Thursday, January 18, 2007

SEMINAR - Víctor Manuel Cruz - Atienza

Our First Seminar will be given by our own Víctor Cruz.Victor received his Doctor of Science: Universe Sciences - Geophysics, UMR Géosciences Azur, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis (UNSA), France. He is here as a postdoctoral researcher working with Kim Bak Olsen and Steven Day. Victors Research interests include: Earthquake dynamics and wave propagation: Numerical modeling by Finite Differences and Finite Volumes (Discontinuous Galerking P0) methods Multi-parametric inversion: Genetic Algorithms and Simulated Annealing methods Crustal structure determination: Receiver functions and surface waves dispersion analysis Broad-band volcanic seismology: and Explosive source parameters and magnitude determination.

Victors will be discussing Dynamic rupture along non planar faults and wave propagation effects on ground acceleration. You can view his flash animations on his web site http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~vcruz/