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Research activities of SURE interns are structured around Earthquake science with mentors from across the nation.

Year	Research Projects
2019	Monitoring of Co-seismic Damage in the 2004 Parkfield Earthquake Using the Ambient Seismic Field Mentor(s): Marine Denolle Intern(s): Jared Bryan Site Effects in the Bay Area Mentor(s): Valerie Sahakian Intern(s): Elias King Multidisciplinary investigation of determining channel incision ages in the Carrizo Plain, California. Mentor(s): Sinan Akciz Intern(s): Salena Padilla Dating Ductile Shear Zones in Southern California Mentor(s): Elena Miranda Intern(s): Jennifer Bautista Dating Crust Formation in the Eastern Peninsular Ranges Batholith Mentor(s): Joshua Schwartz Intern(s): Adam Brackman Click here for Additional Project Details
2018	Using GeoGateway UAVSAR Data to Explore Deformation Along the San Andreas Fault System Mentor(s): Lisa Grant Ludwig Intern(s): Megan Mirkhanian Updating GPS Site Positions and Velocities and Improving GPS Coverage in Southern California for the Community Geodetic Model Mentor(s): Gareth Funning Intern(s): Eneas Torres Andrade more... Complementing CGM with Sentinel-1 InSAR Data Mentor(s): Yuri Fialko Intern(s): Margaret Grenier Nonlinear Earthquake Simulations Through Robust and Accurate A Posteriori Sub-Cell Limiting Mentor(s): Alexander Breuer Intern(s): Jared Bryan Fault Geometry and Exhumational History of the Windy Canyon Fault Block Along the Garlock Fault Near Mojave, CA Mentor(s): Ann Blythe Intern(s): Iris Smith Click here for Additional Project Details
2016	Geodetic Studies of the San Andreas Fault, San Bernardino Mountains Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Matthew Peterson, Grant Copeland, Naomi Jahan Promoting Citizen Science with the Quake-Catcher Network: Seismology Online Content-Based Design for Use by Museums and Libraries Mentor(s): Danielle Sumy Intern(s): Liam Shaughnessy Click here for Additional Project Details
2015	Geodetic Studies of the San Andreas Fault, San Bernardino Mountains Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Liam DiZio, Tiffany Vlahopoulos Systematic Detection of Microearthquakes Around the World Mentor(s): Zhigang Peng, Xiaofeng Meng (Graduate Student), Chastity Aiken (Graduate Student) Intern(s): Clara Daniels, Eva Smith, Bridget Casey more... SCEC Geochronology Synthesis Mentor(s): Mike Oskin, Veronica Prush (Graduate student) Intern(s): Griffin McMullen Modeling Rupture through the Brawley Seismic Zone Stepover: Can Ruptures Propagate Between the San Andreas and Imperial Faults? Mentor(s): David Oglesby, Thomas Rockwell, Aron Meltzner (Senior research fellow) Intern(s): Drew Tulanowski Basin Inversion Along Transpressional Fault Systems Mentor(s): Mark Legg Intern(s): Alivia Stoller Improving the Density of GPS velocities in Southern California by Reoccupation of Campaign GPS Sites Mentor(s): Gareth Funning, Nader Shakibay Senobari (Graduate student) Intern(s): David Guenaga InSight - Vital Signs of the Planet Program Internship Mentor(s): Robert de Groot Intern(s): Luis Gomez, Hernan Lopez ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2014	Bridging Seismic Networks through Time and Space Mentor(s): Marine Denolle, Peter Shearer Intern(s): Roy Bowling Geodetic Studies of the San Andreas Fault, San Bernardino Mountains Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Lindsay Arvin, Seulgi Son, Maria Rodriguez, Max Longchamp, Tarra Thompson more... Improving the Density of GPS Velocities in Southern California by Resurveying Single Occupation Sites Mentor(s): Gareth Funning, John Conrad (Graduate student) Intern(s): Lisa Jose InSight - Vital Signs of the Planet Program Internship Mentor(s): Sally McGill, Bernadette Vargas, Mark Kline, Robert de Groot Intern(s): Luis Gomez Fragility of Concrete Buildings Mentor: Lucile Jones, Erin Burkett Intern(s): Gwenaell Calais-Haase, Kent Ma, Karissa Smith, Becky Roh ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2013	Global Search of Triggered Tremors Mentor(s): Zhigang Peng, Chastity Aiken (graduate student), Hongfeng Yang (Research scientist) Intern(s): Jessica Zimmerman, Paul Morgan, Gavin Rinaldo Geodetic and Paleoseismologic Studies of the San Andreas and San Jacinto Faults Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Walter Nelson, Matthew Warbritton more... Interpreting Paleoseismology to the Public - The Pallett Creek Virtual Field Trip Mentor(s): Kathleen Springer, Robert de Groot Intern(s): Michelle Vanegas IRIS Active Earth HTML5 Update Mentor: Russ Welti, Patrick McQuillan, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Intern(s): Edgar Chu 3D Paleoseismologic Studies of the San Andreas Fault Mentor: Lisa Grant Ludwig, Sinan Akciz Intern(s): Daniel Halford ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2012	Tracking the Moho and the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary Along the Margin of the Salton Trough Mentor(s): Andrew Barth, Sarah Douglas (Graduate student) Intern(s): Elinor Utevsky Paleoseismology and Tectonic Geodesy of the San Jacinto and San Andreas Faults Near San Bernardino, California Mentor(s): Sally McGill, Thomas Crane (Graduate student) Intern(s): Rainer Luptowitz, Joseph Berg more... Preparing Models for Scenario Earthquake-Shaking Computations for Southern California, Las Vegas, and Lake Tahoe Mentor(s): John Louie, Gretchen Schmauder, Annie Kell-Hills (PhD student) Intern(s): Kelley Hall The Rheology of Granular Flows Mentor(s): Emily Brodsky, Thibault Candela Intern(s): Kevin Bernardo Information Technology Support for the SCEC Borehole Instrumentation Program Mentor(s): Jamison Steidl, Sandra Seale, Paul Hegarty, Robin Gee, Francesco Civilini Intern(s): Matthew Cook Seismic Anisotropy Produced by the Pelona-Orocopia-Rand Schists: Calibration Using the SCSN Network Surrounding the Orocopia Mountains Mentor(s): David Okaya Intern(s): Ding Zhang Assessing Earthquake Hazards in the Hat Creek Graben Using Cosmogenic Dating Mentor(s): William Amidon, Dylan Rood Intern(s): Annalise Carington Creating Earthquake Science Exhibits in the Hall of Geological Wonders Mentor(s): Kathleen Springer Intern(s): Tara Redinger, Karina Chung University ShakeOut 2012 Planning and Evaluation Mentor(s): Michele Wood Intern(s): Erica Garland Paleoseismology of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain Mentor(s): Lisa Grant Ludwig, Sinan Akciz, J Ramon Arrowsmith Intern(s): Terry Cheiffetz (no name) Mentor(s): Josh West Intern(s): Natalia De Vries Establish the Rate of Sediment Accumulation in Zippingpu Reservoir, Sichuan, China, to Assess the Rate of Recent Erosion From the Drainage Basin Mentor(s): Doug Hammond Intern(s): Zichen Xiao Promoting Citizen Science with the Quake-Catcher Network: Seismology Online Content-Based Design for Use by Museums and Libraries Mentor(s): Robert de Groot Intern(s): Michelle Vanegas ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2011	GPS Monitoring of San Andreas Fault 2011 and San Jacinto Fault Trenching Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Robert Mason, Elizabeth Upton, Emigdio Alaniz, Kaliymah Muhammad Developing a Three-Dimensional Geological and Geophysical Model of the Crust Along the East Side of the Southern San Andreas Fault Mentor(s): Andrew Barth, Scott Paterson Intern(s): Carl Symcox more... Understanding Seismic Anisotropy in the Lower Crust of Southern California Using Mineralogy and Mineral Physics Mentor(s): Sarah Brownlee, Bradley Hacker Intern(s): Kelsey Wagner Collaborative Research: Rupture Propagation and Slip at Complex Fault Intersections: The San Andreas-San Jacinto-Cucamonga Fault Intersection in Cajon Pass Mentor(s): David Oglesby, James Dolan Intern(s): Bryan Gulotta Preparing Trial Models of Spatial Variability in Geotechnical Velocities for Assessing Effects on Ground Motions Mentor(s): John Louie, Roxanna Frary, Annie Kell-Hills Intern(s): William Savran Hydrochemistry and Hydrothermal Alteration Along Active Faults Mentor(s): James Evans, Jerry Fairley, Rebekah Wood, Nate Onderdonk (Graduate student) Intern(s): Sari Rosove, Katherine Shervais, Moises Ponce-Zepeda Salton Seismic Imaging Project: Evaluating the Seismic Velocity Structure of Southeastern California Mentor(s): Joann Stock, Egill Hauksson Intern(s): Ernesto Jimenez, Magali Barba, David Rodriguez-Castro Automated Earthquake Seismology Mentor(s): Greg Beroza, Wiliam Ellsworth, David Shelly, Justin Rubinstein Intern(s): Raymond Chen Investigating the Impact of Space-Geodetic Data on Earthquake Risk Analysis for Southern California Mentor(s): Marleen Nyst, Wayne Thatcher Intern(s): Chi Ming Mak Investigations into Geodetic/Seismic Early Warning Systems for Natural Hazards Mentor(s): Yehuda Bock, Brendan Crowell, Diego Melgar (Graduate students), Intern(s): Hillary Tahtinen Make Your Own Earthquake: Curriculum Development for Grades 6 - 12 Mentor(s): Jamison Steidl, Sandra Seale, Francesco Civilini, Hank Ratzesberger, Paul Hegarty Intern(s): Joseph Trudeau, Sean Allen, Heidi Pence Dynamic Rupture Models of the 1992 Landers Earthquake Mentor(s): Eric Dunham, Stanford University Intern(s): Audra Delauder Promoting Community-Wide Drills to Improve Disaster Resilience in the Education Sector Mentor(s): Stephen Bender, Mark Benthien, Rebekah Green, Michelle Wood Intern(s): Jillian Gorelick, Lindsay Davis, Alicia Leslie, Lindsay Orr, Andrea Jones, Dongsoo Han Developing a Three-Dimensional Geological and Geophysical Model of Sierra Negra Volcano, Galàpagos Mentor(s): Cynthia Ebinger, Dustin Cote, Falk Amelung, Marco Bagnardi Intern(s): Lindsey Davidge Mapping the 1892 Mw 7.1 Laguna Salada Earthquake Mentor(s): Karl Mueller Intern(s): Patrick Patton Earthquake EPIcenter Product Development Project Mentor(s): Robert de Groot Intern(s): Mary Mclellan Creative World Earthquake Preparedness Programming Mentor(s): Robert de Groot Intern(s): Michele Vanegas Promoting Community-Wide Drills to Improve Disaster Resilience in the Education Sector Mentor(s): Marla Petal Intern(s): Andrea Nguyen (no name) Mentor(s): Robert de Groot Intern(s): Monica Barajas (no name) Mentor(s): Valerie Sloan Intern(s): Angel Torrens-Bonano, Ashley Grijalva (no name) Mentor(s): Robert de Groot Intern(s): Dung Hoang ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2010	The SCEC Borehole Instrumentation Program: Web-Based Data Search and Dissemination Mentor(s): Jamison Steidl, Sandy Seale, Francesco Civilini, Hank Ratzesberger, Paul Hegarty Intern(s): Karl Harris GPS Monitoring of San Andreas Fault 2010 Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Karina Chung, Mark Swift, Brian Anderson, John Duncan more... A GPS Resurvey of the Northern San Jacinto Fault: Slip Rates and Seismic Hazards Mentor(s): Gareth Funning, Michael Floyd Intern(s): Sarah Morton The Growth and Death of Faults Mentor(s): Michele Cooke, Mariel Schottenfeld, Justin Herbert Intern(s): Jessica Moody Continuing Study of Tremor in Southern California Mentor(s): Zhigang Peng, Kevin Chao Intern(s): Adrian Doran CISN ShakeAlert: Towards a Prototype Earthquake Early Warning System for California Mentor(s): Maren Boese, Egill Hauksson Intern(s): Magali Barba The Dynamics of Complex Fault Branches: Continued Collaboration Between UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton Mentor(s): David Oglesby, David Bowman Intern(s): Jennifer Tarnowski Do Earthquakes on Large Strike-Slip Faults Follow a Gutenberg Richter Distribution? Mentor(s): Gregory Beroza Intern(s): Samuel Bydlon The 2010 Ocotillo Swarm: Preliminary Results from Data Recorded at the NEES@UCSB Wildlife Liquefaction Array Mentor(s): Jamison Steidl, Sandy Seale Intern(s): Daniel Huthsing The Impact of the Earthquake Country Alliance Earthquake Education and Public Information Centers (ECA EPIcenters) Mentor(s): Robert de Groot Intern(s): Irene Gow SCEC Educational Products and Programs Mentor(s): Robert de Groot Intern(s): Yessenia Robles Prehistoric Earthquakes Along the San Jacinto Fault in Trench 7 at the Mystic Lake Paleoseismic Site Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Jamie Bywater Innovative Representation of Earthquake Triggering from Sonification/Visualization of Seismic Signals Mentor(s): Zhigang Peng Intern(s): Meghan Fisher The Shaky Truth: Debunking Doug Copp and the Triangle of Life Mentor(s): Mark Benthien Intern(s): Andy Liang (no name) Mentor(s): Mark Benthien Intern(s): Katie Camarda, Nathan Warbuton, Alicia Leslie, Pam Patipanavat, Sabrina Lawrence-Gomez, Lindsay Orr Production of Southern California Earthquake Center Virtual Display of Objects (SCEC-VDO) Displaying Seismic Risk of the Eleven Shakeout Areas Within California Mentor(s): Mark Benthien, Robert de Groot Intern(s): Sarah Moreland ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2009	Smoothing Faults with Progressive Slip Mentor(s): Emily Brodsky Intern(s): Julia Avila Systematic Search of Triggered Non-Volcanic Tremor in California and Taiwan Mentor(s): Zhigang Peng Intern(s): Amanda Fabian, Lujendra Ojha more... Incorporating and Reporting Uncertainties in Fault Slip Rates Mentor(s): Jeremy Zechar, Kurt Frankel Intern(s): Evan Reynolds 3D Geological Model of the Crustal Structure in the Southeast Caribbean Mentor(s): Meghan Miller, Maria Beatrice Magnani Intern(s): Andrew Whitesides GPS Monitoring of San Andreas Fault 2009 Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Sara Alsbury, Sarah Moreland, Joseph Salazar Using LiDAR Data to Find Offsets in the Northern Death Valley-Fish Lake Valley Fault Zone Mentor(s): James Dolan Intern(s): Jill Hardy Characterizing Micro-Scale Fault Roughness Using LiDAR and Interferometery Mentor(s): Emily Brodsky Intern(s): Alicia Muirhead New Products and Programs from SCEC's Communication, Education, and Outreach (CEO) Program Mentor(s): Mark Benthien, Robert de Groot Intern(s): Warren Yamashita, Christina Gotuaco, Benjamin Dansby, Nick Rousseau (no name) Mentor(s): Robert de Groot Intern(s): Erin Schuster ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2008	GPS Monitoring of San Andreas Fault Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Christina Velasquez A GPS Resurvey of the Anza Gap Region, California: Preparation for an Earthquake on the San Jacinto Fault Mentor(s): Gareth Funning Intern(s): Alexandra Millar more... Community Velocity Model for the New Madrid Seismic Zone Mentor(s): Oliver Boyd, Rob Williams, Steve Hartzell Intern(s): Joshua Soble InSAR Time Series with ALOS Data Mentor(s): Rowena Lohman Intern(s): Lauren Steinberg Assessing Status of Campaign GPS Observations Mentor(s): Rowena Lohman Intern(s): Nathan Williams Using the SEATREE Framework to Understand Earthquake Catalog Uncertainty Mentor(s): Thorsten Becker, Iain Bailey Intern(s): Hannah Waterhouse Modeling the Dynamics of Complex Fault Branches Mentor(s): David Bowman Intern(s): Melissa Nunley Age, Location and Renewal Rates of Precariously Balanced Rocks in Southern California Mentor(s): Lisa Grant Ludwig, James Brune, Sinan Akciz (Postdoc Student) Intern(s): Tyanna Schlom Two Projects for Earthquake Education and Outreach: CSULA Earthquake Display; SCEC Plate Tectonics Learning Kits Mentor(s): Mark Benthien Intern(s): David Coss Y Leon Using Magnetic Inclination and Relative Paleointensity as a Means of Correlating and Dating Stratigraphy in the LA Basin Mentor(s): James Dolan Intern(s): Trevor Thomas New Late Pleistocene and Holocene Slip Rates on the Southern Segment of the Compton Blind-Thrust Fault, Lakewood, California Mentor(s): James Dolan Intern(s): Patrick Dooling, Angel Martinez Pioneering a Digital Archive for the Importation, Preservation, and Accessibility of Southern California Earthquake Center Records Mentor(s): Thomas Jordan Intern(s): Christiann Boutwell SCEC Education Program Mentor(s): Robert de Groot Intern(s): Gema Venegas ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2007	Developing a Three-Dimensional Geophysical Model of the Crust in the Transverse Ranges of Southern California Mentor(s): Andrew Barth Intern(s): Heather DeWalt Earthquake Ruptures on Rough Faults Mentor(s): Eric Dunham, James Rice Intern(s): David Belanger more... Damage Zone Structure Along the Calico Fault Mentor(s): Elizabeth Cochran Intern(s): Naomi Brown Systematic Analysis of Crustal Anisotropy Around the Los Angeles Basin Mentor(s): Zhigang Peng Intern(s): Summer Ohlendorf Using Precariously Balanced Rocks to Place Constraints on Ground Shaking Along the Southern San Andreas Fault Mentor(s): Lisa Grant Ludwig Intern(s): Deborah Weiser Paleoseismology of Main Frontal Thrust, Nepal Mentor(s): Doug Yule Intern(s): Nick Rousseau, Kandace Kelley, Jessica Hinojosa Defining Holocene Activity of the Compton Blind-Thrust Fault, Los Angeles Basin, California Mentor(s): James Dolan Intern(s): Stephanie Tsang Testing the Earthquake Clustering Hypothesis for the Eastern California Shear Zone with Paleo-Earthquake Ages and Displacements on the Calico Fault Mentor(s): James Dolan Intern(s): Austin Elliott Dynamic Models of Earthquakes and Tsunamis Mentor(s): David Oglesby Intern(s): James Wendt A Tests of Two Earthquake Modeling Methods Mentor(s): James Dieterich, David Oglesby Intern(s): Christine Burrill Investigations of the Superstition Hills Fault Mentor(s): Elizabeth Cochran Intern(s): Alexander Hanna The International Earthquakes and Mega Cities Initiative Mentor(s): Mark Benthien Intern(s): Steven Johnson Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project: It's Your Fault... Prepare Now! Mentor(s): Lucile Jones Intern(s): Rose Santilena, Robert J Leeper III, Eugenia Hyung, Stephanie Kelly Paleoseismic Investigation of the San Andreas Fault at Frazier Mountain, California Mentor(s): Kate Scharer Intern(s): Helen Sheridan Basin Data Collection for Post-Fire Debris Flow Analysis for Southern California Mentor(s): Intern(s): James Hiller Rainfall Intensity-Duration Thresholds for Debris Flows in Post-Burn Areas of Southern California Mentor(s): Intern(s): Lindsay Leone Economic Preparations Mentor(s): Rich Berknopf Intern(s): Corwin Abbott A MATLAB Program to Measure the Fractal Dimension of Seismicity with Application to Southern California Mentor(s): Aaron Kositsky Intern(s): Brian Boyce ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2006	The Application of LiDaR Imaging in Techtonic Geomorphology a Study of the 1857 Offset in the Carizzo Plain Mentor(s): J Ramon Arrowsmith Intern(s): Brian Campbell Can Slip on the San Andreas and San Jacinto Fault Systems Drive Regional Deformation in Mechanical Models of Southern California? Mentor(s): Michele Cooke Intern(s): Kandace Kelley more... Three-Dimensional Crustal Model of the San Bernardino Mountains, Transverse Ranges of Southern California Mentor(s): Andrew Barth Intern(s): Christina Forbes Initial Results from the 2006 Bidart Fan Site Excavations Mentor(s): Lisa Grant Ludwig, Sinan Akciz Intern(s): Nick Rousseau Toward Geodetic Imaging of Time Dependent Fault System Activity in Southern California Mentor(s): Brendan Meade Intern(s): Mark Dyson Predicting NO Earthquake: Regional Seismicity Along the Wasatch Fault, Utah Mentor(s): David Bowman Intern(s): Jamie Robinson ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2005	Reference Earthquake Digital Library -- Structure and Technology Mentor(s): Greg Beroza Intern(s): Alexei Czeskis Holocene Slip Rate of the San Andreas Fault at Plunge Creek, Highland, California Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Amanda Lopez more... Fault-Based Accelerating Moment Release Observations in Southern California Mentor(s): David Bowman Intern(s): Lia Martinez A Comparison of the Logging Methods for a Trench Across the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain Mentor(s): Lisa Grant Ludwig Intern(s): Emily Starke A Comprehensive 3-D Geophysical Model of the Crust in the Eastern Transverse Ranges Mentor(s): Andrew Barth Intern(s): Sarah Needy Dynamics of an Oblique-Branched Fault System Mentor(s): David Oglesby Intern(s): Harmony Colella Maya 3D Modeling and Animation for Scientific Visualization Mentor(s): Debi Kilb Intern(s): Jeremie Smith (no name) Mentor(s): Andrew Meigs Intern(s): Della Graham Loss Estimates for San Diego County Due to an Earthquake Along the Rose Canyon Fault Mentor(s): Ned Field Intern(s): Loren Wimmer GPS Data Collection in the San Bernardino Mountains Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Adam Skalenakis Creep Measurements and Depth of Slip Along the Superstition Hills Faults as Observed by InSAR Mentor(s): Rob Mellors Intern(s): Afton Van Zandt ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2004	GPS Monitoring of the San Andreas and San Jacinto Faults Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Nicholas Vaughn Paleoseismic Studies on the Chino Fault Mentor(s): Chris Madden, Eldon Gath Intern(s): Melissa Tanney more... (no name) Mentor(s): Greg Beroza Intern(s): Yekaterina Prudchenko Deployment to Investigate Long Period Earthquakes and Remotely Triggered Earthquakes at The Geysers Geothermal Reservoir Mentor(s): Emily Brodsky Intern(s): Oliver Yan Developing an Integrated Rock Mechanics-Seismological Database, Field Guide, and Model for Exhumed Seismogenic Faults in Southern California. Mentor(s): James Evans Intern(s): David Forand Visualization and Graphical User Interface for a New, Experimental Mimetic Code for Pathway 3 in the SCEC ITR Collaboration Mentor(s): Bernard Minster Intern(s): Annemarie Baltay Processing of San Simeon Aftershock Data from SCEC, CSUN, and USGS Portable Seismic Stations Mentor(s): Jamison Steidl Intern(s): Jack Tung Developing STP for Windows and XML Mentor(s): Rob Clayton, Vikki Appel Intern(s): Omar Salman The Study of Submerged Shorelines of the Southern California Borderland Areas Focusing on the Northern Channel Islands Platform and Pilgrim Banks. Mentor(s): Chris Goldfinger Intern(s): Melissa Meiner A Paleoseismic History of the San Andreas Fault in Wrightwood, California: 1000 B.C. - 500 A.D. Mentor(s): Sally McGill, Ray Weldon Intern(s): Nissa Morton Earthquake Information Made Accessible to Non-English Speakers Mentor(s): Mark Benthien Intern(s): Monica Maynard Surface Deformation in the Western Salton Trough as Observed by InSAR Mentor(s): Rob Mellors Intern(s): Afton Van Zandt Using Local Seismic Events to Map the San Gabriel Mountains Bright Spot Mentor(s): Paul Davis Intern(s): Dave Schumaker ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2003	Electronic Encyclopedia of Earthquakes System Developer Mentor(s): Mark Benthien Intern(s): Brion Vibber Seismic Sleuths Flash Project: Mercalli Intensity Activity Mentor(s): Mark Benthien Intern(s): Glenn Song more... Researcher Mentor(s): Mark Benthien Intern(s): Steve Shim Analysis of Regional Seismicity in Two Areas Related to the Pacific-North American Transform Plate Boundary Mentor(s): James Evans Intern(s): Elliot Aguilar Towards Development of a Vertical Motion Database for Southern California Mentor(s): Mike Oskin, Nathan Nieme Intern(s): Nicholas Campagna Effective Seismic Risk Communication for a SCEC Target Audience: Are Safety Elements too Shaky? Mentor(s): Lisa Grant Ludwig Intern(s): Kristin Iriarte Moment Release from Paleoseismic Histories: Interaction Between the Eastern California Shear Zone, San Andreas, San Jacinto and Elsinore Faults Mentor(s): Karl Mueller Intern(s): Ryan Tolene 3000 Years of Ground-Rupturing Earthquakes int the Anza Seismic Gap, San Jacinto Fault, Southern California: Time to Shake it Up? Mentor(s): Thomas Rockwell Intern(s): Danielle Verdugo Finite Element and Boundary Element Benchmarks for the Post-Seismic Deformation Mentor(s): Yuri Fialko Intern(s): Dave Huang Three-Dimensional Geometry of Buried Fold Scarps Associated with Ancient Earthquakes on the Puente Hills Blind Thrust Fault: Preliminary Observations Mentor(s): James Dolan Intern(s): Jeffrey Hoeft ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2002	Foreshock-Centric Foreshock Probabilities: Methodology and Application to Parkfield Mentor(s): Andrew Michael Intern(s): Anna Holt The Feb. 2002 Simi Valley, the Oct. 2001 Compton, and the Oct. 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake Sequences Mentor(s): John Vidale Intern(s): Katy Tschann-Grimm more... SOPAC Internship Mentor(s): Yehuda Bock Intern(s): Chris Helmer HAZUS Internship Mentor(s): Mark Benthien Intern(s): Jason Masters Topographically Induced Stresses on the San Andreas Fault Mentor(s): Mark Simons Intern(s): Erik Olson Forecasting Earthquakes Using Accelerating Moment Release Mentor(s): David Bowman Intern(s): Julia Clark Enhancing SCEC CEO Efforts with Innovative Web Technologies: Application to the California Seismic Safety Commission Mentor(s): Rob Mellors Intern(s): Sara Whipple Electronic Encyclopedia of Earthquakes Developer Mentor(s): Gerry Simila, Sally McGill, Jan Vermilye Intern(s): Shawn Shapiro, Connie Hartling, Rebecca Hunt How Far Southeast did the Surface Rupture of the 1812 Earthquake Extend? Implications of Paleoseismic Observations at the Plunge Creek Site, near San Bernardino, Southern California Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Kathy Barton ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2001	Late Holocene Earthquake History of the Anza Seismic Gap, Central San Jacinto Fault Zone, Southern California: A Work in Progress Mentor(s): Susan Owen Intern(s): Danielle Verdugo Analysis of Updated Seismicity Catalogues for Systematic Variation Mentor(s): Thomas Jordan Intern(s): Keegan Delaney more... Strong Ground Motions Generated by the 2001 Bhuj, Indida Earthquake, Mw 7.6 Mentor(s): Susan Hough Intern(s): Stacey Martin Servito ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
2000	Outreach Mentor(s): Robert de Groot Intern(s): Kathryn Van Roosendaal Constraints on the SCEC 3D Velocity Model from Gravity Data: Two-Dimensional Gravity Modeling of the Central and Western Transverse Ranges in the Los Angeles Region Mentor(s): Mousumi Roy Intern(s): Nancy Natek more... Array Analysis of Hector Mines Aftershocks to Identify Trapped Waves Mentor(s): Ralph Archuleta Intern(s): Marie Ammerman Hector Mine: Postseismic Deformation from ERS InSAR Mentor(s): David Sandwel Intern(s): Allison Jacobs Pressure Solution Slip-Faulting Associated with the Quatal Thrust Fault Mentor(s): Jan Vermilye Intern(s): Kevin Mass Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Earthquake Record on the San Andreas Fault Near Banning, California. Mentor(s): Doug Yule Intern(s): Clay Stevens Refinement of Near-Surface P and S Velocities in the SCEC 3D Velocity Model Using 2D Waveform Modeling Mentor(s): Kim Olsen, David Okaya Intern(s): Tracy Pattelena Outreach Mentor(s): Mark Benthien Intern(s): Alexandra Jordan Nonlinear Network Dynamics on Earthquake Fault Systems Mentor(s): Intern(s): Paul Rundle Seismic Hazard Assessment of the San Joaquin Hills Using GIS Mentor(s): Lisa Grant Ludwig Intern(s): Daniel Raymond Data Collection and Analysis of Hector Mine Post-Seismic GPS Data Mentor(s): Susan Owen Intern(s): Teresa Baker ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
1999	Data Collection and Analysis of Hector Mine Post-Seismic GPS Data Mentor(s): Susan Owen Intern(s): Teresa Baker Reconstruction of Trench Logs as a Test for Interpreted Paleosiesmic Events Mentor(s): Thomas Rockwell Intern(s): Natanya Black more... Mapping Small-Scale Crustal Deformation Using Paleomagnetic Vectors and GIS Mentor(s): Bruce Luyendyk Intern(s): Marie Herrera Adsetts Comparison and Refinement of Southern California Seismic Hazard Analysis Mentor(s): John Anderson Intern(s): Nathan Robison The Earthquake Hazard for the Rincon Creek Anticline (RCA) and the Associated Buried Reverse Fault, Carpinteria, CA. Mentor(s): Edward Keller Intern(s): Adam Webber Paleoseismic Study of the San Andreas Fault Near San Bernardino Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Kelly Schmoker Compile Updated Fault Maps of the Southern California Continental Borderland (Offshore Region) for the Master Model Mentor(s): Mark Legg Intern(s): Debra Einstein Determining Activity of the Oceanside Detachment Offshore Southern California Mentor(s): Karl Mueller Intern(s): Grant Kier Inversion of Teleseismic Receiver Functions via Evolutionary Programming Mentor(s): Steven Day Intern(s): Christopher Lynch Paleoseismic Investigation of the San Andreas Fault at Burro Flats Mentor(s): Kerry Sieh, Doug Yule Intern(s): Ashley Streig 3-D Analysis of LARSE '94 Data Mentor(s): David Okaya Intern(s): Kathryn Van Roosendaal ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
1998	Paleoseismic Studies of the San Andreas Fault in the San Bernardino Area. Mentor(s): Sally McGill Intern(s): Safaa Dergham Velocity Structure in the Los Angeles Basins from Tomographic Inversion of Active Source Data Mentor(s): David Okaya, Nikki Godfrey Intern(s): Tracy Pattelena more... Development of an Interface for 3-D Visualization of SCEC Earthquake Data on the World Wide Web Mentor(s): Craig Nicholson Intern(s): Leland Green Understanding Ground Motion Variations at the Van Norman Dam Complex Site Mentor(s): Jamison Steidl Intern(s): Javier Santillan Investigation of the Coupling Between Structures and Ground Vibrations and the Implications on Damping in Buildings Mentor(s): Tom Heaton Intern(s): Lisa Sarma Analysis of Azimuthal Variation in Amplitude Factors in Sherman Oaks During the Northridge Earthquake Aftershock Sequence Mentor(s): Paul Davis Intern(s): Justin Rubinstein Folding and Faulting Along the San Andreas Fault, Palmdale, California; Implications for Simple Shear Mechanics and Education of the Public Mentor(s): Arthur Sylvester Intern(s): Lowell Kessel Geomorphic Mapping and 3-He Chronology of Rock Slide Scarps Along the Oak Ridge Fault Mentor(s): Ann Blythe Intern(s): Jacquelin Moccand ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
1997	Lens-Effect in Santa Monica Mentor(s): Kim Olsen Intern(s): Carmen Alex Wide Angle Seismic Modeling of the Oak Ridge Reservation Near the New Hydrofacture Facility, Oak Ridge, TN Mentor(s): William Doll Intern(s): Allan Tucker more... Analysis of Seismic Data in the Los Angeles Region Mentor(s): David Okaya Intern(s): Ryan Smith Velocity Profile Near the Cementos Guadalajara Zone in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico Mentor(s): Steven Day Intern(s): Jana Soares Lopez Effects of the Landers Earthquake on Groundwater in Southern California Mentor(s): Ralph Archuleta Intern(s): Neil Morgan Shoreline Features in the Santa Barbara Fold Belt, California: Possible Evidence for Holocene Coseismic Uplift Events. Mentor(s): Edward Keller, Larry Gurrola, Molly Trecker Intern(s): Erik Ronald (no name) Mentor(s): Christine Theodoropuolos Intern(s): Wendy Dailey ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
1996	The Post-Earthquake Flow of Resources from the California Department of Education to Local Schools: An Organizational Problem Mentor(s): Ann Tanouye Intern(s): Donna Rathman Developing a Scientific Education Module for the Southern California Integrated GPS Network Mentor(s): Andrea Donnellan Intern(s): Margaret Glasscoe more... The Interaction of the Main Palos Verdes Fault with the Cabrillo Strand, Los Angeles, CA Mentor(s): Thomas Rockwell Intern(s): Carmen von Stein Pleistocene to Recent Uplift of the Santa Monica Anticlinorium Mentor(s): James Dolan, Andrew Meigs Intern(s): Mandy Johnson Quaternary Geologic Mapping of the San Andreas Fault in San Bernardino Mentor(s): Sally McGill, Tim Ross Intern(s): Jeni Tucker Tectonic Geomorphology of the Mesa Hills, Santa Barbara Fold Belt, California Mentor(s): Edward Keller, Larry Gurrola Intern(s): Marcy Davis Analysis of Strong Motion Data Recorded at the Van Norman Complex Mentor(s): Ralph Archuleta Intern(s): Gretchen Mullendore Development of Data Base for Evaluating Earthquake Performance of Tile Roofing Mentor(s): Yan Xiao Intern(s): Dawn Cheng Sea Floor Geologic Map of the Hanging Wall of the North Channel Slope Fault System between Santa Barbara and Ellwood Beach Mentor(s): Bruce Luyendyk Intern(s): Erik Bartsch Using Shallow Seismic Reflection for Fracture Zone Identification Mentor(s): William Doll Intern(s): Allan Tucker ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
1995	Seismic Hazards in the Santa Barbara Channel Using High Resolution Seismic Reflection Data and Dated Horizons From ODP 893 Mentor(s): Marc Kammerling Intern(s): Windy Brimer Site-Specific Strong-Motion Amplification Factors for the Southern California Region Mentor(s): Jamison Steidl, Ralph Archuleta Intern(s): Andrew Byers more... Microseismicity in the Vicinity of the Cajon Pass Borehole Mentor(s): Rachel Abercrombie Intern(s): Heather Hodgetts The California Earthquake Catalog for Earthquakes with any Magnitude Greater than or Equal to 5.5 Between the Years 1769 and 1994 Mentor(s): David Jackson Intern(s): Mandy Johnson Removal of Instrument Responses from Selected Aftershocks of the Northridge Dataset Mentor(s): Jamison Steidl, Fabian Bonilla, Ralph Archuleta Intern(s): Jason McKenna Mapping the Thirtymile Bank Detachment Fault Mentor(s): Mark Legg Intern(s): Susannah Pazdral In-Situ Calibration of the LABNET Geophones Mentor(s): Michelle Robertson Intern(s): Ryan Smith Seismic Hazards of the Hollywood Fault, Southern California Mentor(s): James Dolan Intern(s): Donovan Stevens Paleoseismic Event Recognition Through Analysis of Cone Penetrometer Tests on the Newport-Inglewood Fault, Huntington Beach, California Mentor(s): Lisa Grant Intern(s): Carmen Von Stein Two-Dimensional Simulation of Northridge Aftershocks Mentor(s): Kim Olsen Intern(s): Mike Watkins Observation of Log-Periodic Activity in the Regional Seismicity Before and After the May 2, 1983 Coalinga Earthquake Mentor(s): Charles Sammis Intern(s): Isabelle Wicks ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details
1994	Paleoseismic Investigation of the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone with Cone Penetrometer Tests Mentor(s): Thomas Rockwell, Lisa Grant, John Waggoner Intern(s): Christopher Sykes Microseismicity of the Cajon Pass Mentor(s): Rachel Abercrombie Intern(s): Matthew Ragan more... Analysis of the SCEC Portable and Regional Data for the 1992 Joshua Tree Sequence Mentor(s): Craig Nicholson Intern(s): Geoffrey Ely Visualization of the Northridge Earthquake Sequence Mentor(s): Egill Hauksson Intern(s): Damien Sullivan Real Time Earthquake Intensity Prediction for California Mentor(s): Duncan Agnew Intern(s): Joe Jarboe A Display for Increasing Public Knowledge of Earthquakes Mentor(s): Egill Hauksson Intern(s): John Marquis Tectonic Geomorphology of the Sierra Madre Fault Zone in the Northern San Fernando Valley, Southern California Mentor(s): Scott Lindvall Intern(s): Christian Walls Deformation of Marine Terraces on Santa Rosa Island and Implication for the Activity of the Santa Rosa Island Fault Mentor(s): Thomas Rockwell, George Kennedy Intern(s): Kimberly Thorup Development of Geotechnical Database of Southern California Mentor(s): Mladen Vucetic Intern(s): Katharine Hsu, Diem-Phuong Do The History of Faulting and Folding in the Western Santa Barbara Channel, California Mentor(s): Craig Nicholson Intern(s): Erick McWayne Using Aftershocks of the Landers Earthquake to Map the Moho Layer of the Earth Mentor(s): Thomas Henyey, Yong-Gang Li Intern(s): Kristien King Processing of LARSE93 Data and Preparation for LARSE94 Fieldwork Mentor(s): Paul Davis Intern(s): Mark Benthien ⊗ close Click here for Additional Project Details

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