Jan 15, 2008 – Montana Tech, Butte, MT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Geophysical Engineering Department Receives 14 Million Dollars in Software

The Geophysical Engineering Department at Montana Tech recently received software valued at $13,900,000 through a strategic university alliance grant agreement with Landmark Graphics Corporation, Houston, TX. The software package comprises software for processing and interpretation of two- and three-dimensional digital seismic data and associated petrophysical and well log information. This grant allows students in the geophysical engineering department to gain experience with state-of-the-art software that they will work with when they enter industry. Dr. Marvin Speece, Geophysical Engineering Department Head, said “This software grants gives our geophysics students the opportunity to use the latest and greatest technology and keep them at the forefront in job placement.”

The software package will be used for both research and classroom projects. The recent grant is an expansion of previous grants that now permits licensing of the software on a 32-node Linux cluster resident in the department. The multi-node processing function improves the department’s capability to work with increasingly large and complex seismic data sets.