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CWP Students 2007-08 | ||
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Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics Jyoti has a BSc (2001) in geological sciences and an MSc (2003) in exploration geophysics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. His thesis topic was the time-frequency analysis of seismic signals using the Hilbert-Huang transform and empirical mode decomposition. Over the past few years, he has interned with BP, Occidental Oil and Gas Corp, and Reliance Oil and Gas. The internship at BP, with the Advanced Seismic Imaging team in summer 2006, involved inverting for density from seismic reflection amplitudes. Jyoti is a recipient of the SEG scholarship and the ConocoPhillips Spirit scholarship. During his stay at IIT Kharagpur, he received a silver medal, the Bhattacharya Award, and the Ghosh Award. His current research interests include wave propagation in anisotropic attenuative media, seismic interferometry, and rock physics of unconventional resources like heavy oils and oil shales. On weekdays, Jyoti hits table tennis or lawn tennis balls; on weekends, he hits the ski slopes of Colorado. He proudly claims that learning to swim has been his biggest achievement of this past summer. |
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| Yuanzhong Fan | |||
Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics Yuanzhong Fan received a bachelor’s degree in physics from Lanzhou University, China, in 2003, followed by a master’s degree in physics from the University of Manitoba, Canada, in 2007. While at the University of Manitoba, Fan’s research focused on the use of ultrasound to investigate the physical properties and bubble size distribution of a bubbly viscoelastic system (wheat flour dough). Now in CWP, he is working on the source distribution effect in interferometry for both wave and diffusion problems with Prof. Roel Snieder. |
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| Farnoush Forghani-Arani | |||
Degree Program: M.Sc.., Geophysics Farnoush received a bachelor’s degree in atomic physics from Shiraz University, Iran, in 1997 and a master’s degree in geophysics from Tehran Azad University in 2002. There, she worked on integration methods for reservoir characterization. Now in CWP, she is working with Professor Roel Snieder studying the extracted surface-wave and body-wave Green’s function from correlation interferometry. Farnoush’s hobbies are hiking, biking, astronomy and playing piano. |
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| Rodrigo Fuck | |||
Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics Rodrigo received a M.Sc. in geology from the Geosciences Institute, Universidade de Brasília in 2000. Prior to entering that program, he worked for Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) as a geologist for six years, where he gained experience in mineral exploration. His main research interests are seismic anisotropy, both intrinsic and stress induced, and reservoir characterization. He spent the summers of 2003 and 2004 at ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Subsurface Imaging Division, working with inversion of seismic data and converted wave modeling in VTI media. During Fall 2005, he interned with BP, studying the azimuthal variation of P-wave NMO velocities over the Valhall Field, under the guidance of Leon Thomsen. Rodrigo is currently investigating time lapse changes in traveltimes, NMO velocities and AVO due to reservoir compaction, in collaboration with Andrey Bakulin (Shell International E & P). |
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| Myoung Jae Kwon | |||
Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics Myoung Jae Kwon (Jay) received his B.S. degree in geology and M.S. degree in geophysics from Seoul National University. His thesis topic was DC resistivity inversion with the application of reciprocity theorem. Jay has worked as a geophysical engineer, for several years, in Korea and Libya, where he participated in many geotechnical, environmental projects. His current research interest encompasses integration of seismic and electromagnetic data, parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis, determination of reservoir properties, and so on. Personally, Jay wants to be a good friend of Jesus, and he tries to be more trustworthy and thankful to God, in his everyday life. |
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| Yongxia Liu | |||
Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics Yongxia Liu received a BSc (2004) in geophysics frrom Jilin University, in northeast China. She received her MSc (2007) from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics (IGG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) .Her research projects there focused on numerical simulation in random media using the finite-difference method, and also elastic reverse-time migration in anisotropic media using the gaussian beammethod. As a CWP student, her current focus is on the amplitude in anisotropic media using the Gaussian beam method. During her free time, Yongxia likes dancing, basketball, table tennis and yoga. |
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| Yong Ma | |||
Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics Yong received his B.S. degree in acoustics from Nanjing University (NJU), China, in 2004, with a thesis on higher ultrasound harmonics propagation in biologic tissue. He earned his M.S. degree from the Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University, in 2007, where his studies were on nonlinearity of biomedical ultrasound and its application. His thesis was, “ Non-invasive Estimation of Temperature Elevation and Lesions in High Intensity Focus Ultrasound (HIFU) Treatment.” Yong joined CWP in August 2007 and is currently working with Paul Sava. |
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| John Mathewson | |||
Degree Program: M.S., Geophysics John Mathewson graduated from CSM in 1981 with a BSc in geophysics. Since then he has been working in the geophysical industry, primarily with WesternGeco (and Western Geophysical), in various locations around the world. During his time at WesternGeco, John has worked in land seismic acquisition, land and marine data processing, and has specialized for the past few years in depth imaging. Two years ago John decided to return to CSM, while continuing to work for WesternGeco in their Denver office. His research interests include image processing and seismic imaging and inversion. |
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| Gabriela Melo | |||
Degree Program: M.Sc., Geophysics Gabriela Melo (Gabi) earned her BSc and MSc degrees from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she worked with frequency migration.. Her main interests are seismic imaging in general. She is now working with her advisor, Paul Sava, on angle decomposition for wide-azimuth data, for the purpose of performing azimuthal velocity analysis in angle-domain. Besides her family, boyfriend and professional things, Gabi’s biggest passions are music (especially heavy metal), dance (although she thinks she is not very good), and movies. |
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| Derek Parks | |||
Degree Program: Ph.D., Mathematical and Computer Sciences Derek graduated from CSM in 2005 with a B.S. in Computer Science. After leaving Mines, he worked as a .Net programmer for a year. Derek has returned to Mines to pursue his interest in computer graphics and is doing research in the area of 3D subsurface modeling. |
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| Steve Smith | |||
Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics Steve Smith received an MS in acoustics from Penn State (Thesis: “Virtual acoustic source synthesis via wavenumber space-time signal processing”). He also holds a BS in engineering physics, and a BA in music from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Steve has worked as a research engineer for Shure Microphones in steered/intelligent array systems and speech processing/recognition., and as a research assistant with the theoretical geophysics group at the University of Colorado. He interned with the multicomponent seismic group of VeritasDGC, Houston, in Summer 2006. Steve currently works with seismic modeling and inversion in tunnel environments and has begun working on subsurface stress/material properties using 4D seismic. His interests also include scientific computing, virtual sources, arrays, and integrated imaging/migra-tion/inversion techniques for material properties. When not working, Steve practices judo with the CSM and Northglenn judo clubs. |
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| Xiaoxiang Wang | |||
Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics Xiaoxiang earned his B.S. and M.S.degrees in geophysics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). The topic of his master’s thesis was shear wave splitting in the lowermost mantle in the western Pacific. Xiaoxiang joined CWP in August 2006, and has been working with Prof. Ilya Tsvankin on the interval anisotropic parameter estimation using velocity-independent layer stripping. In his PhD thesis, Xiaoxiang will extend the research on migration velocity analysis and imaging in anisotropic media. |
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| Ran Xuan | |||
Degree Program: M.Sc., Geophysics Ran earned her bachelor’s degree in geophysics from China University of Geosciences ( Beijing) (CUGB). During her undergraduate study, she completed a project on refraction residual static correction by using the traditional method of reflection residual static correction. Ran joined CWP in January 2008. She currently is studying micro-seismic location by using the interferometric imaging condition with Paul Sava. |
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| Jia Yan | |||
Degree Program: Ph.D. Geophysics Jia earned her BS degree in solid geophysics with
honors from Peking University in 2003. Her thesis research focused on
using the S-wave receiver function to study the velocity structure
under the MDJ (Mudanjiang) seismic station. Jia attended Boston College
for her master’s degree. During her two years there, she
studied the local earthquake source parameters in the New England
area using waveform inversion.
Jia joined CWP in August 2005 and has worked with Ilya Tsvankin on
AVO-sensitive
velocity analysis for wide-azimuth data.
In Summer 2007, Jia interned with GX Technology, Houston.
She is now jointly working with Paul Sava and Ilya Tsvankin
on anisotropic elastic reverse time migration.
This coming summer, she will intern with BP in Houston,
working with Joe Dellinger and Ray Abma on an independent simultaneous sources project.
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| Tongning (Tony) Yang | |||
Degree Program: Ph.D. Geophysics Tongning earned his bachelor's degree in geophysics from Tongji University, Shanghai, China. During his undergraduate study, he completed a project on velocity analysis using Kirchhoff prestack time migration. His thesis was titled "High-resolution Parabolic Radon Transform Seismic Interpolation." At CWP, he is working with Prof. Paul Sava migration velocity analysis with extended imaging conditions. In his spare time, Tongning likes climbing, swimming and playing soccer. He also loves to cook, especially Chinese food. |
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