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Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster in Japan
The University of Maryland has a number of experts who can help you with your coverage of the ongoing earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster in Japan.
Geophysicist Laurent Montesi calls it a mega-quake: "I am struck by the frequency of the large events we have been having since the 2004 Sumatra event."
Please feel free to contact our experts directly. Experts are listed alphabetically.
Number of experts found: 19
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Linda Aldoory
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Endowed Chair & Director and Associate Professor
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Behavioral and Community Health
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Expertise Key Words:
Health communication, risk communication, health literacy, health campaigns, media effects, food safety, public health, women and media.
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301 405 0388
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laldoory@umd.edu
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Kenneth A. Gabriel
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Director, Advanced Concepts - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
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Clark School of Engineering; Adjunct Faculty member - R.H. Smith School of Business
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Expertise Key Words:
Port security technology; integrated security logistics for defense and homeland security (including port and border security, rapid response and recovery operations in natural and man-made disasters); integrated weapon system supply chain optimization to improve military readiness and reduce costs
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301 405 9702
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egabriel@umd.edu
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Gerald E. Galloway
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Glenn L. Martin Institute Prof of Engr and and Affiliate Prof of Public Policy; Research Professor
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Civil & Environmental Engineering; School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Water Resources Policy; Water Resources Management and Engineering; Integrated Water Resource Management; Floods; Flood Damage Reduction (Levees, Dams, Floodwalls); Flood Insurance; Infrastructure Security; impacts of climate change on flooding, drought and other water resource issues
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301 405 1341
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703-979-5253
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571-334-2103
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gegallo@umd.edu
river57@comcast.net
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Nathan E. Hultman
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Director, Environmental Policy Program, School of Public Policy
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Climate change, carbon markets, international climate policy, energy policy, low-carbon energy, nuclear power, renewable energy, climate risk, energy technology innovation, risk & decisionmaking under scientific uncertainty, science and society.
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301 405 3429
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hultman@umd.edu
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Hiroyuki Iseki
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Asst Prof
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Center for Smart Growth Research & Education
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Expertise Key Words:
* Transportation Planning
* Transportation Policy
* Transportation Economics and Finance
* Public Transit Planning and Management
* Travel Behavior Analysis and Modeling
* Regional Transportation and Land Use Planning
* Applications of GISs to planning and policy analysis
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301 405 4403
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hiseki@umd.edu
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Michael S. Kearney
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Professor
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Geography
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Expertise Key Words:
Sea level rise; coastal marshes in the Chesapeake Bay; shore erosion; disappearing islands and land loss; sedimentation in the Bay; remote sensing; impacts of storms on storm surge processes; hurricanes; Rita and Galveston; climate change, commonly called global warming, and sea level rise.
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301 405 4057
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mkearne2@umd.edu
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Elinda F. Kiss
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Teaching Professor
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Finance
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Expertise Key Words:
Accounting; Economics; Careers; Futures Options; Investing, Mergers & Acquisitions; Personal Finance; Investing; Deregulation; Securities Regulation; Risk Management; Securities; Banking; Bonds; Credit; Federal Reserve; Resolution Trust Corporation; Interest Rate Derivatives;
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301 405 7538
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215-938-8860
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215-962-9071
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ekiss@umd.edu
EFKiss@aol.com
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Marlene J. Mayo
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Associate Professor
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History
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Expertise Key Words:
Modern Japanese History, East Asian History
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301 405 4309
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mmayo@umd.edu
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Mohammad Modarres
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Prof
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Mechanical Engineering
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Expertise Key Words:
Probabilistic risk aseesment, Energy Systems, Advanced nuclear plants, risk associated with gas powered vehicles, food safety risk assessment.
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301 405 5226
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modarres@umd.edu
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Susan Moeller
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Professor
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Philip Merrill College of Journalism and School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Media coverage of international affairs; media coverage of war, violence, conflict and disasters; media coverage of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD); how photographic images shape attitudes toward war; compassion fatigue; human/civil rights and the media.
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301 405 2419
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301 565 9510
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240 472 4166
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smoeller@jmail.umd.edu
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Laurent G. Montesi
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Asst Prof
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Geology
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Expertise Key Words:
earthquakes
plate boundaries
magma dynamics
mid-ocean ridges
subduction zones
geology of Venus
geology of Mars
geology of icy satellites
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301 405 7534
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montesi@umd.edu
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Peter G. Morici
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Professor
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Logistics, Business & Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Macroeconomics, International Economics And International Business, And Government Regulation; Steel; Autos; Telecommunications; Airlines; Manufacturing; Retailing; Financial And Foreign Exchange Markets; Import And Export Issues
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301 405 2136
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703-549-4338
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pmorici@umd.edu
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Ali Mosleh
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Prof
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Mechanical Engineering
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Expertise Key Words:
Risk and safety analysis of complex systems and processes; product reliability and safety analysis; predictive models of human error and organizational failures; methodology for assessment of uncertainties in scientific models; methods of inference with limited knowledge and partial evidence
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301 405 5215
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mosleh@umd.edu
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William M. Rand
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Asst Prof
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Marketing, Decision, Operations & Information Technology, and Computer Science
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Expertise Key Words:
marketing, information systems, agent-based modeling, computational modeling, computer science, social networks, machine learning, genetic algorithms, geographic information systems, GIS, diffusion of innovations, diffusion of information, social modeling, social media, Web 2.0, electronic marketing
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Expertise Credentials:
William Rand examines the use of computational modeling techniques, like agent-based modeling, geographic information systems, social network analysis, and machine learning, to help understand and analyze complex systems, like the diffusion of innovation, organizational learning, and economic markets.
He received his doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Michigan in 2005 where he worked on the application of evolutionary computation techniques to dynamic environments. While finishing his doctorate he was involved in a large scale research project that developed an agent-based model of residential land use in the Southeast Michigan area. Later as a postdoctoral research fellow at Northwestern University in the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), he continued to develop his interest in agent-based modeling and evolutionary computation, and began combining these techniques with social network analysis.
He is currently co-authoring a textbook on agent-based modeling. Over the course of his research experience, he has used computer models to help understand a large variety of complex systems, such as the evolution of cooperation, suburban sprawl, traffic patterns, financial systems, land-use and land-change in urban systems, and many other phenomena.
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Web Site(s):
 Personal Website
Project Sluce
NetLogo
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301 405 7229
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wrand@umd.edu
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Address:
3457 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD 20742
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Degrees:
Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Michigan
Cert. of Study, Complex Systems, University of Michigan
Postdoc, Complex Systems, Northwestern University
M.S., Computer Science, University of Michigan
B.A., Philosophy, Michigan State University
B.S., Computer Science, Michigan State University
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Publication(s):
Reciprocity Between the Cerebellum and the Cerebral Cortex: Nonlinear Dynamics in Microscopic Modules
Exurbia from the Bottom-Up: Confronting Empirical Challenges to Characterizing a Complex System
Path dependence and the validation of agent-based spatial models of land use
Multi-Agent Learning with a Distributed Genetic Algorithm
CrossNet: A Framework for Crossover with Network-based Chromosomal Representations
Making Models Match: Replicating agent-based models
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Matthias Ruth
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Weston Professor of Natural Economics; Co-Director, Engineering and Public Policy
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Environmental economics, policy, planning and engineering issues on a regional, national and international scale; renewable and non renewable resources; dynamic modeling techniques as applied to environmental resources and conditions
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301 405 6075
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240 899 5793
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mruth1@umd.edu
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Ben A. Shneiderman
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Professor
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Computer Science
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Expertise Key Words:
Human-computer interaction; user interface design.
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301 405 2680
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bshneide@umd.edu
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Jeffrey F. Werling
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Executive Director
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Inforum Forecasting/Department of Economics
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Expertise Key Words:
Economic forecasting (Macroeconomic accounting and modeling); Input-output accounts and modeling;
International finance and trade;
Economics of developing nations;
U.S. Industrial Structure;
Manufacturing operations;
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301 405 4607
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jwerling@umd.edu
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Yunfeng Zhang
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Assoc Professor
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Expertise Key Words:
earthquake engineering, structural collapse, steel structures, sensor, fatigue crack, acoustic emission, vibration, bridge testing, structural health monitoring, building integrated photovoltaic panel use in building structures
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301 405 1955
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zyf@umd.edu
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