CAREER: Integrated Research and Education in Regional Evaluation of Seismic Hazards

该项目包括一项综合研究和教育计划，将当地土壤信息纳入区域地震灾害评估，并扩展了用于评估三维岩土数据的可视化和分析工具。该项目将侧重于土壤放大和液化的区域评估和制图。研究的目的是改进可视化和分析工具，纳入岩土数据的总体变异性以及空间相关性，以改进对地震灾害的区域评估。更准确、更详细的液化和土壤放大敏感性地图，考虑到固有的地质变异性，将能够评估这种变异性的影响，从而大大改进对区域范围内这些地震灾害的评估。这反过来将使社区能够更好地规划和减轻其对建成环境的影响。这项工作将包括开发用于绘制地下数据图的三维可视化和分析工具，以及广泛研究土壤空间变异性对区域地震灾害的影响。教育的目的既是鼓励下一代工程师和科学家从事地震灾害方面的工作，也是为了教育所有学生关于地质灾害的原因和相关风险，以便他们可以成为公民。该项目的教育部分将继续正在进行的本科教育举措，并通过开发和使用地震灾害和岩土技术教育的基于网络的地理信息系统工具扩展到中学教育。教育工作包括中学教师和本科生之间的合作，通过暑期研究经验和学年推广计划。

CAREER: Integrated Research and Education in Regional Evaluation of Seismic Hazards Laurie G. BaiseAbstractThis project includes an integrated research and education plan that incorporates local soil information into the regional evaluation of seismic hazards and expands visualization and analysis tools for the evaluation of three-dimensional geotechnical data. The project will focus on the regional evaluation and mapping of soil amplification and liquefaction. The research aim is to improve visualization and analysis tools that incorporate the overall variability as well as the spatial correlation of geotechnical data to improve regional evaluations of seismic hazards. More accurate, detailed maps of liquefaction and soil amplification susceptibility that account for inherent geologic variability will allow for an evaluation of the effect of this variability and therefore considerably improve the assessment of these seismic hazards over a regional scale. This in turn will allow communities to better plan and mitigate their effects on the built environment. This work will include the development of a three-dimensional visualization and analysis tool for mapping subsurface data and an extensive study of the effect of soil spatial variability on regional seismic hazards. The educational aim is both to encourage the next generation of engineers and scientists to work on seismic hazards and to educate all students about the cause of geologic hazards and associated risk so that they may be informed citizens. The educational component of the project will continue on-going initiatives in undergraduate education and expand into middle school education through the development and use of web-based GIS tools for seismic hazard and geotechnical education. The educational work involves partnerships between middle school teachers and undergraduates through summer research experiences and academic year outreach programs.