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Student Chapters Activities
GeoCast
By SEG Student Chapter of the National University of Tucumán
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From Tucumán, the smallest province in Argentina, a great proposal was born at the initiative of our Advisor, José Pablo López, PhD. Committed to scientific disclosure, in 2017 he published his first book on the subject: "Essential Geology", today he is carrying out an inspiring project, GEOCAST, a YouTube channel designed to spread geology in areas outside the academic environment. This initiative is aimed at the general public and aims to communicate, teach, and inspire students, to geosciences enthusiasts, and even to primary and secondary school teachers so that the content of the channel can be used as a trigger to develop the geoscientific interest and knowledge in schools. The premises are clear and simple: always base on scientific knowledge and approach it with academic rigor; transmite it in simple language and have fun with the creative process of GEOCAST, a channel where anyone can bring themselves to interpret a landscape, classify a rock or a ground, or simply understand what surrounds us and that many times has been presented as “incomprehensible”.
When asked how the idea came up? JP (pseudonym by which the university community knows him) told us: “With the pandemic, virtuality forced me (like all my colleagues) to explore beyond my comfort zone; I had to learn about "new-old" technologies, try new dynamics in my classes, learn from my students, younger and less structured ... That is how we came up with this idea and it started taking shape in talks with colleagues until, in mid-November 2020, we uploaded the first video. With colleagues and students we gave it the format, we agreed on the characteristics and the platform, we decided the audience to which it would be destined as well as the depth with which we should work. The rest was dare and experiment. Soon after, many colleagues from diverse specialties joined in and made their contribution therefore expanding the limits of our own knowledge. Personally, I hope GEOCAST will be a channel with much more than Geology, since Geophysics, for example, also has a lot to say, and as we grow, new ideas, new proposals and new horizons will emerge. If you ask me about my expectations, actually I like to imagine that GEOCAST can become a medium in which many of us can express ourselves, communicate and make a great contribution to the geoscientific knowledge of our time.”
José Pablo López Biography:
José Pablo López, PhD In Geology, Professor of the Petrology seat and member of the Postgraduate Career of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the National University of Tucumán, researcher at the Higher Institute of Geological Correlation (INSUGEOCONICET), advisor of the student chapter (UNT) of the SEG, editor of "Essential Geology" and creator of the You Tube channel of scientific dissemination GEOCAST.
SEG Student Chapter UJAT Activities Summary
As student chapter related to SEG and our responsibility to share information about Geophysicist to students, professors, workers of geosciences and the public, our chapter in collaboration to another chapters from Mexico decided to create activities with different specs that could be helpful to students and professionals to learn about new opportunities on geophysics in Mexico. To achieve our goal, we create and collaborate in these activities:
Courses
SEG UJAT promoted three different courses on April, May and June 2021, those courses as an introduction to our associates in these areas: Seismic data processing by our classmate and founder of our chapter Luis Oscar Ascencio Vera. Oil seismic interpreta-
tion and piles integrity test, both imparted by professor Daniel Andres Damas Lopez, who is our CoAdvisor and professor of our University.
Conferences and Webinars
Last months we organized a few conferences and webinars with finality to share a little we have learned our university. Some member of SEG-UJAT were on charge to share their experiences with geophysical methods to ARIGEM that is a company dedicated to oil services in Tabasco, Mexico.
Our main project related to sharing information about geophysics and geology, named Geonoches, we have been working during this year in three different events (January, March and May 2021), where we invited researchers and professor from all Latin American to share their jobs through webinars.
Collaboration with other student chapters
Our chapter had two collaborations. First one denominated GEOCARNAVAL were in collaboration with three chapters from two universities: Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco (UJAT) and Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN). The participant chapters were: EAGE-IPN, AEGGI-UJAT, SPE-IPN and SEG-UJAT. Eleven webinars were broadcasted by Facebook Live dated on May 3 – 5, 2021.
Second collaboration occurred on May 2021 with SEG-CICESE from Centro de Investigación Científica de Educación Superior from Baja California, Mexico. We had an online meeting where we discussed the Geophysicist in Mexico and exchange points of view about postgraduate studies.
GWB Preparatory Course
Federal University of Ouro Preto SEG Student Chapter - Sociedade de Geofísica Aplicada (SGA)
Earlier this year, the Society of Applied Geophysics (SGA) had the project “Geophysics applied to geotechnical study in Ouro Preto, MG - Brazil” approved in the Geoscientists Without Borders (GWB) program, which proposes the use of geophysics in
delimitation and characterization of risk areas in the city of Ouro Preto due to the potential for geotechnical risk for its inhabitants and its historical and cultural heritage.
The project is coordinated by professors Maria Sílvia Carvalho Barbosa and Joney Justo da Silva from the Department of Geology at the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) and by geological engineer Luis Artur Souza Oliveira, with the participation of SGA members. In addition, it has the support of the Geological Service of Brazil (CPRM), Civil Defense and BOG Geophysics.
The creation of a database for the GWB project was the starting point for the beginning of the work. For this, the project's supervisors started a moment of teaching and training the students, called “GWB Preparatory Course”.
Throughout February so far, weekly meetings are being held to instruct participants to work with the knowledge necessary for the development of the project. Therefore, the course was divided into three strands: geoprocessing, geophysical methods and their applications and data processing at Oasis Montaj.
GWB Preparatory Course
Introduction to Magnetometry Data processing at Oasis Montaj
Scientific dissemination in times of pandemic
By Isabela Albuquerque
On May 6, the chapter had a chat with Katia Pinheiro, researcher at the National Observatory, about scientific dissemination and the difficulties generated by the pandemic. Katia works in several scientific dissemination projects as coordinator of the MOSAIC (Magnetic Observatories, Stations And Integrated researCh) Group.
The chat recording can be watched here (in Portuguese).
SEG Challenge Bowl Latin America Regional
By Isabela Albuquerque
On May 22nd we had the 2021 SEG Challenge Bowl Latin America Regional, organized by the National Observatory Student Chapter.
The event had the participation of 16 teams from Argentina, Brazil and Colombia and was presented by Peter Duncan, creator and organizer of the SEG Challenge Bowl.
To prepare the students, we organized a chat with Peter Duncan before the event, in which he talked about the competition and runned a live test of the app to help students prepare. The chat recording can be watched here.
The three teams with the best scores, from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, were the winners and will compete in the world final on October 23, 2021.
More information about the competition can be found on the official webpage.
Country
Argentina
Participating student chapter
Universidad Nacional de La Plata Geophysical Society Universidad Nacional de Tucuman SEG Student Chapter Universidad Nacional de San Juan Geophysical Society University of Campinas Geophysical Society State University of Rio de Janeiro Geophysical Society
Finalist teams
1st
Universidad Nacional de La Plata Francisco Ghersi María Dolores Corva
2nd
Brazil Federal University of Bahia EAGE Student Chapter Federal University of Ouro Preto SEG Student Chapter Universidade Federal Fluminense Geophysical Society National Observatory Greenstone Belt Geophysical Society
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Agustín Gómez Federico Bucher
3rd
Colombia Universidad Nacional de Colombia Geophysical Society Universidad Industrial de Santander Geophysical Society Universidad de Caldas SEG Student Chapter
Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
Ariana Dulci German Rodriguez
By Natalí Barria
SEG WN Argentina Student Chapter, is a project promoted by SEG Women's Network. The SEG WN Student Chapters have as mission develop a professional network that shows and supports globally the work of women who are starting a career in geosciences and related fields, promoting global diversity and equal opportunities.
From SEG WN Argentina Student Chapter, we want to promote the design of activities that include regular meetings to establish a professional network, share opportunities of mutual interest, participate in webinars provided by Women's Network and SEG, as well as provide and receive advice for the preparation of CVs, scholarships and grants.
The activities we have carried out until now are:
“Forum: Women in Geosciences”
On April 28, we held our first activity called "Forum: Women in Geosciences" where the invited panelists Ana Curcio and Raquel Villegas shared their experiences about their professional development and their relationship in the field of research.
“Coffee Talk”
The June 8th we held our second activity called "Coffee Talk" in which our guest was Sofia Manusakis. Sofia is a student of Geological Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), and a Speaker and Foreign Trade Analyst. She told us about her experiences related to the search of what she is passionate about and the difficult challenges she had to face in her career and how she solved them.
The live can be watched on the SEG Women's Network Students on YouTube.
By Isabela Albuquerque
SEG Women’s Network is a community part of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG). SEG WN is a social and civic, non-profit organization, founded in 2011 whose mission is to promote gender diversity and equality, amplify women's stories in geophysics and related fields; in addition to promoting positive examples for future generations of women, by celebrating their achievements and efforts.
In early 2021, the Brazilian student chapter of the SEG Women's Network was founded. Our mission is to empower and highlight the profiles of geoscientist women in Brazil.
So far, the SEG Women’s Network Brazil Student Chapter has organized the following activities:
Women in Geosciences
On March 17th and 18th we had our first event, in honor of the women's month, Women in Geosciences, organized in partnership with the SEG chapters at UERJ and National Observatory, and with support
from the Brazilian Geophysical Society (SBGf) and the NGO Cais Mentoria.
The event had two round tables, the first on how the profession in geosciences has changed over the years and the second with professionals from academia and industry talking about the differences they found.
At the tables, we had the participation of 10 fantastic women and professionals and the tables were mediated by the student chapter leaders, Odette Aragão e Isabela Albuquerque.
Study abroad: Opportunities in Geophysics
The event Studying abroad: Opportunities in Geophysics brought together Brazilian graduate students who have studied or are studying in other countries to share their experiences and help other students who want to follow the same path.
The event had four editions with masters and PhD students in Europe, North America and Oceania.
More information about our events can be found on our website and Instagram profile.
MSc students in Europe
Round table “How the profession has changed over the years”
Round table “Different perspectives: industry and academia” PhD students in North America
PhD students in Europe
PhD students in Oceania
