ANALYZING DATA SETS: GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS),

PLATE TECTONICS AND EARTHQUAKES

 

NASA-PAIR Seminar Series - Spring 2002 Schedule

 

Tuesdays 3:30 ­ 5pm Science 1231

 

 

This lecture series will explore the interdisciplinary nature of analyzing data sets in math and science, presented by experts in academia and the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena.  The general topics include: plate tectonics, faulting and earthquakes, engineering analysis of stress - strain on materials, Global Positioning System (GPS) concepts (coordinate system, reference systems, lat. & long.) and applications to earthquakes, and Interferometric Synthetic Radar (InSAR).

           

           

SPEAKERS

 

JAN. 29  Dr. Gerry Simila (CSUN/GEOLOGY) Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and GPS 

               (http://geology.csun.edu)

 

FEB. 05   Dr. Ken Hurst (JPL): GPS Modeling of the 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake

               (http://geodynamics.jpl.nasa.gov)

  

FEB. 12   Dr. Andrea Donnellean (JPL): “Using Space Technology to Measure Earth's

                 Movement: A Tour Around the Globe"  (http://geodynamics.jpl.nasa.gov)

 

FEB. 19   Dr. Doug Yule (CSUN/GEOLOGY) Paleoseismology and Earthquake Forecasting for

                Southern California  (http://geology.csun.edu)

 

FEB. 26    Dr. Don Argus (JPL): Geodetic Modeling and the Shortening of the Los Angeles

                 Basin  (http://geodynamics.jpl.nasa.gov)

 

MAR. 05   Dr. Gerry Simila (CSUN/GEOLOGY) Los Angeles Regional Seismic Experiment

                  (http://geology.csun.edu)

 

MAR. 12   Dr. Greg Lyzenga (Harvey Mudd, JPL): Finite Element Modeling of Anelastic

                  Surface Layers on Postseismic Thrust Fault Deformation - Applications to the 1994

                  Northridge Earthquake   (http://geodynamics.jpl.nasa.gov)

 

MAR.19   Dr. Mike Heflin (JPL): Update on the GPS Reference Frames   

                 (http://geodynamics.jpl.nasa.gov)

 

MAR. 26   SPRING BREAK

 

APR.  02   Dr. Werner Horn (CSUN/MATH) Boundary Value Problems for Modeling

                  (http://www.csun.edu/hcmth017)

 

APR.  09   Dr. Sue Owens (USC): GPS and Post-Seismic Deformation from the 1999 Hector

                  Mine Earthquake and Future Mammoth Mountain Studies

                  (http://www.usc.edu/dept/earth/)

                

APR.  16  Dr. Mark Shilling (CSUN/ MATH) Simulated Annealing Math Solutions

                 (http://www.csun.edu/math/)

 

APR. 23   Ken Hudnut (USGS): Merging Geodesy and Geology: SCIGN, Laser Topographic

                Mapping, and Aspects of the 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake

                (http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/hudnut)

 

APR. 30   Dr. Shen (UCLA): GPS Velocity Model for Southern California

 

MAY 07  Dr. Paul Lundgren (JPL): GPS and  InSAR Applications to Volcano  Monitoring in

                 Italy  (http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/sect323/IntSARapps)

 

MAY  14  Drs. Steve Walton & C. Cadavid (CSUN/PHYSICS)  Solar Physics Research

                  Projects.  (http://www.csun.edu/physics/)

                  Dr. Carol Shubin  NASA-PAIR Review