Sebastian Thronberens honorary mention Bathurst

16.09.2019

In July 2019 Sebastian Thronberens received an honorary mention at the 16th Bathurst Conference for his conference contribution "Miocene to Pliocene reef demise or survival in the Browse Basin, NW Australia". Congratulations!

Hanaa Deik Outstanding Student Poster Award IAS

16.09.2019

In September 2019 Hanaa Deik received the "Outstanding Student Poster Award" at the 34th IAS Conference for her conference contribution "A test of the Limacina Dissolution Index (LDX) as proxy for aragonite saturation of surface waters at Site U1460, SW Shelf of Australia". Congratulations!

MOVE Petex Educational Licence Agreement

05.04.2019

We are glad to announce that we will continue to work with MOVE, a software considered the industry standard for geological 3D-modelling and structural analysis of the earth´s crust. Petroleum Experts Ltd. (Petex) donated 10 Move Software Licenses to the Geological Institute, RWTH Aachen University.

http://www.petex.com/products/move-suite/

The Educational Licence Agreement was recently concluded between the Geological Institute, RWTH Aachen University, and Petroleum Experts Limted (Petex), the technical market leader in the area of software engineering tools for oil and gas companies. Students and researchers at RWTH Aachen will be able to continue to study complex geological structures and processes with the MOVE software package, valued by ‎£ 1.334.160 (over € 1.500.000) and donated by the Scotland based Petroleum Experts Limited.

Video Series "Stone by Stone"

20.3.2017

As part of the "Explain it to me, RWTH!" video series, researchers and students from the Institute of Geology present different types of rock and provide insight into their specific properties and their formation history.  The videos are produced in collaboration with RWTH Aachen's Media for Teaching, MfL, service point and published weekly: LINK

ABC-J Oman field trip 2017

20.03.2017

Tweets on the ABC-J Oman field trip 2017: LINK

Article on the ABC-J field trip in the "Aachener Nachrichten": Aachener Zeitung 04.03.2017.pdf

Dr. Lars Reuning on board of research drillship JOIDES Resolution, IODP 356, Australia

IODP Expedition 365, drillship JOIDES Resolution: IODP http://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/indonesian_throughflow.html

Defense Bianca Biehl and Alexej Merkel

14.3.2016

Bianca Biehl and Alexej Merkel successfully defended their Ph.D. theses. Congratulations.

BMBF article Prof. Kukla on the topic "Energiewende aus der Tiefsee – Vision oder Illusion?"

24.11.2016

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Defense Hamed Fazlikhani

Hamed Fazlikhani successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations.

Dietrich Welte receives Sidney Powers Award

Dietrich Welte received at the annual meeting of the "American Association of Petroleum Geologists ' ( AAPG ), the highest scientific honor , the " Sidney Powers Award ". AAPG is with around 35,000 members worldwide the largest and most important international geoscience organizations. The eulogy says " ... the understanding of dynamic earth processes ( geoprocesses ) , and not only the detection of the static end result was the main research objective of Dietrich Welte . His pioneering scientific publications are classics. "

Congratulations! http://www.aapg.org/explorer/2012/10oct/awards1012.cfm

Energy Systems of the Future

Prof. Dr. Ralf Littke was elected as member of the working group "resources" of the programme "Energy Systems of the Future". This programme is a joint initiative of the German Academies of Science.