RECENT GRADUATE STUDENT PROJECTS
Zeng Yanging (China), Coupled elastic and electrical phenomena for imaging the surface.
RESEARCH DESCRIPTION
Fred K. Boadu's research interest in a broad perspective is the use of geophysical methods in characterization of the earth's subsurface for purposes of solution to engineering and environmental problems. Attendant problems include an estimation of soil transport properties from geophysical signatures.
Dr. Boadu's current research interests include
analysis of electrical response of contaminated and non-contaminated soils
with the aim of assessing contaminated soils. This research involves integration
of theory, laboratory and field studies. Other areas of interest include
application of
inverse theory and neural networks to groundwater
modeling and contaminant transport problems. Another area of Dr. Boadu's
research is in characterization of fractured media using geophysical methods,
including assessment of permeability and strength properties of fractured
rock mass. The geophysical laboratory is equipped with instruments for
measuring electrical properties of soils both in the field and laboratory
environment.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Boadu, F.K., "Rock Properties and Seismic Attenuaton: Neural Network Modeling," Pure and applied Geophysics 149(2),(1997).
Boadu, F.K.,and F.T. Long," Effects of Fractures on Seismic Wave Velocity and Attenuation," Geophysical Journal International 127, 86-110 (1996).
Boadu, F.K.," Relating the Hydraulic Properties of Fractured Rock Mass to Seismic Attributes," International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science and Geomechamics Abstracts, 34(6),885-895 (1997).
Boadu, F.K.," Fractured Rock Mass Characterization Parameters and Seismic Properties: Analytical Studies," Journal of Applied Geophysics, 36, 1-19 (1997).
Boadu, F.K., and R.J. Brown, "Constrained Minimum Entropy Deconvolution," Canadian Journal of Exploration Geophysicists, 31 (1997).
Seabrook, G., and F.K. Boadu, "Model Characteristics of Particle Size Distribution and Hydraulic Conductivity," American Geophysical Union Transactions, 77 (1996).