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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 IAP
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…
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Probing the Source Properties of Deep Earthquakes
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…
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Stephen Brown: My Box of Rocks
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…
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MIT ERL Brings 12 Presentations and 15 Posters to AGU
If you are attending the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting in San Francisco 12/12-12/16, check out these presentations and posters with ERL-affiliated authors or co-authors: Monday, December 12 Douglas MillerGround Motion Analysis of Co-Located DAS and Seismometer Sensors(Poster, S11D-2480 08:00 – 12:20 Moscone South Poster Hall) Yusuke MukuhiraPropagation speed of pore pressure throughout permeable fracture during… read more…
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Lucas Bram Willemsen, PhD
On December 8, 2016, Lucas Bram Willemsen successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Problems with a Localized Nature in Exploration Seismology”. He will be moving on to a research job at ExxonMobil. He is shown here with his advisor, Prof. Alison Malcolm. read more…
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Faculty Opening in EAPS/ERL
The MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences is seeking a new faculty member in the area of geophysics who would become a member of ERL. For more info or to apply, please visit Academic Jobs Online. read more…
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Monitoring Building Health with Seismic Data
MIT News recently featured exciting work on the use of seismic data to monitor the health of buildings by ERL/EAPS Researchers Prof. Nafi Toksoz, Prof. German Prieto, and Dr. Aurelien Mordret, in collaboration with our colleagues in MIT Civil and Environmental engineering. Read the story here. read more…
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New ERL Researchers
We are very excited to have five new researchers joining ERL this fall: Ekaterina Boltskaya, Graduate Student working with Prof. Hager’s group Aarti Dwivedi, Graduate Student working with Prof. Herring’s group Elezhan Zhakiya, who recieved his undergaduate degree from MIT last year, staying on for a fifth-year Master’s with Prof. Hager’s group Dr. Niels Grobbe,… read more…
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Earth & Space Science News features work by recent alum Quintanilla-Terminel
Earth and Space Science News recently featured work by ERL alum Dr. Alejandra Quintanilla-Termine and ERL Prof. Brian Evans on a new technique to track rock deformation on a mitrometric scale. The article highlights a paper recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, research that Dr. Quintanilla-Termine began as her PhD thesis project with Prof. Evans as… read more…
