Seven Announcements from the SCEC Community
Date: 07/01/2024
Dear SCEC Community,
See the following announcements:
- Call for 2025 Visiting Professors, Researchers, Postdoctoral Researchers, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
- Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT) Undergraduate Twinning Program
- SSA Photonic Seismology Topical Meeting Registration Now Open
- Submit 2025 Rocky Mountain GSA Section Meeting Proposals by July 31st
- AGU Session S009: Bridging the gap between laboratory and field observations of earthquake nucleation
- UGM Session on Small Earthquakes, Big Challenges
- Call for abstract submissions to seismology session at the AGU 2024 Fall Meeting
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On behalf of Masataka Kinoshita, University of Tokyo (Japan)
Call for 2025 Visiting Professors, Researchers, Postdoctoral Researchers, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
The Earthquake Research Institute (ERI), The University of Tokyo, invites applications for Visiting Professor / Post-doctoral Fellow positions in the research fields of earthquakes, tsunamis, their engineering, volcanoes, and physics of the earth’s interior. The applicant must be a Ph.D. degree holder or expected to have a Ph.D. by the time of arrival. The visit period will be from two to twelve months, starting between April 1, 2025 and October 1, 2025. Successful candidates are expected to conduct research at ERI as employees of the University of Tokyo or as visiting researchers.
Notes:
* Starting this year, we accept visiting periods from 2-12 months to provide with more flexibility and opportunity.
* It may be possible for postdoctoral researchers to stay more than 12 months, with approval of extension.
* For less than six months, visitors will stay at ERI on a non-employment basis.
Candidates are requested to submit the online application form and the following documents at https://erikokusai.confit.atlas.jp/en (Please create your account first.)
- Title of research and research proposal at ERI (300-500 words)
- Summary of research that the candidate has conducted (300-500 words)**
- Desired length of stay: from two to twelve months
- Desired host at ERI and correspondence
- CV with birthdate and detailed account of academic activity
- List of academic publications (identify a few papers relevant to the proposal)
**Second-time applicants can also submit education proposals, lecture series, etc.
For information on host researchers at ERI, visit http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/member/.
Prior contact with an ERI faculty member is required. If you need assistance in finding a suitable host researcher at ERI, please contact us well in advance to discuss your research proposal with the host by mid-July 2024.
The deadlines for application (Japan Standard Time):
Thursday, 1 August 2024
For further information regarding this, please visit our website.
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On behalf of Shannon Fasola, University of Oregon
Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT) Undergraduate Twinning Program
The Geoscience Education and Inclusion (GEI) group at Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT) is launching a paid, year-long research experience for undergraduate students from historically underrepresented communities in the geosciences, the Undergraduate Twinning Program, starting Fall 2024.
The focus of the Twinning Program is a “twinning” model where the student participates in a research project throughout the year (September 2024 to August 2025) involving two mentors at different institutions: the Project Director who will be the primary mentor, will be at the student’s institution, and the ‘Twin’ Mentor, who will be at another institution. The student is thus introduced to different mentors and a mode of scientific collaboration that closely mimics real-world experiences. During the academic year, students will carry out independent work at their home institution supervised by their Project Director and ‘Twin mentor’. During the summer, students will have the option to travel to the Twin Mentor’s institution to finish the research project or to continue working at their home institution.
Please see the list of 2024-2025 Projects to see detailed description of the projects; Projects 1 and 6 have remote options. 1 student will be accepted per project. For projects with the remote option, students will need to provide the name of a faculty member at their institution to serve as a local mentor throughout the program.
If you are interested, please apply online. Additional information on the Twinning Program and instructions for applying can be found on the Undergraduate Twinning Program website.
For questions about the program or the application, please reach out to Shannon Fasola, GEI Program Manager, at sfasola@uoregon.edu.
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On behalf of Becky Ham, Seismological Society of America
SSA Photonic Seismology Topical Meeting Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for Photonic Seismology: Lighting the Way Forward. This topical conference from SSA invites DAS researchers in seismology, volcanology, hydrology, earthquake engineering and oceanography to discuss the latest research in DAS and other fiber-sensing technologies with applications in geosciences.
SSA Photonic Seismology Topical Meeting
7-10 October 2024
Vancouver, BC
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On behalf of Nathan Toke, Utah Valley University
Submit 2025 Rocky Mountain GSA Section Meeting Proposals by July 31st
We invite you to submit proposals for technical sessions, field trips, and short courses for the upcoming 2025 Rocky Mountain Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, May 18-20, 2025, in Provo, Utah!
Proposals should be submitted via this google form:
For your proposals you will need to provide contact information for yourself and co-conveners, a title, and a 50-word description, along with any special requirements or information you may need. Proposals are due by July 31st, 2024.
A May meeting in Provo, Utah should be a wonderful geological and climatological setting for the 2025 meeting. The location at the nexus of the Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, and Colorado Plateau is a great place for discussing active and ancient tectonics as well as intraplate seismicity and geodetics applied to surface processes and faults! We look forward to your proposals and facilitating a vibrant and successful meeting!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly (nathan.toke@uvu.edu )
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On behalf of Nigar Sultana, University of British Columbia
AGU Session S009: Bridging the gap between laboratory and field observations of earthquake nucleation
We kindly invite you to submit an abstract to the AGU session 'S009: Bridging the gap between laboratory and field observations of earthquake nucleation.' The abstract submission deadline is July 31, 2024.
The session link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/prelim.cgi/Session/227929
The Session Abstract:
Earth scientists have long sought to document and understand any physical processes that precede large earthquakes. Numerical models and laboratory experiments show that unstable frictional slip is often preceded by some form of aseismic creep. These data further show that this localized region of aseismic creep along the fault must reach a critical length scale, often termed h*, before dynamic rupture can proceed. However, the physics that control the nucleation process on natural faults and its connection to observable quantities prior to large earthquakes is not well understood. This session aims to help bridge the gap between laboratory and field observations of earthquake nucleation and its associated length scale. We encourage studies focused on geodetic observations of pre-seismic fault creep and slow-slip, in-situ fluid injection experiments, and foreshock sequences. We also welcome submissions from laboratory and modeling studies that focus on understanding the physical mechanisms that control earthquake nucleation.
Conveners:
David Chas Bolton (UT Austin)
Gregory C McLaskey (Cornell)
Camilla Cattania (MIT)
Piero Poli (U of Padova)
Nigar Sultana (UBC)
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On behalf of Raul R. Castro, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada (Mexico)
UGM Session on Small Earthquakes, Big Challenges
This year the Mexican Geophysical Union (UGM) will be in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on October 27th to November 1st. We want to invite seismologists to consider presenting in the special session: S07 Small Earthquakes, Big Challenges.
UGM abstracts are due August 11th, 2024. Submit abstract here: raugm.org.mx/?lang=en
Title: “S07, Small earthquakes, big challenges”
Description: Small earthquakes are a subject of great debate in the scientific community. Their magnitude is related to their tectonic, geological, and historical environment and their impact on the vulnerability of social infrastructure. Microseismicity is a common feature in all environments; it can be recorded before and after larger earthquakes and characterized tectonic and volcanic swarms. Microseismicity can also be associated with anthropogenic activities, such as geothermal, mining, and oil exploitation, among others. In this session, the earth science community is invited to present works related to the monitoring, modeling, study, and characterization of low-magnitude seismicity associated with all types of phenomena and activity.
Conveners: Marco Calò [calo@igeofisica.unam.mx]; Ericka Alinne Solano Hernández [esolano@enesmorelia.unam.mx]; Juan Martín Gómez González [gomez@geociencias.unam.mx]; Raúl Ramón Castro Escamilla [raul@cicese.mx]
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On behalf of Evan O. Marschall, UC Riverside
Call for abstract submissions to seismology session at the AGU 2024 Fall Meeting
We are excited to invite you to submit an abstract to the 2024 AGU Fall meeting where we will be hosting a session titled “Fault Complexity and its Role in Rupture and Wave Propagation”.
Many fault systems have complexities such as fault geometry, frictional properties and material properties that can have effects on potential rupture and ground motion behavior. Due to this, there is an active and ongoing effort to investigate how complexities in fault parameters may affect seismic hazard. This session aims to highlight recent advances in rupture dynamics on complex fault systems. We invite those from a wide range of related research such as numerical modeling, observational and experimental fault rupture dynamics studies regarding fault complexities such as frictional parameters, fault geometry, stress asperities, material properties, creeping mechanisms and fault roughness. We also encourage contributions from research on associated earthquake hazards such as tsunami generation/propagation and ground motion behavior.
https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/prelim.cgi/Session/227285
Abstract submissions are due by 31 July 2024. Please spread the word to others who may be interested and we look forward to seeing you all in Washington D.C.
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