SEG CICESE Student Chapter
The SEG CICESE Student Chapter was created in 2016 by MSc students from The Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education in Ensenada, Baja California, México. Our mission is to act as a representative entity that promotes the activities carried out by the SEG to contribute to the development of Earth Sciences' students. Our vision is to be a more solid student organization by promoting the active participation of graduate students in Earth Sciences in the different activities and projects.
Chapter's Contact Details
SEG CICESE Student Chapter. Carr. Tijuana-Ensenada 3918, Zona Playitas, 22860 Ensenada, B.C.
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Jonas D. De Basabe Delgado
Events in 2023
Officer Bearers 2023
- Raúl León Cortez (President)
- Young Ho Aladro Chio (Vice President)
- Arceo Ernesto Lázaro Larios (Treasurer)
- Clara Nayeli Chacon Olivas (Secretary)
Applied Geophysics Summer School SEG-CICESE 2023
The Applied Geophysics Summer School SEG-CICESE 2023 was sponsored by SEG Foundation through SEG Field Camp Grant and Cordillera Geo-Services. It consisted of a two-week full-immersion geophysical project carried out from August 14th to August 25th, which started from theory to practice in order to characterize the San Quintín Volcanic Field (SQVF), Baja California, Mexico.
The project provided a hands-on experience to Earth Sciences students: 12 under-graduated students (from 7 different universities in Mexico) and 3 M.Sc. students (from CICESE). Students acquired, processed, and analyzed five sorts of geophysical data (electrical, magnetotelluric, seismic refraction, MASW and seismic noise).
Main goals
- Understand the geology and volcanic history of the SQVF, which has important implications for natural resource management, hazard mitigation, and public safety by obtaining various subsurface geophysical models.
- Produce models of the volcanic subsurface structures.
- Enhance the students knowledge, bringing them a hands-on experience acquiring, processing and analyzing five different sorts of geophysical data.
From theory to practice
The students attended a theoretical course for each method, ranging from the physical principle to the processing and interpretation of the data. After that, they had three days of work field, four days of data processing (including inversion) and a day to present their results.
Results
- Students collected, processed and interpreted data 6 MT soundings, 6 seismic noise stations, 3 seismic lines (Refraction and MASW), and 3 ERT profiles.
- From seismic and electric methods (used in the southern part of the study area), students identified two structures considered to be lava flows from volcanoes which lie beneath a sediment layer at depths of 10 to 15 meters.
- Results obtained from MT soundings revealed structures related to the volcanoes at greater depths.
Events in 2022
Officer Bearers 2022
- Juan Gerardo Peña Dominguez (President)
- Beatriz Valdés Moreno (Vice President)
- Young Ho Aladro Chio (Treasurer)
- Ana Lucia Ramos Barreto (Secretary)
Applied Geophysics Summer School SEG-CICESE 2022
The Applied Geophysics Summer School SEG-CICESE 2022 was sponsored by SEG Foundation through SEG Field Camp Grant and Cordillera Geo-Services. It consisted of a two-week full-immersion geophysical project (15th August 2021-16th August 2021) from theory to practice to image the subsurface of a portion of the "La Misión" aquifer in Ensenada, Baja California, México.
This year participated 10 under-gradiated students from different universities in Mexico and 2 civil protection personnel. of Chiapas, Mexico.
All participant acquired, processed, and analyzed four sort of geophysical data (Electrical resistivity tomography, transient electromagnetic sounding, seismic refraction and heat flow data.)
Main goals
- Enhance the student's knowledge, bringing them an experience beyond regular indoor classes through total immersion into a typical day in the field with the equipment and unexpected outcomes.
- Update the underground model of the aquifer "La Misión" and contribute to scientific knowledge of groundwater resources by applying geophysical methods (electrical, seismic, electromagnetic and heat flow data).
- Integrate geophysical results with the geological framework of the study area.
Results
- Students processed and interpreted data from 4 geophysical techniques employing commercial and educational software developed by researchers from CICESE.
- Each team elaborated a technical report and showed their results in a final presentation.
- According to their results, there is a saturated-water layer under 25 m depth in the study area.
- All participants developed hard and soft skills, such as teamwork, good communication, geophysical data acquisition, and processing software.
Events in 2021
Officer Bearers 2021
- Ana Lucia Ramos Barreto (President)
- Thalia Anaid Aviles Esquivel (Vice President)
- Beatriz Valdés Moreno (Treasurer)
- Alejandra Ixchel Sanchez Hernandez (Secretary)
Applied Geophysics Summer School SEG-CICESE 2021
The Applied Geophysics Summer School SEG-CICESE 2021 was sponsored by SEG Foundation through SEG Field Camp Grant. It consisted of a two-week full-immersion geophysical project (23rd August 2021-3rd September 2021) from theory to practice to characterize a portion of the aquifer in the Ojos Negros Valley in Ensenada, Baja California, México.
This project provides a hands-on experience to Earth Sciences students: 9 under-graduated students(from 7 different universities in México), 2 M.Sc. students, and 1 PhD. student (from CICESE).
This summer, students acquired, processed, and analyzed four sorts of geophysical data (ERT, audio magnetotelluric, seismic refraction, and seismic noise).
Main objectives
- Obtain an updated subsoil model using different geophysical techniques to assess the current groundwater availability, which has been affected in the last decades.
- Enhance the students' knowledge, bringing them an experience beyond regular indoor classes through full immersion into a typical day in the field with the equipment and unexpected outcomes.
From theory to practice
Students assisted to three days of theoretical courses (electric, electromagnetic and seismic methods), three days of work field (ERT, AMT, refraction, and noise seismic), four days of data processing (including joint inversion) and a day to present their results.
Results
- Students collected, processed, and interpreted 5 AMT soundings, 3 seismic profiles (refraction and MASW), and 3 ERT. Also, they performed a joint inversion with ERT+Seismic refraction data. They used software made by researchers from CICESE for AMT, ERT, and joint inversion; for seismic data, they used commercial software "SeisImager".
- Each team showed their results in a final presentation and elaborated a final report. According to their results, there is a saturated water layer between 10-20 m depth in the study area.
- All participants developed hard and soft skills, such as teamwork, good communication, geophysical data acquisition, and processing software.
2021 Activities
| Date | Event | Participants | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | Lecture | Dra. Rosemary Knight | Dra. Rosemary shared a lecture, "Advancing the adoption of Geophysical methods for sustainable Groundwater management." |
| January | Lecture | Dr. Tieyuan Zhu | Dr. Tieyuan shared a lecture, "DAS fiber optic enables continuous seismic monitoring in urban areas." |
| February | Meet and Greet | NGRI and CICESE student chapters | We organized a meeting with students from NGRI where we shared about our institutions, research projects, and hobbies |
| March | Lecture | MSc. Karla Pedrin and María Eugenia Davila | The egalitarian future between women and men in COVID-19 times |
| April | SEG Latin America Regional Advisory Committee | SEG-CICESE Student chapter members | Student chapter members participated in this committee |
| May | Internal Eliminaroty of Challenge Bowl AMGE | SEG-CICESE Student chapter members | Five student chapter members participated in the internal competition to represent CICESE in the National Eliminaroty of Challenge Bowl AMGE 2021 |
| May | Lecture | Ana Ramos, Thalia Aviles, Alejandra Sanchez y Beatriz Valdes | Officer Bearers 2021 participated shared the lecture "What's the SEG-CICESE Student Chapter" to Earth Sciences Division at CICESE |
| May | Meet and Greet | UJAT and CICESE Student Chapters | We organized a meeting with undergraduate students from UJAT where we shared about our institutions, research projects, and hobbies |
| May | Challenge Bowl AMGE | Juan Gerardo Peña and Ivonne Cruz | Participation in the National Eliminatory Challenge Bowl AMGE 2021 (Online version). |
| August-September | SEG-CICESE Summer School 2021 | SEG-CICESE Student Chapter Earth Sciences Division | Thanks to the program SEG Field Camp, we organized the first SEG-CICESE Summer School, where participated 9 undergraduate students from different universities in Mexico and 3 graduate students from CICESE. |
| September | 2nd Latin American Virtual Student Conference | Student Chapter members | Five student Chapter members participated as reviewers in the 2nd LA Virtual Conference. |
| September | SEG/Chevron SLS | Thalia Aviles | Vice President of the Student Chapter participated in the SEG/Chevron Student Leadership Symposium |
| November | Latex Course | MSc. Gabriel Mejia | Ms. C Gabriel Mejia gave an online Free LaTex Course for 17 undergraduate and graduate students. |
Events in 2020
Officer Bearers 2020
- Beatriz Valdés Moreno(President)
- Juan Gerardo Peña Dominguez (Vice President)
- David Orlando Ruiseco Martínez (Treasurer)
- Ana Lucia Ramos Barreto (Secretary)
2020 Activities
| Date | Event | Speaker | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | Distinguished Lecturer | Dr. Sergey Fomel | Automating seismic data analysis and interpretation |
| March | Challenge Bowl AMGE | Juan Gerardo Peña and Sebastian Roque | Participation in the National Eliminatory Challenge Bowl AMGE 2020 in Mexico City. |
| July | Free LaTex Course | MSc. Gabriel Mejia Ruiz | We gave an online Free LaTex Course for all students interested |
| September | Meet and greet with Earth Sciences students | Student Chapter Members | We organize a meet and greet session with new students |
| September | SEG/Chevron SLS | Beatriz Valdés Moreno | The student chapter's president Beatriz Valdés was selected to participated in the SEG/Chevron SLS |
| September | SEG Annual Meeting | Beatriz Valdés Moreno | Student Chapter member participated with a poster in the SEG Annual Meeting |
| November | Reviewers in the firs LA student conference | Ana Lucía Ramos, Beatriz Valdés, Juan Gerardo Peña and Josue Gonzalez | They participated as reviewers in the first Latin American Student conference (will be held in March 2021) |
Events in 2019
Officer Bearers 2019
- Javier Avendaño Cortés (President)
- Marco Antonio Dominguez Burdeos (Vice President)
- Young Ho Aladro Chio (Treasurer)
- Gerardo Agustín López Martínez (Secretary)
2019 Activities
| Date | Event | Speaker | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| March | Challenge Bowl AMGE | Jorge A. Puente and Jose M. Fermin | Participation in the National Eliminatory of Challenge Bowl AMGE
2019 in Mexico City. |
| June | Earth Science Olympics at CICESE | Student Chapter Members | Logistic support in the Earth Sciences Olympics |
| September | Noche de las Ciencias | Student Chapter Members | Talks and support in the program "Noche de la Ciencias" |
| October | Distinguished Instructor Short Course | Dra. Manika Prasad | Physics and Mechanics of Rocks: A Practical Approach |
| October | Ciencia en movimiento | Student Chapter Members | Participation of student in events of popularization of sciences |
| December | 1° Annual Meeting MexSIAM | Student Chapter Members | Participation of 5 members of our Student chapter and logistic support
in the first meeting of MexSIAM. |
Events in 2018
Officer Bearers 2018
- Stephany Ortiz Aguilar (President)
- Raúl Ulises Silva Avalos (Vice President)
- Javier Avendaño Cortés (Treasurer)
- Marco Oliva Flores (Secretary)
2018 Activities
| Date | Event | Speaker | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| March | Challenge Bowl AMGE | Eleyra Sena and Armando Rocha | Participation in the National Eliminatory of Challenge Bowl AMGE 2018 in Mexico City. Our team got third place in this competition |
| July | Free Latex Course | MSc. Gabriel Mejia Ruiz | We organize a free Latex course for SEG-CICESE Student Chapter members |
| October | SEG Annual Meeting | Student Chapter members | We participated with an stand in the SEG 2018 Annual Meeting |
| November | Latin America Honorary Lecture | Dr. Ruben Martinez | How recent advances in seismic depth imaging can enhance prospect identification and appraisal |
Events in 2016-2017
Officer Bearers 2017
- Beatriz Valdés Moreno (President)
- Josue González Flores (Vice President)
- Fernando Cordoba Ramírez (Treasurer)
- Ivan Bazaldua Rodríguez (Secretary)
2017 Activities
| Date | Event | Speaker | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| November | Honorary Lecturer | Dr. Pedro Alvarez | Rock-property estimation from seismic and CSEM attributes using a rock-physics framework |
| March | Challenge Bowl AMGE | Juan Gerardo Peña Dominguez
Eleyra Sena Lozoya |
Participation in National Eliminatory of Challenge Bowl AMGE 2017in México city. Our team got third place in this competition. |
| June | Earth Science Olympics at CICESE | Student Chapter members | Logistic support for the organization of the Earth Science Olympics at CICESE |
| September | Lecture | Dra. Claudia Arango Galvan | The role of geophysics in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization: An unconventional application |
| October | Honorary Lecturer | Dr. Martin Tygel | Multiparametric traveltimes: concepts and applications |
| Octuber | RAUGM (Annual Meeting of Mexican Geophysical Union) | Student Chapter members | Students participated in the RAUGM. |
