CWP Graduate Research Assistants
(Listed alphabetically by last name)
Odette Aquino de Aragao
PhD student
aquinodearagao@mymail.mines.edu
Odette Aragao CV
Advisor: Paul Sava
Alicia Arias
MS candidate
alijohns@mines.edu
Advisor: Paul Sava
Alicia’s research projects encompass seismic data processing and real-time GPR data processing.
Yogesh uses Kirchhoff migration for diffraction imaging in anisotropic media. He is currently working on estimating anisotropy parameters from diffractions.
Tong’s research focuses on Q-related processing in anisotropic media. With two developed viscoelastic VTI propagators based on GSLS model (for inversion) and Kjartansson’s constant-Q model (for imaging), he has conducted FWI for attenuation estimation, and demonstrated the necessity of understanding Q-anisotropy by applying Q-compensated time-reversal imaging for microseismic source characterization.
Samuel is researching how to collect full coverage seismic data from asteroids and small planetary bodies with a laser doppler vibrometer. His work could one day provide planetary scientists with much needed information on the internal structures of asteroids, which can validate or discredit solar system formation hypotheses. Samuel’s project is funded by NASA.
Oscar Jarillo Michel
PhD Candidate
ojarillo@mines.edu
Oscar Jarillo Michel CV
Advisor: Ilya Tsvankin
Oscar uses full-waveform inversion to estimate the location, mechanism, and origin time of earthquakes as well as the velocity parameters in anisotropic media.
Alex’s passion lies in making frontier seismic methods (processing, imaging, and inversion) applicable for practical energy exploration and production. His research focus is to implement Marchenko imaging to 3D and field data, and to explore the geophysical applications of the Marchenko framework.
The focus of Colton’s research is localized joint inversion of seismic and electromagnetic data with reservoir monitoring applications.
Vladimir’s research is focused on image-guided migration-based travel time tomography and waveform inversion for acoustic TI media.
Ivan Lim Chen Ning
PhD candidate
ivanlimchenning@mymail.mines.edu
Ivan Lim Chen Ning CV
Advisor: Paul Sava
Ivan is working on the development of state-of-the-art seismic acquisition using fiber optic, known as Distributed Acoustic Sensing. In particular, Ivan is developing the capability to acquire multicomponent data using DAS, which is not possible with currently available DAS technology. Ivan also explores the potential of multicomponent DAS data in seismic applications such as microseismic, tomography and imaging.
Aaron Prunty
PhD student
prunty@mymail.mines.edu
Aaron Prunty CV
Advisor: Roel Snieder
Qifan Liu
PhD candidate
qifanliu@mymail.mines.edu
Qifan Liu CV
Advisor: Ilya Tsvankin
Thomas is currently exploring alternatives for acquiring land seismic data without touching the ground surface. The specific focus of his current research is on the feasibility of using stereo vision and so-called video motion magnification for deducing subtle ground motion from video.
In order to obtain an improved estimation of the subsurface physical properties within fewer iterations, Daniel utilizes imaging operators derived from the wavefield energy norm for least-squares migration and tomography. Such operators exploit polarization and directionality from the extrapolated wavefields to mitigate artifacts that retard convergence towards the desired subsurface model.
Patipan (Mickey) Saengduean
PhD student
psaengduean@mines.edu
Patipan Saengduean CV
Advisor: Roel Snieder
Patipan’s research interests are microseismisity and seismic interferometry. He is currently working on the applications of the virtual seismic method (VSM) to obtain wave responses (Green’s function) and to hopefully obtain geo-mechanical properties within different source scenarios (e.g., subduction earthquakes and micro-earthquakes induced by fluid injections).
Harpreet Singh Sethi
PhD student
hsethi@mines.edu
Advisor: Ilya Tsvankin
Sagar is currently working on Full Waveform Inversion(FWI) for Reservoir Characterization with the idea to constraint FWI work-flow using rock physics relationship with elastic properties to provide very high resolution image in depth domain. He is currently working with Elastic VTI model and will extend it to an elastic orthorhomic model in future. He also intends to do targeted reservoir parameter inversion using local solvers in time domain.