Rob Porritt, a UTIG postdoc, along with three UT Geology undergraduate students traveled to the Mojave desert in California in May to deploy 19 broadband seismic sensors. All were successfully placed over the course of six arduous days in the desert. “This was by far the hardest deployment I’ve ever done,” said Rob. “We stressed […]
Mrinal Sen to Receive SEG’s Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal in October
Mrinal K. Sen, UTIG Associate director, professor, and Jackson Chair in Applied Seismology, will be recognized with the Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) at their annual meeting in October. The award is presented to the person who in the unanimous opinion of the SEG Honors and Awards Committee and […]
Seismologists Unite for Community Wavefields Experiment in Oklahoma
The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) organized a community wavefields experiment near Enid, Oklahoma with the help of a 60 member volunteer team, which included UTIG post-doc Chastity Aiken and graduate student Taylor Borgfeldt.