EDUCATION:

• Ph.D., Seismology, Feb. 1992, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
• M. S. , Geophysics, July 1985, University of Science and Technology of China, PRC
• B. S. , Geophysics, July 1982, University of Science and Technology of China, PRC

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Seismology with emphasis on study of earthquake source, site effect and medium attenuation that leads to earthquake hazard estimation and strong ground motion prediction. Analysis of seismic data for studying earth structure, wave propagation, probabilistic and deterministic seismic hazard assessment. Strong ground motion simulation and modeling.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• 1/93 to date: Research Assistant Professor, Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada-Reno.
• 6/92 to 12/92: Associate Seismologist, Strong Motion Instrumentation Program, California Department of Mines and Geology.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

• strong motion data analysis, interpretation and simulation
• nonlinear soil response modeling
• weak and strong motion site response estimation and modeling using various techniques
• regional network data analysis and interpretation
• seismic wave scattering and attenuation
• earthquake and explosion source study and their discrimination
• temporal and spatial variation of coda Q-1 associated with major earthquakes
• geodetic displacement field modeling and earthquake dislocation sources inversion

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Member of the American Geophysics Union and the GeoHazards International.

PUBLICATIONS:

Journal Articles

• Su, F., Y. Zeng and John G. Anderson (1999). Site response study of weak and strong ground motion including nonlinearity, Proceedings of the SMIP99, California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology.



• Su, F., John G. Anderson and Y. Zeng (1998). Study of weak and strong motion including nonlinearity in the Northridge, California, earthquake sequence, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 88, 1411-1425.



• Su, F., J. G. Anderson, S. Ni and Y. Zeng (1998). Site amplification and basin response on strong motion in Las Vegas, Earthquake Spectra, 14, 357-376.



Su, F., J. G. Anderson, J. N. Brune, Y. Zeng, A. Sheehan, K. Smith, M. Savage, R. Anooshehpoor (1998). Site response in the Yucca Mountain area determined from aftershocks of the Little Skull Mountain earthquake, Revised for USGS open file report.


• Su, F., Y. Zeng and John G. Anderson (1998). Seismological evidence of nonlinear site response from 1994 Northridge earthquake, Proceedings of the ESG meeting, 1998, Japan.



• Su, F., J. G. Anderson, S. Ni and Y. Zeng (1998). Site amplification in Las Vegas estimated from the Little Skull Mountain Earthquake, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 98-6, 137-156.



• Zeng, Y., J. G. Anderson, F. Su, G. Yu, Y. Lee, S. Ni, Q. Chen, R. Siddharthan, S. Day (1996). Composite source model: Applications to generating realistic strong ground motions and to understanding the underlying physical processes, Proceedings of the Eleventh World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, p.1-8.



• Su, F., J. Anderson, J. Brune and Y. Zeng (1996). A comparison of direct S-wave and coda wave site amplification determined from aftershocks of the Little Skull Mountain earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 86, 1006-1018.



• Su, F. and K. Aki (1995). Site amplification factors in central and southern California determined from coda waves. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 85, 452-466.



• Su, F., and J. Anderson (1995). Site response in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain. Proceedings of Methods of Seismic Hazard Evaluation, American Nuclear Society Focus 95, Las Vegas, Nevada, 72-80.



• Zeng, Y., J. G. Anderson and F. Su (1995). Subevent rake and random scattering effects in realistic strong ground motion simulation, G. Res. Lett. , 20, 17-20.



• Su, F., K. Aki, T. L. Teng, Y. Zeng, S. Koyanagi, K. Mayeda (1992). The relation between site amplification factor and surficial geology in central California, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am, 82,580-602.



• Su, F. (1992). Study of earthquake source, propagation medium attenuation and recording site amplification using coda waves, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Southern California.



• Su, F., K. Aki and N. N. Biswas (1991). Discriminating quarry blasts from earthquakes using coda waves, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 81, 162-178.



• Zeng, Y., F. Su and K. Aki (1991). Scattering wave energy propagation in a medium with randomly distributed isotropic scatterers, J. Geophys. Res, 96, 607-619.



• Mayeda, K., F. Su and K. Aki (1991). Seismic albedo from the total seismic energy dependence on hypocentral distance in Southern California, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 67, 104-114.



• Su, F. and K. Aki (1990). Temporal and spatial variation on coda Q-1 associated with the North Palm Springs earthquake of July 8, 1986, PAGEOPH, 133, 23-52.



• Xu, G. M. and F. Su (1988). Displacement field of seismic fault dislocation influenced by the surface soft layer and its inverse problem, Chinese Journal of Geophysics (in English), 31, 223-249.



• Su, F. (1985). Forward and inverse problems of displacement field due to a fault spreading in a multi-layered medium and its application to Xingtai earthquake, Master's Thesis, University of Science and Technology of China.

Technical Reports

• Anderson, J. G., and F. Su (1999). Re-evaluation of kappa for Little Skull Mountain earthquakes, WP#14012210M3..



• Cao, T., G. Lu, Y. Zeng, F. Su, J. G. Anderson, J. Xie, V. Graizer, A. Shakal (1999). Processed strong motion records from the normal and strike-slip earthquaeks of 1997 in northern China. Calif. Div. Mines and Geology, Office of Strong Motion Studies, Report No. OSMS 99-02.



• Lee, Y., Y. Zeng, J. G. Anderson, S. Ni and F. Su (1996). Evaluation of empirical regressions for ground motion characteristics, SCEC Phase III Report.



• Anderson, J. G., and F. Su (1994). Estimates of seismic site effects in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Yucca Mountain Project -- Annual Report .



• Darragh, R., T. Cao, C. Cramer, F. Su, M. Huang and A. Shakal (1992). Processed CSMIP strong-motion records from the Landers, California earthquake of 28 June 1992, Calif. Div. Mines and Geology, Office of Strong Motion Studies, Report No. OSMS 92-13.



• Shakal, A., M. Huang, T. Cao, R. Sherburne, R. Sydnor, P. Fung, C. Cramer, F. Su, R. Darragh and J. Wampole (1992). CSMIP strong-motion records from the Landers, California earthquake of 28 June 1992, Calif. Div. Mines and Geology, Office of Strong Motion Studies, Report No. OSMS 92-09.



• Huang, M., A. Shakal, T. Cao, R. Sherburne, R. Sydnor, P. Fung, C. Cramer, F. Su, R. Darragh and J. Wampole (1992). CSMIP strong-motion records from the Big Bear, California earthquake of 28 June 1992, Calif. Div. Mines and Geology, Office of Strong Motion Studies, Report No. OSMS 92-10.