News from the Geophysics Group at Missouri S&T
(Note: for details about awards received by
graduate students in this group, click
here. )
----- 2024 ----
August 28, 2024:
A paper by Tuo Wang et al. has been accepted for publication in
the Chinese Journal of Geophysics.
August 11, 2024:
A paper by Zexin Miao et al. has been accepted for publication in
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
August 6, 2024:
A paper by Cong Shen et al. has been accepted for publication in
the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
July 27, 2024:
A paper by Yan Jia and Drs. Gao and Liu has been accepted for publication in
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
June 10, 2024:
A paper
by Yanwei Zhang and Steve Gao has been accepted for publication in
Seismological Research Letters.
June 3, 2024:
A
paper by Tuo Wang et al. has been accepted for publication in
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
May 8, 2024:
New name for the Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Department
April 4, 2024:
A
paper by Dan Wang et al. has been accepted for publication in
Geophysical Research Letters.
April 3, 2024:
Dr. Gao was quoted by
Washington Post ,
Fox News, and tens of other news media on the M7.4 Taiwan earthquake.
March 21, 2024:
Gao named chair of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Department.
March 18, 2024:
A
paper by S. Li et al. has been accepted for publication in
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
March 2, 2024:
A paper by Tuo Zheng et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Tectonophysics.
----- 2023 ----
December 22, 2023:
A paper by visiting scholar Enbo Fan et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Geology.
September 21, 2023:
A paper by former PhD student Youqiang Yu et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Geology.
September 10, 2023:
A
paper by former PhD student Tu Xue et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Geology.
June 29, 2023:
Dr. Gao named interim chair of Geosciences, Geological and Petroleum Engineering at Missouri S&T.
June 15, 2023:
A
paper by former PhD student and postdoc Fansheng Kong et al.
has been accepted for publication in
National Science Review.
Feb. 24, 2023:
Dr. Gao was quoted in an
Associated Press report
on the recent Turkey/Syria earthquakes.
January 24, 2023:
A
paper by former PhD student Kailun Ba et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
----- 2022 ----
December 16, 2022:
Three students from the group were conferred with PhD degrees:
Yan Jia, Tu Xue, and Yanwei Zhang.
August 29, 2022:
Dr. Gao named interim chair of Computer Science Department at Missouri S&T.
June 17, 2022:
A paper by former visiting scholar Dr. Jianguo Song et al.
on crustal structure of the Williston Basin
has been accepted for publication in
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
June 3, 2022:
A
paper by PhD student Yanwei Zhang and Dr. Gao
on machine learning
has been accepted for publication in
Geophysical Research Letters.
June 1, 2022:
A
paper by former PhD student Lin Liu et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Geophysical Journal International.
April 7, 2022:
Dr. Gao received the Academy of Mines and Metallurgy
Senior Faculty Award
"for undergraduate student advancement, graduate student mentoring,
effective teaching, research, and service contributions to the
Department and the University".
March 15, 2022:
A
paper by former PhD student Lin Liu et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Seismological Research Letters.
March 14, 2022:
A
paper by former PhD student Fansheng Kong et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
March 5, 2022:
A
paper by former PhD student Tuo Wang et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Seismological Research Letters.
Feb. 24, 2022:
A
paper
by former PhD student Youqiang Yu et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Geophysical Research Letters.
Feb. 2, 2022:
A
paper by former PhD student Fansheng Kong
et al. has been accepted for publication in
Geology.
January 12, 2022:
A
paper
by former PhD students Muchen Sun
and Youqiang Yu and Drs. Gao and Liu
has been accepted for publication in
Geology.
----- 2021 ----
September 28, 2021:
A
paper by recent PhD student Qiuyue Yang et al.
has been accepted for publication in
the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
September 15, 2021:
A
paper by visiting student Enbo Fan et al.
has been accepted for publication in
the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
September 7, 2021:
A
paper by recent PhD student Yuchen Yang et al.
has been accepted for publication in
the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
August 3, 2021:
A
paper by former visiting student Tuo Zheng et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Tectonophysics.
July 30, 2021:
Three students from the group were conferred with PhD degrees:
Kailun Ba, Ashutosh Shrivastava, and Yuchen Yang.
Congratulations!
July 19, 2021:
A
paper by graduate student Yan Jia et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Geophysical Journal International.
July 14, 2021:
A
paper by former graduate student Dr. Youqiang Yu et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters.
June 16, 2021:
A
paper by former visiting scholar Dr. Junhao Qu et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Tectonophysics.
June 15, 2021:
Dr. Liu is named an
outstanding educator
of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG).
June 2, 2021:
A
paper by PhD student Ashutosh Shrivastava
and Drs. Liu & Gao has been accepted for publication in
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.
May 15, 2021:
Two students from the group were conferred with PhD degrees:
Enyuan Jiang and Qiuyue Yang.
Congratulations!
March 26, 2021:
A
paper by former PhD student Tuo Wang, current PhD student Qiuyue Yang,
and Drs. Liu & Gao
has been accepted for publication in
Tectonophysics.
Feb. 17, 2021:
A
paper by PhD student Enyuan Jiang, Liu, K.H., Gao, Y., Fu, X., & Gao, S.S.
has been accepted for publication in
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
Feb. 9, 2021:
A
paper by Wenkai Song, Youqiang Yu et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
----- 2020 ----
September 24, 2020:
A
paper
by former PhD student Muchen Sun et al.
has been accepted for publication in
Gondwana Research.
August 25, 2020:
A
paper
by former PhD student Youqiang Yu et al.
has been accepted for publication in the
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
August 25, 2020:
A
paper
by former PhD student Fansheng Kong et al.
has been accepted for publication in the
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
July 31, 2020:
A
paper
by former PhD student Tianze Zhang et al.
has been accepted for publication in Interpretation.
June 8, 2020:
A
paper
by Jia Gao and Youqiang Yu (former PhD student)
and others has been accepted for publication in
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors.
May, 2020:
Two students from the group were conferred with PhD degrees:
Dan Wang & Tuo Wang.
Congratulations!
Jan. 28, 2020:
A
paper
by former PhD student Fansheng Kong et al.
has been accepted for publication in Geochemistry
Geophysics Geosystems.
Jan. 18, 2020:
A
paper
by former PhD student Youqiang Yu and Drs. Gao, Dapeng Zhao,
and Liu has been accepted for publication in Tectonics.
Jan. 1, 2020:
Dr. Gao started his role as interim director of Missouri S&T's
High Performance Computing Center.
----- 2019 ----
Dec., 2019:
Two students from the group were conferred with PhD degrees:
Yanin Lin and Tianze Zhang.
Congratulations!
Dec. 13, 2019:
A
paper
by former PhD student Muchen Sun et al.
has been accepted for publication in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
Dec. 8-14, 2019:
A dozen group members attended and presented at
the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Nov. 18, 2019:
A
paper
by PhD student Kailun Ba et al.
has been accepted for publication in Geophysical Journal International.
Oct. 29, 2019:
A
paper
by former PhD student Youqiang Yu, Drs. Gao, Liu, and
Dapeng Zhao has been accepted for publication in Geology.
October 24, 2019:
Dr. Gao gave a seminar talk at the Geophysics Department,
Stanford University on African rifting.
October 3, 2019:
PhD students Muchen Sun, Tuo Wang, and Tianze Zhang received
various awards
at Geology and Geophysics annual banquet.
September 23, 2019:
Dr. Gao is part of
a $2 million NSF grant
to purchase and install a new supercomputer at S&T.
Septemer 17, 2019:
A
paper by former PhD student Lin Liu et al. has been accepted
for publication in Geophysical Research Letters.
August 8, 2019:
Dr. Gao is part of an inter-campus ~$750,000 project funded by the
University of Missouri System for geospatial-enabled data-driven
discoveries.
August 1, 2019:
Dr. Gao started his role as the Chair of the Geology and Geophysics
Program.
July, 2019:
Graduate students Ashutosh Shrivastava, Tuo Wang, and Yuchen Yang
received scholarships from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
June 19, 2019:
A
paper by PhD student Tuo Wang et al. has been accepted
for publication in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.
May 21, 2019:
Dr. Gao received a $110,000 "New Directions" grant from the American Chemical Society.
May, 2019:
Muchen Sun received his PhD.
Congratulations!
May, 2019:
Graduate student Yani Lin received the Dean's Graduate Educator Award.
April 14, 2019:
A
paper by former visiting student Tuo Zheng et al. has been accepted
for publication in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.
April 5, 2019:
Dr. Gao gave a seminar talk at University of Texas at Dallas on
mantle structure and dynamics beneath North America.
----- 2018 ----
Dec. 16, 2018:
A
paper by PhD student Tuo Wang et al. has been accepted
for publication in Gondwana Research.
Dec. 10, 2018:
Stephen S. Gao named Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor at Missouri S&T.
Dec. 10, 2018:
Three students from the group were conferred with PhD degrees:
Lin Liu, Yunxin Peng, and Saleh Qaysi.
Congratulations!
December 9-14: Drs. Gao and Liu and group members
Kailun Ba, Enyuan Jiang, Dr. Lin Liu, Zexin Miao, Ashutosh Shrivastava, Muchen Sun,
Tuo Wang, Tu Xue, Qiuyue Yang, and Yuchen Yang attended the Fall meeting
of the American Geophysical Union at Washington DC.
December 4, 2018:
Drs. Gao and Liu received Outstanding Teaching Awards.
Nov. 15, 2018:
A
paper
by former graduate student Dr. Fansheng Kong et al. has
been accepted for publication in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
October 11, 2018:
At the Geology and Geophysics Annual Banquet,
graduate students Muchen Sun, Yani Lin,
Lin Liu, and Saleh Qaysi received various
awards.
October 8, 2018:
A
paper by former graduate student Dr. Abdalla Abdelnabi et al. has
been accepted for publication in the journal
Interpretation.
October 5, 2018:
A
paper by visiting student Tuo Zheng et al. has
been accepted for publication in the Journal of
Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
September 21, 2018:
A
paper by former graduate student Dr. Fansheng Kong et al. has
been accepted for publication in Tectonophysics.
September 11, 2018:
A
paper by graduate student Muchen Sun et al. has
been accepted for publication in
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
August 15, 2018:
A
paper by graduate student Saleh Qaysi et al. has
been accepted for publication in Seismological Research Letters.
May 17, 2018:
Drs. Liu and Gao received a two-year NSF grant
(EAR-1830644) titled "Investigating the Pervasiveness of
Complex Seismic Anisotropy and Its Origin Beneath Continents".
May 11, 2018:
At today's graduation ceremony, graduate student
Aamer Alhakeem received his PhD diploma.
May 2, 2018:
A
paper by PhD student Lin Liu and S. Gao has
been accepted for publication in
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
May 2, 2018:
PhD student Lin Liu was chosen to receive a
College of Engineering and Computing Graduate Educator award.
April 19, 2018:
Dr. Gao received the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
April 13, 2018: A
paper by former PhD student Youqiang Yu,
Steve Gao, Kelly Liu and others has been accepted for
publication in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.
Feb. 14, 2018:
Dr. Gao received a campus
Faculty Research Award.
----- 2017 ----
December 10-15, 2017:
Drs. Gao and Liu and 5 graduate students attended the Fall
Meeting of the American Geophysical Union and made 11
presentations.
November 17, 2017:
Dr. Gao received a 2016-17 academic year
Outstanding Teaching Award.
November 17, 2017:
A paper
by recent PhD recipient Haider Dahm and coauthors
has been accepted for publication in the
Journal of Geophysical Research.
November 17, 2017:
A paper
by PhD student Muchen Sun and coauthors has been accepted for
publication in
Geophysical Research Letters.
November 14, 2017:
A paper
presented by PhD student Tianze Zhang and co-authors has been recognized as one of the top 39 papers,
among a total of more than 1100 papers presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of
the Society of Exploration Geophysicists held at Houston, Texas during 9/24-9/29, 2017.
October 26, 2017:
Congrats to graduate students Aamer Alhakeem, Lin Liu, Yunxin Peng, and Cory Reed
for receiving various
awards
at the Geology and Geophysics Annual Award Banquet.
October 22-25, 2017:
Drs. Gao and Liu attended the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America
at Seattle, Washington.
September 24-27, 2017:
Drs. Liu and Gao and graduate students
attended the
annual meeting of the Society of Exploration
Geophysicists at Houston.
June 12, 2017:
A
paper by recent PhD recipient Cory Reed et al.
has been accepted for publication in Tectonics.
May 24-27, 2017:
Three manuscripts led by PhD student Lin Liu and
former PhD student Youqiang Yu have been
accepted for publication in the
Journal of Geophysical Research,
Geophysical Research Letters, and
Tectonophysics.
May 22, 2017:
Two expanded abstracts led by PhD students Abdalla Abdelnabi and Tianze Zhang
have been accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the
Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
May 13, 2017. Congratulations to group members
A. Abdelnabi, H. Dahm, and C. Reed for completing
their PhD, and A. Dayma for completing his MS. degrees.
May 11, 2017:
PhD student Cory Reed received an Inaugural College of
Engineering and Computing Dean's Scholar award.
There are only 10 in the entire college, and only one
from the GGPE department.
April 13-14, 2017:
Drs. Gao and Liu gave two seminar talks at the University of Kansas.
April, 2017:
An expanded abstract led by PhD student Aamer Alhakeem
has been accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the
American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
January 13, 2017:
A
paper
by former PhD student Bin Yang et al. has been accepted for publication in
Geophysical Research Letters.
January 1, 2017:
Dr. Gao has been elected as the treasure for
IPACES (International Professionals for the Advancement of Chinese Earth Science).
January 1, 2017:
Dr. Liu has been appointed as an Associate Editor for
Journal of Geophysical Research.
----- 2016 -----
Dec. 16, 2016:
Dr. Gao was selected to receive both the 2016 Missouri S&T
Faculty Teaching and Faculty Service awards.
Dec. 16, 2016:
Dr. Liu was selected to receive the 2016 Missouri S&T
Faculty Excellence award.
Dec. 10-16, 2016:
Drs. Gao and Liu and the following graduate students
attended the
AGU meeting: H. Dahm, F. Kong, L. Liu,
Y. Peng, S. Qaysi, M. Sun.
Dec. 5, 2016:
Dr. Gao is a co-author of a
paper accepted for publication in
Tectonophysics.
November 22, 2016:
Drs. Gao and Liu received the Missouri S&T
Outstanding Teaching Award.
November 19, 2016:
Geophysics Group party at Drs. Liu and Gao's house.
Attended by about 40 people who consumed 2 roasted turkeys etc.
October 25, 2016:
A
paper
by former PhD student Youqiang Yu et al. has been accepted for publication in
Geosphere.
October 17, 2016:
A
paper
by PhD student Cory Reed et al. has been accepted for publication in
the Journal of Geophysical Research.
October 16-20, 2016:
Drs. Gao and Liu and several graduate students
attended the
annual meeting
of the Society of
Exploration Geophysicists, Dallas, Texas.
October 13, 2016:
PhD students Haider Dahm, Fansheng Kong, Lin Liu, Cory Reed, and Bin Yang received
awards
at Geology and Geophysics annual banquet.
October 8-16, 2016:
Dr. Gao was part of a
Missouri S&T China visiting delegation.
September 25-28, 2016:
Drs. Gao and Liu presented at the
annual meeting of the Geological Society of
America, Denver, Colorado.
August, 2016:
The following group members successfully
completed their degrees:
J. Baldwin (MS), B. Yang (PhD), F. Kong (PhD)
June, 2016:
Drs. Gao and Liu visited several universities
and research institutions in China.
May 14, 2016:
Group picnic party at Drs. Liu and Gao's yard to celebrate
the end of the academic year and farewell to graduated
members.
May 14, 2016:
The following group members successfully completed their degrees:
T. Alzaki (MS), B. Goetze (MS), T. Ji (MS),
A. Lemnifi (PhD), Y. Liu (MS), O. Sahin (MS), F. Yagci (MS), and G. Yagci (MS).
May 5, 2016:
A
paper
by former PhD student S. Cherie et al. has been accepted for publication in
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.
April 21, 2016:
Dr. Liu received the Mines and Metallurgy Academy Senior
Faculty Award.
March 24, 2016:
A paper
by PhD student Cory Reed et al. has been accepted for publication in
Geophysical Journal International.
March 9, 2016:
PhD student Cory Reed received the
first prize
at the seventh annual Graduate Fellows Poster Session for his research on
the Malawi rift zone.
March 1, 2016:
A paper
by PhD student Fansheng Kong et al. has been accepted for publication in
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
----- 2015 -----
December 14-18, 2015:
The following group members presented at the fall
meeting of the American Geophysical Union:
H. Dahm, S. Gao, B. Goetze, F. Kong, A. Lemnifi, L. Liu, Y. Liu, C. Reed, M. Sun, B. Yang.
December 4, 2015:
A paper
by PhD student Bin Yang et al. has been accepted for publication in
Seismological Research Letters.
Nov. 24, 2015:
Dr. Gao received
Outstanding Teaching Award.
October 22, 2015:
Fansheng Kong, Awad Lemnifi, Cory Reed, and Youqiang Yu received
awards
at Geology and Geophysics annual banquet.
October 5, 2015:
A
paper
by recent PhD recipient Dr. Youqiang Yu et al. has been accepted for publication in
Geophysical Research Letters.
August 7, 2015:
A paper
by recent PhD recipient Dr. Youqiang Yu et al. has been accepted for publication in
EPSL.
August 4, 2015:
A paper
by PhD student Fansheng Kong et al. has been accepted for publication in
BSSA.
May 28, 2015:
A
paper
by PhD student Youqiang Yu et al. has been accepted for publication in
Geophysical Journal International.
May 16, 2015:
The following group members successfully
completed their degrees:
S. Cherie (PhD), E. Ersay (MS), N. Gocer (MS), P. Lin (MS), Y.Q. Yu (PhD).
April 4, 2015:
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) had its
annual picnic at the Lion's Club park
March 26, 2015:
A
paper
by PhD student Youqiang Yu et al. has been accepted for publication in
the Journal of Geophysical Research.
March 20, 2015:
A paper
by PhD student Awad Lemnifi et al. has been accepted for publication in
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.
March 9, 2015:
PhD Student Cory Reed won 2nd prize at the
Chancellor's Fellows Research Poster Session.
March 4, 2015:
Group members won first prize at Schlumberger national competition (and $15,000 prize)
Feb. 23, 2015:
Dr. Gao selected to receive Missouri S&T
Faculty Excellence Award.
Jan. 2, 2015:
A
paper by Dr. Jing Wu (visiting scholar) et al. has been accepted for publication in
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
----- 2014 -----
Dec. 11-15, 2014: The following group members attended and
presented at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting
in San Francisco:
Solomon Cherie,
Steve Gao,
Fansheng Kong,
Awad Lemnifi,
Lin Liu,
Cory Reed,
Jianguo Song,
Bin Yang,
Youqiang Yu.
Dec. 13, 2014:
The following group members successfully
completed their degrees:
C. Atmaca (MS),
D. Mert (MS),
U. Purevsuren (PhD),
M. Ray (MS), M. Sun (MS).
Nov. 19, 2014:
Dr. Gao honored for Outstanding Teaching.
Nov. 2-12, 2014:
The group hosted 4 visiting professors from Benghazi University, Libya.
Nov. 3, 2014:
The geophysics group took its annual
group photo.
Oct. 16, 2014:
The following group members received Geology and Geophysics Program awards:
Outstanding Graduate Scholar ($500): Cory Reed.
Publication awards ($500 each): Ahmed Elsheikh, Cory Reed, Bin Yang.
Graduate Service Award($500): Cory Reed.
Oct. 3, 2014:
A
paper by PhD student Fansheng Kong et al. has been accepted for publication in
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
July 25, 2014:
A
paper
by Drs. Gao and Liu has been accepted for publication in
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth.
July 21, 2014:
A
paper
by Dr. Nasser Mohamed (visiting scholar) et al. has been accepted for publication in
Geophysical Journal International.
July 15, 2014:
Cagatay Atmaca, a Master's student in this group, was featured in
a Missouri S&T news report.
July, 2014:
Drs. Gao, Liu, and Jing Wu visited Sichuan Seismological Bureau.
They also toured the epicentral area of the 2008
magnitude 8.0 Wenchuan Earthquake.
July, 2014:
Dr. Gao visited Institute of Earthquake Science,
China Earthquake Administration, Beijing.
July, 2014:
Dr. Gao visited Institute of Geology and Geophysics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
July, 2014:
Dr. Gao visited China University of Petroleum, Huadong.
July, 2014:
Drs. Gao and Liu gave 2 talks at the
International Workshop on the Frontiers of Computational
Geodynamics, Beijing, China.
June, 2014:
Dr. Gao visited Northeastern China Petroleum University.
June, 2014:
PhD student Bin Yang received two SEG scholarships:
1). Anadarko/SEG Scholarship, with a total amount of $10,000;
2). SEG/ExxonMobil Travel Grant Award for the annual meeting at Denver.
June, 2014:
Dr. Gao gave an invited talk on earthquakes at
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, as part of the Fort's community
outreach program.
June 15, 2014:
A
paper
by recent PhD recipient Dr. Ahmed Elsheikh et al. has been accepted
for publication in
Journal of African Earth Sciences.
May-July, 2014: Field teams led by PhD students Cory Reed and Youqiang Yu
decommissioned the 50
SAFARI
broadband seismic stations that were recording
in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia since 2012.
May 17, 2014:
The following group members successfully
completed their degrees:
G. Alshaia (MS),
S. Cheng (MS),
E. Elbileikia (MS),
A. Elsheikh (PhD),
M. Gepek (MS),
S. Wu (MS).
May, 2014: PhD student Lin Liu received a 4-year scholarship
from the China Scholarship Council.
May, 2014: PhD student Aamer Alhakeem awarded a summer internship with SunEdison.
April, 2014: Aamer Alhakeem received honorable mention at the graduate research showcase.
March 26, 2014:
A
paper
by PhD student Ahmed Elsheikh et al. has been accepted for publication in
Geophysical Research Letters.
March 20, 2014:
A
paper
by Dr. Kelly Liu et al. has been accepted for publication in
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.
March-May, 2014:
Dr. Jing Wu from Inst. of Geology and Geophysics, China Academy of Sciences,
visited the group.
March, 2014: The following group members participated in
the AAPG Imperial Barrel regional competition and received
an honorable mention:
Abdalla Abdelnabi,
Pin Lin and Youqiang Yu.
Feb. 24, 2014:
A
paper by PhD student Cory Reed et al. has been accepted for publication in the
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth.
Feb. 19, 2014:
Dr. Jianguo Song from China University of Petroleum started his one-year visit.
Feb. 3-4, 2014:
PhD student Fansheng Kong attended
the EarthScope Institute for Lithospheric Modeling Workshop at ASU.
Jan. 23, 2014:
A
paper
by PhD student Bin Yang et al. has been accepted for publication in the
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth.
Jan. 1, 2014:
Drs. Gao, Eckert, and Liu received a grant from the
National Science Foundation to upgrade geophysical computing
facilities at Missouri S&T.
----- 2013 -----
Dec. 23, 2013:
The group's research on continental rifting was selected
as one of the 13 important research stories at S&T.
Dec. 9-13, 2013:
The following group members attended and presented at the
American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Francisco:
Ahmed Elsheikh, Steve Gao,
Awad Lemnifi,
Fansheng Kong, Cory Reed, Bin Yang, Youqiang Yu.
Nov. 14, 2013:
Dr. Gao has been appointed to the editorial board of Acta Geologica Sinica
by Geological Society of China.
Nov. 11, 2013:
The geophysics group took its annual
group photo.
Oct. 31, 2013:
Dr. Gao honored for outstanding teaching.
August 11, 2013:
A
paper
by Drs. Gao and Liu has been accepted for publication in
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
July 2, 2013: PhD student Youqiang Yu received a travel grant
to attend the EarthScope USArray Advanced Data Processing Short Course at
Northwestern University.
June 19, 2013:
Yahoo News
reported the group's research on continental rifts
June 6 - December 30, 2013:
Dr. Abdelnasser Mohamed from Aswan Earthquake Research Center, Egypt, visited
the group.
June 11, 2013:
An
article
by Gao et al. on
SAFARI has been published in
Eos.
May 20, 2013:
PhD student
Bin Yang received the SEG/Geophysical Society of Oklahoma City Scholarship
with an amount of $5500.
May 7, 2013:
A
paper
by Drs. Liu and Gao has been accepted for publication in the
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
April 17-19:
Dr. Liu attended the annual meeting of the
Seismological Society of Amerca at Salt Lake City, Utah,
and gave an invited talk.
March, 2013:
Drs. Gao and Liu visited UCLA's seismological lab
and gave a talk on
SAFARI (Seismic Arrays For African
Rift Initiation).
Jan. 25, 2013:
A
paper
by PhD student Hesham Refayee et al. has been accepted for publication in
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
