geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering

Gertsch goes on the record about ‘secret lives of rocks’

Posted by on October 31, 2016

A 3-year-old’s simple question to the FiveThirtyEight.com website, “What does a rock do?” required a not-so-simple explanation. Dr. Leslie Gertsch, associate professor of geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering, discusses the mechanical properties of rock under densely populated areas in the article published Oct. 11.

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Bai earns SPE award

Posted by on August 2, 2016

Dr. Baojun Bai, professor of geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering, earned the 2016 Regional Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty from the Society of Petroleum Engineers. This award is an acknowledgement of his outstanding contribution to the field.

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