Dr. Larry Braile

Professor and Department Head

E-mail: braile@purdue.edu

Associated Website(s): Geodynamics & Active Tectonics (GAT)

Personal Website: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/

Ph.D., University of Utah

Research Interests

Seismology, crustal and upper mantle structure, inversion of geophysical data, intraplate earthquakes, Earth science education.

Teaching Interests

EAS 100 Planet Earth

EAS 309 Computer Aided Analysis for Geos

EAS 509 Data Analysis Techniques in EAS

EAS 553 Seismic Exploration

Awards and Honors

1998 - Excellence in Geophysical Education award (AGU)

Selected Publications

• Braile, L.W.: Seismic waves and the slinky: A guide for teachers, informal publication, 2001, 35 pages.

• Boone, W.J., G.H Krockover, L.W. Braile, and A.M. Rizzo: An analysis of Earth science content empha-sis as related to the National Science Education Standards, The Hoosier Science Teacher, 25, March, 69-79, 2000.

• Jiracek, G.R., W.S. Baldridge, S. Biehler, L.W. Braile, J.F. Ferguson, B.E. Gilpin, and D.L.Alumbaugh, SAGE: Learning geophysics by immersion, The Leading Edge, 19, September, 986-990, 2000.

• Chair of the IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) Education and Outreach Committee, 1996-2001. USGS National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, Central Region, proposal review panel, August, 2000. NSF/EHR/ESIE Teacher Enhancement Program, proposal review panel, November, 2001.

• Brehm, D.J. and L.W. Braile (1999). Intermediate-term earthquake prediction using the modified time-to-failure method in southern California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 89, 275-293.