The Society of Exploration Geophysicists, with the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, have chosen EGD Staff Scientist David Alumbaugh to receive this year’s Frank Frischknecht Leadership Award.
The Frank Frischknecht Leadership Award is established to “recognize an individual who shows extraordinary leadership in advancing the cause of near-surface geophysics through long-term (greater than or equal to 10 years), tireless, and enthusiastic support of the near-surface geophysics community.” This is often exemplified by an invention, an innovative or novel methodology or technique development, an advancement in theory or concept, or an innovation that transforms the “nature and capabilities” of near-surface geophysics.
Alumbaugh’s research has focused on studying how to use electromagnetic (EM) geophysical methodologies for subsurface characterization and monitoring over a wide variety of applications including oil and gas, environmental, mineral exploration, and more recently geothermal energy and subsurface carbon storage. He also studies how to advance multi-physics data analysis, and statistically based methods of fusing multi-physics data into geologic interpretations.
