Afeez Popoola
PhD Candidate
Biography
Afeez received his BASc and MASc in Geophysics in 2009 and 2014, respectively. Between 2014 and 2019, he was a geophysicist with Schlumberger Middle East, processing and interpreting VSP and borehole acoustic data. Afeez returned to academia to expand his knowledge and problem-solving skills. His current research interests include reservoir rock physics and geomechanics, acoustic emissions, and data science.
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Received the SEG Foundation/Chevron Scholarship
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Received the Leon and Pat Thomsen/SEG Scholarship
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Received the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology
Internship
Invited Talk
Invited talk on "Speak Up! I Can’t Hear You Through All This Shale: An Investigation of Fracture Energy Released During the Failure of Layered Anisotropic Rocks, Application to Long-Term Failure Monitoring During Injection" as part of the Geological Controls and Fracture Mechanics - Considerations for the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen, Methane and Compressed Air.
Candidacy
Became a PhD candidate
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Invited Talk
Invited talk on "Basics of rock physics and seismic attenuation" as part of Fall 2020 Course Environmental and Archaeological Geophysics (JGA 305)
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Won first place at the CSEG and SEG Challenge Bowl
Publication
Poster presented at GeoConvention 2020 virtual conference titled "Comparative Analysis of Canadian LNG to Global Natural Gas Supply: Shaping Canada’s Energy Future"
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Received the Ellsworth Fellowship
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Received the Queen Elizabeth II/Harold O. Seigel Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology
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Received the Nick And Marilyn Tintor Explorers Fund Graduate Scholarship
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Received the Cameron Allen Explorers Graduate Fellowship
Joined
Joined as a PhD Student