Research Activites:
Current Contracts & Grants:
Coupled Seismic and Reservoir Simulation and Inversion
Source of Support: Industry ConocoPhillips
Total Award Amount: $450,000
Total Award Period Covered: 06/01/06 - 05/31/10
Location of Project: The University of Texas at AustinSeismic Refraction Study of the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Source of Support: Industry ExxonMobil
Total Award Amount: $3,267,636
Total Award Period Covered: 03/18/10 - 12/31/12
Location of Project: The University of Texas at Austin
RTM for TTI and Variable Density Wave Equations with Model Updating Using Seismic Waveform Inversion and Non-Linear Optimization
Source of Support: KAUST
Total Award Amount:$257,230
Total Award Period Covered: 05/01/10 - 04/30/11
Location of Project: The University of Texas at Austin
MRI: Acquisition of a Computational Facility for Geoscience Simulation and Data Interpretation (pending)
Source of Support: National Science Foundation
Total Award Amount: $2,300,000
Total Award Period Covered: 10/01/10 - 09/30/13
Location of Project: The University of Texas at AustinPrevious Contracts and Grants received:
“Reverse Time Migration (RTM) on Distributed Memory Parallel Computer Systems.”
Paul Stoffa
$210,496,
1 Sep 08 – 31 Aug 09 (2.10 mo)“Coupled Seismic and Reservoir Simulation and Inversion.”
Paul Stoffa, Mrinal Sen, Robert Ferguson
ConocoPhillips
$150,000($450,000)
1 June 06 – 31 May 09 1.0 mo
(JSG provided 2 year match 1 June 06 – 31 May 08)“Data Driven Simulation of the Subsurface: Optimization and Uncertainty Estimation.”
Mary Wheeler, Hector Klie, Mrinal Sen, Clinton Dawson, and Paul Stoffa
National Science Foundation
$1,100,000
1 Oct 04 – 30 Sept 07
NC
CNS-0427005“Enhanced Seismic Data Access System for The University of Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics.”
Thomas H. Shipley and Paul L. Stoffa
National Science Foundation
$83,920
9 Sep 03 – 31 Aug 06
NC
OCE-0326679“Interim IODP Planning.”
Paul L. Stoffa and James A. Austin
National Science Foundation
$530,015
6 June 03 – 31 May 05
1.5 mo
OCE-0335224“Data Intense Challenge: The Instrumented Oil Field of the Future.”
Mary Wheeler, Clint Dawson, Malgorzata Peszynska, Mrinal K. Sen, and Paul L. Stoffa
National Science Foundation
$1,461,005
1 Sep 01 – 31 Aug 04
1.75 mo
EIA-0121523“Air-Borne GPR Investigation of UGF Detection.”
Paul L. Stoffa and Mrinal K. Sen
Department of Defense-Army
$116,679
1 June 00 – 31 May 01
NC
DAAD17-01-D0001“SLOSEIS: Slowness Analysis, Waveform Inversion and Uncertainty Estimation in VTI Media.”
Mrinal K. Sen, and Paul L. Stoffa
Joint Industry
$240,759
1 Sep 98 – 31 Aug 01
NC“Acquisition of an Origin 2000 for Seismic Processing.”
Paul L. Stoffa, Thomas H. Shipley, Mrinal K. Sen, Nathan L. Bangs, Kirk D. McIntosh, and James A. Austin, Jr.
National Science Foundation
$399,112
1 Sep 97 – 31 Aug 00
NC
OCE-9724555“Anisotropic Earth Model Calculations.”
Mrinal K. Sen and Paul L. Stoffa
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
$107,157
1 Jan 96 – 31 Dec 97
NC
ARP-135“Rock Property Estimation from Marine Seismic Data by AVO Inversion.”
Mrinal K. Sen and Paul L. Stoffa
National Science Foundation
$292,980
1 Nov 95 – 31 Oct 98
2 mo.
oce-9503412“Pre-stack Plane Wave Kirchhoff Migration on Cray T3D.”
Paul L. Stoffa and Mrinal K. Sen
Cray Research, Inc.
$60,000
1 Jan 95 – 31 Dec 95 .5 mo.“Investigation of Upper Plate Response to Subduction Plate Morphology and Seamounts as Subduction Zone Asperities: Cooperative German, Costa Rican and United States Project.”
Kirk D. McIntosh, Thomas H. Shipley, Paul L. Stoffa and Yosio Nakamura
National Science Foundation
$922,097
1 Dec 94 – 30 Nov 99 2 mo.
oce-9402091“Ocean Science Education in Quantitative Marine Seismology.”
P.L. Stoffa
Office of Naval Research
$285,635
1 Feb 94 – 31 Jan 97 1.5 mo.
n00014-94-1-0508“Hybrid Linear/Nonlinear Methods of Seismic Waveform Inversion.”
M.K. Sen and P.L. Stoffa
Texas Higher Education
$129,519
1 Jan 94 – 31 Aug 96 1 mo.
Coordinating Board – 003658264“SPMD Pre-stack Velocity Estimation Using PVM.”
P.L. Stoffa and M.K. Sen
Cray Research, Inc.
$51,000
1 Jan 94 – 31 Dec 94 .75 mo.
“Neural Computing in Geophysics.”
Mrinal K. Sen and Paul L. Stoffa
National Science Foundation
$313,469
15 Jul 93 – 30 Jun 97 3 mo.
EAR-9304417“Seismic Traverse of the Byrd Subglacial Basin – Field Test.”
I.W.D. Dalziel, P.L. Stoffa and D.D. Blankenship
National Science Foundation
$571,026
1 Jul 93 – 30 Jun 97 2 mo.
DPP-9119177“Timing and Comparison of Traveltime.”
Paul L. Stoffa
Phillips Petroleum Company
$18,877
1 Jul 93 – 31 Oct 94
NC“Prestack Migration-Inversion of Seismic Gathers.”
Paul L. Stoffa and Mrinal K. Sen
Cray Research, Inc.
$49,000
1 Jan 93 – 31 Dec 93 .5 mo.“Imaging of Ocean Subbottom Structure Using Swath Mapping Data.”
Mrinal K. Sen and Paul L. Stoffa
Office of Naval Research
$69,445
1 Mar 92 – 31 Aug 93 .75 mo.
N00014-92-J-6001“Three-dimensional survey of the crust, Moho, and mantle near the East Pacific Rise.”
Jan D. Garmany and Paul L. Stoffa
National Science Foundation
$664,484
1 Feb 1992 – 31 Jan 1994 2.2 mos.
OCE-9102368“Three dimensional seismic reflection investigation of fluid flow and structural evolution: Northern Barbados trench.”
Thomas H. Shipley and Paul L. Stoffa
National Science Foundation
$497,548
1 Jan 92 – 31 Dec 94 2.5 mos.
OCE-9116172“Prestack migration velocity analysis in two- and three-dimensions.”
Paul L. Stoffa and Mrinal K. Sen
Cray Research, Inc.
$60,000
1 Jan 92 – 31 Dec 92 .5 mo.Solid Earth Exploration Research (Project SEER)
Various
$75,000/yr
1 Aug 91 – 31 Jul 93
NC“Nonlinear Inversion of Plane Wave Seismograms Using Global Optimization Methods.”
Mrinal K. Sen and Paul L. Stoffa
National Science Foundation
$157,156
15 Jul 1991 – 14 Jul 1993 1.4 mos.
EAR-9105922“Genetic Algorithms, Simulated Annealing and Nonlinear Inversion of Plane Wave Seismograms.”
Paul L. Stoffa and Mrinal K. Sen
Cray Research, Inc.
$49,500
1 Apr 1991 – 31 Mar 1992 .5 mos.“Detecting Clathrate Concentrations Through High Resolution Seismic Velocity Analysis of Shallow Sediments.”
Paul L. Stoffa and Thomas H. Shipley
USGS $30,000 1 Sep 90 – 31 Aug 91
NC“Inversion of Nankai Trough High Resolution Two-ship Profile.”
Paul L. Stoffa and Thomas H. Shipley
National Science Foundation
$117,454 15 Mar 90 – 28 Feb 93
NC
OCE-9000327“Nonlinear Elastic Inversion for the Background P-wave and S-wave Velocities.”
Paul L. Stoffa
American Chemical Society
$40,000 1 Jan 90 – 31 Aug 93 .5 mo.
22411-AC2“Determination of Rock Properties from Wide Aperture Seismic Profiles: Proposed Low-Level Radioactive Waste.”
Joe Phillips and Paul L. Stoffa
Texas Higher Education Coordinating
$88,750
1 Jan 90 – 31 Aug 92 2 mos.
Board“Nonlinear Elastic Inversion for the Background P-Wave and S-Wave Velocities.”
Paul L. Stoffa and Jan D. Garmany
Texas Higher Education Coordinating
$150,000
1 Jan 90 – 31 Aug 92 2 mos.
Board - 003658-327“Plane Wave Split-step Fourier Migration and Velocity Analysis.”
Paul L. Stoffa
Cray Research, Inc
$42,000
1 Jan 90 – 31 Dec 90 1 mo.“A 3-D HUNTEC Survey of the New Jersey Shelf.”
James A. Austin, Paul L. Stoffa, Thomas A. Davies
Office of Naval Research
$233,767
1 May 89 – 30 Apr 90 1.5 mos.“Interactive Pre-stack Direct Depth Migration Velocity Analysis.”
Paul L. Stoffa
Cray Research, Inc.
$42,000
1 Jan 89 – 31 Dec 89 1 mo.
“Develop and Evaluate Seismic Processing Algorithms.”
Paul L. Stoffa
HARC Computer Systems and Application Research Center
$45,000
1 Nov 88 – 31 Dec 89
NC“A Deep-penetration Reflection Seismic Study at the Juncture of the Blake Plateau Basin, Carolina Trough, and Southeast Georgia Embayment.”
Paul L. Stoffa, Dale S. Sawyer, Joseph D. Phillips, James A. Austin, Jr.
National Science Foundation $998,674 1 Jan 88 – 31 Dec 90 4 mos.
OCE-8711300“Multichannel Seismic Study of the Deep Structure of a Cordilleran Orogen: The Southernmost Andes.”
Ian W. D. Dalziel, James A. Austin, Jr., Paul L. Stoffa
National Science Foundation
$478,634
1 Jan 88 – 31 Dec 90 3 mos.
OCE-8716557“Angle of Incidence Pre-stack Direct Depth Migration.”
Paul L. Stoffa
Cray Research, Inc.
$36,827
1 Jan 88 – 31 Dec 88 1 mo.
“3D Subsurface Model Definition and Seismic Modeling Using an Interactive Seismic Workstation.”
Paul L. Stoffa
University Partnership Grant Program, Landmark Graphics Corporation $229,725
1 Jan 88 – 31 Dec 88
NC“Japan-United States Cooperative Study of the Relationship between Sediment Physical Properties and Subduction Processes in the Nankai Trough.”
Thomas H. Shipley, Paul L. Stoffa, G. Moore (U. Tulsa), D. Karig (Cornell)
National Science Foundation
$585,751
1 Mar 87 – 28 Feb 90 4 mos.
OCE-8613774“3D Seismic Modeling using the Split-step Fourier Method.”
Paul L. Stoffa
Cray Research, Inc.
$31,600
1 Jun 86 – 31 Dec 87 1 mo.
OCE-8414864“Downhole Seismic Profiling and Imaging for the Ocean Drilling Program: Vertical Seismic Profile Experiment Leg 104 Site 642 - Data Processing and Interpretation.”
Joseph D. Phillips, Paul L. Stoffa
National Science Foundation
$66,917 1 Feb 86 – 31 Jan 88
NC“Three-dimensional Seismic Imaging of an Accretionary Wedge: Costa Rica.”
Thomas H. Shipley, Mark Cloos, Paul L. Stoffa, Milo Backus
National Science Foundation
$1,036,28
1 Jan 86 – 31 Dec 89 4 mos.
OCE-8511364“Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP) Experiment Leg 104: Site 642 Data Processing and Interpretation.”
Paul L. Stoffa and Joe D. Phillips
National Science Foundation
$55,808“Implement ODP Underway Navigation.”
Paul L. Stoffa
Texas A&M University
$12,650“Develop a Digital Seismic Data Acquisition and Processing System for the Ocean Drilling Program.”
Paul L. Stoffa
Texas A&M University
$51,496“Enhanced Crustal Imagery Through Compensation of Lateral System and Geophysical Variation.”
Milo Backus, Paul L. Stoffa, Stark
National Science Foundation
$83,000“Deaf Smith and Swisher Counties Seismic Data Study.”
Art Maxwell, Paul L. Stoffa, and Charles Denham
Bureau of Economic Geology $95,300
