Arthur B Weglein - UH Physics Professor to

Receive Prestigious Fessenden Award

The Fessenden award was first given in 1961, when it was known as
the SEG Medal Award. It was changed in 19 to recogni!e the role
of "anadian inventor #eginald Fessenden as the originator of the
conce$t of reflection and refraction s%rve&ing in 191.
'niversit& of (o%ston $h&sics $rofessor Arth%r ). *eglein, whose
research has led to advances in the field of seis+ic e,$loration
technolog&, will receive the #eginald Fessenden Award on -ct. 1 at
the Societ& of E,$loration Geo$h&sicists. ann%al conference in
/enver.
*eglein is the (%gh #o& and 0illie1"ran! "%llen /isting%ished
'niversit& 2rofessor of $h&sics and director of the Mission1-riented
Seis+ic #esearch 2rogra+ 3M1-S#24 at '(.
M1-S#2 is a $etrole%+ ind%str& and federal govern+ent3 5SF1"MG,
/-E1)ES4 s%$$orted gro%$ of '( fac%lt& +e+6ers, researchers,
staff and grad%ate st%dents who are foc%sed on f%nda+ental
advances in seis+ic $rocessing and i+aging that will 6enefit the
energ& e,$loration ind%str&. M1-S#2 is ad+inistered and centered
in the $h&sics de$art+ent 6%t +entors st%dents in several
de$art+ents, incl%ding the de$art+ent of 2h&sics and the de$art+ent
of Earth and At+os$heric Sciences.
The gro%$.s goal is to +ore acc%ratel& locate and resolve i+ages of
what lies dee$ 6eneath the Earth.s s%rface and hel$ recover hard1to1
find oil and gas de$osits. #esearch cond%cted thro%gh the M1-S#2
has led to advances that have $la&ed a role in +a7or offshore oil
discoveries in the G%lf of Me,ico and elsewhere.
In writing the award citation for *eglein, #o6ert (. Stolt, a
$ree+inent e,$loration seis+ologist, said8 9Art is ver& +%ch a
theorist, tho%gh he alwa&s +anages to kee$ a toe di$$ed in realit&. At
a ti+e when +ost :research. is short ter+, Art.s hori!on is far awa&,
tho%gh he is never witho%t clear o67ectives.
9*here s%ccess is certain, an&one +a& go. Art has shown a
consistent willingness to swi+ in dee$ water, and has de+onstrated
his a6ilit& to do so,; Stolt wrote.
To know +ore on #ecognition < Awards, visit www.arth%rweglein.co+