Best Paper Presented by a Student at the Annual Meeting

The SEG recognizes the Best Paper Presented by a Student at the Annual Meeting. Return to SEG Honors and Awards.

• 2018 “Q-interface imaging based on data-domain attenuation estimation,” Bei Li

• 2017 [Best Student Paper Presented at 2017 Annual Meeting “Removing numerical dispersion artifacts from reverse time migration and full-waveform inversion”] Erik Koene

• 2016 “Robust and flexible mixed-norm inversion” Dominique Fournier, co-authors Douglas Oldenburg, Kristofer Davis

• 2015 “Comparison and improvement of laboratory SIP and NMR models of permeability,” Gordon Osterman co-authors Kristina Keating, Lee Slater, Andrew Binley

• 2014 An approximate inverse to the extended Born modeling operator, Jie Hou, co-author: William W. Symes

• 2013 Application of seismic boundary- preserving constrained inversion for delineating reservoir body, Tieyuan Zhu, co-author Jerry M. Harris

• 2012 A comparison of 5D reconstruction methods, Aaron Stanton, co-authors Nadia Kreimer, David Bonar, Mostafa Naghizadeh, and Mauricio Sacchi,

• 2011 Comparison of methods for modeling phase variation with angle, Xinfa Zhu, Coauthor: George McMechan

• 2010 Comprehensive petro-elastic modeling aimed at quantitative seismic reservoir characterization and monitoring, Alireza Shahin coauthors: Robert H. Tatham, Paul L. Stoffa, Kyle T. Spikes

• 2009 Extrapolation of log properties by integrating fuzzy self-organizing maps and local linear modeling, Mehdi Eftekharifar

• 2008 Adaptive F-X interpolation of curved seismic events via exponentially weighted recursive least squares (EWRLS), Mostafa Naghizadeh coauthor: Mauricio D. Sacchi

• 2007 Investigating active deepwater sedimentation near a gas-hydrate system with high-resolution seismic data, Pete A. Christianson co-author: Paul E. Murray

• 2006 Geomechanical modeling as a reservoir characterization tool at Rulison Field, Piceance Basin, Colorado, Shannon M. Higgins, Coauthors: Thomas L. Davis and Tom Bratton

• 2005 Multicomponent georadar imaging that corrects for total-field radiation, Rita Streich co-author:[ Jan van der Kruk

• 2004 Wavefield extrapolation in Riemannian coordinates, Paul C. Sava, Coauthor: Sergey Fomel

• 2003 Noncontacting ultrasonics for visualizing and exploiting multiple scattering, Alison E. Malcolm, co-author John Scales

• 2003 3D refraction migration for depth imaging of West Africa salt walls, Connie J. VanSchuyver, co-author Fred J. Hilterman

• 2002 Analysis of high resolution aeromagnetic anomalies from the south-central Alberta Foothills, Canada, Christian Abaco, Don Lawton and Deborak Spratt

• 2001 Shear-wave velocity dependence on fluid saturation, Reynaldo Cardona co-authors: Michael Batzle, Thomas L. Davis

• 2001 Optimization of the shape of Gaussian beams, Karel Zacek

• 2001 Amplitude-preserved common image gathers by wave-equation migration, Paul Sava, Coauthors: Biondo Biondi and Sergey Fomel

• 2000 Filter bank deconvolution of seismic data with application to compression and denoising, Laurent Duval co-author: Tage Røsten

• 2000 Approximate reflection coefficients of P-S waves in anisotropic media, Petr Jilek

• 1999 Wave-equation migration velocity analysis, Paul C. Sava, Coauthor: Biondo Biondi

• 1999 Multi-configuration ground penetrating radar data, Jean-Paul Van Gestel Co-author: Paul L. Stofa

• 1998 Improving seismic resolution with nonstationary deconvolution, Alana R. Schoepp, Coauthor: Gary Margrave

• 1998 Focusing of inversion images, Oleg N. Portniaguine, Coauthor: Michael S. Zhdanov

• 1997 The transition zone between effective medium theory and ray theory for the propagation of electromagnetic waves, Christina Y. Chan co-author: Rosemary J. Knight

• 1996 Electromagnetic coupling removal from frequency domain IP data in 2D environments, Partha S. Routh co-author: Douglas W. Oldenburg

• 1995 Identifying noise in seismic data from the Gippsland Basin (Australia), Jarrod C. Dunne co-author: Greg Beresford,Brian L. N. Kennett