Announcements


  • ERL and EAPS Announce First Class of ERL Fellows

    ERL and EAPS Announce First Class of ERL Fellows

    Above (left to right): Inaugural ERL Fellows Dr. Dirk Smit, Dr. Ali Dogru, and Dr. Arthur Cheng ScD ’78 The Earth Resources Laboratory (ERL) and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) at MIT have announced the recipients of a new fellowship honoring leading researchers in geophysics and related fields who have also…

  • Congratulations Dr. Gregory Ely!

    Congratulations Dr. Gregory Ely!

    On December 11, 2018, Greg succesfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Applications of a Fast Helmholtz Solver in Exploration Seismology.” He is shown here with his advisor, Prof. Alison Malcolm of Memorial U. Newfoundland.

  • ERL Student Sarah Greer awarded Department of Energy Fellowship

    ERL Student Sarah Greer awarded Department of Energy Fellowship

    Sarah Greer (seen on the right in the picture above), a student of Prof. Laurent Demanet in ERL and the MIT Department of Mathematics, is one of four MIT students recently awarded a fellowship by the US Department of Energy to support her work on computational mathematics to address large-scale geophysical problems. “Sarah’s impressive background is…

  • ERL to Bring Over 30 Research Presentations to AGU

    ERL to Bring Over 30 Research Presentations to AGU

    Topics to include machine learning, multiphase flow, rock physics, geomechanics, inversion/uncertainty, and imaging. Above: ERL Gradtuate Student Ekaterina Bolotskaya presents her work at the 2018 ERL Annual Founding Members Meeting. She will also be presenting a poster at AGU. If you’re planning on attending the America Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting this December and Washington, DC,…