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Kurt Toshimi Nihei

Staff Scientist

Building 074, Room 0212B

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-486-7945

ktnihei@lbl.gov

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Biography

Kurt Nihei is a Staff Scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Publications

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Education

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1992-1995
  • Ph.D., Rock Mechanics, Mat. Sci. & Min. Engin., Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1992
  • M.S., Applied Geophysics, Mat. Sci. & Min. Engin., Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1989
  • B.A., Geophysics, Geology & Geophysics, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1986

Experience

  • Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2015-Present
  • Geophysical Consultant, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Houston, TX, 2015
  • Geophysical Consultant, Chevron Global Technology Center, Perth, WA Australia, 2013-2015
  • Geophysical Consultant, Chevron Energy Technology Company, San Ramon, CA, 2011-2013
  • Team Leader & Sr. Research Scientist, Chevron Energy Technology Company, San Ramon, CA, 2008-2011
  • Sr. Research Scientist, Chevron Energy Technology Company, San Ramon, CA, 2005-2008
  • Staff Scientist and Head, Geophysics Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2002-2005
  • Group Leader, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2000-2001
  • Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 1995-2005

Patents

  • “System and Method for Investigating Sub-Surface Features and 3D Imaging of Non-Linear Property, Compressional Velocity Vp, Shear Velocity Vs and Velocity Ratio Vp/Vs of A Rock Formation”, U.S. Patent# 9,046,620 B2 (2015)
  • “Data Acquisition and Processing System and Method for Investigating Subsurface Features of a Rock Formation”, U.S. Patent#8,942,063 (2015)
  • “System and Method for Investigating Sub-Surface Features of Rock Formation with Acoustic Sources Generating Coded Signals”, U.S. Patent#8,923,092 (2014)
  • “Method and System for Generating a Beam of Acoustic Energy From a Borehole, and Applications Thereof”, U.S. Patent#8,259,530 (2012)
  • “Waveguide Disturbance Detection Method”, U.S. Patent #6,108,606 (2010)
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