ESP Biography



YUYUN YANG, Stanford PhD student modeling earthquake cycles



Major: ICME

College/Employer: Stanford

Year of Graduation: 2022

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

I'm currently a 3rd year PhD student studying computational and mathematical engineering. My work consists of doing numerical simulations of earthquake sequences to uncover the processes preceding/driving earthquakes! I'd love to share my knowledge with students and inspire them to be interested in earth science.



Past Classes

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R7018: The science of earthquakes in Splash Spring 2019 (May. 04 - 05, 2019)
This class will teach students the basics of how, why and where earthquakes happen. It will also introduce the different types of earthquakes, and events related to earthquakes, such as tsunamis.