The final UTIG seminar of the Fall semester is reserved for graduate students to practice their presentations for AGU Fall. This year’s practice talks will be given by UTIG grad students Xian Wu, Kelly Olsen and Janaki Vamaraju. We asked each student to give us a sneak-preview into what they’ll be talking about and why… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Notes: Janaki Vamaraju on how to use machine learning to solve problems in geophysics
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Demian Saffer Named Director of the UT Institute for Geophysics
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin has hired Demian Saffer as the next director of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG). Saffer, a professor and head of the Department of Geosciences at Penn State University, is an internationally known geophysicist with a proven background in leading major scientific missions. UT… Continue Reading Demian Saffer Named Director of the UT Institute for Geophysics
New NSF Grant Awarded to Study Earth’s “Flat Slabs”
A $2.7 million multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional NSF-Frontiers of Earth Science grant has been awarded to a team led by Carnegie’s Lara Wagner to study an active flat slab in Colombia. A flat slab is produced when a tectonic plate descends to depths of about 30 to 60 miles (~50-100 km) then flattens and travels horizontally for… Continue Reading New NSF Grant Awarded to Study Earth’s “Flat Slabs”
Meet The Exploration Geophysics Trailblazers: Part 4
In March this year, students from the University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences presented research at the annual meeting of the UT-Austin EDGER Forum, an industry consortium that sponsors education and research in exploration geophysics. Research carried out by the group spans laboratory experiments, numerical simulations and field data analysis, a combination that is… Continue Reading Meet The Exploration Geophysics Trailblazers: Part 4
‘An Open and Collaborative Spirit’ – Luc Lavier Wins Evgueni Burov Medal
Luc Lavier, a research scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), has been awarded the Evgueni Burov Medal by the International Lithosphere Program (ILP) at a ceremony at the European Geophysical Union (EGU) in Vienna. According to the ILP, Lavier, who is also an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at… Continue Reading ‘An Open and Collaborative Spirit’ – Luc Lavier Wins Evgueni Burov Medal
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