UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES IN EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

ABOUT GRAND CHALLENGES INTERNS PROJECTS

Summary
Display in SCEC-VDO some of the important data sets used to construct UCERF3
  • UCERF3 fault models (alternative representations)
  • Catalog of large historic earthquakes (M ≥ 6) in California (1855-2011)
  • Instrumental catalog (M ≥ 2.5) used in UCERF3 smoothed seismicity map

Develop a visualization capability for exploring earthquake rupture forecasts

  • Visualize rupture sets on faults in 3D SCEC-VDO
  • Animate rupture sequences on faults in 4D SCEC-VDO
  • Compute earthquake shaking intensity maps in GIS and import them for SCEC-VDO display with rupture maps on faults

Produce 3D visualizations and 4D animations to educate the general public about earthquake rupture forecasts

  • CyberShake rupture sets (UCERF2)
  • Rupture sequences from earthquake simulators (RSQsim)
  • UCERF3 rupture sets

Produce a movie the UseIT Summer of 2012

Challenge Statement
Develop visualization capabilities based on SCEC-VDO and GIS that can display earthquake rupture forecasts, and publish visualization products that can be used to educate the general public about the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecasts, including the new forecasting model, UCERF3.
 

Intern Class of 2012

 

Project Teams


 		   Developers Team 1

Task: Create additional Geographic Information Systems (GIS) capabilities and add support for new earthquake catalogs for SCEC Virtual Display of Objects (SCEC-VDO)

Team: Kevin Centeno, Aaron Hoogstraten, Kameron Johnson, Dave Smith

Mentors: Thomas Jordan, Robert de Groot

 
         

 		   Developers Team 2

Task: Develop visualizations of seismic datasets in SCEC Virtual Display of Objects (SCEC-VDO)

Team: Michael Hodges, Chris Kohlenberger, Nolan Mattox, Christian Vanderwall

Mentors: Thomas Jordan, Robert de Groot

 
         

 		   GIS/Data Team

Task: Create models for the use of accurate SCEC Virtual Display of Objects (SCEC-VDO) visualizations of magnitude 6.5 to 6.9 earthquakes in areas across Southern California

Team: Eduardo Andino, Laura Gerbi, Rebecca Greenwood, Marianne Jara

Mentors: Thomas Jordan, Robert de Groot

  
         

 		   SCEC-VDO Team

Task: Display important components of the new Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast Version 3 (UCERF3) and software improvements in SCEC Virtual Display of Objects(SCEC-VDO)

Team: Eduardo Andino, Jose Cruz, Laura Gerbi, Shanna Williamson

Mentors: Thomas Jordan, Robert de Groot

  
         

 		   Media Team

Task: Document the 2012 Interns' experience in the USEIT program

Team: Madeline Berger, Alysia Gonzales, William Ilgen, Carlos Landa

Mentors: Thomas Jordan, Robert de Groot

  

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