3890 Central Ave

Memphis, TN 38152

TEL (901) 678-4045

FAX (901) 678-4734

 irabak@memphis.edu

www.ceri.memphis.edu/~rabak

 

 

 

Ivan Rabak

 

Professional

Experience

03/04–present                   University of Memphis                             Memphis, TN

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)

·    Developing MatSeis Software Package solutions.

 

03/03–03/04                    University of Memphis                           Memphis, TN

Research Associate

·    Developing a HTML – Java database and a visual interface.

·    Implementing the ShakeMap for the Memphis metropolitan area.

 

 

01/01–03/03                     University of Memphis                            Memphis, TN

Graduate Research Assistant

·    Setting up and maintaining the portable seismic network following

      2001 Enola AR, 2002 Evansville IN and 2003 Ft. Payne earthquakes.

·    Data analysis of the Gujarat, India 2001 and Enola 2001, AR earthquakes.

·    Surveying and processing shallow seismic reflection and refraction data.

 

 

10/00–01/01                    University of Memphis                            Memphis, TN

Project Technician

·    Field work in borehole geophysics: sampling and logging in Keiser, AR.

  

 

07/00-09/00                         Siemens                                           Zagreb, Croatia

Mobile Communication Software Developer 

·   Developing and testing computer codes for digital mobile telephone relay stations.

 

 

04/99-12/99       The Department of Defense                                  Zagreb, Croatia

Computer Hardware and Software Maintenance

·   Maintaining and upgrading internal database software in the

     Department of Human Resources.

·   Hardware maintenance and troubleshooting. 

 

Education

01/01-03/03     University of Memphis, Center for Earthquake

                                Research an Information (CERI)                 Memphis, TN

·    M.S. in Geological Sciences, concentration in Geophysics.

      Thesis title: 2001 Enola earthquake swarm.

 

 

10/93-01/99                     University of Zagreb                            Zagreb, Croatia

·    Diploma of Engineering in Physics.

      Thesis title: Algorithm and Source Code for  the Automatic Seismic Phase Picker.

 

Training

07/00                               Siemens                                              Zagreb, Croatia

·     Siemens training program on the principles of the telecommunication

       technology.

 

 

09/01                                Kinematrics Inc.                                    Pasadena, CA

·    USGS Training Program on Altus K2 accelerographs.

 

Speaking

Engagements

·   Power Point presentations on 2001 ESSA,

       2001 and 2002 AGU meetings.

 

Publications

·    Abstracts:

      The Arkansas Swarm Strikes Back.

       Does (Seismic) History Repeat Itself?  The Enola, Arkansas,

              Earthquake Swarm of 2001.

       The Enola, Arkansas, Sequence of 2001—a Recurring Earthquake

               Swarm in “Stable Continental” Crust?

 

Skills

·   Extensive experience on Windows 95/98/NT, Mac OS, Unix

     platforms.

·   Microsoft Office Suite.

·   Active knowledge of MATLAB package (mapping and signal 

     processing toolbox) and MatSeis

·   Experience in SAC (Seismic Analysis Code) scripting and Seismic Unix.

·   Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

·   Web page designing (Front Page, Namo, Netscape)

·   Computer languages: Basic, Pascal, Fortran, C, Borland Delphi,

     Visual Basic, Java, JavaScript, C Shell, SQL.

·   Seismic field equipment deployment.

·   Five years of tutoring high school students.

·   Photo amateur for 12 years.

·   Native Croatian speaker.

·   Basics in German and Spanish.

 

Current

Projects

·   Earthquake Response and Web Design committee member.

·   Engineering and implementing new procedures in the seismic data

     acquisition and interpretation.

·   Implementing the ShakeMap for the Memphis metropolitan area.

·   Developing a web based database and a visual interface.

 

Interests

·   Reading, photography, bicycling, swimming, tennis.

 

References

·  Paul Bodin, PhD.                             (email: bodin@ceri.memphis.edu)

The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152

Phone: (901) 678-4845

(Relation: Advisor)

·  Charles Langston, PhD.                   (e-mail: clangstn@memphis.edu)

The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152

Phone: (901) 678-4869

(Relation: Advisor)

·  Arch Johnston, PhD                         (e-mail: johnston@ceri.memphis.edu)

Director of the Center for Earthquake Research and Information

The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152

Phone: (901) 678-4885

(Relation: Professor)

·  Chris Powell, PhD                             (e-mail: powell@ceri.memphis.edu)

Assistant Director of the Center for Earthquake Research and Information

The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152

Phone: (901) 678-8455