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Faculty

The Geophysical Engineering faculty includes four Ph.D. geophysicists and a laboratory director. All of the faculty teach in the program, advise students, and are involved in the program development.

Program expertise covers all of the major geophysical technique areas with specialties and research interests in:

  • potential fields;
  • electrical and electromagnetic methods;
  • ground penetrating radar;
  • seismic exploration;
  • aircraft and satellite remote sensing;
  • digital image processing;
  • neural networks and reservoir characterization.

Undergraduate and Graduate research opportunities are available in any of these areas.

Marvin Speece
Dr. Marvin Speece
Professor, Department Chair
Email: mspeece@mtech.edu
Phone: 406-496-4188

Professor Speece received a B.S. degree in Geological Sciences from Wright State University (1982), an M.S. in Geology from The University of Michigan (1984) and a Ph.D. in Geophysics from The University of Wyoming (1992). Read more....

 

Curtis Link

Dr. Curtis Link
Professor

Email: clink@mtech.edu
Phone: 406-496-4165

Professor Link earned a BA (1971) in physics from the University of Iowa, a BS (1985) in geophysical engineering from Montana Tech, and a PhD (1993) in geophysics from the University of Houston. 
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Leif Cox

Dr. Leif Cox
Assistant Professor

Email: lcox@mtech.edu
Phone: 406-496-4888

Professor Cox graduated from Montana Tech with a BS (2000) in geophysical engineering.  He then moved to Alaska and received his MS (2002) in geophysics from the University of Alaska—Fairbanks, where he studied glaciers.  The University of Utah was next, where he completed a PhD in geophysics in 2007.  read more...

Xiaobing Zhou

Dr. Xiaobing Zhou
Assistant Professor

Email: xzhou@mtech.edu
Phone: 406-496-4350

Please click on the link below to learn more about Dr. Zhou.

Dr. Zhou's website

 

Jim Girard
Jim Girard
Assistant Professor,
Lab Director

Email: jgirard@mtech.edu
Phone: 406-496-4347

Jim earned his B.S. Degree, with High Honors, in Control System Engineering from Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology in 1991. Next, Mr. Girard earned his M.S. in Engineering Science from Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology in 1993. read more...







 

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