Phone: (650) 329-4803
e-mail: vsevilgen@usgs.gov

Mailing address:
345 Middlefield Rd MS 977
Menlo Park, CA-94025

Volkan Sevilgen

My research focuses on cost-effective rapid determination of earthquake shaking intensities. This is important knowledge in effective distribution of rescue teams, hazard management and recovery studies. Developing web-based algorithms calculate intensity values from personal earthquake observations. Many observations can collect from online questionnaires in less time and with this data we can determine earthquake-affected area rapidly.

I’m also helping the development of Coulomb 3.0 Dislocation Software that will be working on all computer operating systems. The new version using Matlab’s numerical and visualization engines to calculate displacement, strain and stress associated with earthquakes, volcanic events and long-term fault motions.

I create and maintain our group and projects web sites. These websites serve the both of public and other scientists; it includes technical and non-technical summaries of our research, our published reports, press articles about our work, and materials for students and teachers.