15 Dr. Priyank Jaiswal Assistant Professor; Seismology, Inverse Theory, Petroleum Systems; Gas Hydrates 2015 went fast. It started with Uzonna, MS student from Nigeria, trying to wind up his two publications and it ended with me in Egypt. In between that came two patent applications. One on a tertiary recovery method that I am collaborating with a local startup and another on fracture detection methodology we developed through Mississippian Consortium which sponsored Robert Holman’s thesis. The summer was all about “Frackaratus” – the lab based hydraulic stimulation devise that we are developing though an OCAST grant. The computational seismology lab keeps evolving. The latest gadget to arrive is a Tesla K-40 GPU accelerator, which is currently being used by Khemraj for his poroelastic modeling. On another front, ProMAX upgraded to SeisSpace and automatically downgraded our infrastructure so we “outsourced” SeisSpace to the PistolPete, the supercomputer owned by OSU. Our last SEG presence was good. I had three student posters – two geology and one math. We also set up a booth to advertise our program. The Math-Geology-Physics nexus at undergrad level is still in the making. Thanks to Sheri Orr for her tireless efforts. Dr. Daniel A. Laó Dávila Assistant Professor; Structural Geology; Plate Tectonics; Fault Slip Analysis and Carribiean Geology Hola! Greetings to all alumni and friends of the Boone Pickens School of Geology. This year has been very busy in the Structural Geology realm at the School. I have contributed in teaching 230 students from the Geology and Human Affairs course, and 10 graduate students from the Advanced Methods in Structural Geology course co-taught with Dr. Jack Pashin. I am supervising three graduate students in research. Sam Dawson is finishing up his research on the effects of Precambrian structures on new rifting in northern Malawi. Inés Barrios Galíndez is investigating active tectonics in the northeastern Caribbean and Bryan Clappe is beginning a project on the deformation of the Ouachita Mountains. Luel Emishaw defended his thesis successfully and started his PhD with Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam. Research has been very active. Four students, Dr. Estella Atekwana, and I travelled to Malawi for 4 weeks to conduct research of continental rift initiation in Malawi. The students learned about tectonics in one of the best places to study continental rifting and then presented their research at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco. I co-authored 4 papers with collaborators and my students. My students and I also presented 11 conference papers at the AGU Fall Meeting and the South-Central GSA held in Stillwater, OK. We look forward to continue to conduct high-quality research, advanced education and service to Oklahoma and the world. Dr. Jack Pashin Professor; Devon Chair of Basin Research; Sedimentary Geology;Coalbed Methane; Shalegas; Structural Geology, Basin Analysis This was an eventful year in which a variety of old activities were wrapped up, and new ones were begun. Last year I cotaught Advanced Methods in Structural Geology with Daniel Láo Dávila, in which we explored the full range of extensional, compressional, and transcurrent tectonic styles in sedimentary basins. I also taught the Geology of Unconventional Reservoirs, in which students learn about everything from coalbed methane and shale reservoirs to gas hydrates. I am participating in an active CO2enhanced coalbed methane project in the Appalachians, which is sponsored by DOE and Virginia Tech and hosted by CNX Gas. Other projects include a RPSEA project that is led by Jim Puckette and is critically assessing procedures for the evaluation of shale reservoirs. I am in the final year of a CO2-enhanced oil recovery monitoring program in the Anadarko Basin and have begun a new project on geological characterization and CO2 storage potential of the eastern Gulf of Mexico shelf. Several students completed theses on a range of topics. Michael Powers finished his NSF fellowship for advanced imaging of shale using a micro-CT scanner, which enables non-destructive 3D x-ray imaging of shale. Ayobami Folaranmi and Jenny Meng completed theses related to CO2 storage and enhanced oil recovery in the Gulf of Mexico and Anadarko basins. Brandon Thibodeaux developed advanced burial and thermal history models that provide valuable information on the formation of giant deformed shale masses in foreland thrust systems. Jenny is
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