and steel-concrete composite structures;

·         Modeling and analysis of reinforced concrete structures retrofitted with fiber reinforced polymers;

·         Modeling and analysis of soil-foundation-structure interaction systems;

·         Finite element methods for response and response sensitivity analyses of structural and geotechnical systems;

·         Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics;

·         Random vibration theory and stochastic process modeling;

·         Computational reliability analysis of structural and geotechnical systems;

·         Probabilistic methods and their application to earthquake/wind/hurricane engineering;

·         Performance-Based Engineering;

·         Numerical optimization methods and their application to structural engineering problems, e.g.:

o      Structural reliability,

o      Structural optimization,

o      Structural identification,

o      Finite element model updating.

·         Paper reviewer for Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Elsevier.

·         Paper reviewer for Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Elsevier.

·         Paper reviewer for Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE.

·         Paper reviewer for Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE.

·         Paper reviewer for International Journal of Computational Methods, World Scientific.

·         Paper reviewer for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Wiley.

·         Paper reviewer for Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, Wiley.

·         Paper reviewer for International Journal of Reliability and Safety, Inderscience.

·         Paper reviewer for Composite Structures, Elsevier.

·         Paper reviewer for Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences.

·         Member of ASCE Dynamics Committee, 2008 – present

·         Member of ASCE Probabilistic Methods Committee, 2009 – present

·         Member (invited) of Working Party 4.4.7 “Nonlinear dynamic analysis for design and assessment of RC structures”, Task Group 4.4 “Computer modelling and design”, Commission 4 “Modelling of structural behaviour and design”, fib (fédération internationale du béton), 2009 - present

·         Member of the Undergraduate Affairs – Civil Engineering Curriculum Committee (2008 – present)

·         Louisiana Board of Regents, NSF EPSCoR, Travel Grant for Emerging Faculty (TGEF) program, funding contributed for attending the 2009 NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop, at the George Mason University, Arlington, VA (USA), March 12-13, 2009 ($1200)

·         LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Faculty Travel Support, funding contributed for presentation of the paper “Recent advances in sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analysis of structural systems” at the First American Academy of Mechanics Conference (FirstAAM2008), in New Orleans (LA, USA), June 17-20, 2008 ($500).

·         AISC Travel Stipend for Educators, funding contributed for attending the Educator Session at the 2008 North American Steel Construction Conference (NASCC) in Nashville (TN, USA), April 2-5, 2008 ($250).

·         LSU Faculty Travel Program, funding contributed for presentation of the paper “Probabilistic Response Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Structures” at the First American Academy of Mechanics Conference (FirstAAM2008), in New Orleans (LA, USA), June 17-20, 2008 ($750).

·         LSU Junior Faculty Travel Program, funding contributed for presentation of the paper “A New Hybrid Method for Structural Reliability Analysis: the Design Point - Response Surface – Simulation (DP-RS-Sim) Method” at the Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08) in Minneapolis (MN, USA), May 18-21, 2008 ($500).

1.      Title: A probabilistic performance-based methodology for mitigation of wind-borne debris impact hazard and design of impact resistant building envelope components           
Role: PI    
Sponsor: Louisiana Board of Regents, through LSU Graduate School          
Program: Economic Development Assistantships (EDAs) 2009-2010 
Grant Period: August 2009-July 2013    
Award Amount: $100,000

2.      Title: Probabilistic characterization of building envelope component resistance to wind-borne debris impact using experimental fragility curves       
Role: PI    
Sponsor: LSU Council on Research      
Program: 2008-2009 Faculty Grant Program   
Grant Period: July 2008-August 2009     
Award Amount: $10,000 
(http://www.research.lsu.edu/frg_recipients08-09.pdf)

3.      Title: Probabilistic demand analysis of dynamically-excited uncertain structural system
Role: PI    
Sponsor: Louisiana Board of Regents, through NSF EPSCoR           
Program: Pilot Funding for New Research (Pfund)    
Grant Period: April 2008-May 2009       
Award Amount: $10,000 
(http://www.laregents.org/www2/main/Pfund%202008%20awards.pdf)

4.      Title: A probabilistic performance-based approach for wind-borne debris hazard mitigation
Role: PI    
Sponsor: LSU College of Engineering, through Longwell’s Family Foundation       
Program: Fund for Innovation in Engineering Research (FIER)       
Grant Period: March 2008-April 2009    
Award Amount: $20,000             
(http://www.eng.lsu.edu/news_events/viewnews.php?id=260)

5.      Title: Performance evaluation of buried pipe systems
Role: PI    
Sponsor: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD), through Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC)       
Program: Technology Transfer  
Grant Period: January 2008-March 2009          
Award Amount: $75,000 
(https://www.ltrc.lsu.edu/pdf/2008/capsule_086gt.pdf)

·         CE 7700    Random Vibrations (Spring 2008): Graduate level course

·         CE 4435    Indeterminate Structural Analysis (Spring 2008, Spring 2009): Undergraduate level course

·         CE 3415    Structural Analysis I (Fall 2008): Undergraduate level course

·         CE 7420    Limit Analysis and Design (Spring 2009): Graduate level course

Graduate Student Committee Memberships

·         Srikanth Kondamadugula, M.S. (project option), Engineering Science, Advisor: Dr. D. Constant, Graduated: February 2008.

·         Lu Deng, General Exam, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Advisor: Dr. S. Cai.

·         Jason Fennel, General Exam, M.S. (thesis option), Civil Engineering, Advisor: Dr. M. Levitan).

·         PinChuan Chen, General Exam, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: Dr. M. Murphy.

·         Junhui Dong, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Advisor: Dr. S. Cai.

Students Advised as Principal Advisor

·         Marvin Bowman, M.S. (project option), Project: Performance evaluation of buried pipe systems

·         Alexander Herbin, M.S. (thesis option), Project: A probabilistic performance-based approach for wind-borne debris hazard mitigation

Chancellor’s Future Leaders in Research Students

·         Brian Smoorenburg, Civil Engineering, Project: Hurricane Missile Cannon Lab Instrumentation and Control Systems

Undergraduate Students Advised for Research Projects

·         Alexander Herbin, Civil Engineering, Project: Performance evaluation of buried pipe systems

ME-EE Senior projects Advised

·         Hurricane Missile Cannon Lab Instrumentation and Control Systems (Fall 2008-Spring 2009)
(Co-advisors: Dr. M. Barbato, Dr. M. Levitan, Dr. D. Nikitopoulos, Mr. B. Audiffred)         
Sponsors: Dr. M. Barbato, Dr. M. Levitan

1. Barbato M. (2009) “Efficient Finite Element Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Beams Retrofitted with Fibre Reinforced Polymers.” Computers and Structures, 87(3-4):167-176.
2. Barbato M and Conte JP. (2008). “Spectral Characteristics of Non-Stationary Random Processes: Theory and Applications to Linear Structural Models.” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 23(4):416-426. 
   (Selected among the ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles in Engineering, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, for April-June 2008).   
   http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/engineering/12/journal/probabilistic-engineering-mechanics/02668920/archive/19/
3. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2008). “Nonlinear Seismic Response Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Frames.” Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), 134(6):986-997.
4. Barbato M, Zona A and Conte JP (2007). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis Using Three-Field Mixed Formulation: General Theory and Application to Frame Structures.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 69(1):114-161.
5. Barbato M and Conte JP (2006). “Finite Element Structural Response Sensitivity and Reliability Analyses Using Smooth versus Non-Smooth Material Constitutive Models.” International Journal of Reliability and Safety, 1(1-2):3-39.
6. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2006). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Continuous Steel-Concrete Composite Girders.” Steel and Composite Structures, an International Journal, 6(3):183-202.
7. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2005). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams with Deformable Shear Connection.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE), 131(11):1126-1139.
8. Barbato M and Conte JP (2005). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis: a comparison between force-based and Displacement-Based Frame Element Models.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 194(12-16):1479-1512.
   (Selected among the ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles in Engineering, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, for January-March 2005).
   http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/mathematics/16/journal/computer-methods-in-applied-mechanics-and-engineering/00457825/archive/3/
9. Conte JP, Barbato M and Spacone E (2004). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis using Force-Based Frame Models.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 59(13):1781-1820.

Accepted/In print/Available online

Submitted

1. Gu Q, Barbato M and Conte JP. “Handling of Constraints in Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE) (under review).
2. Barbato M and Vasta M. “Closed-Form Solutions for the Time-Variant Spectral Characteristics of Non-Stationary Random Processes.” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics (under review).

Under Preparation

1. Barbato M and Conte JP. “Efficient Simulation of a Fully Non-Stationary Earthquake Ground Motion Model.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE).
2. Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP. “Probabilistic Pushover Analysis of Structural and Geotechnical Systems.” Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE).
3. Barbato M and Conte JP. “Structural Reliability Applications of Spectral Characteristics of Non-Stationary Random Processes.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE).

1. Gu Q, Barbato M and Conte J.P. (2009). “Finite element response sensitivity and reliability analysis of structural and/or geotechnical systems.” Full paper submitted, 10^th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (10^th ICOSSAR), September 13-17, 2009, Osaka (Japan).
2. Barbato M and Conte J.P. (2009). “A new efficient simulation technique for a fully non-stationary stochastic earthquake ground motion” Full paper submitted, 10^th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (10^th ICOSSAR), September 13-17, 2009, Osaka (Japan).
3. Zona A, Barbato M, Dall’Asta A, Dezi L (2009). “Probabilistic nonlinear finite element analysis for design assessment of continuous steel-concrete composite girders.” Abstract accepted, 33^rd IABSE Symposium on Sustainable Infrastructure, September 9-11, 2009, Bangkok (Thailand).
4. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2008). “Nonlinear dynamic analysis of steel-concrete composite frame structures with full and partial shear connection under earthquake excitation.” Proceedings, 5^th European Conference on Steel & Composite Structures (EUROSTEEL 2008), September 3-5, 2008, Graz (Austria).
5. Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “Extension of the DP-RS-Sim hybrid method to time-variant structural reliability analysis.” American Institute of Physics Proceedings, 2008 Seismic Engineering International Conference (MERCEA’08), July 8-11, 2008, Messina (Italy)      
   Available online in American Institute of Physics Proceedings, Vol. 1020, pp. 1693-1700, DOI:10.1063/1.2963800 (http://link.aip.org/link/?APCPCS/1020/1693/1)
6. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2007). “Nonlinear dynamic analysis of steel-concrete composite frame structures under seismic ground motions.” Proceedings, 3^rd International Conference on Steel & Composite Structures (ICSCS’07), July 30-August 1, 2007, Manchester (England, UK).
7. Barbato M and Conte JP (2007). “Extension of spectral characteristics to complex-valued random processes and applications in structural reliability.” Proceedings, 10^th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), August 1-3, 2007, Tokyo (Japan).
8. Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2006). “Response sensitivity and probabilistic response analyses of reinforced concrete frame structures.” Proceedings, 8^th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (8^th NCEE), April 18-22, 2006, San Francisco (California, USA).
9. Barbato M and Conte JP (2005). “Smooth versus non-smooth material constitutive models in gradient-based optimization for structural reliability analysis.” Proceedings, 9^th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (9^th ICOSSAR), June 19-23, 2005, Rome (Italy).
10. Barbato M, Conte JP and Peng B-F (2004). “Response mean upcrossing rate for linear MDOF systems subjected to fully nonstationary earthquake ground motion model.” Proceedings, 13^th World Conference on Earth­quake Engineering (13^th WCEE), August 1-6, 2004, Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada).
11. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2004). “Finite element response sensitivity analysis of continuous steel-concrete composite beams.” Proceedings, 2^nd International Conference on Steel & Composite Structures (ICSCS’04), September 2-4, 2004, Seoul (Korea).
12. Monti G and Barbato M (2003). “Fiber-section FE of FRP-strengthened RC beam in flexure, shear and confinement.” Proceedings, 6^th International Symposium on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, July 8-10, 2003, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Singapore).

1. Barbato M (2009). “Time-variant spectral characteristics of non-stationary random processes with applications to earthquake engineering.” Abstract accepted, 2^nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2009), June 22-24, 2009, Rhodes (Greece).
2. Zona A, Barbato M  and Conte JP (2009). “Modeling issues in nonlinear dynamic finite element analysis of steel-concrete composite frame structures subjected to seismic excitation.” Abstract submitted, 2^nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2009), June 22-24, 2009, Rhodes (Greece).
3. Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2009). “Time-variant structural reliability analysis by using the DP-RS-Sim method.” Abstract accepted, 2^nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2009), June 22-24, 2009, Rhodes (Greece).
4. Barbato M (2009). “Performance evaluation of buried pipe installation: Preliminary results.” Abstract accepted, 2009 Louisiana Transportation Conference, (2009 LTC), February 8-11, 2009, Baton Rouge, LA (USA).
5. Barbato M (2008). “Finite element response sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analyses of structural and geotechnical systems.” Proceedings (abstract), 4^th Conference of Italian Researchers, November 8, 2008, Houston, TX (USA).
6. Zona A, Barbato M, Dall’Asta A, Dezi L (2008). “Response uncertainty evaluation of continuous steel-concrete girders designed with plastic theory.” Proceedings (abstract), VII Italian Workshop on Composite Structures, October 23-24, 2008, Benevento (Italy).
7. Barbato M, Zona A and Conte JP (2008). “Simplified probabilistic response analysis of steel-concrete composite beams.” Proceedings (abstract), VII Italian Workshop on Composite Structures, October 23-24, 2008, Benevento (Italy).
8. Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2008). “A new hybrid reliability analysis method: the Design Point - Response Surface – Simulation method.” Proceedings (full paper), 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), October 12-17, 2008, Beijing (China).
9. Gu Q., Barbato M and Conte JP (2008). “A new sensitivity and reliability framework for structural and geotechnical systems.” Proceedings (full paper), 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), October 12-17, 2008, Beijing (China).
10. Barbato M, Zona A and Conte JP (2008). “Probabilistic response analysis of steel-concrete composite structures.” Proceedings (abstract), First American Academy of Mechanics Conference (FirstAAM2008), June 17-20, 2008, New Orleans (LA, USA).
11. Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “Recent advances in sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analysis of structural systems.” Proceedings (abstract), First American Academy of Mechanics Conference (FirstAAM2008), June 17-20, 2008, New Orleans (LA, USA).
12. Barbato M (2008). “Accurate and efficient finite element modeling of FRP-strengthened reinforced concrete beams.” Proceedings (abstract), Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).
13. Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “The Multidimensional Visualization in the Principal Planes method for time-invariant reliability analysis applications.” Proceedings (abstract),  Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).
14. Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “A new hybrid method for structural reliability analysis: the Design Point - Response Surface - Simulation (DP-RS-Sim) method.” Proceedings (abstract), Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).
15. Gu Q., Barbato M, and Conte JP (2008). “Finite element response sensitivity analysis for structural models using multi-point constraints.” Proceedings (abstract), Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).
16. Conte JP, Barbato M and Gu Q (2007). “Finite element response sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analyses.” Proceedings (keynote paper), International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2007), June 13-16, 2007, Rethymno, (Crete, Greece).
17. Barbato M and Conte JP (2007). “Simplified probabilistic dynamic response analysis of structural systems.” Proceedings (full-length paper), International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2007), June 13-16, 2007, Rethymno, (Crete, Greece).
18. Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2006). “Framework for finite element response sensitivity and reliability analyses of structural and geotechnical systems.” Proceedings (full-length paper), 1^st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (1^st ECEES), September 3-8, 2006, Geneva (Switzerland).
19. Barbato M, Conte JP and Zona A (2006). “Response sensitivity analysis of frame structures using finite elements based on three-field mixed formulation.” Proceedings (abstract), 7^th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (7^th WCCM), July 16-22, 2006, Los Angeles (California, USA).
20. Barbato M, Zona A and Conte JP (2004). “Nonlinear finite element response sensitivity analysis of steel-concrete composite beams.” Proceedings (full-length paper), 9^th ASCE EMD/SEI/GI/AD Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, July 26-28, 2004, Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA).
21. Conte JP, Barbato M and Spacone E (2004). “Force-based finite element response sensitivity Analysis of frame structures.” Proceedings (full-length paper), 17^th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, June 13-16, 2004, University of Delaware, Newark (Delaware, USA).
22. Barbato M, Monti G and Santinelli F (2003). “Fiber-section FE of FRP-strengthened RC beam for seismic analysis.” Proceedings (full-length paper), fib-Symposium Concrete Structures in Seismic Regions, May 6-9, 2003, Athens (Greece).

1. Barbato M and Conte JP (2008). “Spectral Characteristics of Non-Stationary Random Processes: Theory and Applications to Linear Structural Models.” Rep. No. SSRP-07/23, Dept. of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California, USA) (under preparation).
2. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2007). “Nonlinear Seismic Response Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Frames.” Rep. No. SSRP-07/11, Dept. of Structural Engineering, University of California at San Diego (La Jolla, California, USA).
3. Zona A, Barbato M and Conte JP (2006). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Structures.” Rep. No. SSRP-04/02, Dept. of Structural Engineering, University of California at San Diego (La Jolla, California, USA).

1. Barbato M (2007). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity, Probabilistic Response and Reliability Analyses of Structural Systems with Applications to Earthquake Engineering.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. Structural Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California at San Diego, Advisor: Professor Joel P. Conte, San Diego, CA (USA).
2. Barbato M (2002). “Un Elemento Finito Trave-Colonna in C.A. per il Rinforzo con FRP” (in Italian; “A finite element for R/C frames retrofitted with FRP”). Laurea degree Thesis, Dept. of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Advisor: Professor Ciampoli M., Co-Advisor: Professor Monti G., Rome (Italy).

Organized Technical Session and Minisymposia in Conferences

1. “Statistical and Probabilistic Methods in Computational Mechanics to Treat Aleatory and Epistemic Uncertainties in Structural and/or Geotechnical Systems and their Loading Environment.” Two-session Minisymposium organized (accepted) for the 2^nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2009), June 22-24, 2009, Rhodes (Greece), in collaboration with Professor Joel P. Conte.
2. “Probabilistic Methods in Finite Element Dynamic Analysis.” Two-session Minisymposium organized for the International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2007), June 13-16, 2007, Rethymno, (Crete, Greece), in collaboration with Professor Joel P. Conte.

Chaired Technical Session and Minisymposia in Conferences

1. “Probabilistic Methods in Finite Element Dynamic Analysis.” Two-session Minisymposium chaired for the International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2007), June 13-16, 2007, Rethymno, (Crete, Greece), co-chair: Professor Joel P. Conte.
2. “Uncertainty Evaluation III.” Session chaired for the Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), Symposium on Probailistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA), co-chair: Professor Frank Xu.

1. “Recent Advances in Reliability Analysis of Structural and geotechnical Systems.” Invited Seminar, Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, November 19, 2008, Baton Rouge, LA (USA).
2. “Finite Element Response Sensitivity, Probabilistic Response and Reliability Analyses of Structural and Geotechnical Systems.” Invited Seminar, Department of Constructions and Mathematical Methods in Architecture, University of Naples “Federico II”, July 17, 2008, Naples (Italy).
3. “Finite Element Response Sensitivity, Probabilistic Response and Reliability Analyses of Structural and Geotechnical Systems.” Invited Seminar, Department of Architecture, Construction and Structures, Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche, July 1, 2008, Ancona (Italy).
4. “Performance Evaluation of Buried Pipe Systems – Research Phase 1 Results.” Invited Presentation, LA DOTD Headquarters, April 16, 2008, Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA).
5. “Performance Evaluation of Buried Pipe Systems.” Invited Presentation, LA DOTD Headquarters, December 20, 2007, Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA).
6. “Finite Element Response Sensitivity, Probabilistic Response and Reliability Analyses of Structural and Geotechnical Systems.” Invited Seminar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, May 15, 2007, Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA).
7. “Finite Element Response Sensitivity, Probabilistic Response and Reliability Analyses of Structural and Geotechnical Systems.” Invited Seminar, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, April 2, 2007, Atlanta (Georgia, USA).

1. “Extension of the DP-RS-Sim hybrid method to time-variant structural reliability analysis.” 2008 Seismic Engineering International Conference (MERCEA’08), July 8-11, 2008, Messina (Italy)
2. “Probabilistic response analysis of steel-concrete composite structures.” First American Academy of Mechanics Conference (FirstAAM2008), June 17-20, 2008, New Orleans (LA, USA).
3. “Recent advances in sensitivity, probabilistic response and reliability analysis of structural systems.” First American Academy of Mechanics Conference (FirstAAM2008), June 17-20, 2008, New Orleans (LA, USA).
4. “Accurate and efficient finite element modeling of FRP-strengthened reinforced concrete beams.” Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).
5. “The Multidimensional Visualization in the Principal Planes method for time-invariant reliability analysis applications.” International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).
6. “A new hybrid method for structural reliability analysis: the Design Point - Response Surface - Simulation (DP-RS-Sim) method.” Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).
7. “Finite element response sensitivity analysis for structural models using multi-point constraints.” Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08), May 18-21, 2008, Minneapolis (MN, USA).
8. “Extension of Spectral Characteristics to Complex-Valued Random Processes and Applications in Structural Reliability.” 10^th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP10), August 1-3, 2007, Tokyo (Japan).
9. “Simplified Probabilistic Dynamic Response Analysis of Structural Systems.” International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2007), June 13-16, 2007, Rethymno (Crete, Greece).
10.  “Extension of Spectral Characteristics to Complex-Valued Random Processes and Applications in Structural Reliability.” SE291 Seminar, Structural Engineering Department, UCSD, May 9, 2007, San Diego (California, USA).
11. “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis using the Direct Differentiation Method.” SE291 Seminar, Structural Engineering Department, UCSD, March 14, 2007, San Diego (California, USA).
12. “Response Sensitivity Analysis of Frame Structures using Finite Elements based on three-field mixed formulation.” 7^th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, July 16-22, 2006, Los Angeles (California, USA).
13. “Smooth versus Non-Smooth Material Constitutive Models in Gradient-Based Optimization for Structural Reliability Analysis.” 9^th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, June 19-23, 2005, Rome (Italy).
14. “Nonlinear Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams.” 9^th ASCE EMD/SEI/GI/AD Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, July 26-28, 2004, Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA).
15. “Force-Based Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Frame Structures.” 17^th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, June 13-16, 2004, University of Delaware, Newark (Delaware, USA).

1. Barbato M, Gu Q. and Conte JP (2008). “A new hybrid reliability analysis method: the Design Point - Response Surface – Simulation method.” 14^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), October 12-17, 2008, Beijing (China).
2. Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2007). “Response Sensitivity, Probabilistic Response and Reliability Analyses of Soil-Structure-Foundation Systems.” 2007 UCSD Research EXPO, February 22, 2007, San Diego (California, USA).
3. Conte JP, Barbato M, Gu Q and Elgamal A (2007). “Computational Reliability of Soil-Structure-Foundation Systems.” 2007 PEER annual meeting, January 19-20, 2007, San Francisco (California, USA).
4. Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2006). “Response Sensitivity and Probabilistic Response Analyses of Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures.” 8^th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, April 18-22, 2006, San Francisco (California, USA).
5. Barbato M, Gu Q (2006). “Computational Reliability of Soil-Structure-Foundation Systems.” 2006 UCSD Research EXPO, February 23, 2006, San Diego (California, USA).
6. Conte JP, Barbato M, Gu Q and Elgamal A (2006). “Computational Reliability of Soil-Structure-Foundation Systems.” 2006 PEER annual meeting, January 20-21, 2006, San Francisco (California, USA).
7. Barbato M, Gu Q and Conte JP (2005). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Structure-Foundation-Soil Interaction Systems.” 5^th Annual Meeting of the Italian Researchers of the Southwest of USA, June 2, 2005, Los Angeles (California, USA).
8. Conte JP, Barbato M, Gu Q and Elgamal A (2005). “Finite Element Response Sensitivity Analysis of Structure-Foundation-Soil Interaction Systems.” 2005 PEER annual meeting, April 29-30, 2005, San Francisco (California, USA).
9. Barbato M, Conte JP and Peng B-F (2004). “Response Mean Upcrossing Rate for Linear MDOF Systems Subjected to Fully Nonstationary Earthquake Ground Motion Model.” 13^th World Conference on Earth­quake Engineering, August 1-6, 2004, Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada).