{"id":2877,"date":"2024-11-14T09:15:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/?page_id=2877"},"modified":"2026-01-21T13:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:01:32","slug":"simon-kwong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/?page_id=2877","title":{"rendered":"N. Simon Kwong, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lettis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/th_S_Kwong-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/th_S_Kwong-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/lettisci.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/th_S_Kwong.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>N. Simon Kwong<br><strong>Senior Enginee<\/strong>r<\/strong><br><strong>&#8211; <\/strong>Engineering applications of probability and statistics<br><strong>&#8211; <\/strong>Site-specific and regional seismic risk assessment of buildings and critical<br>infrastructure systems<br><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Structural analysis and nonlinear structural dynamics<br><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Site response analysis <br><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Time history selection and modification<br><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Kwong joined LCI in 2024 and has expertise in assessing seismic hazards and risks. Before joining LCI, he was an assistant professor in structural engineering at The Cooper Union and a Mendenhall research civil engineer at the U.S. Geological Survey. Dr. Kwong has taught 10 different semester-long courses on various topics in civil engineering and has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications on topics such as (1) uses of epistemic uncertainties, (2) evaluation of ground motion selection and modification procedures, and (3) national-scale seismic risk assessments for critical infrastructure systems. He has also contributed to various studies that supported licensing activities for nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Projects:<\/strong><br><strong>&#8211; <\/strong>Design Response Spectra Development for nuclear facilities<br><strong>&#8211; <\/strong>SSHAC Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis<br><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Earthquake Site Response in the Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains<br><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Seismic Basis for Nuclear Facility Final Safety Analysis Report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N. Simon KwongSenior Engineer&#8211; Engineering applications of probability and statistics&#8211; Site-specific and regional seismic risk assessment of buildings and criticalinfrastructure systems&#8211; Structural analysis and nonlinear structural dynamics&#8211; Site response analysis &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2877","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2877"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3531,"href":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2877\/revisions\/3531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}