FIU experts on East Coast earthquake


Florida International University has a number of professors who are experts on earthquakes.  This list will be updated as other experts become available.

For assistance reaching any of these professors, please call the FIU Office of Media Relations at 305-348-2232.

Grenville Draper
Earth Sciences Professor
Grenville Draper has studied the geology tectonics of several regions in the world for more than 30 years. He was intimately involved in the study and mapping of the fault that caused the earthquake in Haiti, for example. Professor Draper is Chair of the Standing Committee of the Caribbean Geological Conference series and is on the editorial boards of International Geology Review and Geologica Acta. Professor Draper speaks Spanish.
Draper@fiu.edu
305-348-3087

Atorod Azizinamini
Professor and Chair, Department and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Azizinamini’s research activities are diverse. In the early 1990s, he conducted a number of projects funded by the National Science Foundation to develop technologies for utilizing High Performance Concrete in buildings and bridges, with an emphasis on highly seismic areas. In 1995, he was selected through NSF to be a member of the U.S. delegation to work cooperatively with Japanese researchers to develop technologies for the next generation of high-rise buildings in seismic regions.
aazizina@fiu.edu
305-348-3821

Richard Olson
Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department
Richard Olson teaches about the political fallout from natural disasters such as the separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971, which was precipitated when a massive cyclone hit the Southeast Asian country. Olson, a former contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has done work in the aftermath of disasters such as Hurricane Mitch in Central America. Professor Olson speaks Spanish.
Richard.Olson@fiu.edu
305-348-6398

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