Mauricio Sacchi, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics

Personal Website: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~msacchi/

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics
Email
msacchi@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-1060
Address
3-105 Centennial Ctr For Interdisciplinary SCS II
11335 Saskatchewan Drive NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Geophysics Inverse Problems Seismology


About

Education/Positions

  • BSc (1988), UNLP, Argentina
  • Ph.D. (1996), UBC, Canada
  • Assistant Professor, UofA, 1997-2001  
  • Associate Professor, UofA, 2001-2005
  • Professor, UofA, 2005-
  • Chair of Physics, UofA, 2010-2015
  • Chair of Physics, UofA, 2016-2021
  • Editor-in-chief, Geophysics, 2015-2017
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2020-

Recognitions


Research

In collaboration with graduate students, I have been researching in the area of statistical and transform methods for seismic data processing, waveform imaging and inversion in applied and global seismology. Over the past ten years, we have become recognized for the development of algorithms for multi-dimensional seismic data reconstruction, de-noising and the application of sparsity promoting methods to seismic data processing. We are currently studying problems of optimal acquisition design for simultaneous source acquisition, imaging, and full waveform inversion.


Teaching

  • GEOPH 326 (Introduction to Seismic Imaging) Winter 2019
  • PHYS 699 (Advanced methods for geophysicists) Winter 2019
  • GEOPH 326 (Introduction to Seismic Imaging) Winter 2018
  • GEOPH 326 (Introduction to Seismic Imaging) Winter 2017
  • PHYS 699 (Full waveform inversion) Winter 2017

Courses

GEOPH 426 - Signal Analysis in Geophysics

Application of time-series analyses and image-processing techniques to large geophysical data sets; sampling and aliasing of signals; one- and two-dimensional Fourier transforms; the Z transformation; spectral analysis, filtering, and deconvolution; application of 1D and 2D filtering to geophysical data analysis, processing and decomposition. Prerequisites: MATH 311, GEOPH 326, PHYS 234 or equivalent. Note: credit may only be obtained for one of GEOPH 426 and GEOPH 526.


GEOPH 526 - Signal Analysis in Geophysics

Application of time-series analyses and image-processing techniques to large geophysical data sets; sampling and aliasing of signals; one- and two-dimensional Fourier transforms; the Z transformation; spectral analysis, filtering, and deconvolution; application of 1D and 2D filtering to geophysical data analysis, processing, and decomposition. Note: credit may only be obtained for one of GEOPH 426 and GEOPH 526. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.


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