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The purpose of this paper is to share the experience gained in, and the efforts made toward, introducing and implementing a new course in the challenging and important ar...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to share the experience gained in, and the efforts made toward, introducing and implementing a new course in the challenging and important area of geophysical signal processing at the Electrical Engineering (EE) Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The new course, titled “Geo-Signal Processing,” was offered both at the graduate level and as a special topics course to undergraduates. The course was developed in collaboration with the Earth Sciences Department at KFUPM. This paper contributes new information because it stresses the multidisciplinary aspects of digital signal processing (DSP) technologies when applied to estimating the Earth's layered structure on the basis of seismic data. Unlike many Earth sciences seismic data processing courses, this Geo-Signal Processing course also emphasizes that the perspective taken by those working in DSP is different from that taken by geophysicists. The course presents DSP with particular emphasis on seismic data signals and the artifacts accompanying them while covering the principles and algorithms needed for processing seismic signals in both deterministic and statistical fashion. Topics include, but are not limited to, basic seismic theory, acquisition of seismic data, analysis of seismic signals and noise, deterministic filtering of seismic data, and statistical processing of seismic data.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Education ( Volume: 55, Issue: 3, August 2012)
Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Wail A. Mousa received the B.Sc. degrees (with honors) in electrical engineering and mathematical sciences and M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in 2000, 2001, and 2003, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics and electrical engineering from the University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., in 2006.
He was the first Saudi to be sponsored...Show More
Wail A. Mousa received the B.Sc. degrees (with honors) in electrical engineering and mathematical sciences and M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in 2000, 2001, and 2003, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics and electrical engineering from the University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., in 2006.
He was the first Saudi to be sponsored...View more
Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Wail A. Mousa received the B.Sc. degrees (with honors) in electrical engineering and mathematical sciences and M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in 2000, 2001, and 2003, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics and electrical engineering from the University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., in 2006.
He was the first Saudi to be sponsored by Schlumberger Dhahran Carbonate Research (SDCR), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, for a Ph.D. He was a Graduate Assistant with KFUPM, and was then promoted to Lecturer between 2000 and 2003. He then worked between 2003 to 2009 as a Research Scientist on applied signal processing for geology and geophysics at the SDCR. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor with the Electrical Engineering Department, KFUPM, teaching various signal and image processing courses and supervising students. He published his first patent in the US patent and trade office in March 2011, and his first coauthored book, titled Processing of Reflection Seismic Data Using MATLAB (Morgan & Claypool, 2011). His research interests include digital signal, image, and video processing and their applications in geophysics, geology as well as petro-physics, design and implementation of digital filters including wavefield extrapolation filters, image segmentation, pattern recognition and classification, and their applications related to geophysical and geological data.
Dr. Mousa is a member of many international and local professional organizations. In late 2006, he represented Saudi Arabia in the inaugural World Petroleum Council-Youth Committee (WPC-YC) and has been Chairman of the WPC-YC from June 2008 to December 2011. He has received many awards, including a letter of distinction from the CEO of Schlumberger in 2008 for his technical contributions to the company.
Wail A. Mousa received the B.Sc. degrees (with honors) in electrical engineering and mathematical sciences and M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in 2000, 2001, and 2003, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics and electrical engineering from the University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., in 2006.
He was the first Saudi to be sponsored by Schlumberger Dhahran Carbonate Research (SDCR), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, for a Ph.D. He was a Graduate Assistant with KFUPM, and was then promoted to Lecturer between 2000 and 2003. He then worked between 2003 to 2009 as a Research Scientist on applied signal processing for geology and geophysics at the SDCR. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor with the Electrical Engineering Department, KFUPM, teaching various signal and image processing courses and supervising students. He published his first patent in the US patent and trade office in March 2011, and his first coauthored book, titled Processing of Reflection Seismic Data Using MATLAB (Morgan & Claypool, 2011). His research interests include digital signal, image, and video processing and their applications in geophysics, geology as well as petro-physics, design and implementation of digital filters including wavefield extrapolation filters, image segmentation, pattern recognition and classification, and their applications related to geophysical and geological data.
Dr. Mousa is a member of many international and local professional organizations. In late 2006, he represented Saudi Arabia in the inaugural World Petroleum Council-Youth Committee (WPC-YC) and has been Chairman of the WPC-YC from June 2008 to December 2011. He has received many awards, including a letter of distinction from the CEO of Schlumberger in 2008 for his technical contributions to the company.View more