Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

PDF Kammer, D. S., McLaskey, G. C., Abercrombie, R. E., Ampuero, J.-P., Cattania, C., Cocco, M., Dal Zilio, L., Dresen, G., Gabriel, A.-A., Ke, C.-Y., Marone, C., Selvadurai, P. A. & Tinti, E. (2024) Earthquake energy dissipation in a fracture mechanics framework. Nature Communications, 15, 4736. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47970-6.

PDF Kamml, J., Ke, C.-Y., Acevedo, C. & Kammer, D. S. (2023) The Influence of AGEs and Enzymatic Cross-Links on the Mechanical Properties of Collagen Fibrils. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 143, 105870. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.105870.
ETH Research Collection Simulation Data: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000640514

PDF Featured in Cornell Chronicle Nature Communications Editor’s Highlights Cebry, S. B. L.*, Ke, C.-Y.*Co-first author, Shreedharan, S., Marone, C., Kammer, D. S., & McLaskey, G. C. (2022) Creep fronts and complexity in laboratory earthquake sequences illuminate delayed earthquake triggering. Nature Communications, 13, 6839. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34397-0. *Co-first authors.
Cornell eCommons Experimental Data: https://doi.org/10.7298/4rmf-w308
ETH Research Collection Simulation Data: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000568751
GitLab Repository Code: https://gitlab.com/uguca/projects/creep_front_earthquake_triggering

PDF Cebry, S. B. L., Ke, C.-Y. & McLaskey, G. C. (2022) The Role of Background Stress State in Fluid-Induced Aseismic Slip and Dynamic Rupture on a 3-meter Laboratory Fault. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024371. doi: 10.1029/2022JB024371.
Cornell eCommons Data: https://doi.org/10.7298/gdxn-e175

PDF Featured in Yale Scientific Magazine Featured in Cornell Chronicle Nature Communications Editor’s Highlights Ke, C.-Y., McLaskey, G. C. & Kammer, D. S. (2022) Earthquake breakdown energy scaling despite constant fracture energy. Nature Communications, 13, 1005. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28647-4.
ETH Research Collection Data: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000527677
GitLab Repository Code: https://gitlab.com/uguca/projects/breakdown_energy_scaling

PDF Kammer, D. S., Albertini, G. & Ke, C.-Y. (2021) UGUCA: A spectral-boundary-integral method for modeling fracture and friction. SoftwareX, 15, 100785. doi: 10.1016/j.softx.2021.100785.

PDF Ke, C.-Y., McLaskey, G. C. & Kammer, D. S. (2021) The Earthquake Arrest Zone. Geophysical Journal International, 224(1), 581-589. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa386.
Cornell eCommons Data: https://doi.org/10.7298/b3bm-6r17

PDF AGU Advances Editor’s Highlight Brodsky, E. E., McLaskey, G. C. & Ke, C.-Y. (2020) Groove Generation and Coalescence on a Large-Scale Laboratory Fault. AGU Advances, 1(4), e2020AV000184. doi: 10.1029/2020AV000184.
Cornell eCommons Data: https://doi.org/10.7298/j2vn-p285

PDF Ke, C.-Y., McLaskey, G. C. & Kammer, D. S. (2018) Rupture Termination in Laboratory‐Generated Earthquakes. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(23), 12,784–12,792. doi: 10.1029/2018GL080492
Cornell eCommons Data: https://doi.org/10.7298/71h5-6624


Selected Conference Abstracts

Oral Presentation Cebry, S. B. L., Ke, C.-Y.Presenting Author, Shreedharan, S., Marone, C., Kammer, D. S., McLaskey, G. C. (2023) Complex laboratory earthquake sequences and direct observations of creep fronts illuminate the mechanics of delayed earthquake triggering (Invited). American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Dec 11, 2023, #MR11A-02.

Oral Presentation Ke, C.-Y., Wood, C., Rathbun, A., Marone, C., Elsworth, D., Riviere, J. and Shokouhi, P. (2022) An Integrated Experimental and Multi-Physics Numerical Study on the Interplay Between Hydraulic and Elastic Properties of Fractured Rock Interfaces Under Stress Perturbations. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Dec 16, 2022, #MR55A-07.

Poster Ke, C.-Y., Borate, P., Marone, C., Elsworth, D., Riviere, J. and Shokouhi, P. (2022) Illuminating Fundamental Processes Governing Evolution of Fault Zone Permeability and Elastodynamic Properties due to Dynamic Stressing using a Coupled X-Ray Imaging and Active Ultrasonic Experiment. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Dec 16, 2022, #H51F-02.

Oral Presentation Ke, C.-Y., McLaskey, G. C. and Kammer, D. S (2021) Spatial Distribution of Slip and Stress Changes in Contained Laboratory-Generated Earthquakes with Heterogeneous Initial Stress. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly Apr 30, 2021, EGU21-1918.

Oral Presentation Outstanding Student Presentation Award Watch on YouTube Ke, C.-Y., McLaskey, G. C. and Kammer, D. S (2020) Spatial Distribution of Slip and Stress Changes in Contained Laboratory-Generated Earthquakes with Heterogeneous Initial Stress. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Dec 14, 2020, #T043-05.

Poster Ke, C.-Y., McLaskey, G. C. and Kammer, D. S (2019) A Singularity-Free Crack Model Inferred from Contained Laboratory-Generated Earthquakes. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Dec 13, 2019, #S53F-0526, Archive: 10.1002/essoar.10502142.1.

Poster Ke, C.-Y., McLaskey, G. C. and Kammer, D. S (2019) The Shape of Slip Profiles in Contained Laboratory-Generated Earthquakes. Symposium on The Applications of Mechanics to Geophysics Jun 26, 2019, University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA.

Oral Presentation Ke, C.-Y., McLaskey, G. C. and Kammer, D. S (2018) Rupture Termination in Laboratory-Generated Earthquakes. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Dec 17, 2018, #T13B-06.

Poster Ke, C.-Y., McLaskey, G. C. and Kammer, D. S. (2018) Rupture Termination in Laboratory-Generated Earthquakes. Gordon Research Conference: Rock Deformation August 20, 2018, Andover, NH.


Selected Conference Papers

Oral Presentation Zhan X., Ke, C.-Y., Leu L.-J. (2015) Optimal Design of Cable-Stayed Bridge Using Structural Analysis Software and Optimal Design Software. Proceeding of the Sixth Cross-Straits Symposium on Monitoring and Control in Civil Engineering, China, August 13-16, 2015.

Oral Presentation Outstanding Young Researcher Award Ke C.-Y., Shih K.-W., Leu L.-J. (2013) Applications of Element Exchange Method in Structural Topology Optimization. Proceeding of the Twenty-Sixth KKHTCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, Singapore, November 18-20, 2013.


Open Source Software

C++ MPI/OpenMP uguca A C++ implementation of spectral-boundary-integral method for modeling fracture and friction, parallelized with MPI/OpenMP. gitlab.com/uguca/uguca