From August 10th to 14th, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” held a “Cloud Course”, and invited Professor Luis A. Dalguer, an experienced Civil Engineer and Seismologist who currently works in “3Q-lab” in Switzerland as a consultant, to present a course named “Earthquake Source Dynamic and Ground Motion Modelling for Seismic Hazard Assessment”.
Associate Prof. Jie Xu from the School of Civil Engineering hosted the course. By way of an online classroom, Prof. Luis A. Dalguer covered the knowledge of earthquake source dynamic and ground motion modelling in 15 sessions. Session 1-3 mainly focused on two main approaches for earthquake source characterization of finite fault rupture model, kinematic and dynamic; Session 4-6 were about the numerical modelling of earthquake dynamic; in Session 7-9 high frequency radiation of ground motion and how earthquake rupture operates as crack-like and pulse-like mode were discussed; and Session 10-12 contained the introduction as well as the application of Fault Displacement Assessment; On last day’s Session 13-15, Prof. Luis A. Dalguer presented other examples of earthquake modelling not presented in the previous sessions, and students of this course were asked to take a test to check the study result. During this course, Prof. Luis A. Dalguer would conduct online discussions on related topics with students after everyday sessions.
The audience participating this “Cloud Course” were from Tianjin University, Hebei University of Technology, Hebei University etc. The number of audiences accumulated reached 330, among which 49 students were assessed to be qualified for the course and were given the certificate of completion by the School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University.
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Fig.1. Online Group Photo of the Course |
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Fig.2. Sample of the Certificate of Completion |
Introduction to Professor Luis A. Dalguer:
Professor Luis A. Dalguer is Civil Engineer and Seismologist with more that 20 years of professional experience in the academia and industry. He has two PhDs: one in Seismology and another in Structural Engineering, specialized in Structural Dynamic. Currently he is working in his own consulting company, “3Q-Lab” based in Switzerland, providing professional service on seismology and earthquake engineering related problems and as advisor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He has also the Adjunct professor position at the Disaster Prevention Research Center, Aichi Institute of Technology (AIT), Japan. During the last 20 years, he has made fundamental and applied research on earthquake physics in the academia as well as providing professional service to the industry on earthquake seismology related problems. He has published two books, more than 70 papers in international journals and more than 200 contributions in international conferences. He is at present Associate Editor of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA) and Guest Editor of Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAGEOPH).
(Corresponding：Dazhi Dang)
