Since 1999 over sixty-five graduate students have participated or are participating in the EDGER Forum via collaborations with our sponsors or industry internships. Thesis topics are developed and are often a direct result of these cooperative projects and many of our graduates have gone on to work with our sponsors.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Alumni since 1999, with a Focus in Exploration Geophysics
Mohammed Alhussain
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin, May '13
Advisor: Sen
Frequency dependent anisotropy
Currently Employed by: Saudi Aramco
Kumar Das
MS Geophysics,UT Austin, May '13
Advisor: Sen
Joint Inversion of Seismic and Gravity data for determination of Shiva Crater, India
TBD
Yi Tao
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin, Dec '12
Advisor: Sen
Seismic interferometry and inversion
Currently Employed by: ConocoPhillips
Engin Alkan
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin, Dec '12 & MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Aug '07
Advisor: Hardage
Ent. Fall ‘10, PhD (Candidate)
Elastic Seismic Stratigraphy
Currently Employed by: Shell
Alexander Lamb
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, May ‘12
Advisor: Tatham
Characterization of Woodford Shale
Exploration Geophysics Fellowship (‘10)
Currently Employed by: Devon
Kwon Taek Oh
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, May ‘12
Advisor: Spikes
Rock physics description of Shale Gas 'Reservoir'
Currently Employed by: KOGAS
Son Phan
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Aug ‘11
Advisor: Sen
Uncertainty in reservoir parameter estimation
Currently Employed by: Bien Dong Petroleum Operating Company, Vietnam
Corey Joy
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Aug ‘11
Advisor: Sen
Effective medium modeling of carbon sequestered reservoirs
Exploration Geophysics Fellowship (‘09)
Currently Employed by: BP
William Burnett
PhD Geophysics, UT-Austin, May ’11
Advisors: Stoffa / Fomel
A General Transform for Reversible Seismic Data Processing by Nonstationary Filtering
Exploration Geophysics Fellowship (‘05)
Currently Employed by: ExxonMobil
Alireza Shahin
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin, Jan '11
Advisors: Stoffa / Tatham
Time Lapse Seismic Response to Production
Currently Employed by: BP (Houston)
Na Shan
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Dec '10
Advisor: Tatham
Seismic characterization of shale in research plays with multi-component data
Currently Employed by: Shell (New Orleans)
Diego Valentin
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Aug '10
Advisor: Tatham
Bossier Reservoir characterization with multi-component VSP and surface seismic data
Currently Employed by: Gran Tierra Energy (Bogotá)
Fang (Fiona) Ye
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, May '10
Advisor: Tatham
Fracture Estimation in the Bakken Shale from 3C-3D data
Currently Employed by: BP (Houston)
Chunlei Chu
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin, Dec '09
MS, UT Austin ‘07
Advisor: Stoffa
Application of Variable Grid Finite Differences to Seismic Imaging an Modeling
Currently Employed by: ConocoPhillips (Houston)
Jeffrey Kao
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Dec '09 & BS Geophysics, UT Austin, Dec ‘05
Advisor: Tatham
Application of Variable Grid Finite Differences to Seismic Imaging an Modeling
Currently Employed by: Nexen (Dallas)
Jonas de Basabe
PhD (CAM) completed in May '09; UTIG Fellow '09-'10
Advisors: Sen / Wheeler
Numerical Simulation of Elastic Wave Propagation
UTIG Fellow
Currently Employed by: CICESE (Ensenada)
Samik Sil
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin, May '09
Advisor: Sen
Two-way travel time analysis for seismic reservoir characterization
Currently Employed by: ConocoPhillips (Houston)
Anisa Perez
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, May '09
Advisor: Tatham / Ferguson
Hybrid Gathers for Imaging and Processing to separate effects
of structure and anisotropy
Exploration Geophysics Fellowship ('06)
Currently Employed by: ConocoPhillips (Houston)
Chaoshun Hu
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin Dec '08
Advisor: Stoffa / McIntosh
OBS and MCS Data Analysis for TAIGER Project, Offshore Japan
Currently Employed by: Chevron (San Ramon)
Daniel Smith
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Aug '08
Advisor: Sen
Seismic Trace Regularization and Datuming
Currently Employed by: Hess (Houston)
Tiancong Hong
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin, Aug '08
Advisor: Sen
MCMC Algorithm, Integrated 4D Seismic Res. Char. and Uncertainty Analysis in a Bayesian Framework
Currently Employed by: ExxonMobil (Houston)
Ali Al-Jadhar
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Aug '08
Advisor: Stoffa
Prestack modeling of carbonate reservoirs
Saudi Aramco Scholar
Currently Employed by: Saudi Aramco (Dharan)
Abdulaziz Al-Muhadib
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Aug '08
Advisor: Sen/Tatham
Post-stack inversion for porosity estimation of carbonate reservoirs
Saudi Aramco Scholar
Currently PhD Student at MIT
Sanjay Sood
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Dec '07
Advisor: Sen/van Avendonk
Estimation of Q from seismic refractions data
Currently Employed by: ConocoPhillips (Houston)
Patricia Yu
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Dec '07
Advisor: Ferguson
Amplitude Preservation In Processing and Imaging of Seismic Data
Exploration Geophysics Fellowship (02')
Currently Employed by: Shell (Houston)
Emily Pangborn
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Dec '07
Advisor: Bangs/Tatham
Thrust Fault from 3D Seismic: Nankai Subduction Zone, Japan
ConocoPhillips Fellowship, ’05
Currently Employed by: Chevron (Houston)
Nedra Bonal
PhD, UT Austin, Dec '07
Advisor: Wilson
Fracture Characterization: Studies of Seismic Anisotropy and Trace Imaging with GPR
Currently Employed by: Sandia National Laboratory (Alburquerque)
Engin Alkan
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Aug '07
Advisor: Hardage
Acquisition Design of 3D Multi-component surveys on land
Turkish National Oil Co. Scholar
Currently working with Dr. Hardage at UTIG
William Burnett
MS Geophysics, UT Austin May '07
Advisor: Ferguson
A General Transform for Reversible Seismic Data Processing
Exploration Geophysics Fellowship, ‘05
Currently PhD Student at UT Austin
Reeshidev Bansal
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin, May '07
Advisor: Sen
Seismic Characterization of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
Currently Employed by: ExxonMobil (Houston)
Samarjit Chakraborty
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, May '07
Advisor: Ferguson
An Int. Geologic Model of the Valhall Oil Field for Simulation of Fluid Flow & Seismic Response
Currently Empolyed by: BP (Houston)
Christopher Sine
MS, UT Austin, May '07
Advisor: Grand
Tomographic Velocity int. of the Upper Mantle, Colo Plateau
Exploration Geophysics Fellowship, '04
Currently Employed by: Occidental (Bakersfield)
Kevin Bain
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, May '07
Advisor: Tatham
Sensitivity of AVA Reflectivity to Fluid Hydrocarbon Properties in Porous Media
Currently PhD Student in Physics, UT-Austin
G. Russell Young
MS Geophysics, UT Austin May '07
Advisor: Sen
Effective Porosity Estimation from 3D Seismic: Marco Polo Field
ConocoPhillips Fellowship (’04)
Currently Employed by: ExxonMobil (Houston)
Kathryn Young
MS Geophysics, UT Austin Dec '06
Advisor: Tatham
False ‘Bright Spots’ & Discriminating Gas and Brine using AVO
Fullbright Scholar
Currently Employed by: EOG Resources (Houston)
Matt McDonald
MS Geophysics, UT Austin Dec '06
Advisor: Tatham/Gulick
The Chicxulub impact crater and oblique impact
Currently PhD Student at University of Wyoming
Eric Lyons
MS Geophysics, UT Austin Dec '06
Advisor: Tatham
Polarization Distortion of Shear Waves in Isotropic Media
ConocoPhillips Fellowship, '03
Currently Employed by: BP (Houston)
Jason Gumble
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin Dec '06
Advisor: Tatham
Anisotropic analysis of 3C data for OBC & comparison to 9C
Exploration Geophysics Fellowship, ‘00
ACS-PRF Funded Dissertation
Currently Employed by: Cimarex (Denver)
Chandan Kumar
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin Dec '06
Advisor: Ferguson/Sen
Parameter Inversion for Seismic Anisotropy
Currently Employed by: BP (Houston)
Kimberly Kumar
MS Geophysics, UT Austin May '06
Advisor: Ferguson
Pore Pressure Prediction Offshore Trinidad
BP Scholar
Currently Employed by: BP (Trinidad)
Sharon Goehring
MS Geophysics, UT Austin Dec '05
Advisor: Tatham
Seismic AVO Response to Variations in SS Reservoir Properties
Exploraition Geophysics Fellowship, ‘03
Currently Employed by: ConocoPhillips (Houston)
Dhananjay Kumar
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin May '05
Advisor: Sen/Stoffa
Analysis of multicomponent seismic data from the Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon
Currently Employed by: Chevron (Houston)
Carmen Gomez
MS Geophysics, UT Austin May '05
Advisor: Tatham
Sensitivity of P-P, SH-SH and P-SV seismic refelctivity to partial gas saturation
PhD Standford
Jason Stine
MS Geophysics, UT Austin May '04
Advisor: Tatham
Sensitivity of AVO reflectivity to fluid properties in porous media
Teaching in Austin
Matthew Morris
MS Geophysics, UT Austin May '03
Advisor: Tatham
Analysis on P-P and P-SV AVO response
Exploration Geophysics Fellowship ‘01
Currently Employed by: Anadarko (Houston)
Chengshu Wang
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin June '03
Advisor: Sen/Tatham
Inversion of P-P and P-SV data, separate density effect gas hydrates. (BSR)
Returned to China (PRC)
Patricia Montoya
PhD Geophysics, UT Austin, May '06 & MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Dec '02
Advisor: Fisher/Tatham
Characterization of a fractured SS reservoir from core to 3D seismic analysis in E. Maturin Basin, Ven.
PhD, UT Austin
Fernando Cerda
MS Geophysics, UT Austin, Dec '01
Advisor: Fisher/Tatham
Teal South project: Compare Vp/Vs from shear (P-SV) & interpretation with AVO results
Currently Employed by: WesternGeco (Houston)
Chau Ao
MS Geophysics, NTNU '01
Advisor: Tatham
Compare Vp/Vs interpretation between SH-SH and P-SV data
Currently Employed by: StatOil (Stavanger)
Helena Zirczy
MS Geophysics, UTAustin, Aug '00
Advisor: Tatham
Multicomponent Seismic Interp. of the Second Wind Field, Kiowa and Cheyenne Counties, Colorado
Currently Employed by: Shell (New Orleans)
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
with a Focus in Exploration Geophysics
Elliot Dahl
BS Engineering Physics & MS Applied Mathematics,
Royal Institute of Technology, KTH Sweden
Advisor: Spikes
Ent. Fall ‘13, PhD
TBD
Debanjan Datta
BS Geophysics,
Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
Advisor: Sen
Ent. Fall ‘13, MS
TBD
Qi Ren
BS Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China'10
Advisor: Sen/Spikes
Ent. Fall ‘12, PhD
Rock Properties Modeling and Inversion for Unconventional Reservoir=
Jacqueline Maleski
BS Geology, University of Georgia'12
Advisor: Tatham
Ent. Fall ‘12, MS
Modeling Dispersion Effects in the Seismic Bandwith
Han Liu
BS Geology & Geophysics, Universtiy of Missouri. '12
Advisor: Spikes
Ent. Fall ‘12, PhD
Numerical Modeling of Complex Pore Shapes
Sarah Coyle
BS Geophysics, UT Austin '12
Advisor: Spikes
Ent. Fall ‘12, MS
Inversion of Seismic Data with and without Rock Typing
Lauren Becker
BS Geophysics, UT Austin '12
Advisor: Spikes
Ent. Fall ‘12, MS
Finite-element Simulations of Fracture Networks
Makoto Sadahiro
BS Computer Sciences, UT Austin '02
Advisor: Stoffa & Tatham
Ent. Fall ‘12, MS
Processing Algorithm Development
Patrick Gustie
BA Earth & Planetary Science / Geophysics,, UC Berkley '12
Advisor: Tatham
Ent. Fall ‘12, MS
Identifying Seismic Attributes to Estimate Vertical Transverse Isotropy
Terence Campbell
MS Geology, UT Austin ‘07
Advisors: Tatham / Sen
Ent. Fall ‘09, PhD (Candidate)
Corrections for distortion polarization in reflected shearwave for isotropic and anisotropic medium
Currently Employed by: ConocoPhillips
Russell Carter
BS Geology, Colgate Univ. '07
Advisor: Spikes
Ent. Fall ‘10, PhD
Reservoir characterization for carbon sequestration
Yawen He
BS University of Petroleum in China,
Advisor: Hongliu Zeng/Mrinal Sen
Ent. Fall ‘11, PhD
TBD
Meijuan Jiang
MS Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign '10
Advisor: Spikes
Ent. Fall ‘10, PhD
Pore-stiffness, aspect ratio and composition effects on rock-physics modeling in the Haynesville Shale
Sharif Morshed
MS Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, University of Dhaka '10
Advisor: Tatham
Ent. Fall ‘10, MS
Characterization of the Marcellus Shale
Yu Xia
MS Geophysics, China Academy of Science
Advisor: Grand
Ent. Fall ‘08, PhD (Candidate)
Seismic Image of the Rio Grande Rift
Yang Xue
MS Geophysics, Univ. of Stuttgart
Advisor: Sen
Ent. Fall ‘09, PhD
Baysian inversion of land multicomponent data
Zeyu Zhao
BS University of Petroleum in China,
Advisor: Sen
Ent. Fall ‘11, PhD
Sub-basalt Imaging with Wide-aperture Seismic Data
