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Ahmed E. Elbanna
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor
Expertise: Physics of Earthquake ruptures - Complex Systems - Fracture Mechanics
About Me
Publications
Ahmed E. Elbanna holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering (2011) and an M.S. in applied mechanics (2006), both from CALTECH, and an M.S. in structural engineering (2005) and B.S. in civil engineering (2003) from Cairo University. He was a postdoc in Physics at UCSB (2011-2012). He joined UIUC as an assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2013 and he currently leads the Mechanics of Complex Systems Laboratory. Elbanna's research focuses on problems in theoretical and applied mechanics of solids, in the presence and absence of pore fluids, with special emphasis on fracture, deformation and wave propagation problems as they arise in geophysics, biological materials, and material design. He is a fellow of National Center of Supercomputing Applications, a faculty affiliate of Beckman Institute of Advanced Studies, a recipient of NSF Faculty Early CAREER award, and the recipient of Journal of Applied Mechanics paper award (2019).
SCEC Committee on Professional Conduct, Member (2020 - Present)
SCEC Science Planning Committee, Group Co-Leader (2019 - Present)
SCEC Participation
SCEC Committee for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Member (2023 - Present)SCEC Committee on Professional Conduct, Member (2020 - Present)
SCEC Science Planning Committee, Group Co-Leader (2019 - Present)
Abdelmeguid, M., Zhao, C., Yalcinkaya, E., Gazetas, G., Elbanna, A. E., & Rosakis, A. J. (2023, 09). Revealing the Dynamics and Episodic Supershear in the Feb 6th 2023 M7.8 Kahramanmaraş/Pazarcik Earthquake: near-field records and dynamic rupture modeling. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13273
Mia, M., Abdelmeguid, M., & Elbanna, A. E. (2023, 09). Models of Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip with Off-fault Plasticity Show Frequent Rupture Jumps and Seismic Complexity in Fault Zones with Tensile Step-Overs. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13129
Elbanna, A. E., Mia, M., & Abdelmeguid, M. (2023, 09). Coevolution of Fault Zones and Earthquakes in a Multi-Cycle Simulation of Fault Networks. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13123
Chourasia, A., Maechling, P. J., Ramesh, S., May, D. A., Elbanna, A. E., Gabriel, A., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2023, 09). Quakeworx – A New Science Gateway Framework For Earthquake Simulations. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13064
Zhao, C., Elbanna, A. E., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2023, 09). Dynamic Rupture Modeling in a Complex Fault Zone with Discrete and Distributed Damage. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13045
Lambert, V. R., Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Dunham, E. M., Abdelmeguid, M., Agajanian, M., Almquist, M., Ampuero, J., Ando, R., Barbot, S. D., Bodunde, S., Cattania, C., Chen, A., Dal Zilio, L., Duan, B., Elbanna, A. E., Gabriel, A., Huang, Y., Kaneko, Y., Kim, T., Kozdon, J. E., Lapusta, N., Li, D., Li, M., Liang, C., Liu, D., Liu, Y., Marcum, J., Mia, M., Ozawa, S., Pranger, C., Romanet, P., Segall, P., Sun, Y., Thakur, P., Uphoff, C., van Dinther, Y., Verwijs, R., & Yang, Y. (2023, 09). Community Code Verification Exercises for Simulations of Earthquake Sequences and Aseismic Slip (SEAS): Effects from Dipping Faults and Full Elastodynamics to Fluids and Fault Friction Evolution. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12930
Jiang, J., Lambert, V. R., Erickson, B. A., Abdelmeguid, M., Almquist, M., Ampuero, J., Ando, R., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Chen, A., Dal Zilio, L., Duan, B., Dunham, E. M., Elbanna, A. E., Gabriel, A., Harvey, T. W., Huang, Y., Kaneko, Y., Kozdon, J. E., Lapusta, N., Li, D., Li, M., Liang, C., Liu, D., Liu, Y., Ozawa, S., Pranger, C., Segall, P., Sun, Y., Thakur, P., Uphoff, C., van Dinther, Y., & Yang, Y. (2022, 09). Community Code Verification Exercises for Simulations of Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS): From 3D, Full Elastodynamics and Dipping Faults to Fluids and Fault Friction Evolution. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12532
Elbanna, A. E., Gabriel, A., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2022, 09). Multiscale Modeling of Damage Mechanics in Fault Zones. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12514
Abdelmeguid, M., Mia, M., & Elbanna, A. E. (2022, 09). Modeling co-evolution of slip and fault zones in a Sequence of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS) model with off-fault plasticity. Oral Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12495
Abdelmeguid, M., Mia, M., & Elbanna, A. E. (2022, 09). Modeling Sequence of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip on Fault Step-Overs with Off-Fault Plasticity. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12458
Mia, M., Abdelmeguid, M., & Elbanna, A. E. (2022, 09). Off-fault plasticity controls the spectrum of fault slip: from slow to fast and from small to large. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12128
Fei, F., Mia, M., Elbanna, A. E., & Choo, J. (2021, 08). Phase-field modeling of rate- and state-dependent frictional faults. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11651
Gabriel, A., Elbanna, A. E., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2021, 08). High-performance computing and multi-physics earthquake modeling towards next generation earthquake simulations. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11621
Abdelmeguid, M., & Elbanna, A. E. (2021, 08). Advanced Earthquake Cycle Simulations: Bimaterial Interfaces, LVFZ, and nonlinear bulk rheology. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11514
Elbanna, A. E., Gabriel, A., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2021, 08). Modeling Inelastic deformations in fault zones: From discrete to distributed damage. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11506
Mia, M., Abdelmeguid, M., & Elbanna, A. E. (2021, 08). Role of injection location and injection pressure magnitude in modulating sequence of induced earthquakes and aseismic slip. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11446
Tang, V., Williams-Stroud, S. C., & Elbanna, A. E. (2021, 08). Using Deep Learning-Enabled Seismology to Illuminate Structure and Stress during Injection-Induced Seismicity in Decatur, IL. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11416
Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Abdelmeguid, M., Almquist, M., Ampuero, J., Ando, R., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Chen, A., Dal Zilio, L., Dunham, E. M., Elbanna, A. E., Gabriel, A., Harvey, T., Huang, Y., Kaneko, Y., Kozdon, J. E., Lambert, V. R., Lapusta, N., Li, D., Li, M., Liang, C., Liu, Y., Ozawa, S., Pranger, C., Segall, P., Sun, Y., Thakur, P., Uphoff, C., van Dinther, Y., & Yang, Y. (2021, 08). Community Code Verification Exercises for Simulations of Earthquake Sequences and Aseismic Slip (SEAS): Dynamic Effects and Dipping Fault Geometries. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11412
Elbanna, A. E., Abdelmeguid, M., Mia, M., & Ma, X. (2021, 08). Towards modeling sequence of earthquakes and aseismic slip (SEAS) with high resolution fault zone physics. Oral Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11131
Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Barall, M., Abdelmeguid, M., Abrahams, L. S., Allison, K. L., Ampuero, J., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Duan, B., Dunham, E. M., Elbanna, A. E., Fialko, Y., Harris, R. A., Idini, B., Kozdon, J. E., Lambert, V. R., Lapusta, N., Li, M., Liu, D., Liu, Y., Luo, Y., Ma, X., Pranger, C., Segall, P., Shi, P., Thakur, P., van den Ende, M., van Dinther, Y., & Wei, M. (2020, 08). Community Code Comparisons for Simulating Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS): Exploring Full dynamics and 3D Effects. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10593
Elbanna, A. E. (2019, 08). Dynamic Rupture Propagation on Fault Planes with Explicit Representation of Short Branches: Stress Heterogeneity, High Frequency Generation, and Novel Supershear Transition Mechanism. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9784
Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Barall, M., Lapusta, N., Dunham, E. M., Harris, R. A., Abrahams, L. S., Allison, K. L., Ampuero, J., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Elbanna, A. E., Fialko, Y., Idini, B., Kozdon, J. E., Lambert, V. R., Liu, Y., Luo, Y., Ma, X., Best Mckay, M., Segall, P., Shi, P., van den Ende, M., & Wei, M. (2019, 08). The Community Code Verification Exercise for Simulating Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS). Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9618
Abdelmeguid, M., Ma, X., & Elbanna, A. E. (2019, 08). Modeling sequence of earthquakes and aseismic slip (SEAS) in low-velocity faults zones using a computationally efficient numerical algorithm. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9568
Elbanna, A. E., Hajarolasvadi, S., Ma, X., Abdelmeguid, M., Kammer, D., Albertini, G., Haber, B., & Madhukar, A. (2018, 08). Modeling Earthquake Mechanics with High Resolution Fault Zone Physics: New Computational Tools for Addressing The Conundrum of Scales. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8686
Abdelmeguid, M., Ma, X., & Elbanna, A. E. (2018, 08). A novel hybrid numerical finite element-spectral boundary integral scheme for modeling earthquake cycles. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8676
Ma, X., & Elbanna, A. E. (2018, 08). Modeling Dynamic Ruptures with High Resolution Fault Zone Physics. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8667
Santullo, L. M., Elbanna, A. E., & Hajarolasvadi, S. (2018, 08). Nonlinear Modeling of High-Rise Buildings Subject to Long-Period Ground Motion. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8632
Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Barall, M., Lapusta, N., Dunham, E. M., Harris, R. A., Abrahams, L., Allison, K. L., Ampuero, J., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Elbanna, A. E., Fialko, Y., Idini Zabala, B., Kozdon, J. E., Lambert, V. R., Liu, Y., Luo, Y., Ma, X., Segall, P., Shi, P., & Wei, M. (2018, 07). The Community Code Verification Exercise for Simulating Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS): Initial Benchmarks and Future Directions. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8214
Elbanna, A. E., Ma, X., & Hajaroalsvadi, S. (2017, 08). Towards dynamic rupture models with high resolution fault zone physics. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7817
Ma, X., & Elbanna, A. E. (2017, 08). Stick Slip Instabilities and Strain Localization Dynamics in a fluid-infiltrated fault gouge zone model . Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7780
Chen, Q., & Elbanna, A. E. (2017, 08). The material-geometry nexus: Understanding topographic effects on wave propagation. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7740
Carlson, J. M., Lieou, C. K., & Elbanna, A. E. (2016, 08). Dynamic friction in sheared fault gouge: implications of acoustic vibration on triggering and slow slip . Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6898
Ma, X., & Elbanna, A. E. (2016, 08). Brittle to ductile transition in a model of sheared granular materials . Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6497
Chen, Q., & Elbanna, A. E. (2016, 08). Data-driven ambient noise correlation for characterization and fragility evaluation in power grids. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6491
Hajarolasvadi, S., & Elbanna, A. E. (2016, 08). How we learned to stop worrying and start loving bulk nonlinearities. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6449
Kothari, K. R., & Elbanna, A. E. (2016, 08). Localization and instability in sheared granular materials: Role of friction and vibration. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6418
Elbanna, A. E., & Carlson, J. M. (2014). Strong velocity weakening and energy partition in a model of sheared dry gouge with thermally varying material properties. Journal of Geophysical Research, (submitted). SCEC Contribution 2010
Elbanna, A. E., Milner, K. R., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2023). The 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence in Turkey: Relations to California earthquakes, ground motion, and seismic risk. Los Angeles, USA: SCEC.org. SCEC Contribution 12730
Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Lambert, V., Barbot, S. D., Abdelmeguid, M., Almquist, M., Ampuero, J., Ando, R., Cattania, C., Chen, A., Dal Zilio, L., Deng, S., Dunham, E. M., Elbanna, A. E., Gabriel, A., Harvey, T. W., Huang, Y., Kaneko, Y., Kozdon, J. E., Lapusta, N., Li, D., Li, M., Liang, C., Liu, Y., Ozawa, S., Perez-Silva, A., Pranger, C., Segall, P., Sun, Y., Thakur, P., Uphoff, C., van Dinther, Y., & Yang, Y. (2023). Incorporating Full Elastodynamic Effects and Dipping Fault Geometries in Community Code Verification Exercises for Simulations of Earthquake Sequences and Aseismic Slip (SEAS). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 113(2), 499-523. doi: 10.1785/0120220066. SCEC Contribution 12627
Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Barall, M., Lapusta, N., Dunham, E. M., Harris, R. A., Abrahams, L. S., Allison, K. L., Ampuero, J., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Elbanna, A. E., Fialko, Y., Idini, B., Kozdon, J. E., Lambert, V. R., Liu, Y., Luo, Y., Ma, X., Best Mckay, M., Segall, P., Shi, P., van den Ende, M., & Wei, M. (2020). The Community Code Verification Exercise for Simulating Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS). Seismological Research Letters, 91(2A), 874-890. doi: 10.1785/0220190248. SCEC Contribution 9066
Ma, X., & Elbanna, A. (2019). Dynamic rupture propagation on fault planes with explicit representation of short branches. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 523. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.07.005. SCEC Contribution 9021
Carlson, J. M., Elbanna, A. E., & Lieou, C. K. (2016). Dynamic friction in sheared fault gouge: Implications of acoustic vibration on triggering and slow slip. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(3), 1483-1496. doi: 10.1002/2015JB012741. SCEC Contribution 7884
Lieou, C. K., Elbanna, A. E., & Carlson, J. M. (2015). Stick-slip instabilities in sheared granular flow: The role of friction and acoustic vibrations. Physical Review E, 92(2), 022209. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.022209. SCEC Contribution 6133
Lieou, C. K., Elbanna, A. E., Langer, J. S., & Carlson, J. M. (2014). Shear flow of angular grains: Acoustic effects and nonmonotonic rate dependence of volume. Physical Review E, 90(3), 032204. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.032204. SCEC Contribution 2097
Elbanna, A. E., & Carlson, J. M. (2014). A two-scale model for sheared fault gouge: competition between macroscopic disorder and local viscoplasticity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(6), 4841. doi: 10.1002/2014JB011001. SCEC Contribution 2096
Lieou, C. K., Elbanna, A. E., Langer, J. S., & Carlson, J. M. (2014). Shear flow of angular grains: acoustic effects and non-monotonic rate dependence of volume. Physical Review E,. SCEC Contribution 2092
Elbanna, A. E., & Carlson, J. M. (2014). A two‐scale model for sheared fault gouge: Competition between macroscopic disorder and local viscoplasticity. . Journal of Geophysical Research,. doi: 10.1002/2014JB011001. SCEC Contribution 2091
Lieou, C. K., Elbanna, A. E., & Carlson, J. M. (2014). Grain fragmentation in sheared granular flow: Weakening effects, energy dissipation, and strain localization. Physical Review E, 89(2), 022203. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.022203. SCEC Contribution 1925
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