Seismic Soundoff

In this episode, host Andrew Geary speaks with Steve Sloan, special section coordinator for October's The Leading Edge. October's special section focuses on using geophysics to assess infrastructure: the roads, bridges, dams, railroads, tunnels, etc. that make life easier around the world.

Steve and Andrew discuss how geophysics can be used to assess and monitor roads and bridges and geophysics' role in planning and preserving infrastructure. Steve also highlights the four articles in October's issue.

Show notes and links at https://seg.org/podcast/Post/6583/.

Interviewee biography

Steve Sloan is a Research Geophysicist at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He specializes in near-surface seismology, including high-resolution shallow seismic reflection, refraction tomography, and surface wave methods. His research has focused on the application of geophysical methods to defense problems and geophysical characterization of the shallow subsurface in austere environments around the world.

Steve received a B.S. in geology from Millsaps College (2003), and an M.S. (2005) and Ph.D. (2008, with Honors) in geology with a geophysics emphasis from The University of Kansas. He currently serves as the Past Chair of the SEG Near-Surface Geophysics Technical Section and is a member of the SEG Council and the Editorial Board of The Leading Edge.

Subscribers can read the full articles in the SEG Digital Library at https://library.seg.org/ and abstracts are always free.

Sponsor

Seismic Soundoff is sponsored by the SEG Wiki - the place to find hundreds of biographies of geoscientists, open-access tutorials, and ongoing translations of SEG's best-selling book, Robert Sheriff's Encyclopedic Dictionary. Visit the https://wiki.seg.org to explore the world’s first online, geophysics encyclopedia.

Credits

Interview: Steve Sloan

Original music by Zach Bridges.

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary. Special thanks to the SEG podcast team: Jennifer Crockett, Ally McGinnis, Theresa Reichard, and Mick Swiney.

If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. Your reviews bring a smile to our faces. Follow Seismic Soundoff at https://seg.org/podcast to hear new episodes.

In this episode, host Andrew Geary previews the 2018 International Exposition and 88th Annual Meeting. SEG 2018 in Anaheim, California will feature robust, cutting-edge education programming including 151 Technical Program sessions, 13 Continuing Education courses, 3 Near-Surface Geophysics Technical Section Panel Discussions, 22 Postconvention Workshops, and much more.

Register for Anaheim at https://seg.org/am.

Andrew first speaks with the Technical Program Chair, David Alumbaugh and the Co-Chair Dimitri Bevc. He then speaks with Sarah Morton Rupert, member of the SEG Near-Surface Geophysics Technical Section executive committee.

He then highlights a new program for this year - the Business of Applied Geophysics - with organizers Bill Abriel, Mike Loudin, and Sergio Chávez-Pérez. The preview concludes with conversations with the SEG Director of Global Events Operations, Rhianna Collier, and the SEG Executive Director Dorsey Morrow.

There are too many amazing events to feature in this episode. Please visit https://seg.org/am to register and review the full schedule and plan your week.

Episode highlights:

* 1:24 - David Alumbaugh & Dimitri Bevc

* 6:32 - Sarah Morton Rupert

* 12:06 - Bill Abriel, Mike Loudin, & Sergio Chávez-Pérez

* 18:32 - Rhianna Collier

* 22:00 - Dorsey Morrow

Interviews:

David Alumbaugh

Dimitri Bevc

Sarah Morton Rupert

Bill Abriel

Mike Loudin

Sergio Chávez-Pérez

Rhianna Collier

Dorsey Morrow

Credits

Original music by Zach Bridges.

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary. Special thanks to the SEG podcast team: Jennifer Crockett, Ally McGinnis, Theresa Reichard, and Mick Swiney.

A special thanks to all the people that made time to speak with me for this episode.

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In this episode, host Andrew Geary speaks with Ioan Vlad on his article in The Leading Edge analyzing over 80 years of affiliation information for articles published in GEOPHYSICS. Mr. Vlad examines long-term publishing trends in GEOPHYSICS, including affiliation information and geographic trends. Using Python, statistics, and visual analysis, he explores how understanding these trends could be valuable both for institutional decision making and for individual career planning.

Show notes and links at https://seg.org/podcast/Post/6527/.

Biography

Ioan Vlad works as a Senior Scientific Programmer in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. His expertise includes software engineering and database administration, data analysis, scientific and High Performance Computing software development, and interfacing between research and production. He has worked for Halliburton, TGS, and Statoil ASA. He holds a M.Sc. in Geophysics from Stanford University.

Subscribers can read the full articles in the SEG Digital Library and abstracts are always free at https://library.seg.org.

Sponsor

Seismic Soundoff is sponsored by the SEG Wiki - the place to find hundreds of biographies of geoscientists, open-access tutorials, and ongoing translations of SEG's best-selling book, Robert Sheriff's Encyclopedic Dictionary. Visit the https://wiki.seg.org to explore the world’s first online, geophysics encyclopedia.

Credits

Interview: Ioan Vlad

Original music by Zach Bridges.

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary. Special thanks to the SEG podcast team: Jennifer Crockett, Ally McGinnis, Theresa Reichard, and Mick Swiney.

If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts – your review supports SEG to create new episodes. Follow Seismic Soundoff at https://seg.org/podcast to hear new episodes.

In this episode, host Andrew Geary speaks with Don Paul, Executive Director of the USC Energy Institute, Professor of Engineering, and holds the William M. Keck Chair of Energy Resources. Dr. Paul discusses intelligent energy, the boom and bust nature of the industry, energy careers, and much more.

Show notes and links at https://seg.org/podcast/Post/6517/.

Join SEG in Anaheim, California this year. The 2018 Exposition Hall and Technical Program will focus on big data, the internet of things, and many of the topics Dr. Paul discusses. Learn more and register at https://seg.org/am.

Biography

Don Paul is Executive Director of the USC Energy Institute, Professor of Engineering, and holds the William M. Keck Chair of Energy Resources. Dr. Paul had a distinguished 33-year career with the Chevron Corporation, retiring as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C. and is appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Energy to serve as an academic representative to the National Petroleum Council. He holds B.S., M.S., and PhD degrees from MIT.

Sponsor

Seismic Soundoff is sponsored by the SEG Wiki - the place to find hundreds of biographies of geoscientists, open-access tutorials, and ongoing translations of SEG's best-selling book, Robert Sheriff's Encyclopedic Dictionary. Visit the https://wiki.seg.org to explore the world’s first online, geophysics encyclopedia.

Credits

Interview: Don Paul

Original music by Zach Bridges.

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary. Special thanks to the SEG podcast team: Jennifer Crockett, Ally McGinnis, Mick Swiney, and Adrienne White.

If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts – your review supports SEG to create new episodes. Follow Seismic Soundoff at https://seg.org/podcast to hear new episodes.

In this episode, host Andrew Geary speaks with Linda Ford, Manager, Student and Early Career Programs and Geoscientists Without Borders at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Linda and Andrew discuss her article in August's The Leading Edge celebrating GWB's ten year anniversary. They talk about the program's connection with today's geoscience students, the program's impact to date, and its future legacy.

Show notes and links at https://seg.org/podcast/Post/6490/.

Geoscientists Without Borders®

SEG is celebrating ten years of its humanitarian work around the world with Geoscientists Without Borders. This program uses the specialized knowledge and technical skills of geoscientists to mitigate natural hazards by connecting universities and industries with local communities.

As a special consideration to our listeners, the SEG encourages you to become a partner in this life changing program by making a donation through the SEG Foundation. The SEG Foundation currently has GWB Matching Funds available. Double your impact today by making a donation. To learn more and to donate, visit https://seg.org/gwb.

Sponsor

Schlumberger strives to be a unifying force for social and environmental stewardship, and engages in philanthropic activities that reflect the company’s values. As the founding sponsor of Geoscientists Without Borders, Schlumberger believes in the science of geophysics to effect positive changes in communities facing environmental hardship and natural hazards.

Credits

Interview: Linda Ford

Original music by Zach Bridges.

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary. Special thanks to the SEG podcast team: Jennifer Crockett, Ally McGinnis, Mick Swiney, and Adrienne White.

If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts – your review supports SEG to create new episodes. Subscribe to Seismic Soundoff on your phone using the podcast app of your choice to receive the latest episodes first.

In this episode, host Andrew Geary speaks with Alireza Malehmir, professor of applied geophysics at Uppsala University. Andrew and Dr. Malehmir discuss geophysics role in preventing natural hazards and best practices for communicating science to the public and policy makers.

Show notes and links at https://seg.org/podcast/Post/6476.

Biography

Alireza Malehmir is professor and senior lecturer at Uppsala University. He holds expertise as a controlled source seismologist, mining geophysicist, and applied geophysicist. He serves as vice-chair of the EAGE Near-Surface Geoscience Division and has been a guest editor for GEOPHYSICS and Interpretation.

Dr. Malehmir led a Geoscientists Without Borders project focused on quick-clay, or rapid Earth flow landslides in Sweden. Learn more at http://bit.ly/2uKH7Gz. He has a PhD in geophysics from Uppsala University.

Sponsor

Seismic Soundoff is sponsored by the SEG Wiki - the place to find hundreds of biographies of geoscientists, open-access tutorials, and ongoing translations of SEG's best-selling book, Robert Sheriff's Encyclopedic Dictionary. Visit the https://wiki.seg.org to explore the world’s first online, geophysics encyclopedia.

Credits

Interview: Alireza Malehmir

Original music by Zach Bridges.

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary. Special thanks to the SEG podcast team: Jennifer Crockett, Ally McGinnis, Mick Swiney, and Adrienne White.

If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts – your review supports SEG to create new episodes. Subscribe to Seismic Soundoff on your phone using the podcast app of your choice to receive the latest episodes first.

In this episode, host Andrew Geary speaks with three authors from the special section highlighting the Mediterranean region in July's The Leading Edge. These authors discuss the latest scientific scholarship and future prospects in the Mediterranean after a record-breaking find in 2015.

Show notes and links at https://seg.org/podcast/Post/6438.

Interviewee biographies

Giovanni Rusciadelli is Associate Professor in Sedimentology & Stratigraphy at the University of Chieti and the Founder and Managing Director of Strata Georesearch, a spin-off of the University of Chieti. He is currently interested in seismic modelling of slope-margin systems based on detailed outcrop descriptions.

Peter Shiner is a Senior Geoscience Advisor at Strata Georesearch and has a M.Sc. in sedimentology from the University of London. He is particularly interested in the integration of outcrop and subsurface datasets to reduce subsurface risk in exploitation of carbonate systems.

Hamed El-Mowafy is the Principal Exploration and Production Geoscientist at NeuEra GeoServices in Houston Texas. He has over 25 years of experience in the oil industry and academia, working on various projects in Egypt, United States, Latin America, Canada, Middle East, West Africa and Japan.

Subscribers can read the full articles in the SEG Digital Library at https://library.seg.org and abstracts are always free.

Sponsor

Seismic Soundoff is sponsored by the SEG Wiki - the place to find hundreds of biographies of geoscientists, open-access tutorials, and ongoing translations of SEG's best-selling book, Robert Sheriff's Encyclopedic Dictionary. Visit the https://wiki.seg.org to explore the world’s first online, geophysics encyclopedia.

Credits

Interviews: Giovanni Rusciadelli, Peter Shiner, Hamed El-Mowafy

Original music by Zach Bridges.

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary. Special thanks to the SEG podcast team: Jennifer Crockett, Beth Donica, Ally McGinnis, Mick Swiney, and Adrienne White.

In this episode, we highlight a team of Canadian geophysicists that traveled to the second largest refugee camp in the world to find water. The Kakuma Camp in Kenya is home to 185,000 refugees and growing. This is the story of passionate geophysicists working with driven refugees and locals to bring water to 140,000 people in East Africa. In this episode of Seismic Soundoff, what happened when geophysics went to Kakuma.

For show notes, including a full transcript, photos and links to dig deeper into the Kakuma water project and Paul Bauman’s work, visit https://seg.org/podcast/Post/6368.

Every June 20 marks World Refugee Day, #WithRefugees. To learn more, visit http://www.unhcr.org.

Interactive transcript at https://goo.gl/nnbCmv.

Geoscientists Without Borders®

2018 marks the ten-year anniversary of the SEG Foundation’s Geoscientists Without Borders® program. The program uses the specialized knowledge and technical skills of geoscientists to mitigate natural hazards by connecting universities and industries with local communities.

As a special consideration to our listeners, the SEG encourages you to become a partner in this life changing program by making a donation through the SEG Foundation. The SEG Foundation currently has GWB Matching Funds available. Double your impact today by making a donation today at https://donate.seg.org.

Sponsor

Schlumberger strives to be a unifying force for social and environmental stewardship, and engages in philanthropic activities that reflect the company’s values. As the founding sponsor of Geoscientists Without Borders®, Schlumberger believes in the science of geophysics to effect positive changes in communities facing environmental hardship and natural hazards.

Credits

If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts – your reviews bring a smile to our faces. Subscribe to Seismic Soundoff on the podcast app of your choice to receive the latest episodes first.

Interviews: Paul Bauman, Landon Woods, Erin Ernst, Doug MacLean, Franklin Koch, Brendan O’Brien, Alastair McClymont

Music in the episode courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Additional sound was provided by Brendan O’Brien.

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary. Thank you to the SEG podcast team - Jennifer Crockett, Beth Donica, Ally McGinnis, Mick Swiney, and Adrienne White, as well as SEG staff Katie Burk and Linda Ford.

In this episode, host Andrew Geary speaks with Nishank Saxena on advancements in image processing and machine learning. June's The Leading Edge highlights these topics and showcases methods to achieve meaningful geological results while reducing costs and increasing speed. Nishank Saxena served as a guest editor.

Show notes and links at https://seg.org/podcast/Post/6353.

Interviewee bio

Dr. Nishank Saxena works as a research petrophysicist at Shell. His interests include all aspects of theoretical and computational geophysics. Nishank also pioneered the work on generating benchmarks for the digital rock physics technology. He received his Ph.D. in geophysics and seismology from Stanford University.

SEG awarded him the J. Clarence Karcher Award in 2016. Gary Mavko, in his citation, stated, "Through his passion, creativity, and good nature, Nishank Saxena has helped to raise the bar in rock-physics research. I believe that, with Nishank and others of his generation, the future of geophysics is in good hands."

Subscribers can read the full articles in the SEG Digital Library at https://library.seg.org/ and abstracts are always free.

Sponsor

Seismic Soundoff is sponsored by the SEG Wiki - the place to find hundreds of biographies of geoscientists, open-access tutorials, and ongoing translations of SEG's best-selling book, Robert Sheriff's Encyclopedic Dictionary. Visit the https://wiki.seg.org to explore the world’s first online, geophysics encyclopedia.

Credits

Interview: Nishank Saxena

Original music by Zach Bridges.

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary. Special thanks to the SEG podcast team: Jennifer Crockett, Beth Donica, Ally McGinnis, Mick Swiney, and Adrienne White. Steve Brown, Managing Editor of The Leading Edge, helped set up the interview.

In this episode, host Andrew Geary speaks with Doug Foster about the May 2018 issue of The Leading Edge. This issue's special section articles highlight geomechanics, its integration with geophysics, and how it could help reduce induced seismicity and increase gas productivity. Doug Foster served as a coordinator for the special section.

Show notes and links at https://seg.org/podcast/Post/6311.

Interviewee bio

Dr. Doug Foster received his Ph.D. in geophysics from Columbia University. He has worked as a research geophysicist at ARCO, Mobil, Phillips Petroleum, and as a Senior Scientist at ConocoPhillips. His career interests have ranged from wave propagation, inverse problems and applied geophysics. He also taught as an adjunct Professor in the physics department at the University of Houston and served as vice-chairman of the Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee for the U.S. Department of Energy.

Subscribers can read the full articles in the SEG Digital Library at https://library.seg.org/. Abstracts are always free for all.

Sponsor

Seismic Soundoff is sponsored by the SEG Wiki - the place to find hundreds of biographies of influential geoscientists, open-access tutorials, and ongoing translations of SEG's best-selling book, Robert Sheriff's Encyclopedic Dictionary. Visit the https://wiki.seg.org to explore the world’s first online, geophysics encyclopedia.

Credits

Interview: Doug Foster

Thank you to Steve Brown, Managing Editor of The Leading Edge, for his assistance.

This show was produced by Mick Swiney, Jennifer Crockett, and hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary.