Abstract:
We live in the 21st Century. The satellites cruising around the earth help our daily communication. The spacecrafts travel interplanetary space to collect information. Radio telescopes watch birth and death of stars. We try to understand what happened in the galaxies millions of light years away. Yet we cannot see what is behind the wall next to us or what is under our feet.
Geophysics is a tool to “see” the invisible. Any physical phenomenon provides hints to geophysics: vibration, sound, mass, electric and magnetic properties, heat, radiation, and cosmic ray; as much as our imagination could lead us. With a clear understanding of the phenomenon, we can predict what is in the invisible space. With appropriate instrumentation, we can probe it. With the wildest imagination, we can develop ways to “see the invisible”. Geophysicists study the natural phenomena to understand the system. Some geophysicists design instruments right for observing the phenomena and some geophysicists interpret the data to “see” the invisible. Geophysics is a fun subject. It offers you a lot of challenge and a lot of reward.
This presentation guides you around the fascinating world of geophysics.
About the Speaker: Koya Suto
Born in Japan. B.E and M.E graduate in Exploration Geophysics from Mining College, Akita University. Studied further in the University of Adelaide.
Koya first studied gravity, airborne magnetics and radiometrics for geological mapping and mineral exploration. He worked for the petroleum industry as a seismic geophysicist for 25 years.
He translated “The Microtremor Survey Method” by Prof Okada, published in US by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in 2003, and “Application Manual of Geophysical Methods to Engineering and Environmental Problems” published by EAGE in 2014.
Koya started Terra Australis Geophysica in 2003 to service the civil engineering and environmental industries with near-surface geophysical surveys using the surface wave seismic (MASW) method. Since then he has presented a number of case histories of MASW surveys in international conferences.
He served Federal Executive of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ASEG) for over 20 years and as President in 2013-14. Through his involvement in ASEG and its international associates, he was awarded a Service Certificate from ASEG and Recognition of Merit from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan. Koya was also awarded an Honorary Membership of ASEG in 2010, an Honorary Membership of Association of Geoscientists and Environmentalists of Serbia and Harold Mooney Award of SEG Near Surface Technical Section in 2015.
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Contact:
Ms. Supamas Rojjanapitakphan
Secretary,
Geotechnical and Earth Resources (GTE) field of study
Tel. 02-524-6057