The Master's projects in below have been given by supervisors at the Department of Geosciences in the research group Geophysics.
Master project suggestions
Supervisors: Morten Jakobsen, Per Avseth (Dig Science)
Rock physics analysis of geophysical data from Mars
Supervisors: Morten Jakobsen, Adrian Florin Radu
Finite difference based wave simulation in porous media
Supervisors: Morten Jakobsen,
Synergier mellom seismikk og medisinsk ultralyd
Supervisors: Henk Keers,
Modeling and Inversion of Multiply Scattered Waves
Supervisors: Mathilde S酶rensen, Lars Ottem枚ller
Development of a ground motion prediction equation for Norway
Supervisors: Morten Jakobsen, Malte Sommer
Modelling of controlled-source electromagnetic data using fast integral equation methods
Supervisors: Lars Ottem枚ller, Dr. Felix Halpaap (Reach Subsea), St茅phane Rondenay
Local earthquake tomography between Bergen Arcs and Hardangerfjord shear zone
Supervisors: Henk Keers, , Martin Saraj忙rvi
Fast Ray Tracing and Imaging Using GPUs
Supervisors: Lars Ottem枚ller, Dr. Felix Halpaap
Earthquakes in Southern Norway
Supervisors: Henk Keers GEO, Dr. Martin Saraj忙rvi
Seismic Monitoring of CO2 Storage
Supervisors: Professor Morten Jakobsen, Dr. Sergey Alyaev
Elektromagnetiske metoder i borehullsgeofysikk
Supervisors: Henk Keers, Thomas Meier, Johannes Stampa, Sergei Lebedev
Structure and Dynamics of the Inner and Outer Core
Supervisors: Henk Keers, Thomas Meier, Johannes Stampa, Sergei Lebedev
Machine Learning and Modeling Techniques for Regional Seismology 鈥 An Application to Southern Europe
Supervisors: Henk Keers, Tora Myklebust
Marine Geophysics - Modeling and Full Waveform Inversion of Marine Seismic Data
Supervisors: Henk Keers
Modeling and Inversion of Ocean Acoustic Data for Climate Change
Final Exam in 2027
Student: Fernando Valentin Quintana Aguilar, Supervisor: Henk Keers
Joint inversion of seismic and gravity data
Student: Kaja Friis Ruud, Supervisor: Henk Keers
Analysis of Volcano Deformation Data with a Focus on Magma Chamber Dynamics and Cyclic Behaviour
Student: Justine Lubina, Supervisor: Henk Keers
High Resolution Mantle Tomography using Advanced Modeling Methods
Student: Jacob Andersen Sayed, Supervisor: Henk Keers
Anisotropic and Viscoelastic Full Waveform Inversion
Student: Herman Ellingsen, Supervisor: Henk Keers
Anisotropic and Viscoelastic Full Waveform Inversion
Student: 脜ste Instanes, Supervisor: Mathilde S酶rensen
Om strukturlyd knyttet til utbygging og drift av tunneler
Student: William Jalali, Supervisor: Morten Jakobsen
Development of an efficient scattering approach to seismic fullwaveform inversion for velocity and density variations
Final Exam in 2026
Student: William Jalali, veileder: Morten Jakobsen
Student: Ole 脜sgard, veileder:
Machine Learning and Full Waveform Inversion
Student: Amalie Sandsmark, veileder:
Machine Learning and Modeling Techniques for Regional Seismology - An Application to Southern Europe
Sudent: Helene Monsen, veileder:
Seismic Monitoring of CO2 Storage
Student: Sarah Hartmann, veileder:
Final Exam in 2025
Student: Marte Myrseth, veilder:
Seismic anisotropy beneath southwestern Norway
Student: Veronica Haugen, veileder:
Machine learning in ocean acoustic thermometry
Student: Kaja Danielsen, veilder:
High Resolution Tomography of the Central Mediterranean using Accurate Seismic Modeling
Student: Emilie Sofie Rong, veilder:
CO2 sequestration: Seismic characterization of potential CO2 leakage through compacting shales
Student: Pauline K. N忙ss, veilder:
Correlations of geothermal, electric and acoustic properties of subsurface rocks
Student: Emma B. Lorentzen, veileder:
The temporal evolution of soil water content in an unsaturated slope
Student: J酶rgen Greibesland, veileder:
Evaluation of landslide trigger mechanism through modelling
Studnet: Kine K.-J. Buen, veilder:
The Use of Automated picking of Regional Seismological Data in Inverting for Lithospheric Structure in Tectonically Active Regions; an Application to Italy
Student: Ingrid Elisabeth Fossedal, veilder:
Estimation of subsurface structures using pseudo-analytical full waveform inversion
Student: Alrik Frost, veilder:
Imaging and full waveform inversion using machine learning
Student: Christiane Gjertsen, veilder:
Monitoring of CO2 Saturation in Faults Using Joint Inversion of Seismic and Gravity Data
Student: Julie S. Herikstad, veilder:
Anisotropic Modelling and Full Waveform Inversion
Student: Andreas Skartveit, veilder:
Viscoacoustic Imaging and Full Waveform Inversion for Monitoring of Gas and Fluid Movement in Faults
Final Exam in 2024
Student: Stine Grindheim, veilder:
Fracture characterization and monitoring of underground CO2 storage
Student: Ole Sk氓r J酶sok, veilder:
Seabed Exploration for Massive Sulfide Deposits using Self-Potential data
Student: Alisher Khodjaev, veilder:
Fast integral equation methods for seismic wavefield modelling in complex media
Student: Alette Kleven, veilder:
Magma chamber dynamics and deformation of the Grimsv枚tn volcano (Iceland)
Student: Julia Henriksen Krogh, veileder:
Global Seismic Tomography
Student: H氓vard S酶rland Monstad, veilder:
Jordskjelv og massebevegelse i N忙r酶ydalen
Student: Laura N酶jgaard, veilder:
Student: Thor Robert Parmentier, veilder:
The development and propagation of liquid water content in the snowpack of various snow types
Final Exam in 2023
Student: Torstein Eide, veilder:
Rock physics based seismic modelling
Student: Oda Kleveland, veilder:
Monitoring of CO2 storage using stochastic inversion
Student: Kristina Vidstein, veilder:
Monitoring of CO2 using advanced seismic techniques
Student: Camilla Wikum, veilder:
Monitoring of underground CO2 storage and possible leakage
Student: Julie Svendsmark, veileder:
Effects of near-surface thawing of frozen surface sediments on the signatures of seismic surface waves
Final Exam in 2022
Student: Guney Dincturk, Veilder:
Prosessering og tolkning av SVALEX-seismikk
Student: Ingrid Haugland, veilder:
Prosessering og tolkning av SVALEX-seismikk
Student: Johanne Hestad, veilder:
Seismic time-lapse effects of CO2 sequestration with emphasis on carbon dioxide phase changes
Student: Tora Myklebust, veilder:
Accurate Monitoring of CO2 Storage
Student: Malin Nordstad, veilder:
Geophysical Characterisation of the Miravalles Geothermal Reservoir in Costa Rica.
Student: Elise Stordahl, veileder:
Geophysical Characterisation of the Miravalles Geothermal Reservoir in Costa Rica.
Student: Muhammad Usman, veilder:
Updating of geological surfaces during drilling by map migration
Final Exam in 2021
Student: Kristoffer Galtung, veilder:
Waveform Modeling for Ocean Acoustics
Student: Sondre K氓stad, veilder:
Seismisk monitorering av CO2-deponering p氓 Sleipner-feltet
Student: Halcyon Schepel, veilder:
Seismisk monitorering av CO2-deponering p氓 Sleipner-feltet
Student: Vegard Solheim, veilder:
Seismisk monitorering av CO2-deponering p氓 Sleipner-feltet
Student: Linea 脜gesen, veileder:
Prosessering og tolkning av SVALEX-seismikk
Student: Glenn Jensen, veilder:
Seismiske signaturer av geotermiske reservoarer
Final Exam in 2020
Synne Skaara: 鈥淧rocessing and interpretation of MCS data from Isfjorden鈥
Peter Makus: "A global set of S receiver functions to investigate mantle discontinuities beneath continents"
Geir W氓gen:
Final Exam in 2019
Andrei Ouglov: 鈥淧rocessing of MCS data from Isfjorden鈥
Audun Hitland: 鈥淓stimation of Landscape History Using Multiple In Situ Cosmogenic Isotopes; Quantification of Erosion Rates in Rendalss酶len in Norway鈥
Helga Kristine Sandve Indr酶y: 鈥淐omparison of a Classical PSHA and a Rupture Forecast for California鈥
Karina L酶viknes: 鈥淢easuring seismic station timing errors from ambient noise鈥
Kristina Smirnova: 鈥淧otential Seismogenic Faults in Norway鈥
Marianne J氓sund: 鈥淪imulation of seismic attributes for earth models with different continuity properties鈥
Regine Johansen: 鈥淐haracterization of a Geothermal Field Using Multiscale Travel Time Tomography 鈥 Study of the Miravalles Geothermal Field in Costa Rica鈥
Robin Andr茅 R酶rstadbotnen: 鈥淩elocating Earthquakes using Seismic Networks on Small Islands: Case Studies from Heimaey (Iceland) and Jan Mayen (Norway)鈥
Siri Catherine Vassv氓g: 鈥淢odelling temporal changes in the gravity 铿乪ld in the Nankai Trough Subduction Zone, Japan鈥
Thomas de Jonge: 鈥淎VO Inversion Using Data Assimilation鈥
Torbj酶rn Sletten Haga: 鈥淛ordskjelv som utl酶ser massebevegelser i Norge og stabilitetsanalyse av Preikestolen med seismisk last鈥
Final Exam in 2018
Anja Tveit: 鈥淣on-linear AVO Inversion鈥
Anette Ellingsen: 鈥淪eismicity and Crustal Structure in North Greenland鈥
Lucas Sawade: 鈥淕lobal common conversion point stacking and its applications鈥
Final Exam in 2017
Anne Drottning: 鈥淚nversion of teleseismic polarization data for crustal velocities in Norway鈥
Brede Hauge: 鈥淧rocessing and interpretation of MCS data from Isfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden鈥
Idunn Eng氓s: 鈥淚nterpretation of MCS data from Isfjorden鈥
Ildus Islamgulov: 鈥淔requency Selection Strategies for Full Waveform Inversion鈥
Maren Kjos Veim: 鈥淭he Cascadia Subduction zone: Kinky or not? An Implementation of a 2D Background Velocity Model in Teleseismic Scattered-wave Inversion鈥
Mari Farestveit: 鈥淎nisotropic Properties of a Mid-Lithospheric Discontinuity in Eastern North America鈥
Marie Eide Lien: 鈥淎nalysis of Magma Chamber Activity at Yellowstone from 2010 to 2017鈥
Marthe Fenne Vestly: 鈥淪ubmarine landslides in Norway鈥
Norunn Tj氓land: 鈥淒ouble-Difference Relocation and Empirical Green Function Analysis of Storfjorden Earthquakes鈥
Final Exam in 2016
Annie Elisabeth Jerkins: 鈥淪eismic Modeling for Geothermal Reservoir Characterization鈥
Hossain Mahmood Khan: 鈥淧rocessing of earthquake data and probabilistic seismic hazard assessment in Bangladesh鈥
Kristoffer Igland: 鈥淪patio-temporal evolution of earthquake swarms in the Nordland area of Norway鈥
Marte Mossige: 鈥淧rocessing and interpretation of MCS data from Isfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden鈥
Final Exam in 2015
Anders Haaland: 鈥淧rocessing and interpretation of MCS data from Isfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden鈥
Eric Willgohs Knudsen: 鈥淧rocessing and interpretation of MCS data from Isfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden鈥
Krister Moberg: 鈥淪eismic hazard of the Izmir region, Turkey, based on a probabilistic seismic hazard assessment and stochastic ground motion simulations鈥
Martine Johnsen: 鈥淪eismic hazard in Norway due to large earthquakes鈥
Sara Rezaei: 鈥淪eismo-tectonics of the Alborz Mountains from the analysis of local earthquake data鈥
Silje Storaker: 鈥淧rocessing and interpretation of MCS data from Isfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden鈥