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The earthquake engineering simulation group, led by Prof. Swaminathan Krishnan, pursues fundamental research in earthquake engineering with applications to end-to-end simulation of earthquakes and structural response using high-performance computing. End-to-end simulations consist of holistically simulating the earthquake process, starting with fault rupture, generation and propagation of seismic waves to a site(s) of interest, and shaking of the top-soil layer, simulating the structural response including soil-structure interaction, and estimating the losses due to damage, and the opportunity cost due to interruption of structure usage. Visit the RESEARCH section for an example of such a simulation.
Prospective students: You are welcome to forward your CVs, but please note that Prof. Krishnan is generally unable to reply due to the high volume of correspondence received. All applications to graduate studies are reviewed by a committee and admissions are made on a competitive basis.
Swaminathan Krishnan is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Geophysics at Caltech and a structural engineer specializing in earthquake
engineering. Visit Dr. Krishnan's PERSONAL PAGE for more information: http://krishnan.caltech.edu/krishnan.
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