Research Interests
Currently, I work in three distinct scientific issues related to the earthquake researches. The first is the study of temporal-spatial distributions of aftershock activities and continental tectonics. The second is engineering seismology relating to the physics-based strong ground motion prediction. The third is earthquake faulting process through theoretical modeling of fault deformation and interactions. My goal is to combine results from these studies and contribute our understanding of earthquake physics and an improved scientific basis for assessment and mitigation of seismic hazard. As a seismologist, I study the mechanical process of the earthquakes and the characteristics of source rupture propagation related to the seismic energy radiation from both theoretical modeling and seismic observation.
Education
Ph.D., Geophysics, The Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada, Reno; 1999
M.S., Geophysics, Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science; 1986
B.S., Earthquake Geology, Peking University, 1982
Courses
I teach introductory graduate level courses on active faulting & seismic hazard analysis as well as earthquake faulting related topics.
Publications
Baoping Shi, Boyan Liu, Lingyuan Meng (2010): Bounding of near-fault ground motion based on radiated seismic energy with a consideration of fault frictional mechanisms; Earthquake Science, 23(4): 357-368
Woolery, E;, T-L. Lin, Z, Wang, and B. Shi (2008): The role of local soil0induced amplification in the 27 July 1980 Northeastern Kentucky earthquake, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 267-280
Baoping Shi, James N. Brune (2005): Characteristics of Near-Fault Ground Motions by Dynamic Thrust Faulting: Two-Dimensional Lattice Particle Approaches; Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 9(6): 2525-2533
