CRESCENT Annual Meeting
CRESCENT Annual Meeting
October 28-29, 2025
Seattle, WA
Meeting Goals
CRESCENT Annual Meeting
The CRESCENT Annual Meeting will:
1) Showcase advances in subduction zone science;
2) Provide an update across CRESCENT activities on progress and next steps; and
3) Foster connections between collaborators.
Meeting Details
Registration Closes on October 15
Please complete this registration form to attend the CRESCENT Annual Meeting. There is no cost to attend the meeting.
For more information, please contact us at cascadiaquakes@uoregon.edu.
Travel & Lodging
October 28-29, 2025
HUB, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Venue
This CRESCENT Annual Meeting will be held at Husky Union Building (4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA 98195), University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Flights, ground transportation and parking
U District Light Rail station is 0.6 miles north of the HUB, 0.3 miles from the host hotels, and is served by regular 1LINE trains from SeaTac airport.
Bus lines 67 and 45 have routes that pass near the HUB and the host hotels.
For maps, directions, parking and other ground transportation information, go here.
Lodging
University Inn (4140 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105) and Watertown Hotel (4242 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105) are CRESCENT’s host hotels for overnight guests. Located a block apart from one another, they are on the west side of campus and a 0.7 mi (16 minute walk) to the HUB.
Book lodging at one of the hotels by emailing April Magpayo – amagpayo@staypineapple.com).When you reach out, please mention that you are with CRESCENT and include:
- Room type (single or double)
- Dates of stay
- Which hotel you’d like to book
Agenda
Notes: All times Pacific Time. Agenda is tentative and subject to change.
Monday, October 27
Offshore Observations Topical Workshop
Please see topical workshop website for details.
Tuesday, October 28 – Day 1 CRESCENT Annual Meeting
8:00 Check in and coffee
8:30 Opening Address
9:00 Variability in Slip Behavior on the Cascadia Megathrust—from Dynamic Rupture to Slow Slip
“Fiber-Optic Strain Observations of Plate Boundary Behavior: Current Achievements and Future Prospects from Oceanic Plate Scale to Near-Fault Processes” presented by Dr. Eiichiro Araki, Group Leader, JAMSTEC
“Investigating Variability in Shallow Megathrust Slip: Cascadia in a Global Context” presented by Tianhaozhe Sun, Research Scientist / Adjunct Assistant Professor, Geological Survey of Canada / University of Victoria
10:00 Break
10:30 Frontiers in Dynamic Rupture and Earthquake Cycle Models
“Dynamic Rupture Models in Cascadia” presented by Alice Gabriel, Associate Professor, University of California San Diego
“Recent challenges and discoveries in modeling the seismic cycle” presented by Brittany Erickson, Associate Professor, University of Oregon
“3D frictional and viscous earthquake cycle model of the Cascadia subduction zone” presented by Wenqiang Zhang, Postdoc, Stanford University
“CRESCENT Tsunami Benchmark (TTPV1 and TTPV2): 3D fully coupled earthquake dynamic rupture and tsunami benchmarks with varying bathymetric complexity” presented by Fabian Kutschera, PhD Student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego
“Interseismic Coupling and the Viscoelastic Earthquake Cycle at Cascadia” presented by Kaj Johnson, Professor, Indiana University
“The CRESCENT Generation 0 Community Velocity Model” presented by Bin He, Postdoc, University of Oregon
12:00 Lunch on own
Students & Postdocs: Meet the CRESCENT Leadership
Students, post docs, and early career researchers are invited to eat lunch with members of CRESCENT leadership for an optional networking opportunity. Location TBA.
1:15 CRESCENT Presentations
2:30 Break
3:00 Windows into the Past: Cascadia Region Paleoseismology
“Challenges in developing long-term earthquake and tsunami records in western Canada: a northern Cascadia perspective” presented by Jessica Pilarcyzk, Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair, Simon Fraser University
“Paleoseismic investigations of Quaternary active faults in the forearc and backarc of the central Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.” presented by Ashley Streig, Earthquake Hazards and Geophysics Program Manager, Washington Geological Survey
“Rashomon at the Sound: Reconstructing all possible paleoearthquake histories in the Puget Lowland through topological search” presented by Richard Styron, Active Fault Specialist, Global Earthquake Model Foundation
“Deciphering the record of Cascadia megathrust and crustal earthquakes from lake sediments” presented by Elana Leithold, Professor Emerita, North Carolina State University
4:30 Poster and Digital Media Session and Reception
6:00 Day 1 adjourns
Wednesday, October 29 – Day 2 CRESCENT Annual Meeting
8:00 Check in and coffee
8:30 Science of Tsunamis, Modeling, and Hazard Application
“From Research to Operations: Preparing for the Next Big Tsunami” presented by Amy Williamson, Research Scientist, University of California, Berkeley
“Tsunami morphodynamics and its effects on hazard modulation and critical structures fragility” presented by Erick Velasco-Reyes, Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University
“Developing Next Generation Tsunami Products for the Oregon Coast” presented by Jonathan Allan, Coastal Geomorphologist / Oregon NTHMP Science Lead, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
“The paleotsunami deposit sieve: Minimum estimates of tsunami inundation as constraints on Cascadia Subduction Zone rupture models” presented by SeanPaul La Selle, Geologist, United States Geological Survey
10:00 GEI Programs in Action
“Cascadia Culture and geoScience Exchange (CCASE): Updates and Upcoming Plans” presented by Julia Grossman, Graduate Student / CASE Makah Lead, University of Washington and Madeleine Lucas, Coastal Resilience Fellow / PhD Candidate, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe / Washington Sea Grant / University of Washington
“Modeling earthquakes with undergraduate students: challenges & highlights” presented by Betsy Madden, Assistant Professor, San José State University
“Cores-to-Code, June 7-27, 2025: a three-week immersion for college level students into paleoseismology research and applications” presented by Harvey Kelsey, Research Associate, Cal Poly Humboldt
10:30 Poster and Digital Media Session
12:00 Lunch on own
1:00 Landslides, Liquefaction and Cascading Hazards
“When Earthquakes Rock, Sediment Rolls: Lasting Seismic Impacts on Land Surface Hazards” presented by Brian Yanites, Associate Professor, Indiana University Bloomington
“Landslides, Lakes, and Landscapes: decoding slope-failure history in Cascadia” presented by Will Struble, Assistant Professor, University of Houston
“Cyclic and Post-Cyclic Behavior of Silt-Rich, Transitional Soils of the Pacific Northwest: A Data Archive for Geo-professionals in Practice and Research” presented by Arash Khosravifar, Associate Professor, Portland State University
“Co-development of landslide research to inform risk reduction in SE Alaska” presented by Joshua Roering, Professor, University of Oregon
2:30 Break
3:00 Concurrent sessions: CSZ Frontiers
4:30 Closing Remarks
5:00 CRESCENT Annual Meeting concludes
Thursday, October 30
Ground Motion Modeling Topical Workshop
Please see topical workshop website for details.
Planning Committee
CRESCENT leaders bring expertise and connections from across the spectrum of engineering, research, and practice to guide the planning process.
Yihe Huang
University of Michigan
yiheh@umich.edu
Andrea Hawkes
University of North Carolina Wilmington hawkesa@uncw.edu
Andrew Meigs
Oregon State University
andrew.meigs@oregonstate.edu
Dr. Ed Nissen
University of Victoria
