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Congratulations Jamie Potter, MSc!On July 18, 2017, Jamie successfully defended her master’s thesis entitled “The Effects of Fluid Pressure Changes on Fractured Rock Elastic Moduli and Surface Deformation”. She is shown here with her advisor, Prof. Bradford Hager. read more…  
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Congratulations Dr. Yuval Tal!On June 29, 2017, Yuval successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “The Role of Roughness in Earthquake Source Physics.” He is shown here with his advisor, Prof. Bradford Hager. read more…  
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Congratulations 2016-2017 Graduates!Last week, 12 of our students graduated from MIT with their Master’s or Doctorate in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences or Civil and Environmental Engineering. Congratulations! Lubna Barghouti, MSc Martina Coccia, PhD Omar Al Dajani, MSc Xioajing Ruby Fu, PhD Bruno Gonçalves da Siva, PhD Chen Gu, PhD Marwah Al Ismael, MSc Ali AlJishi, MSc… read more…  
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Congratulations Dr. Xiaojing Ruby Fu!On April 3, 2017, Ruby successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Multiphase flow in porous media with phase transitions: from CO2 sequestration to gas hydrate systems.” She is shown here with her advisor, Prof. Ruben Juanes. read more…  
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Congratulations Dr. Martina Coccia!On May 2, 2017, Martina successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Processing Strategies Optimization and Error Mitigation of Geodetic Measurements.” She is shown here with her advisor, Prof. Tom Herring. read more…  
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MIT EAPS/ERL Is Hiring: Senior Research Scientist, GeophysicsNow Accepting Applications: Senior Research Scientist, Applied Geophysics, EAPS/ERL SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST, APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)–Earth Resources Laboratory (ERL), to join a laboratory whose activities are centered around theoretical, experimental, and observational research in basic science, with both industrial and academic applications. ERL has over sixty personnel, including faculty, research scientists,… read more…  
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Congratulations Ali Fuad AlJishi, MSc.On March 20, 2017, Ali succesfully defended his MSc thesis entitled “Detection and Identification of Mode Conversions and Source Independent Converted Phase Imaging: Groningen Gas Field”. He is shown here with his advisor, Dr. Michael Fehler. read more…  
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Ali Dogru Elected to National Academy of EngineeringCongratulations to ERL/EAPS Visiting Scientist and Aramco Fellow Dr. Ali Dogru, who has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering in recognition of his achievements in “the development of high-performance computing in hydrocarbon reservoir simulation”. He is one of only 84 engineers in the US, from across all engineering disciplines, to be elected this… read more…  
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Congratulations Marwah Al Ismail, MSc.On January 18, 2017, Marwah successfully defended her MSc thesis entitled “On the Relationship Between Compressional Wave Velocity of Saturated Porous Rocks and Density: Theory and Application”. She is shown here with her advisor, Prof. F. Dale Morgan. read more…  
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ERL Students Learn From Industry Experts Over IAPIndependent Activities Period (IAP) is MIT’s inter-term period each January, during which students can take special compact classes on a wide variety of subjects. This IAP, ERL/EAPS hosted two workshops on cutting-edge techniques taught by industry experts. Dr. Ali Dogru (pictured above), a Saudi Aramco Fellow who is also a Visiting Scientist at MIT, taught… read more…  
