AAPG – Rice Industry Geoscience Series (RIGS)
This is flagship event of AAPG Rice student chapter which aims to promote Rice-Industry interaction and showcase the flavor of research at Rice. The event is scheduled for three consecutive Fridays, September 16th, 23rd, and 30th, 4:00-5:00 PM.
16th September (for Rice students only) – Career Info session + Resume Review session
3:30 – 4:00 PM – Coffee and Snacks – Earth Science Library – 2nd Floor
4:00 – 5:00 PM – Career info Session – Room 100 Earth Science Building (Interaction with Industry Professionals)
5:00- 7:00 PM – After event networking – Earth Science Patio (beverages and snacks)
23rd September – 3 student talks followed by networking session over some snacks and beverages
3:30 – 4:00 PM – Coffee and Snacks – Earth Science Library – 2nd Floor
4:00 – 5:00 PM – 3 student talks – Room 100 Earth Science Building (Interaction with Industry Professionals)
5:00- 7:00 PM – After event networking – Earth Science Patio (beverages and snacks)
30th September – 21 student posters with a parallel networking session
4:00 – 4:10 PM – Cin-Ty, Pankaj opening remarks – Kick off for IRESS 2017, Leg 3- AAPG RIGS
4:10 – 7:00 PM – 28 student posters +networking event – Earth Science Patio
23rd September – Featuring student talks on the 2 G’s (Geology and Geophysics)
| Clint Miller | PhD | Low methane concentrations in sediment along the continental slope north of Siberia: Inference from pore water geochemistry |
| Heath H. Hopson | Masters | Distinct Growth Phases of an Upper Cambrian Microbial Reef Complex; Depositional Environment Indicators |
| Papia Nandi-Dimitrova | PhD | Wave-Equation Velocity Analysis in the Common-Offset Domain |
30th September – Featuring student posters, new laboratories, and kick off for IRESS 2017 Evolution of a Continental Margin
| Sedimentology | ||
| Andrew J. Moodie | PhD | A quasi-2D delta-growth model accounting for multiple avulsion events, validated by robust data from the Yellow River delta, China |
| Brandee Carlson | PhD | The coastline evolution of an abandoned deltaic lobe and the fate of its relict distributary channel: a case study from the Huanghe (Yellow River) delta, China |
| Chenliang Wu | PhD | Backwater control on deltaic stratigraphy, Western Irish Namurian Basin, County Clare, Ireland |
| Christopher I. Odezulu | PhD | Follets Island: a case of unprecedented change and transition between rollover and subaqueous shoals |
| Eric Barefoot | PhD | Breakdown of Fractal Characteristics in Small Stream Hydraulic Geometry |
| Hongbo Ma | Postdoc | On the exceptional sediment load of subaqueious fine-grained dispersal environment: the appealing case of the lower Yellow River, China |
| Pankaj Khanna | PhD | Uppermost Pleistocene Coralgal Reefs and Upper Cambrian Microbial Bioherms: Morphologies and Sea Level-Induced Evolution |
| Pulkit Singh | PSM | Ultimate demise of large upper cambrian microbial reefs (Mason County, Central Texas) |
| Tian Dong | PhD | Controls on gravel termination in seven distributary channels of the Selenga River delta, Baikal Ruft Basin, Russia |
| Structure & Tectonics | ||
| Chia-Jui Chang | PSM | A Study on deep crustal Structure and its tectonic implications of southwestern Taiwan from seismic reflection profiles |
| Daniel Woodworth | PhD | Pacific Plate Deformation due to Plate Motion Relative to the Spin Axis on a Nonspherical Earth |
| David Blank | PhD | Investigating slip mode variability along a simulated granular shear zone using the discrete element method |
| Harsh Vora | PhD | The normal compaction of clay rocks is fundamental for understanding overpressure |
| Luan C. Nguyen | PhD | Quantitative restoration the Gulf of Mexico continental margins based on a newly-derived, basin-wide, crustal thickness map |
| Tamunoisoala LongJohn | PhD | Effect of Particle Size on Rock Shear Strength: A Discrete Element Model Study |
| Tuo Zhang | PhD | Deformation of North America – South America diffuse plate boundary: Where is the pole of relative rotation currently located? |
| Geochemistry | ||
| Joyeeta Bhattacharya | PhD | Eocene carbonate dissolution events in the North Pacific Ocean |
| Julia M. Ribeiro | Postdoc | The role of the forearc mantle in the deep water cycle in cold subduction zones: importance of supra-slab sources of water in arc magmas |
| Sarah Paschal Gerenday | Undergrad | Evolution of South African cratonic peridotites based on micro-XRF mapping and reconstruction of bulk rock compositions |
| Sofia Avendano | Undergrad | Experimental Determination of Coalescence Rates in High Viscosity Liquids |
| Geophysics | ||
| Chenhao Yang | PhD | Stress-induced travel time variations at SAFOD revealed by continuos cross-well active source monitoring |
| Gary Linkevich | Masters | 3D Seismic Observations of the Peridotite Ridge in the Deep Galicia Margin |
| Guangchi Xing | Masters | Effects of shallow density structure on the inversion for crustal shear wave speeds in surface wave tomography |
| Jia Shi | PhD | Elastic full-waveform inversion with surface and body waves on the three-dimensional unstructured tetrahedral meshes |
| Min Chen | Postdoc | Lithospheric foundering and underthrusting imaged beneath Tibet |
| Nur Schuba | PhD | New Characterization of the S-reflector from Galicia Margin, Offshore Spain |
| Zhe Guan | PhD | Accurate focal depth determination of oceanic earthquakes using water-column reverberations |
