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

本项目包括一个综合研究和教育计划，将当地土壤信息纳入地震灾害区域评估，并扩展三维岩土数据评估的可视化和分析工具。该项目将侧重于土壤扩大和液化的区域评价和绘图。研究的目的是改进可视化和分析工具，将岩土工程数据的整体变异性和空间相关性结合起来，以改进地震灾害的区域评价。考虑到固有的地质变异性的更准确、更详细的液化和土壤放大敏感性地图将允许对这种变异性的影响进行评估，从而在区域范围内大大改善对这些地震灾害的评估。反过来，这将使社区能够更好地规划和减轻它们对建筑环境的影响。这项工作将包括开发用于绘制地下数据的三维可视化和分析工具，以及对土壤空间变异性对区域地震危险的影响进行广泛研究。教育目的是鼓励下一代工程师和科学家从事地震灾害方面的工作，并教育所有学生了解地质灾害和相关风险的原因，使他们成为知情的公民。该项目的教育部分将继续开展正在进行的本科教育活动，并通过开发和使用基于网络的地理信息系统工具进行地震灾害和岩土工程教育，扩大到中学教育。教育工作包括中学教师和本科生之间的合作伙伴关系，通过暑期研究经验和学年外展计划。

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.