SAFOD (San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth) is a deep-drilling component of EarthScope that is trying to determine the reasons for faults within volcanic rock, which is a point of generation for earthquakes. This project resulted in the accumulation of a large quantity of information that needs to be organized and connected. SAFOD BM2KB aims to provide the scientific community with a knowledge base of current and past findings of research groups about the microstructures and mechanics of brittle faulting from SAFOD cores. BM2KB uses web ontology (the Semantic Web) for its information processing, combined with an excellent easy-to-use user interface.

Committee
Dr. Hassan Babaie (chair)
Dr. Raj Sunderraman