member of American Geophysical Union (AGU) Member 1993 - Seismological Society of America (SSA) Member 1993 - Mexican Geophysical Union (UGM) Member 1988 - Academic Staff Association CICESE (APACICESE) Member 1986 - 2005 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Member 1993 - 2003 Academia de la Investigacion Cientifica de Mexico Member 1988 - 1993 American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Member 1978 - 1981 Society of Exploration Geophysicist (SEG) Member 1978 - 1981
selected publications academic article Soil damping and site dominant vibration period determination by means of Random Decrement Method and its relationship with the site specific decay parameter Kappa.. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 43:237-246. 2012 Tecoman Earthquake: Physical Implications of Seismic Source Modeling Applying Empirical Green's Function Method, and Evidence of Nonlinear Behavior of Ground.. Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) Journal of Earthquake Technology. 47. 2010 Simulation of Accelerograms, Peak Ground Accelerations, and MMI for Tecoman Earthquake of 21 January 2003.. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 100:2163-2173. 2010 Source parameters of the July 30, 2006 (Mw 5.5) Gulf of California earthquake and a comparison with other moderate earthquakes in the region.. Geofisica Internacional. 49:119-129. 2010 The Spectral Decay Parameter Kappa in Northeastern Sonora, Mexico. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 100:196-206. 2010 Body-wave attenuation near the rupture of the 1887 Sonora, Mexico, earthquake (Mw 7.5). Geofisica Internacional. 48:297-304. 2009 Frecuencias de Vibracion Teorica y Experimental de un Edificio de Nueve Niveles Localizado en la Vecindad de la Zona Rio de Tijuana, B.C., Mexico.. Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil. 9:97-114. 2009 conference paper Desing of experimental seismic tests with didactic approach.. Sociedad Portuguesa de Ingenieria Sismica. 1-10. 2012 Forecasted estimation of acceleration waveforms for an eventual earthquake of Mw 7.3 un Mexico.. Sociedad Portuguesa de Ingenieria Sismica. 1-10. 2012 Joint Time-frequency Analysis of Seismic Records. Sociedad Portuguesa de Ingenieria Sismica. 1-9. 2012 Source scaling relationship of mexican subduction earthquakes for the prediction of strong ground motions.. Sociedad Portuguesa de Ingenieria Sismica. 1-9. 2012
professional service activities University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Teaching and professional improvement 2008 - University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Teaching and Research in Engineering Seismology 2008 - University of Nuevo Leon Teaching 1990 - Research Center and Higher Education at Ensenada Teaching and Research in Engineering Seismology 1985 - 2013 University of Texas, Austin Research and Teaching 1993 - 2002
outreach and community service activities Volunter community service and talks/conferences for students of middle and elementary schools. Speaker
education and training Ph.D. in Geophysics/Seismology/Engineering - Seismology/Civil Engineering., University of Texas, Austin , Institute for Geophysics/Civil Engineering Department 2001 M.S. in Geophysics / Seismology, Seismology Department, Earth Sciences Division. 1985 B.S. in Geophysicist Engineer, National Polytechnic Institute , School of Earth Sciences 1984
awards and honors Fellowship Ewing/Worzel, conferred by Institute for Geophysics University of Texas at Austin, 2000 - 2001 Ph.D. Scholarship, conferred by Fullbright-IIE-Garcia Robles-CONACyT, 1995 - 1998 Sabbatical Scholarship by the National Council of Science and Technology, conferred by National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT), 1993 - 1994 National Research Candidate by the National System of Researchers at Mexico, conferred by National System of Researchers at Mexico, 1987 - 1991 M.Sc. Scholarship by the National Council of Science and Technology, conferred by National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT), 1981 - 1983 National Scientific Researcher I by the National System of Researchers at Mexico, conferred by National System of Researchers at Mexico, 2006 -
