DR. ALAIN F. TRIAL
Dr. Alain F. Trial
Distinguished Scientist
Dr. Trial is a Computer Scientist with extensive experience in hardware, software, network, and database systems. Dr. Trial specializes in software design evaluation, source code analysis, reverse engineering of executables, monitoring hardware-software interfaces and logic analysis of hardware. Dr. Trial has been called upon to apply these techniques in the analysis of numerous complex technology products in a variety of application areas by some of the world's leading technology companies. Dr. Trial has served as a testifying technical expert and as a consulting technical expert in numerous technology litigation matters involving patent infringement, copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation where he has helped clients with claim interpretation, technical analysis (including infringement and validity analysis), preparation of expert reports, deposition and witness preparation, and trial support.
Dr. Trial holds a Ph.D. in geology from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, and he has taught geology and computer science at UCSB and UCLA. Dr. Trial continued his research at UCSB's Institute for Crustal Studies. Dr. Trial's research involved the simulation of laminar and turbulent flow in multi-component, multi-phase liquids and the simulation at the molecular level of chemical diffusion in silicate liquids along with other topics. His work made use of finite difference and finite element computational fluid dynamic methods and molecular dynamics techniques. Dr. Trial made extensive use of high-performance UNIX workstations and supercomputers for his work.
Education
Ph.D.: Geology, UCSB
B.S.: Geology (Mathematics Minor), University of Dayton
Honors
Honorable mention for the NASA graduate fellowship, 1988
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1985-1988)
Honors Program at University of Dayton (1980-1984)
President's Scholarship from University of Dayton (1980-1984)
Selected Publications
A. F. Trial and F. J. Spera, Computing the Multicomponent Diffusion Matrix From Molecular Dynamics Simulations, EOS, v. 76, p. F649, 1995.
Alain F. Trial and Frank J. Spera, Measuring the multicomponent diffusion matrix: Experimental design and data analysis for silicate melts, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 58, p. 3769-3783, 1994.
A. F. Trial, F. J. Spera, and D. A. Yuen, Role of Viscous Dissipation Heating in the Generation of Lunar Mare Basalts, EOS, v. 75, p. 703, 1994.)
Frank J. Spera and Alain F. Trial, Verification of the Onsager reciprocal relations in a molten silicate solution, Science, v. 259, p. 204-206, 1993.
A. F. Trial, F. J. Spera, and V. C. Kress, Stability of chemical interdiffusion couples in silicate liquids, EOS, v. 74, p. 631, 1993.
Alain F. Trial, F. J. Spera, J. C. Greer, and D. A. Yuen, Simulations of magma withdrawal from compositionally-zoned bodies, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 97, p. 6713-6733, 1992.
A. F. Trial and F. J. Spera, Verification of Onsager's reciprocal relations in a molten silicate solution, EOS, v. 73, p. 599-600, 1992
Alain F. Trial and Frank J. Spera, Mechanisms for the generation of compositional heterogeneities in magma chambers, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 102, p. 353-367, 1990.
A. F. Trial and F. J. Spera, Multicomponent diffusion matrix calculated from experimental rhyolite-dacite interdiffusion data, EOS, v. 71, p. 1664, 1990.
A. F. Trial and F. J. Spera, Role of H2O in magma chamber convective-diffusive boundary layer flows, V.M. Goldschmidt Conference Program and Abstracts, p. 87, 1990.
A.F. Trial, F.J. Spera, J.C. Greer, and D.A. Yuen, Simulations of magma withdrawal from zoned chambers, EOS, v. 70, p.1407, 1989.
Alain F. Trial and Frank J. Spera, Natural convection boundary layer flows in isothermal ternary systems: Role of diffusive coupling, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, v. 31, p. 941-955, 1988.
A.F. Trial, F.J. Spera, and D.A. Yuen, Effect of non-Newtonian rheology on the withdrawal of magma from a stratified chamber, EOS, v. 69, p.525, 1988.
A.F. Trial, F.J. Spera, and D.V. Kemp, Chemical boundary layer flows in pseudoternary systems with diffusive cross-coupling: Implications for rates of compositional zonation in magma chambers, EOS, v. 66, p. 1144-1145, 1985.
A.F. Trial, R.L. Rudnick, L.D. Ashwal, and D.J. Henry, and S.C. Bergman, Fluid inclusion in mantle xenoliths from Ichinomegata, Japan: Evidence for subducted H2O?, EOS, v. 65, p. 306, 1984.