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Summer 2019 PhD Researchers
Jenna Faith is studying the seismicity and structure around Pecos, Texas in the Delaware Basin. Over the past few years, the seismicity in this area has greatly increased, and we want to understand why. We want to figure out if the earthquakes are caused by natural forces, hydraulic fracturing, migration of fluids into basement faults from oil recovery processes, or by other reasons. In collaboration with the Texas BEG, we have deployed a network of 21-25 (depending on the month) 5-Hz, 3-Component geophones (white instrument shown in photo) to record the seismic data from November 2018 to November 2019. We aim to better locate the earthquake hypocenters so we can then try to map the subsurface features to really tie down where exactly these earthquakes are occurring within the subsurface. Jenna's summer research is supported by the McBride Fellowship.
Congratulations Spring 2019 graduates!
Dr. Anthony (left), Dr. Pennington, Dr. Giles, Guadalupe Alverex, Dr. Evey Gannaway, Dr. Kubicki, Dr. Ricketts, Nathan Reade, Ezequiel Moreno, Haley Miller, Alondra Soltero (right)
2020 Diana Natalicio Doctoral Fellowship Awardee
Congratulations Victor Garcia!
The Natalicio Dissertation Fellowship is awarded on a competitive basis to an outstanding PhD student for the final stage of completing a dissertation. The Fellowship provides $10,000 to support a student for the last semester of dissertation work. The award process occurs in the spring for students completing in the subsequent academic year. One student is nominated per doctoral program. The awardee this year is Mr. Victor Garcia!
2019 Diana Natalicio Doctoral Fellowship Awardee
Congratulations Cora (Evey) Gannaway Dalton !
The Natalicio Dissertation Fellowship is awarded on a competitive basis to an outstanding PhD student for the final stage of completing a dissertation. The Fellowship provides $10,000 to support a student for the last semester of dissertation work. The award process occurs in the spring for students completing in the subsequent academic year. One student is nominated per doctoral program. The awardee this year is Mrs. Gannaway Dalton!