News and Announcements

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…

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…

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…

Now 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…

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…

Congratulations 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…

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…

Independent 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…

A global review of earthquake rupture parameters reveals that deep earthquakes have larger fracture energies and may have different rupture mechanisms than shallower seismic events, according to work by ERL/EAPS Postdoc Dr. Piero Poli and Visiting Assistant Prof. Germán Prieto featured on earth and space science news website EOS.  Full article: https://eos.org/research-spotlights/probing-the-source-properties-of-deep-earthquakes read more…

ERL Research Scientist Dr Stephen Brown reflects on what he saw, and what he didn’t see, in his early experiences with rocks and nature in this essay written for 52 Things You Should Know About Rock Physics, published this year by Agile Libre.  The book also includes essays by ERL Deputy Director Dr. Michael Fehler,… read more…