Dr Louise Olsen-Kettle

position	Computational Scientist
email	l.kettle1@uq.edu.au
web	http://www.uq.edu.au/~uqlkett1
phone	(+ 61 7) 3346 4090
fax	(+ 61 7) 3346 4134
office	3-256B

My research is in the dynamics of fault rupture during earthquakes. I am investigating the role of friction in the generation of slip complexity in earthquake cycles. My research advances current slip-weakening frictional laws for fault models to allow both pulse-like and crack-like modes of rupture to occur. I am currently investigating mesh sensitivity in numerical models of earthquake rupture and other nonlinear systems which can unearth exciting new physical phenomena. I also also investigating static Coulomb and dynamic stress triggering in interacting fault systems.

I graduated with a Bachelor of Sciences/Arts degree majoring in mathematics and chemistry at the University of Queensland. I received first class honours in applied mathematics in 2000. I completed my PhD in physics and chemistry at the University of Queensland in 2004. My PhD topic was in large-scale numerical simulations of a nanoscale device with applications in solid-state silicon-based quantum computing.

$5,000 p.a. APA PhD Top-Up Scholarships available for 3 years (contingent on acceptance of an APA) are available for several projects upon application.

Volcanic seismicity project
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Tsunami earthquake project
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Ice sheet dynamics and ice quakes project
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Slip-complexity in earthquake models
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Interacting fault systems and earthquake triggering
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