​A paper "The lithospheric shear-wave velocity structure of Saudi Arabia: Young volcanism in an old shield" by Tang, Julia, Zahran and Mai has been published in Tectonophysics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.05.004

​ Poster by Jagdish Vyas at EGU 2016 in Vienna has been selected for and OSPP (Outstanding Student Poster and PICO) Award.

​A CES team successfully installed ten seismic stations in Tanzania

May 31-June 2, 2016: Workshop on ‘Earthquakes in Northern Iceland’, held in Husavik

​PICO presentation by Luigi Lombardo at EGU 2016 in Vienna has been selected for and OSPP (Outstanding Student Poster and PICO) Award.

​A paper "The lithospheric shear-wave velocity structure of Saudi Arabia: Young volcanism in an old shield" by Tang, Julia and Mai has been accepted for publication in Tectonophysics.

Apr 17-22, 2016: General Assembly of the European Geoscience Union (EGU) in Vienna; CES-Team organizes three special sessions, and contributes several talks & posters http://www.egu2016.eu

Defense of ​MS-Thesis "Hybrid Broadband Ground-Motion Simulation Using Scenario Earthquakes for the Istanbul Area" by Owais A. Reshi.

​Paper "Evidence for truncated exponential probability distribution of earthquake" by Kiran Thingbaijam and Martin Mai has been accepted for publication in BSSA.

Apr 4-6, 2016: Prof. Mai invited speaker at UPERC-workshop “Multiscale Imaging of Large Rock Volumes” (held at KAUST)

​Paper "Distance and azimuthal dependence of ground-motion variability for unilateral strike-slip ruptures" by J.C. Vyas, P.M. Mai and M. Galis was accepted for publication in Bulletin of Seismological Society of America.

​Paper "Estimation of intrinsic aquifer vulnerability with index-overlay and statistical methods. The case of eastern Kopaida, central Greece. " by Tziritis and Luigi Lombardo has been accepted for publication in Applied Water Science.

L. Parisi, A.M.G. Ferreira. Empirical assessment of the validity limits of the surface wave full ray theory using realistic 3- D Earth models. Geophys. J. Int. (2016) 205, 146–159, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw005 Click here

Feb 15-18, 2016: Prof. Mai invited speaker at “Red Sea Book Workshop” (organized by the Saudi Geological Survey; held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)

Feb 12-13, 2016: Prof. Mai at council meeting of the European Geoscience Union (EGU), Malaga

Dec 14-18, 2015: Annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco: CES-Team leads two special sessions and contributes several presentations

NEW post-doc arrived: Laura Parisi, from University of Norwich joins the CES-Team, and brings expertise in global waveform simulations and using spectral–element methods

Nov 18-21, 2015: Prof. Mai as invited speaker at Workshop on ‘Best Practices in Physics-based Fault Rupture Models for Seismic Hazard Assessment of Nuclear Installations’, Vienna

Sep 14-17, 2015: Prof. Mai attends the meeting of the ‘Arbeitsgruppe Seismologie’, Germany, Wildbad Kreuth

July 05-09, 2015: Workshop on ‘Numerical Methods for Earthquake Motion’, Smolenice Castle, Slovakia; CES-Team presents posters & talks, and involved in organization & planning