Education
1986 B.S. Geophysics,
University of California, Berkeley
1989 M.S. Applied
Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley
1992 Ph.D. Geomechanics,
University of California, Berkeley
Professional
Experience
1987-1992 Graduate
Student Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley
1992-1995 Post-Doctoral
Fellow, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1995-1996 Lecturer,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
1995-present Scientist,
Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Honors
and Awards
Jane
Lewis Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley
1993 Ph.D.
Student Thesis Award, U.S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics
1996 Basic
Energy Sciences Topical Symposium Award, U.S. Department of Energy
LABORATORY
SERVICE (September 1, 1996 through April 30 ,1999):
1996-present Research
supervisor to graduate students
1998
Hosted visiting scientist from Schlumberger-Dl
1999
Assisted undergraduates (E 140) with class project
Professional
Activities
Reviewer
for Geophys., J. Geophys. Res., Geophy. Res. Lett., Geophys. J.
Int.
Active
Member of ISRM Working Group on Seismic Wave Propagation in Fractured
Rock
COURSES
TAUGHT IN LAST THREE ACADEMIC YEARS:
1996
CE 173 Geogical Engineering (Units 3; Enrlment: Undergrad , 40)
Research
Supervision
1998
Seiji
Nakagawa , "Acoustic Resonance Characteristics of Rock and
Concrete Containing Fractures"
1998
Jianli
Fan, "Overlap Domain Decomposition Technique for Modeling Wave
Propagation"
1998
Weidong
Yi, "Numerical Investigation of Wave Propagation in Fractured
Rock"
Research
Support (September 1, 1996 through December 31, 1999)
Fracture
Characterization in Gas Reservoirs GRI 07/97-07/00 $544,870
Effects
of Micro- and Macro- Scale Interfaces DOE 05/96-05/99 $819,709
on
Seismic Waves (with Myer)
Seismic
Characterization of Fractured DOE 05/96-05/99 (see
Myer)
Geogic
Structures (with Myer)
Deformation
and Fracture of Poorly DOE (see
Myer) (see Myer)
Considated
Media
Frequency-Dependent
Seismic Attributes of DOE 04/99-04/01 $300,000
Poorly Considated Sands (with Rector)
Publications
(January 1, 1996 through April 30, 1999)
1996
Gu,
B., K.T. Nihei, and L.R. Myer, Fracture interface waves, J. Geophys.
Res., 101, 827-835.
1996
Gu,
B., K.T. Nihei, L.R. Myer, and L.J. Pyrak-Nte, Numerical simulation
of elastic wave propagation in fractured rock with the boundary
integral equation method, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 15933-15943.
1996 Gu,
B., R. Suárez-Rivera, K.T. Nihei, and L.R. Myer, Incidence
of plane waves upon a fracture, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 25337-25346.
Gu,
B., K.T. Nihei, and L.R. Myer, Numerical investigation of fracture
interface waves, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 102(1), 120-127.
Nihei,
K.T., W. Yi, L.R. Myer, and N.G.W. Cook, M. Schoenberg, Fracture
channel waves, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 4769-4781.
1998 Nihei,
K.T., S. Nakagawa, and D.L. Hopkins, Defect detection using the
reverberant wavefield, Rev. of Prog. In Quant. Nondestruc. Eval.,
18, in press.
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