Alan L. Jones


Research Scientist

PhD (1964) Purdue University

Science 1, G60B, (607) 777-2518

jones@sunquakes.geol.binghamton.edu


Research Interests:

Education

Background

After finishing my degree at Purdue University in November 1963, I joined IBM at the Glendale Development Laboratory in Endicott New York. During my 26 years with IBM I worked on:

When I took an early retirement in 1990 from IBM I joined the staff at the State University of New York at Binghamton working with Francis Wu and Jeff Barker.

Computer Programs:

Seismic/Eruption: A program for the visualization of seismicity and volcanic activity in space and time.

The program, which runs under Windows on PCs (3.1 or Windows 95), has an extensive database of events. A number of pre-defined maps are included which illustrate the seismicity in various parts of the earth.

Click on the image at the right to see a screen-capture of the program. The buttons do not work for you but will work when the program is run on a PC.

An earlier DOS program was used by CBS News when reporting on large earthquakes. It was used at the time of the Parkfield alert in November 1993, the Northridge (Los Angeles) event of January 17, 1994, the Kobe event of January 17, 1995, and several others. You will know it if you see the caption across the top of the screen: "CBS News Seismic Monitor."

Union Pacific Railroad uses the program in their dispatch center in Omaha to inform them when they may have to stop trains and inspect the right-of-way.

This program and the Seismic Waves program (see below) are part of the new Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC which opened September 20, 1997.

 

The photo is of me and my wife, Barbara, and our daughters Adele and Kendra in front of the 40-inch monitor running Seismic/Eruption on the opening day. Photograph by Paul Doyle.

 

 

If you would like to use the Windows program, Seismic/Eruption, you can fetch it here: seisvole.readme and seisvole.exe.

The program displays both earthquakes and volcanoes. The database of volcanism is from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution.

When the program is running, the user sees lights, which represent earthquakes, flashing on the screen in speeded-up time. The user can control the speed of the action. In addition, the program can show seismicity under the earth in three-dimensional and cross-sectional views.

Seismic/Eruption is also available for download from the IRIS Seismic Software Library web site (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology).

Seismic/Eruption has shaded terrain images which are saved-screen images. If you want to create your own images, you can do this by fetching the file etopo5.zip. WARNING: It is very large (about 18 megabytes).

A world hypocenter file for Prof. Wu's Geology 214 class can be fetched: world45.zip.

Seismic Waves: A program for the visualization of wave propagation

Seismic Waves is a Windows program which illustrates how wave propagate from an earthquake hypocenter to seismic stations throughout the earth. One sees waves propagating out from the epicenter on a three-dimensional view of the earth at the same time one sees waves propagating through a cross-sectional view of the earth. These two wave propagation views are synchronized with actual event waveforms so that as a particular phase arrives at a station, one sees the effect on the seismiogram. You can fetch the program from here: seiswave.readme and seiswave.exe or from IRIS Seismic Software Library.

It is possible to add new events by using the SPYDER facility at the IRIS Electronic Bulletin Board

 

Professional Affiliation:

Other Interests

Running

After running for 2 years in high school and 4 years in college, I laid off for 10 years and was inspired to get back into running by Ken Cooper's book Aerobics. I created the Vestal XX, 20 km road race in 1971 and have run all editions since then.

Jones Counter

To measure the Vestal XX race in 1971, I invented the Jones Counter which is used throughout the world to measure running races. It was used to measure the Olympic Marathons in Montreal (1976), Los Angeles (1984), Seoul (1988), Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta in 1996. The counter was manufactured by my son, Clain, for 9 years who sold the business to the New York Running Club when he went off to college. It is now manufactured by Paul Oerth and his sons in San Francisco.

RunScore: A program to score running races and triathlons.

The RunScore program is a widely used program to score races through the USA and Canada. The program runs under DOS on PCs and offers fast, flexible race results. For more about the program, check out RunScore on Cool Running.

To go directly to the Cool Running Home Page: Cool Running.

The file readme lists recent changes in the RunScore program and specifies the latest version.

You can fetch the DOS-Extended executable rs.zip. This is password protected. If you have paid for an update within the past year, you can fetch this file for no charge. Otherwise, you can fetch for a charge of $20. Or, for $30 you can fetch the file and, in addition, will have the complete package sent to you. For an additional $15 you can also obtain the manual. To obtain the password, send me e-mail:

jones@sunquakes.geol.binghamton.edu
or
AlanLJones@aol.com
or call 607-786-5866.

Cross-Country Skiing

Camping

Family

Wife: Barbara Grest Jones, Children: Kendra, Clain, and Adele

Publications

Jones, A.L. (1965) Coupling of optical fibers and coupling in fibers, J. Optical Soc. Am., 55, 261. Jones, A.L. (1966) On the flow of blood in a tube, Biorheology, 3, 183. Jones, A.L. (1968) An extension of an inequality involving modified Bessel functions, J. Mathematics and Physics, 2, 220. Jones, A.L. (1968) Continuous-flow blood cell separation, Transfusion, 8, 94. Judson, G., R. Kellogg, D. Buckner, R. Eisel, S. Perry, W. Greenough, A. Jones (1968) Closed continuous-flow centrifuge, Nature, 217, 816. Jones, A.L. (1969) Review of book Fiber Optics: Principles and Application by N.S. Kapany, J. Optical Soc. Am., 58, 286. Jones, A.L. (1970) The use of APL\360 in mechanical analysis, 1970 IEEE International Computer Group Conference, June 16-18, 195-204. Kirk, J.P. & A.L. Jones (1971) Phase-only complex-valued spatial filter, J. Optical Soc. Am., 61, 1023. Jones, A.L. & A.J. Lavin (1971) Effect of hammer length and nonlinear paper-ribbon characteristics on impact printing, IBM J. Research & Development, 15, 108. Jones, A.L. & K.F. Pezdirtz (1972) Nondestructive eddy current-testing, IEEE Trans. Instrumentation & Measurement, IM-21, 11. Jones, A.L. (1973) Review of book Fiber Optics by M.P. Lisitsa, L.I. Berezhinskii, and M. Ya Valakj. J. Optical Soc. Am., 63, 112. Jones, A.L. (1974) Review of book Fibre Optics: Theory and Practice by W.B. Allen, J. Optical Soc. Am., 64, 1348. Niehoff, W.H. & A.L. Jones (1980) An APL approach to presentation graphics, IBM Systems Journal, 19, 367-381. Jones, A.L. (1988) The IBM Blood Cell Separator and Blood Cell Processor: A Personal Perspective, J. Clinical Apheresis, 4, 171-182.

IBM Technical Reports

Jones, A.L. & W.T. Chen (1966) Propagation of torsional waves in a curved bar, IBM Endicott Tech. Report TR 01.956. Jones, A.L. (1966) On the propagation of waves in fluid filled tubes, IBM Endicott Tech. Report TR 01.945. Jones, A.L. (1966) Formation of sediment ripples in a container, TD 01.413, IBM Endicott. Jones, A.L. (1966) Response of CCROS circuit considering transmission line effects, TD 01.411, IBM Endicott. Jones, A.L. & W.T. Chen (1967) Heat flow computations in an SLT laminating process, IBM Endicott Tech. Report TD 01.451. Jones, A.L. (1968) On the imaging of small diffuse objects with coherent light, TR 01.1131, IBM Endicott. Jones, A.L. (1969) The use of APL\360 in mechanical analysis, TR 01.2006, IBM Endicott. Jones, A.L. (1971) Analysis of sonic delay lines, IBM Endicott Tech. Report EN.20.0256. Jones, A.L. (1972) The Fast Fourier Transform: Applications and an APL implementation, IBM Endicott Tech. Report TR 01.1560. Jones, A.L. & R. Katyl (1974) A graphical input capability for APL, TR 01.1751, IBM Endicott. Jones, A.L. (1974) Batch washing of red blood cells, TR 01.1776, IBM Endicott. Jones, A.L. (1974) Computer simulation of the IBM 2991 Blood Cell Separator, TR 01.1778. Jones, A.L., G.T. Judson, R.M. Kellogg, & V.R. Kruger (1975) The IBM 2991 Blood Cell Processor, TR 01.1964. Jones, A.L. (1978) Interactive microprocessor software development using an IBM 5100 Portable Computer, TR 01.2207, IBM Endicott. Jones, A.L. (1981) Calibration of an image processing system, IBM Endicott Tech. Report TR 01.2366.

Issued U.S. Patents

3,801,142 (1974) (with R.M. Kellogg & G.T. Judson) Fluid Coupling (disposable seal for IBM Blood Cell Processor) 3,748,101 (1973) (with G.T. Judson) Collapsible Blood Bag 3,737,096 (1973) (with G.T. Judson, R.M. Kellogg, & V.R. Kruger) Blood Processing Control Apparatus 4,007,871 (1977) (with R.M. Kellogg) Centrifuge Fluid Container 4,039,936 (1977) (with J.P. Pawletko & J.W. Raider) Interleaved Magnetoresistive displacment transducers 4,962,416 (1990) (with K.A. Snyder) Electronic Package Unknown number (1991) (with K.A. Snyder & P.E. Winkler) Hybrid Printed Circuit Board
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