Welcome to Eric Daub's Group Home Page at CERI
This is the homepage of the Earthquake Physics Group at the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the University of Memphis, headed by Prof. Eric G. Daub.
The Earthquake Physics Group at CERI focuses on problems at the intersection of physics, geology, seismology, and materials science to improve our understanding of the basic physics of deformation and failure in the earth. Because large earthquakes occur infrequently, earthquake hazard worldwide is poorly constrained due to a lack of data. Our research aims at using physics to reduce the uncertainty in how frequently earthquakes occur, as well as bounding the range of possible ground motions that result when they do occur based on physical principles. Our approach utilizes observational data, experimental results, and numerical models to investigate failure in the earth.
We are also interested in how a wide range of amorphous materials, such as granular, glassy, and colloidal systems, deform and fail and work on developing models for failure in these amorphous materials with predictive power.
More information on the group and our research can be found on our research page and on our publications page. Information on teaching, which includes links to teaching resources I have developed, is on the teaching page.
Recent Group News
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Congratulations to Elizabeth for defending her dissertation!
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Congratulations to Sabber for defending his dissertation!
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Chunquan's paper on modeling recurrence of Low Frequency Earthquakes has been published in GRL. More info on the publications page.
Contact Us
We are always looking for motivated and independent graduate students, post-docs, and undergraduate students interested in research on earthquakes and material deformation and failure. If you are interested, please contact us!