Jeffrey Shragge

Professor, Geophysics; Director, Center for Wave Phenomena
Jeffrey Shragge

Labs and Research Centers

Education

  • PhD, Geophysics, Stanford University
  • MSc, Geophysics, University of British Columbia
  • BScH, Physics, Queen’s University

Research Areas

  • 3D acoustic and elastic wave propagation, 3D/4D velocity inversion,
  • 3D/4D Reverse-time migration (RTM), wave-equation migration,
  • Rock physics, computational geometry and differential meshing
  • Near-surface geophysics: Ground penetrating radar, magnetics, conductivity profiling, resistivity, seismic reflection/refraction
  • General Purpose GPU computing, CUDA
  • Parallel Programming (OpenMP, MPI)
  • Distributed Acoustic Sensing
  • Microseismic Elastic Velocity Estimation and Event Imaging

Awards and Recognitions

  • 2022, T.K. Young Award
  • 2021, Mines Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching in Geophysical Engineering
  • 2020, Mines Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching in Geophysical Engineering
  • 2019, Top 25 Presentation at the SEG Annual General Meeting
  • 2018, ICGEG Annual Meeting Best Presentation Award (Co-author)
  • 2014, Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Early-Career Research, UWA
  • 2013, Best Student Paper (Matt Saul, co-advisee), SEG Annual Meeting
  • 2012, Best Paper (Seismology) Award, ASEG Meeting (with D. Lumley)
  • 2010, J. Clarence Karcher Award, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, SEG