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Robust Extraction of Useful Information from Seismic Measurements
Geophysicists rely on seismic data to understand the Earth’s subsurface. Data from seismic receivers contains two types of information convoluted into a single signal: information about the source of the signal (source effects) and information about the subsurface features it passed through on its way to the receiver (path effects). Current methods for separating out…
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Bubble Experiment Finds Universal Laws
Quanta Magazine features work by ERL’s Amir Pahlavan and Ruben Juanes In a recent article for Quanta Magazine, writer Charlie Wood takes a closer look at the concept of universality in physics, focusing on recent work by ERL/CEE Postdoctoral Associate Dr. Amir Pahlavan working with ERL/CEE Professor Ruben Juanes: “A recent study has identified universality…
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Congratulations Dr. Manuel Florez!
On August 23, 2019, Manuel succesfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “A Global Study of Double Seismic Zones and Its Implications for the Mechanism of Intermediate-Depth Earthquakes.” He is pictured here with his advisor, Prof. Germán Prieto.
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Former ERL Postdoc Dr. William Frank to return to MIT as Faculty
Prof. Rob van der Hilst, Head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) at MIT, announced today that Prof. William Frank will join EAPS in July, 2020 as an Assistant Professor. Prof. Frank was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in ERL/EAPS from 2015-2017 before becoming an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern…