{"id":2997,"date":"2023-07-28T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T22:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/?page_id=2997"},"modified":"2026-09-09T06:51:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:51:52","slug":"melish-kayastha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/?page_id=2997","title":{"rendered":"Melish Kayastha, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Melish-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Melish-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/lettisci.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Melish.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Melish Kayastha, Ph.D.<br>Senior <strong>Staff Engineer<\/strong><\/strong><br><strong>&#8211; <\/strong>Seismic Hazard analysis<br><strong>&#8211; <\/strong>Time history development<br><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Site Characterization and site response analysis<br><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Geotechnical Earthquake engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Kayastha is a Staff Engineer with expertise in topics related to seismic hazard analysis, earthquake engineering, geotechnical and structural engineering, and statistical analysis. He joined LCI in 2023 with prior research experience in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and directivity effects. At LCI, he has focused on site characterization and development of spectrally matched time histories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Projects:<\/strong><br><strong>&#8211; <\/strong>Site Characterization and time history development for Panama Bridge.<br><strong>&#8211; <\/strong>Time history development for Cornforth Clear Branch Dam, Oregon.<br><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Seismic Hazard Investigation for Pardee Dam, East Bay Municipal Utility District.<br><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Development of time histories for Anglo-American Mines in South Africa.<br><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Time history development for Avista Post falls Dam, Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melish Kayastha, Ph.D.Senior Staff Engineer&#8211; Seismic Hazard analysis&#8211; Time history development&#8211; Site Characterization and site response analysis&#8211; Geotechnical Earthquake engineering Dr. Kayastha is a Staff Engineer with expertise in topics &#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-2997","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2997","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=2997"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3755,"href":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2997\/revisions\/3755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lettisci.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}