{"id":19493,"date":"2016-06-20T18:06:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/?page_id=19493"},"modified":"2022-08-10T08:06:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T08:06:15","slug":"2008-2009-schlanger-fellow-robert-viesca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/past-schlanger-fellows-old\/2008-2009-schlanger-fellow-robert-viesca\/","title":{"rendered":"2008-2009 Schlanger Fellow &#8211; Robert Viesca"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:var(--awb-color3);border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1456px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 2% 0px 0px 0px;\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Viesca_Schlanger.jpg\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Viesca_Schlanger\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Viesca_Schlanger.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-19149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Viesca_Schlanger-125x150.jpg 125w, https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Viesca_Schlanger-141x169.jpg 141w, https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Viesca_Schlanger-165x198.jpg 165w, https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Viesca_Schlanger-217x260.jpg 217w, https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Viesca_Schlanger.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:10px!important; 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I propose a physics-based investigation into the phenomena of landslide initiation and behavior during initial stages of failure by adapting techniques used in earthquake rupture studies. I then propose to begin to investigate a submarine landslide initiation mechanism suggested by results of IODP\/ODP expeditions: fluid seeps from overpressurized sediments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I completed my undergraduate degree in civil engineering at Tufts University where I was able to explore intersecting interests in geology, applied mechanics, and math. Deciding to continue that exploration directly from undergraduate to the PhD program at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, I am currently finishing my third year. With my advisor, Dr. James R. Rice, and fellow PhD student Elizabeth Templeton, I have begun to examine how does the presence of pore fluids affect the deformation of rock around a fault at the time of a rupture event. Going closer to the surface, I am interested in the initiation of landslides and I have been particularly interested in those within the submarine environment, which have occurred on slopes of just a few degrees.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:66.666666666667% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.88%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.88%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:66.666666666667% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 2.88%;margin-left : 2.88%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":19101,"menu_order":67,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19493","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2008-2009 Schlanger Fellow - Robert Viesca - U.S. Science Support Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/past-schlanger-fellows-old\/2008-2009-schlanger-fellow-robert-viesca\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2008-2009 Schlanger Fellow - Robert Viesca - U.S. Science Support Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/past-schlanger-fellows-old\/2008-2009-schlanger-fellow-robert-viesca\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"U.S. Science Support Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-10T08:06:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/past-schlanger-fellows-old\/2008-2009-schlanger-fellow-robert-viesca\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/past-schlanger-fellows-old\/2008-2009-schlanger-fellow-robert-viesca\/\",\"name\":\"2008-2009 Schlanger Fellow - Robert Viesca - U.S. Science Support Program\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-20T18:06:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-10T08:06:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/past-schlanger-fellows-old\/2008-2009-schlanger-fellow-robert-viesca\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/past-schlanger-fellows-old\/2008-2009-schlanger-fellow-robert-viesca\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/past-schlanger-fellows-old\/2008-2009-schlanger-fellow-robert-viesca\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2008-2009 Schlanger Fellow &#8211; 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