Ömer Aydan was born in 1955 and studied Mining Engineering at the Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey (B.Sc., 1979), Rock Mechanics and Excavation Engineering at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (M.Sc., 1982), and received his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan in 1989. Prof. Aydan worked at Nagoya University as a research associate (1987–1991), and then in the Department of Marine Civil Engineering at Tokai University, first as Assistant Professor (1991–1993), then as Associate Professor (1993–2001), and finally as Professor (2001–2010). He then became Professor of the Institute of Oceanic Research and Development at Tokai University, and is currently Professor at the University of the Ryukyus, Department of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan. He is also the director of the Disaster Prevention Research Center for Island Region of the University of the Ryukyus. Prof. Aydan has played an active role in numerous organizations such as ISRM, JSCE, JGS, SRI and Rock Mechanics and other National Group of Japan committees, and has organized several national and international symposia and conferences.

• 1. Introduction. 2. Physics of earthquakes. 3. Waves and theory of wave propagation. 4. Faults and faulting mechanism of earthquakes. 5. Strong ground motions and permanent ground deformations. 6. Vibration analyses of structures. 7. Effects of earthquakes associated surface ruptures on engineering structures. 8. Seismic design of structures. 9. Tsunami: its effects on structures, and the fundamentals of tsunami-proof design. 10. Earthquake prediction

Ömer Aydan was born in 1955 and studied Mining Engineering at the Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey (B.Sc., 1979), Rock Mechanics and Excavation Engineering at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (M.Sc., 1982), and received his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan in 1989. Prof. Aydan worked at Nagoya University as a research associate (1987–1991), and then in the Department of Marine Civil Engineering at Tokai University, first as Assistant Professor (1991–1993), then as Associate Professor (1993–2001), and finally as Professor (2001–2010). He then became Professor of the Institute of Oceanic Research and Development at Tokai University, and is currently Professor at the University of the Ryukyus, Department of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan. He is also the director of the Disaster Prevention Research Center for Island Region of the University of the Ryukyus. Prof. Aydan has played an active role in numerous organizations such as ISRM, JSCE, JGS, SRI and Rock Mechanics and other National Group of Japan committees, and has organized several national and international symposia and conferences.

• 1. Introduction. 2. Physics of earthquakes. 3. Waves and theory of wave propagation. 4. Faults and faulting mechanism of earthquakes. 5. Strong ground motions and permanent ground deformations. 6. Vibration analyses of structures. 7. Effects of earthquakes associated surface ruptures on engineering structures. 8. Seismic design of structures. 9. Tsunami: its effects on structures, and the fundamentals of tsunami-proof design. 10. Earthquake prediction

Ömer Aydan was born in 1955 and studied Mining Engineering at the Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey (B.Sc., 1979), Rock Mechanics and Excavation Engineering at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (M.Sc., 1982), and received his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan in 1989. Prof. Aydan worked at Nagoya University as a research associate (1987–1991), and then in the Department of Marine Civil Engineering at Tokai University, first as Assistant Professor (1991–1993), then as Associate Professor (1993–2001), and finally as Professor (2001–2010). He then became Professor of the Institute of Oceanic Research and Development at Tokai University, and is currently Professor at the University of the Ryukyus, Department of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan. He is also the director of the Disaster Prevention Research Center for Island Region of the University of the Ryukyus. Prof. Aydan has played an active role in numerous organizations such as ISRM, JSCE, JGS, SRI and Rock Mechanics and other National Group of Japan committees, and has organized several national and international symposia and conferences.

• 1. Introduction. 2. Physics of earthquakes. 3. Waves and theory of wave propagation. 4. Faults and faulting mechanism of earthquakes. 5. Strong ground motions and permanent ground deformations. 6. Vibration analyses of structures. 7. Effects of earthquakes associated surface ruptures on engineering structures. 8. Seismic design of structures. 9. Tsunami: its effects on structures, and the fundamentals of tsunami-proof design. 10. Earthquake prediction