Earl Magsipoc

PhD Candidate

Biography

Earl joined the group in 2017 after graduating from the University of Waterloo with a BASc in Civil Engineering. He completed his MASc with the group in 2019 and is currently working on his PhD. Earl’s research is focused on alternative interpretations of the surface roughness of rock. He is currently investigating the link between surface roughness and the fracture mechanisms as the surface is created.

June 2023
June 2023

Publication

Presnted at ARMA 2023, Atlanta US. June 2023 titled "The use of digital image correlation (DIC) to investigate the effect of layering and bedding plane orientations on Elastic modulus and Poisson’s ratio measurements of Buckinghorse shale samples"
January 2023
January 2023

Course Instructor

Winter Term course instructor for CME262: Engineering Math 2
September 2022
September 2022

Award

Received the Queen Elizabeth II/Robert M. Smith Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology

May 2022
May 2022

Invited Talk

Invited talk on "See the Unseen – High Resolution Imaging of Rock Fractures and the Read Throughs for Cap Rock Integrity" as part of the Geological Controls and Fracture Mechanics - Considerations for the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen, Methane and Compressed Air.

April 2022
April 2022

Candidacy

Became a PhD candidate.

September 2021
September 2021

Award

Received the Queen Elizabeth II/Paul & Suzanne Price Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology
September 2020
September 2020

Award

Received the Queen Elizabeth II/Margery Sheridan Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology
November 2020
November 2020

Conference Paper

Published a Conference Paper at ARMA | DGS | SEG  International Geomechanics Symposium, 3–5 November 2020, titled "Analysis of the Fracture Morphologies from a Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Experiment on Montney Shale"

June 2020
June 2020

Conference Paper

Published a Conference Paper at 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, June 28 - July 1, 2020 titled "Describing the fracture process using surface roughness parameters"
November 2019
November 2019

Graduation

MASc Graduation
October 2019
October 2019

Journal Paper

Published a Journal Paper in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering titled "2D and 3D Roughness Characterization, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering"
September 2019
September 2019

Award

Queen Elizabeth II/Margery Sheridan Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology
May 2019
May 2019

Enrolled

Enrolled as PhD Student (Dual enrolment)
May 2018
May 2018

Conference Paper

Published a Conference Paper at Geoconvention 2018, May 7-9, 2018 titled "Simulation of rock fragmentation by TBM disc cutter using the hybrid finite-discrete element method". 
September 2017
September 2017

Joined

Joined as a MASc Candidate.

Publications

Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., Li, M., Magsipoc, E., Sun, L., & Grasselli, G. (2023). Understanding hydraulic fracture mechanisms: From the laboratory to numerical modelling. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 7(1), 66–68.
Magsipoc, E. (2023). Let’s Measure What Really Happens When Layered Rocks Are Loaded. NSERC/Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair in Fundamental Petroleum Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics.
Li, M., Magsipoc, E., Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2023). Fracture Network in a Shale Cube Hydraulically Fractured in the Laboratory. Album of Porous Media (pp. 45–45).
Magsipoc, E., Li, M., & Grasselli, G. (2022). See The Unseen – High-resolution Imaging and Characterizing Laboratory Fractures in Layered Anisotropic Rocks.
Magsipoc, E., Haile, B. F., & Grasselli, G. (2022). Impact of Layering in Buckinghorse Shale on Strain Measurement Using Digital Image Correlation (DIC).
Li, M., Magsipoc, E., Sun, L., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2022). High-resolution Mapping and Characterization of Shale Fractures Hydraulically Induced in the Laboratory.
Li, M., & Magsipoc, E. (2022). How to See Nothing – High Resolution Fracture Imaging of Layered Anisotropic Rocks and the Read Throughs for Cap Rock Integrity. Geological Controls and Fracture Mechanics.
Ossetchkina, E., Popoola, A., Aboayanah, K. R., de Boer, T., Magsipoc, E., Younes, J., Peterson, K., et al. (2022). Automated Quantification of Fracture Networks in Thermally Treated Granite. Presented at the 18th Euroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials, Lille, France: EMABM.
Li, M., & Magsipoc, E. (2022). How to See Nothing – High Resolution Fracture Imaging of Layered Anisotropic Rocks and the Read Throughs for Cap Rock Integrity. Geological Controls and Fracture Mechanics - Canadian Society of Unconventional Resources.
Li, M., & Magsipoc, E. (2022). See the Unseen – High-resolution Imaging and Characterizing Laboratory Fractures in Layered Anisotropic Rocks. NSERC/Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair in Fundamental Petroleum Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics.
Li, M., Magsipoc, E., Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2021). Mapping Fracture Complexity of Fractured Shale in Laboratory: Three-dimensional Reconstruction From Serial-section Images. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 55(5), 2937–2948.
Magsipoc, E., Li, M., Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2020). Analysis of the Fracture Morphologies from a Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Experiment on Montney Shale (p. 6). Presented at the ARMA/DGS/SEG International Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA: American Rock Mechanics Association.
Magsipoc, E., & Grasselli, G. (2020). Describing the Fracture Process Using Surface Roughness Parameters (p. 9). Presented at the 54th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA: American Rock Mechanics Association.
Magsipoc, E. (2020). Fracture roughness – A forensic study. NSERC/Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair in Fundamental Petroleum Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics.
Li, M., Magsipoc, E., Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., Guo, J., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2020). Mapping Fracture Complexity in Hydraulically Fractured Montney Shale by Serial Section Reconstruction (p. 9). Presented at the 54th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA: American Rock Mechanics Association.
Magsipoc, E., Zhao, Q., & Grasselli, G. (2019). 2D and 3D Roughness Characterization. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 53(3), 1495–1519.
Magsipoc, E., Zhou, H., Li, M., & Grasselli, G. (2019). Shear Dilation and Fluid Transmissivity of Rock Fractures Based on Quantified Surface Description.
Li, M., Magsipoc, E., Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., & Grasselli, G. (2019). Mapping Fracture Complexity in Shale Rock.
Magsipoc, E. (2019). Decoding Fracture Roughness. Energi Simulation Visit.
Magsipoc, E. (2019). Quantifying the Fracture Process using Surface Roughness Parameters (MASc Thesis). University of Toronto.
Magsipoc, E., Yang, Z., Hui, G., Lim, M., & Becerra, D. (2018). Managing Orphan Wells in Alberta, Canada. Presented at the University of Calgary CREATE ReDeveLoP Annual Innovation Program, Calgary, Alberta.
Magsipoc, E., & Grasselli, G. (2018). Simulation of rock fragmentation by TBM disc cutter using the hybrid finite-discrete element method. Presented at the Geoconvention 2018, Calgary.
Magsipoc, E., & Grasselli, G. (2018). Simulation of rock fragmentation by TBM disc cutter using the hybrid finite-discrete element method. (E. Magsipoc & G. Grasselli, Eds.)Geoconvention.
Magsipoc, E. (2018). Fracture roughness characterization and modelling. NSERC/Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair in Fundamental Petroleum Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics.
Magsipoc, E., Yang, Z., Hui, G., Lim, M., & Becerra, D. (2018). Managing Orphan Wells in Alberta, Canada. University of Calgary CREATE ReDeveLoP Annual Innovation Program.