Background
Aki, Keiiti was born on March 3, 1930 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Koichi and Humiko (Kojima) Aki. came to the United States, 1966, naturalized, 1976.
Aki, Keiiti was born on March 3, 1930 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Koichi and Humiko (Kojima) Aki. came to the United States, 1966, naturalized, 1976.
Bachelor of Science, University Tokyo, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University Tokyo, 1958; honorary degree in engineering, Colorado School Mines, 1991; honorary degree, U. Grenoble, 1993.
Research fellow, California Institute Technology, 1958-1960;
visiting associate professor, California Institute Technology, 1963;
instructor, International Institute Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, 1961-1962;
associate professor, U. Tokyo, 1964-1966;
professor geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1966-1984;
R.R. Shrock professor earth and planetary science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1982-1984;
WAE geophysicist, United States Geological Survey, 1967-1975;
visiting scientist, Royal Norwegian Council for Science and Industrial Research, 1974;
consultant, Sandia Corporation, 1976-1978;
visiting scientist, Los Alamos Science laboratories, University of California, 1977;
consultant, Los Alamos Science laboratories, University of California, since 1977;
W.M. Keck Foundation professor geological science, University of Southern California, since 1984;
consultant, Del Mar Associates, 1977-1978;
consultant, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, since 1978;
consultant, United Nations, 1979;
consultant, Time-Life, Inc., 1980-1981;
consultant, National Science Foundation, 1981-1984;
science director, Chairman, Board Of Directors, Southern California Earthquake Center, 1991-1996. Visiting professor U. Chile, 1970, 72, U. Paris, 1983, U. Kyoto, 1990. Visiting scientist Japan Society Promotion of Science, 1978, 90, National Research Center for Disaster Prevention, Japan, 1988.
Chairman of Commission on seismology National Academy.Sci., 1978-1979, chairman panel on seismic hazard analysis, 1984. Distinguished visiting professor U. Alaska, 1981-1988. Member National Council for Earthquake Prediction Evaluation, since 1980, California Council for Earthquake Prediction Evaluation, since 1984.
Chairman earthquake subcommittee of advanced.com. to the United States Geological Survey, 1988-1989. Member commission on earthquake engineering National Research Council, 1988-1992.
Member earth science advisory board Stanford University, 1987-1990. Member visiting committee Carnegie Institution Washington, 1989. Member Board of Earth Sciences and Resources, 1989-1991.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member NAS, American Geophysical Union (member committee fellows 1975-1976, president seismology section 1980), Seismological Society American (director 1971-1974, vice president 1978, president 1979, Society Medal 1986, honorary member 1988), Seismological Society Japan, Royal Astronomical Society.
Married Haruko Uyeda, March 25, 1956. Children: Shota, Zenta, Kajika.