The primary goal of exploration and production geophysics is to identify fluids, specifically hydrocarbons, in rocks. Here in the Rock Physics Lab, we research rock and fluid properties for exploration and reservoir monitoring. Our most current projects center on fluid distributions in rocks and how these distributions affect characteristics such as wave attenuation, velocity dispersion, and seismic signature. Check out our research and publications for more details.
- Congratulations to Mila Adam, Arpita Pal Bathija, and Merrick Johnston, who all successfully defended in November, and are set to be graduated next May.
- Congratulations to Ritu Sarker and Agni Das, who passed their second sets of comps in December.
- Here are some more details on Utpalendu Kuila's internship last summer at the National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India. The project he worked on involved applying different time-frequency analysss using MATLAB (Short-Time Fourier Transform and Continuous Wavelet Transforms) on well-log signals from the western continental margin of India in Arabian Sea; and then correlating the results with different frequencies of the Milankovitch cycle.
Nothing contributes to team cohesiveness more than a 3-week, all-expenses-paid Aegean cruise. But if you can't quite fit that into the schedule, matching hoodies with the group logo on them are second best. Thanks to Merrick for coordinating all the details, and for choosing a color that doesn't make us all look like something the cat drug in. Here's a group photo cum hoodie display. P.S. Mr. Sunshine's is missing. If you find it, please send it to the lab.
This page updated last on December 30, 2008