The Southeastern Geophysical Society

SGS Monthly Technical Luncheon

The last Monthly Technical Luncheon before the summer hiatus will be held at Le Pavillon in the Denechaud Ballroom, 833 Poydras St., 11:30am, Thursday May 10th. Click here for a map and directions. Sponsor: TBD

Tony Huang, VP of Business and Technology, US Imaging, CGGVeritas will deliver the lecture, "Application of Tilted Orthorhombic Depth Imaging in Deep Water Gulf of Mexico". Click here for the abstract and speaker bio.

The 2011/2012 Executive Committee hopes you enjoyed the events co-ordinated this season.
Have a safe and enjoyable summer.

At the May luncheon SGS Scholarships are usually awarded from funds raised from the Golf Tournament fundraiser.
You may sign up to attend via the Paypal button below, alternately RSVP by email or Tel: (504) 728-7027 to Hao Zhou by CoB Tuesday, May 8th. In addition, please let Hao know if you would prefer a vegetarian meal.

Socials

Fall Social - October 20th - Rock 'n Bowl

Hope you enjoyed the SGS Fall Social Party and Membership Drive at Rock 'n Bowl Thursday Oct. 20th. It offered a chance to forget geophysics and mingle with your SGS buddies, and show off your hidden bowling talent.

Education

Southeastern Geophysical Society hosted SEG 2012 Distinguished Instructor Short Course Lecturer

Chris Liner of the University of Houston is on tour in 2012 as the SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course (DISC) lecturer. The Southeastern Geophysical Society hosted Mr. Liner on April 12th, 2012, at the Shell Annexe Auditorium, 701 Poydras Street, New Orleans, to speak on the topic of Elements of Seismic Dispersion: A somewhat practical guide to frequency-dependent phenomena.

Currently in its 14th year, the DISC is an eight-hour, one-day short course on a topic of current and wide-spread interest. Selection as the DISC instructor is viewed as a major honor and recognition of excellence by the SEG. The chosen instructor is a prominent geophysicist whose work and presentation appeal to a wide audience ranging from students to professionals.

The course, Elements of Dispersion: A somewhat practical guide to frequency-dependent phenomena, is framed along the lines of acquisition, processing, and interpretation to contain material of interest to the entire spectrum of seismic geophysicists. Those attending the lecture can expect to gain a broad understanding of dispersive phenomena and related investigation tools, understand the fundamental difference between intrinsic and apparent dispersion phenomena, improve knowledge of the reflection process beyond the classic model, and to acquire an appreciation of historical development and a deep guide to the literature for self-study.

Christopher L. Liner joined the faculty of the University of Houston Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in January 2008 and is now professor and associate director of the Allied Geophysical Laboratories industrial consortium. He earned a bachelor of science degree in geology from the University of Arkansas in 1978, a master of science in geophysics from the University of Tulsa in 1980, and a Ph.D. in geophysics from the Center for Wave Phenomena at Colorado School of Mines in 1989. Liner's research interests include petroleum reservoir characterization and monitoring, CO2-sequestration geophysics, advanced seismic-interpretation methods, seismic data analysis and processing, near surface, anisotropy, and seismic wave propagation.

Super Saurus Saturday

Come join our friends from NOGS at the Super Saurus Saturday event at the Louisiana Children's Museum, 11 am - 3 pm, Saturday March 24th, 2012.

There will be 2 shifts; 11am - 1pm and 1pm - 3pm.

SGS will show how dinosaurs shook the Earth! Kids will get to stomp around like the dinosaurs and see how their footsteps can shake the ground too.

Please contact Lisa Kennedy, tel: (504) 782-7100, to volunteer.

Scholarships

Download an SGS Scholarship form to apply. Scholarships are made possible by corporate donations and member sponsorship of our Golf Tournament Fundraiser held in the Spring.

If you are unable to participate in the SGS Fundraising Golf Tournament, but would like to donate to the Scholarship Fund, you can do so by check, cash or online payment via credit card. To donate funds to the SGS Scholarship Fund online, click the donate button below:

The SGS thanks you all for supporting local university students and the children of SGS Members.

Congratulations to the Bill Blair Scholarship Award 2011 Recipients:
Allison Simms (Cabrini High School) - daughter of Gerry Simms, Emily Keegan (Mount Carmel Academy), daughter of the late Terry Keegan and Hillary Hafner (Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy) - daughter of Bob Hafner.

Congratulations to the University Earth Science Award 2011 Recipients:
LSU: Erin Walden, UNO: Graham Ganssle.

In addition to and independent of the SGS Scholarship, our parent society SEG also runs a Scholarship Program. If you have any questions in regard to the SEG Scholarship please e-mail scholarships@seg.org.

Golf Tournament

The 2012 SGS Society Golf Tournament and Crawfish Boil Scholarship Fundraiser was held Thursday March 29th at Tchefuncta Country Club, 2 Country Club Park, Covington, LA., with an 8:30am Shotgun Start.

If you were unable to participate in the SGS Fundraising Golf Tournament, but would like to donate to the Scholarship Fund, you can do so by check, cash or online payment via credit card. To donate funds to the SGS Scholarship Fund online, click the donate button below:

Check out the photographs in April 2012's Reflections (courtesy of Arthur Christensen) to see some Earth Scientists enjoying the outdoors, camaraderie and, as always, good times whilst raising funds to support our Scholarships. The funds raised are allocated by the Scholarship Committee to High School and University Students and awarded at our luncheon in May.

A big thank you as always to all our sponsors.

Membership

Our membership runs from June 1st one year to May 31st the next. The current membership form can be downloaded here: 2011-2012 Membership Application Form. If you played in the Golf Tournament last year you are a member through May 2012. If you didn't then you will need to send in or bring your $25 with next year's application form filled out to one of our events.

SGS membership renewal requests will be emailed by 2011-2012 SGS Secretary Patricia Yu to individuals with expired memberships in August. If you do not receive one, then your membership is up-to-date.

Check your membership status. Last updated October 5th, 2009.

Reflections

Download the May 2012 Reflections here. Archive editions of Reflections can be found here.

Contact our editor, Emily Chapp, with submissions for the newsletter and/or to place an advertisement.
Benefits:

Support the geophysical community and geophysics in South East Louisiana

Exposure to major oil companies and independents working onshore as well at the Gulf of Mexico

Advertisements are published monthly (September-June) in the society newsletter

Advertisements to be published in the membership directory

Logos for full page advertisers are displayed on the SGS website along with a link to the advertisers' own websites

Calendars

A calendar of our activities or events to be aware of.

API-Delta's Gulf Coast Energy Calendar.

OCS Bulletin Board

Since 1995 the first Internet Website providing critical information on the Gulf of Mexico - OCS BBS.

SGS 2009 Goals & Objectives:

To be the most successful local Geophysical society in America

To provide a service to the membership, local companies, and the region

Focus on Education, Technology, Social and Community

General Meetings Monthly

Executive Committee Meetings Quarterly face-to-face

Be a force for good in the local community

Provide multiple opportunities for the professional and social development of the membership

Finances:

Not-for-profit

Aim to reduce volatility on savings

Membership:

Increase by 20% our 2008 Membership roster

Local Jobs

Maybe a little late in posting this however, there are currently some geoscience openings at Shell in New Orleans with a deadline to apply of August 8th, 2011. More details can be found at the following link: Shell Jobs Website.

Local job announcements can also be posted in the Reflections newsletter. Contact 2011-2012 SGS Editor, Emily Chapp [chapp@chevron.com] to post in the Reflections newsletter, starting with the next edition coming up in September.