Texas Tech University
Former Students
Ph.D.
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Zhuhui Zou, Dissertation Committee Member, "A seismological study of the Three-Gorges Reservoir (TGR)," Geosciences. (September 2010 - May 2012).
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Ata Sagnak, Dissertation Committee Chair, "Quantitative determination of lithofacies using geophysical inverse theory, Drinkard unit, Permian Basin, Lea County, southeast New Mexico," Geosciences. (September 1998 - May 2002).
Masters
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Andres Corredor, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Seismic investigation of the upper mantle of western South America," Geosciences. (September 2015 - August 2017).
Attiya Darrensberg, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Global mapping of the 410 km upper mantle boundary using PP precursor waves," Geosciences. (January 2015 - August 2017).
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Jared Olafsson, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Investigation of the crust and upper mantle beneath Greenland and the North Atlantic Ocean using PP teleseismic precursor data," Geosciences. (September 2015 - May 2017).
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Tyler Goodell, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Modeling oceanic crust by waveform modeling of PP bounce point data with application to the Nazca Plate," Geosciences. (September 2014 - December 2016).
Matthew Lewis, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "The fractal geometry of petrophysical logs and applications using artificial intelligence," Geosciences. (September 2014 - August 2016).
Alec Dotzer, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Mantle Transition Zone Variations Across Central South America," Geosciences. (September 2013 - December 2015).
Allyasi Ainiwaer, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Synthetic study in amplitude and frequency content of the P410P phases from common upper mantle discontinuity," Physics. (September 2012 - December 2014).
Ali Eroglu, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Characterization of active and passive sources for frequency content and image quality," Geosciences. (January 2012 - May 2014).
Luchen Li, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Investigating Moho structure in Basin and Range area and Colorado Plateau using Receiver Functions," Geosciences. (September 2011 - August 2013).
Mark Knuppel, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Ps receiver functions and Vp/Vs modeling of the Texas Gulf Coast," Geosciences. (September 2011 - August 2013).
Xinwei Huang, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Uncertainty Analysis of P-wave Receiver Functions," Geosciences. (September 2011 - August 2013).
Kenneth Rogers, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Investigation of the upper mantle beneath the Hawaiian Island chain using PP-precursors," Geosciences. (September 2010 - August 2013).
Matthew Tave, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Imaging of the Crust and Moho beneath Oklahoma using Receiver Functions and Pn Tomography; with Emphasis on the Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen," Geosciences. (September 2011 - May 2013).
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Thomas Harrington, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Geophysical investigation of the post Grenville Orogen lithosphere Texas Gulf Coast," Geosciences. (September 2011 - May 2013).
Olusola Oluwole, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Investigation of lineaments on the high plains and the matador arch using gravity and seismic data," Geosciences. (January 2009 - May 2013).
Fang Yuan, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "P-wave Deformable Layer Tomography for Crustal Structure of Salton Trough," Geosciences. (September 2011 - December 2012).
Crystal Pate, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Textural analysis of FMI logs to determine lithofacies in the Early Paddok Member," Geosciences. (September 2010 - August 2012).
Greg Duncan, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Processing innovations to improve PP precursor analysis and increase frequency content of studies in the Mid-Pacific," Geosciences. (September 2010 - August 2012).
Kevin Pratt, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Common conversion point imaging of the western United States: Improved methods for receiver function stacks," Geosciences. (September 2010 - August 2012).
Kristopher Castille, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Seismic analysis of the Rocky Mountain Front and Great Plains using transportable array data," Geosciences. (September 2008 - May 2011).
Jeff Hoemberg, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Characterization of the southern High Plains by seismic, gravity and topographic analysis," Geosciences. (January 2007 - May 2011).
Shanna Brown, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "3-D receiver function study of the upper mantle beneath Northern California," Geosciences. (September 2005 - December 2009).
Christopher Lindsey, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "A Three-Dimensional Receiver Function Study of the Western United States," Geosciences. (September 2006 - May 2008).
Seth Conway, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Investigation of the relative importance of the different components in six component seismic reflection data," Geosciences. (September 2006 – did not complete).
Aziz Ozyavas, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Investigation of the lower crust and Moho beneath Texas high plains by using geophysical methods," Geosciences. (September 2002 - May 2004).
Jason Lewis, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Imaging the mantle using receiver functions beneath Southern California," Geosciences. (September 2002 - May 2004).
Jenelle Baptiste, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Development of an iterative method of station average receiver function production with application to Russia and the Caribbean region," Geosciences. (September 2002 - May 2004).
Robert Rothengass, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Three-Dimensional Seismic Interpretation of Miocene strata in Vermilion and South Marsh Island area, Gulf Of Mexico," Geosciences. (September 2002 - May 2004).
Alexander Gribenko, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Investigation of temporal variations in electromagnetic properties of soil," Geosciences. (September 2000 - May 2002).
Nathan Simmons, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "The upper mantle transition zone beneath southern California," Geosciences. (September 2000 - May 2002).
Jeff Burrell, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "An investigation of the use of electromagnetic induction methods and ground penetrating radar in the study of ephemeral streams," Geosciences. (May 1996).