Friday, May 31, 2013

32nd ASME Wind Energy Symposium: Abstracts Reminder -- June 5


Dear Colleagues:

This is a friendly reminder of the upcoming deadline for abstract submission for the 32nd ASME Wind Energy Symposium.

The Symposium will be organized similar to past years; however, this is a particularly interesting and exciting year as it will be co-located for the first time with several other AIAA conferences within the new SCITECH event including the AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials (SDM) Conference and it will continue to be co-located with the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (ASM).

Conference Details:
Website and Abstract Submission:  http://www.aiaa.org/scitech2014/
Conference Location:  National Harbor, Maryland, USA
Conference Dates:  January 13-17, 2014
Abstracts Due:  June 5, 2013 – next Wednesday at 20:00 hours Eastern USA.
Manuscripts Due:  December 2013.

Abstract Requirements:  Extended Abstracts with minimum 500 words.  More details at:  http://www.aiaa.org/Scitech2013CFP/#Abstract_Submission_Requirements


32nd ASME Wind Energy Symposium 
Papers are solicited addressing the broad range of topics related to wind energy technology for both land-based and offshore siting. Technical areas of interest include Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Acoustics, Dynamics and Control, Structures, Structural Dynamics, Materials, Design, System Engineering and Economics applied to wind energy systems:
· Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics
· Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics
· Blade and Turbine Design
· Loads, Dynamics, and Controls
· Innovative Airfoil and Rotor Concepts
· Sensors, Testing, and Health Monitoring
· Materials and Manufacturing
· Atmospheric Physics and Inflow
· Wind Farm and Turbine-Wake Interactions
· Offshore Wind Systems

If you have any questions, please let me know.


Looking forward to another strong Wind Symposium, and hope that you will be able to participate in one way or another.


Warm Regards,

D. Todd Griffith
Technical Chair
2014/2015 ASME Wind Energy Symposium

Tuesday, May 28, 2013


A New Book: "Deformation Microstructures in Rocks" by Soumyajit Mukherjee
Please follow the website below for detail:

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Call for manuscripts on ductile shear zones in an edited volume:
We invite you to submit manuscripts for consideration for publication in the following co-edited volume under preparation: “Ductile Shear Zones: from Micro- to Meso-scales” (Blackwell Publishers)
  The edited volume will consist of, but may not restrict to, the following three 'parts'.
1. Ductile shear zones, shear fabrics and microstructures
2. Kinematics, rheology, shear heating and thermal relaxation
3. Meso-scale shear zones and applied aspects
We wish to receive manuscripts till around June 2014 and publish around December 2014 following peer review process. Both original- and review articles are welcome.
Please contact Soumyajit (soumyajitm@gmail.com) within 25-July-2013 for more details.
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Call for Contribution: Atlas of Structural Geology” (Editor: Soumyajit Mukherjee; Publisher: Elsevier)
Please consider to submit spectacular/eye-catching/unique/rare field and micro-scale colour photographs and their captions, within 200 words, on deformation related features in the following edited volume under preparation.Contact Soumyajit at:    soumyajitm@gmail.com   for details. Structural and metamorphic/igneous/sedimentary duel aspects are welcome! A brief explanation within the caption on what makes the object unique is to be explained. Previously published photos will not be preferred. A maximum of four photos and captions per person will be considered. Captions may contain references. The kind of snaps looked for are similar to 'Geosites' of the 'International Journal of Earth Sciences', or the 'Photo of the Month' of the 'Journal of Structural Geology'.

We often take interesting geoscientific snaps as parts of other studies. If related to deformation, this is a scope to publish those! Elsevier has agreed to publish photos in colour version.
Please express Soumyajit Mukherjee your interest at: soumyajitm@gmail.com within 25-July-2013. Photos and captions will be received till 31-Dec-2013. The book is scheduled for publication in March 2014.

Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Focussed Ion Beam (FIB)/Electron Microscopy


Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research associate (PDRA) position within the mineral magnetism group of the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. The position is funded by the ERC grant “Nanopaleomagnetism: a new multiscale approach to paleomagnetic analysis of geological materials”, a brief description of which is given below. Funding is available for 3 years in the first instance. Successful applicants will hold a PhD on taking up the post.

The PDRA project will focus on the application of a dual-beam focussed ion beam (FIB) workstation to perform 3D slice-and-view tomography of natural samples. The person appointed will use facilities located in the Department of Materials Science to study the positions, sizes, shapes, compositions and crystallographic orientations of magnetic particles embedded in silicate hosts using a combination of slice-and-view tomography, electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). We seek candidates with a strong background in electron microscopy and specific experience with using FIB techniques. Experience with EDX, EBSD and tomography would be an advantage. It is not necessary to have a background in either Earth sciences or magnetism, and we invite suitably experienced candidates from any area of the physical sciences. The successful candidate will have a track record of publication in peer-reviewed journals, will have good communication skills and have demonstrated the capacity to perform independent research.




Interested candidates should contact Dr. Richard Harrison (rjh40@esc.cam.ac.uk) for more information about the project and formal application procedures. 


General description of the ERC project:


Adopting cutting-edge techniques from physics and materials science, Nanopaleomagnetism aims to perform paleomagnetic measurements at submicron length scales, enabling primary magnetic signals to be extracted from ancient and severely altered geological materials. 3D measurements of the volume, shape and spacing of all magnetic particles within a microscale region of interest will be made using a ‘dual beam’ focussed ion beam workstation. Combined with high-resolution paleomagnetic measurements and nanometre/nanosecond electron/X-ray magnetic imaging, nanopaleomagnetism will, for the very first time, be able to characterise the magnetic properties of geological materials at fundamental length scales and time scales. The nanoscale measurements will enable us to capture the essential physics of the remanence acquisition process and to explore magnetic behaviour ‘in silico’, allowing predictions to be made that can be tested directly against experimental observations at all length scales. Sample-return missions to asteroids, comets, moons and planets will soon provide unprecedented opportunities for extraterrestrial paleomagnetism. Nanopaleomagnetism will provide the methodology and instrumentation needed to analyse these precious materials.


Friday, May 17, 2013

18th International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics


Dear all,

Please let me remind you all that the deadline for abstract submission to the 18th International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics, hosted by the University of Leuven, Belgium, from 16 to 18 September 2013, is 31 May 2013.

The deadline for early bird registration in 30 June 2013

For all further information concerning the Leuven meeting and registration, please visit: http://ees.kuleuven.be/drt2013/.

Also make sure to book your accommodation at your earliest convenience, because rooms are scarce and in high demand during September.

A two-day field trip to the Ardenne-Eifel region (Germany, Belgium) will be organized, leaving Leuven on the evening of Wednesday 18 September 2013 and returning to Leuven on the evening of Friday 20 September 2013. Please note that the number of participants is limited. Participation will be reserved on a first-come first served basis.

Please advertise our meeting in your group, in particular among PhD students and early career researchers. A poster can be downloaded.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us (drt2013@ees.kuleuven.be).

You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter.

Hoping to meet you in Leuven,

The Leuven DRT team

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS, Arequipa, Peru - 14, 15 and 16 October 2013






INTRODUCTION

The event will have a duration of three days and technical program main causes of damage and disasters will be the types of geological hazards: dangers by mass.

The technical program is being developed based on national and regional target audience, which is:

- Regional and local authorities.
- Officials of local and regional governments working in planning, land preparation and development projects.
- Members of the Working Groups of the Disaster Risk Management locally and regionally.
- Professionals working in risk assessment scenarios, early warning systems and hazard monitoring, disaster reduction, emergency management, development projects, urban planning.
- Students and academics.
- Geoscientists and the general public.

TECHNICAL MEETINGS AND AGENDA

Preliminarily proposes three technical sessions with their respective agendas:

a)      Session geoscientific research

- Research landslides, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the Peruvian Andes.
- Monitoring instrumental mass movements, volcanoes and active faults. Newsletters and alerts.
- Research Methods flood, types and areas susceptible.
- Impact of landslides, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on society and the environment.
- Zoning landslide hazards, seismicity and volcanic eruptions.
- Scenarios of climate change and mass movement processes.

      b) Session prevention and risk reduction

- Scenarios of the impact of mass movements, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on society.
- Communication geoscience and geological risk reduction.
- Experiences mitigation of the effects of climate change.
- Institutional aspects and responsibilities in assessment, inventory and monitoring of geological hazards.
- Urban Growth and geological risk. The municipal land use plans.
- Public investment projects and disaster risk management.
- Experiences on the incorporation of geological risk in the processes of Ecological Economic Zoning and Land Management.
- Managing vulnerabilities to geological hazards.

      c) Session preparedness, response and rehabilitation

- Early Warning Systems (EWS) against landslides, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Experiences and implementation.
- Care Experiences disasters caused by landslide phenomena, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
- Processes rehabilitation of areas affected by volcanic disasters, earthquakes and mass movements and floods.
- Liability policy action or inaction of the recommendations geoscientific


ROUNDTABLE "GEOLOGICAL SERVICES ROLE IN DISASTER PREVENTION"

Panel consists of representatives from:
-          Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería de Chile (SERNAGEOMIN).
-          Servicio Geológico Colombiano.
-          Instituto Geológico Minero y Metalúrgico (INGEMMET)
-          Servicio Geológico de Korea del Sur
-          Servicio Geológico de España

Preliminarily PROPOSED EXPOSITORS:

Internationals :
Dr. Benjamín van Wyk de Vries, Universidad Blaise Pascal, Francia (UBP).
Dr. Pablo Samaniego, Instituto de Investigación Para el Desarrollo de Francia (IRD).
Dr. Christopher J. Harpel (USA)
Dr. Hugo Delgado Granados, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
Dra. Silvia Ramos, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, México (UNICACH).
Dr. José Viramonte, Universidad de Salta, Argentina y Asociación Latinoamericana de Volcanología (ALVO).
Dr. José Ubeda, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Dr. Miguel Llorente, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME).
Dra. Elena Martinez, consultora internacional, INCLAM-España.
Dr. Hugo Yépez, Instituto Geofísico de la Escuela politécnica de Quito-Ecuador.
Dr. Jordi Pastor, Consultora Internacional WATER IDEA.
Dr. Robert Palomera, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Others??…

Peruvians:

Bilberto Zavala, Manuel Vilchez, Lucio Medina, Patricio Valderrama, Marco Rivera, Luisa Macedo, Jersy Mariño, Domingo Ramos, otros (INGEMMET)
Hernando Tavera u otro representante (IGP)
Ing. Carlos Zavala (CISMID)
Dr. Juan Ordoñez (Director de Hidrología del SENAMHI)
DimitriGutierrez  (Director general de investigaciones oceanográficas y cambio climático IMARPE)
Melba Gonzales (Jefa del CENEPRED)
Ing. Alberto Bisbal (Director Nacional de prevención INDECI)
Lic. Adrián Neyra (Director General de Ordenamiento Territorial MINAM)

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM TECHNICAL

Día 14 de Octubre 2013
HORA
ACTIVIDAD
EXPOSITORES
INSTITUCIONES
8:00 a.m.
Registro de participantes



9:00 a.m.

Ceremonia de inauguración

-    Palabras de bienvenida a cargo del Alcalde de la Municipalidad provincial de Arequipa.
-    Palabras del Jefe Nacional del INDECI.
-    Palabras de inauguración del VI Foro, a cargo del Presidente del Consejo Directivo del INGEMMET. Ing. Susana Vilca.



INGEMMET, INDECI
MPA, GRA, UNSA

10:00 a.m.

A

1:30 p.m.

Sesión 1: Investigaciones Geocientíficas

-    Investigaciones en movimientos en masa, actividad sísmica y erupciones volcánicas en los andes peruanos.
-    Monitoreo instrumental de movimientos en masa, erupciones volcánicas y fallas activas. Boletines y alertas.
-    Métodos de investigación de inundaciones, tipología y áreas susceptibles.
Peligrosidad y riesgo asociados a flujos hiperconcentrados y debris flow. Dr. Robert Palomera, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-España.
Aproximación pluridisciplinar con Sistemas de Información Geográfica para los estudios de peligrosidad y riesgo de inundaciones. Msc. Miguel Llorente, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)-España
La investigación del registro glacial del cambio climático en los andes centrales occidentales de Perú. Dr. Jose Úbeda, Universidad Complutense de Madrid-España
Erupción del volcán Copahue (Argentina): evolución, productos e impacto social y ambiental. Dr. Alberto Tomás Caselli, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro-Argentina



INGEMMET, IGP, SENAMHI, UNAM, UCM, IRD, IGME, SERNAGEOMIN, UNICACH, INCLAM, ALVO, UBP, INDECI, GRA, GRM, GRT, MPA, CISMID, PREDES, CONIDA, BUSF, otros.

1:30 p.m.
Almuerzo



3:00 p.m.

A

6:00 p.m.

Sesión 1: Investigaciones Geocientíficas

-    Impacto de movimientos en masa, actividad sísmica y erupciones volcánicas en la sociedad y el medioambiente.
-    Zonificación de peligros por movimientos en masa, sismicidad y erupciones volcánicas.
-    Escenarios de cambio climático y procesos de movimientos en masa.

M.Sc. Eliecer Duarte, Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI)
Mapa de peligros del volcán Sabancaya: herramienta para el plan de contingencia. MSc. Jersy Mariño, Instituto Geológico Minero y Metalúrgico.
Mapa de susceptibilidad por movimientos en masa en las cuencas Camaná-Majes-Colca y Chili-Vitor-Quilca. Ing. Bilberto Zavala, Instituto Geológico Minero y Metalúrgico.
Avalanchas de escombros: origen, mecanismos y efectos. Dr. Benjamín Van Wik de Bries
Erupciones volcánicas en el Perú y Ecuador: similitudes y diferencias. Dr. Pablo Samaniego, IRD
Peligros geológicos en Lima Metropolitana y el Callao. Ing. Sandra Villacorta, INGEMMET


INGEMMET, IGP, SENAMHI, UNAM, UCM, IRD, IGME, SERNAGEOMIN, UNICACH, INCLAM, ALVO, UBP, INDECI, GRA, GRM, GRT, MPA, CISMID, PREDES, CONIDA, BUSF, otros.

HORA
ACTIVIDAD

INSTITUCIONES
8:00 a.m.
Registro de participantes



9:00 a.m.

A

1:30 p.m.

Sesión 2: Prevención y Reducción del Riesgo

-    Escenarios sobre el impacto de los movimientos en masa, actividad sísmica y las erupciones volcánicas en la sociedad.
-    Comunicación geocientífica y reducción del riesgo geológico.
-    Experiencias sobre acciones de mitigación de los efectos del cambio climático.
-    Institucionalidad y responsabilidades en aspectos de evaluación, inventario y monitoreo de riesgos geológicos.

Análisis y gestión del riesgo de inundación. Dra. Elena Martínez, Consultora Internacional  INCLAM-España
Mitigación de efectos de tsunamis por fractalización costera. Dr. Nicanor Prendes, Centro de Experimentación de Obras Públicas (CEDEX)-España.
Plan de contingencia en la localidad de Caviahue frente a la erupción del volcán Copahue (Argentina). Pablo Forte, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
Amenaza volcánica en Nicaragua y el trabajo con la comunidad. MSc. Martha Navarro,  Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales
El riesgo sísmico en el Sur del Perú. Dr. Hernando Tavera, Instituto Geofísico del Perú (IGP)
Peligros geológicos en el Distrito de Maca: evaluación, zonificacón y monitoreo. Ing. Lionel Fidel




INGEMMET, IGP, SENAMHI, UNAM, UCM, IRD, IGME, SERNAGEOMIN, UNICACH, INCLAM, ALVO, UBP, INDECI, GRA, GRM, GRT, MPA, CISMID, PREDES, CONIDA, BUSF, otros.

1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break



3:00 p.m.

A

6:00 p.m.

Sesión 2: Prevención y Reducción del Riesgo

-    Crecimiento urbano y riesgo geológico. Los planes de ordenamiento territorial municipal.
-    Proyectos de inversión pública  y la gestión de riesgo de desastres.
-    Experiencias sobre la incorporación del riesgo geológico en los procesos de Zonificación Ecológica Económica y Ordenamiento Territorial.
-    Manejo de las vulnerabilidades ante peligros geológicos.

Dra. Silvia Ramos, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas-México.
Dr. Carlos Zavala Toledo, Investigador del CISMID. Microzonificación sísmica para el Ordenamiento Territorial.
Gelogía y sociedad, Ing. Luisa Macedo, Instituto Geológico Minero y Metalúrgico.
Arq. Guadalupe Mazana, Dirección de Gestión de Procesos del CENEPRED. Ley 29869, de reasentamiento poblacional para zonas de muy alto riesgo no mitigable
MINAM, Mapa Temático de Peligros Geológicos y su utilización en los procesos de Zonificación Económica y Ecológica y Ordenamiento Territorial






INGEMMET, IGP, SENAMHI, UNAM, UCM, IRD, IGME, SERNAGEOMIN, UNICACH, INCLAM, ALVO, UBP, INDECI, GRA, GRM, GRT, MPA, CISMID, PREDES, CONIDA, BUSF, otros.

HORA
ACTIVIDAD

INSTITUCIONES
8:00 a.m.
Registro de participantes



9:00 a.m.

A

1:30 p.m.

Sesión 3: Preparación, Respuesta y Rehabilitación

-    Sistemas de Alerta Temprana (SAT) frente a movimientos en masa, actividad sísmica y erupciones volcánicas. Experiencias e implementación.
-    Experiencias de atención de desastres originados por fenómenos de movimientos en masa, actividad sísmica y erupciones volcánicas.

Innovaciones en Sistemas de Alerta Temprana para la gestión de emergencias ante inundaciones. Dr. Jordi Pastor, Consultor Internacional WATER IDEA-España
SAT frente a actividad volcánica en el Sur del Perú. Ing. Miguel Castillo. INGEMMET
Riesgo volcánico en el Ecuador y SAT. Dra. Silvana Hidalgo. Instituto Geofísico del Ecuador



INGEMMET, IGP, SENAMHI, UNAM, UCM, IRD, IGME, SERNAGEOMIN, UNICACH, INCLAM, ALVO, UBP, INDECI, GRA, GRM, GRT, MPA, CISMID, PREDES, CONIDA, BUSF, otros.

1:30 p.m.
Almuerzo



3:00 p.m.

A
               
5:00 p.m.

Sesión 3: Preparación, Respuesta y Rehabilitación

-    Procesos de rehabilitación de zonas afectadas por desastres de origen volcánico, actividad sísmica y movimientos en masa e inundaciones.
-    Responsabilidad política sobre acción o inacción de las recomendaciones geocientíficas

Atención de la Emergencia de Choquepuquio (Apurimac). Arq. Alcibiades Pinto Melendez. Director oficina defensa nacional y defensa cuiivil GORE Apurimac.
Alcalde Distrito de La Punta, Callao. Sistema de Alerta Temprana frente tsunamis en La Punta-Callao
El sismo de Haiti 2010: atención y reconstrucción. Pierre Chávez. Bomberos Unidos Sin Fronteras
Atención de emergencias en el Perú. Ing. Alberto Bisbal. Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil (INDEC)



INGEMMET, IGP, SENAMHI, UNAM, UCM, IRD, IGME, SERNAGEOMIN, UNICACH, INCLAM, ALVO, UBP, INDECI, GRA, GRM, GRT, MPA, CISMID, PREDES, CONIDA, BUSF, otros.

5:00 p.m.

A
               
6:00 p.m.

MESA REDONDA:

ROL DE LOS SERVICIOS GEOLÓGICOS EN LA PREVENCIÓN DE DESASTRES
-          Dr. Jorge Civis Llovera, Director del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)-España.
-          Presidente del Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería de Chile (SERNAGEOMIN).
-          Presidente del Servicio Geológico Colombiano (INGEOMINAS).
-          Presidente del INGEMMET.
-          Presidente del Servicio Geológico de Canadá

SERNAGEOMIN, INGEMMET, SERVICIO GEOLÓGICO COLOMBIANO, SERVICIO GEOLÓGICO DE CANADÁ.
6:00 p.m.

A
               
8:00 p.m.

Ceremonia de Clausura

-    Palabras de agradecimiento a cargo del Presidente del Consejo Directivo del INGEMMET. Ing. Susana Vilca.
-    Clausura del VI Foro, a cargo del Presidente del Gobierno Regional de Arequipa, Dr. Manuel Guillén.
-    Pisco de honor.
-    Bailes típicos del Perú.



INGEMMET, GRA, INDECI, MPA, UNSA