On October 19th, Prof. Fred Aminzadeh, Executive Director of University of Southern California(USC) Reservoir Monitoring Consortium, and former president of Society of Exploration Geophysicists, paid a visit to USTC.
Prof. Fred Aminzadeh is a member of Russian Academy of Science, the Azerbaijan Oil Academy, and he serves in the US National Research Council' s Committee on Seismology. He was previously president and CEO of dGB-USA. He supported to establish the SEG office in China. He also worked both in technical and management positions at Unocal (now Chevron).
In the afternoon, Prof. Aminzadeh gave an inspiring presentation titled as Geophysical Monitoring of Reservoirs with the hope that the students would take full advantage of the SEG resources, such as applying for exchange study, scholarship opportunities, etc.
Prof. Fred Aminzadeh gave a presentation /Copyright School of Earth and Space SciencesSchool
After the presentation, Prof. Aminzadeh met the vice President of USTC, Dr. DOU Xiankang. Prof. Aminzadeh introduced the history of USC and scientific programs of Oil and Electronics Engineering Institute briefly, and he also expressed the willingness to promote collaboration between the two universities. Vice President DOU briefed the achievements of USTC that it has become one of the top-ranking research universities in China, and he also introduced the excellent tradition and features of School of Earth and Space Sciences. At last He emphasized that Geophysics is the foundation of natural science, and USTC will encourage and financially support young faculty members to visit famous institutions in developed countries.
Prof. Fred Aminzadeh received souvenir from Vice President DOU Xiankang/Image by USTC