Prof. Richard Weaver Has Opportunities in Theoretical/Numerical Seismic Wave Research

Prof. Richard Weaver is looking for one or two graduate research assistants for theoretical and numerical projects on the statistics of diffuse seismic waves. Recent attention to diffuse fields in seismology, inspired in part by laboratory experiments done at UIUC, is leading to new methods for probing the interior of the earth. Prof. Weaver and collaborators observe and exploit mesoscopic residual correlations in nominally incoherent multiply scattered elastic wave fields, on the moon, in the seismic coda, in local geophone noise, and in long period world-wide background seismicity.

For additional information about Prof. Weaver and his research, please see his departmental website. If you're interested in discussing possible research opportunities with Prof. Weaver, please contact him at r-weaver@illinois.edu.

Some sample literature:
Diffuse field correlations and seismology
R. L. Weaver, "On the amplitudes of correlations and the inference of attenuations, specific intensities and site factors from ambient noise", Comptes Rendus Geosciences 343, 615-22 (2011)

P. Gouedard, L. Stehly, F. Brenguier M. Campillo, Y. Colin de Verdiere, E. Larose, L. Margerin, P. Roux, F. J. Sanchez-Sesma, N. M. Shapiro and R. L. Weaver "Cross-correlation of random fields: mathematical approach and applications," Geophys Prospecting 56, 375-93 (2008)

Richard L Weaver Perspectives Geophysics "Information from Seismic Noise," Science 307 1568 (2005)

Oleg I Lobkis and Richard L Weaver, "Ultrasonics without a source, Thermal fluctuation correlations at MHz frequencies," Phys Rev Lett 87, 134301 (2001)

Richard L Weaver and Oleg I Lobkis, " On the emergence of the Greens function in the correlations of a diffuse field," J Acoust Soc Am. 110, 3011-3017 (2001)

Classical lasing
R L Weaver, and D Mertens , "Synchronization and stimulated emission in an array of mechanical phase oscillators on a resonant support" Phys Rev E 83, 046221 (2011)

Random matrix theory in ultrasonics
U. Kuhl, H.-J. Stockmann, R. Weaver, "Classical wave experiments on chaotic scattering," J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 38, 10433-10463 (2005)