NSERC announces the Microseismic Industry Consortium as the recipient of the 2020 Synergy award. This award stands as a tribute to all researchers and industry sponsors who have been involved in the Consortium.

Thanks to everyone who has worked extremely hard over the years to help us achieve this recognition!

A forthcoming publication in the AAPG Bulletin, by Marco Venieri, Per Pedersen and David Eaton, is available online at http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/aop/2020-11-05/aapgbltn19042aop.html.

Please join us in congratulating Hanh Bui and Thomas Eyre for each being voted as one of the top 25 presentations (among 764 papers) at the 2020 SEG meeting!

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For more information about the Microseismic Industry Consortium, please contact:

Mirko van der Baan
Department of Physics
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2E1
Canada

Telephone: + 1 (780) 248-1414

E-mail: Mirko.VanderBaan@ualberta.ca

or

David W. Eaton
Department of Geoscience
University of Calgary
1500 University Drive, NW
Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4
Canada

Telephone: +1 (403) 220-4275

E-mail: david.w.eaton@ucalgary.ca

or

Ozioma Judith Adimonye
Department of Physics
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2E1
Canada

Telephone: +1(780)492-3247

E-mail: adimonye@ualberta.ca

• Access to software developed for research, including basic microseismic processing package
• Leading-edge technology updates for up to 5 representatives by attending the annual Sponsors Meeting where the latest research results are presented
• Learning opportunities through an annual short course in microseismic theory and methods
• Participation in field projects for data acquisition and analysis

Faculty Members

• Dr. David W. Eaton, Professor of Geophysics, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Calgary
• Dr. Mirko van der Baan, Professor of Exploration Seismology, Dept. of Physics, University of Alberta

Staff

• Ozioma Judith Adimonye – Project Coordinator
• Andrew Poulin – Field Technologist

Graduate Students

• Himanshu Barthwal (Ph.D) – Time-lapse velocity tomography
• Ibi Bestmann (MSc) – Automatic event detection and location
• Anton Biryukov (Ph.D) – Seismicity due to wastwater injection
• Neda Boroumand (Ph.D) – Microseismicity and geomechanics
• Colin Brisco (M.Sc) – Stress-induced anisotropy and fracture orientations
• Mauricio Reyes Canales (M.Sc) – Seismic harzard analysis for induced seismicity
• Eneanwan Ekpo (Ph.D) – Correlation with basement structures
• Amna Feroz (Ph.D) – Combined reflection seismic and microseismic interpretations
• Nadine Igonin (Ph.D) – Reverse-time imaging
• Suzie Jia (Ph.D) – Experimental geomechanics
• Alana Kent(M.Sc) – Muska formation petrophysics
• Edouard Kravchinsky (M.Sc) – Celluar automata models and induced seismicity
• Zhenhua Li (Ph.D) – Rotational seismology
• Hang Lu (M.Sc) – Geomechanical modeling using bonded-particle methods
• Mason MacKay (M.Sc) – Discrete fracture networks
• Armando Gonzalez Monteza (M.Sc) – Induced seismicity in the western Canadian sedimentary basin
• Atila da silva Paes (Ph.D) – Petrophysical interpretation of microseismic data
• German Rodriguez (Ph.D) – Induced seismicity
• Arsalan Sattari (Ph.D) – Numerical modelling of fault slip
• Volodymyr Vragov (M.Sc) – Matched filtering analysis
• Hongliang Zhang (Ph.D) – Moment tensor inversion
• Xin Zhang (Ph.D) – Advanced microseismic processing

Post-doctoral Fellows

• Dr. Murad Abuaisha – Continuum methods for geomechanical modelling
• Dr. Xuewei Bao – VSP and source mechanism studies
• Dr. Thomas Eyre – Microseismic moment tensor analysis
• Dr. Yoones Vaezi – Seismic interferometry and continuous microseismic recordings
• Dr. Megan Zecevic – Shear-tensile spectra

Alumni

• Dr. Jubran Akram, now at Univ. of Calgary (Schulich School of Engineering)
• Adedeji Samuel Awujuoola (M.Sc), continued with Shell, Nigeria
• Dr. Alireza Babaeimahani, now at BC Oil and Gas Commission, Canada
• Dr. Enrico Caffagni – Univerisity of Vienna, Austria
• Fernando Castellanos, now at Schlumberger, Calgary
• Drew Chorney, now at Itasca Image, Canada
• Farshid Forouhideh (M.Sc), now at ION, USA
• Dr. Melanie Grob, now at Itasca Image, Canada
• Dr. Roberto Henry Herrera, now at UT Technology, Canada
• Dr. Chad Hogan, continued at Curtin Univeristy, Austrilia
• Dr. Piyush Jain, continued at Univeristy of Alberta, Canada
• Dr. Joshua Jones
• Ken Kocon, now at Alberta Energy Regulator, Canada
• Dr. Javad Kazemian – Civil Service, Iran
• Dr. Samira Maghsoud
• Dr. Frank Calixto Mory – Institute of Mine Seismology, Australia
• Kimberly Pike, now at Enerplus, Canada
• Aamir Rafiq
• Hoda Rashedi
• Dr. Vincent Roche, now at Univeristy College Dublin, Ireland
• Dr. Andre St. Onge, now at Torc Oil and Gas (Chief Geophysicist), Canada
• Dr. Jean-Baptiste Tary – Universidad de los Andes, Columbia
• Dr. Yoones Veazi, University of Alberta
• Dr. Jiyang Ye – Kalkulo AS, Norway

Please browse through our current opportunities both at The University of Alberta and The University of Calgary.  This section is updated regularly.

University of Alberta:

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Geomechanics *OPEN*

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Exploration Seismology  *OPEN*

University of Calgary:

• Postdoctoral Fellow Positions in Microseismic Monitoring and Seismology 

• Postdoctoral Fellow Positions In Seismology And Geomechanics

• Seismology Studentship Opportunities

Research is undertaken under the direction and supervision of the Principal Investigators, Dr.David Eaton (University of Calgary) and Dr. Mirko Van der Baan (University of Alberta). For administrative purposes, the University of Alberta serves as the lead institution and all agreements with industry sponsors will operate through it.

An Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) provides guidance to the project through quarterly meetings. Each Sponsor can nominate a representative to the IAB.

Our Team

The Microseismic Industry Consortium is a diverse team that consists of University Faculty members, students, staff and affiliated researchers.