Rice Departments
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science
Wiess School of Natural Sciences
Rice Clubs, Centers, and Institutes
AAPG, Rice University Chapter
SPE, Rice University Chapter
Center for Computational Geophysics
Other relevant organizations
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
- Houston Geological Society
- The Geological Society of America (GSA)
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
- Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
- American Geological Institute (AGI)
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- American Institute of Hydrology (AIH)
- American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)
- American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
- Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
- Association of American State Geologists (AASG)
- Association of Earth Science Editors (AESE)
- Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG)
- Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
- Central Geological Survey (CGS)
- Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS)
- Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU)
- Colegio de Geólogos de Chile
- Delft Organization of Geophysics Students (DOGS)
- Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft, (DGG) (German Geophysical Society)
- Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)
- European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)
- European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
- European Geosciences Union (EGU)
- Geological Society of America (GSA)
- Geological Society of India
- Geological Survey of China (GSC)
- Geological Survey of India
- Geologists' Association (GA)
- Geoscience Information Society (GSIS)
- History of Earth Sciences Society (HESS)
- International Association of Hydrogeologists/U.S. National Chapter (IAH)
- International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS/AISH)
- International Association of Planetary Sciences (IAPS)
- International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG)
- International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)
- International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS)
- International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
- International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)
- International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)
- Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU)
- National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists (NABGG)
- National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV, Italy)
- National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists (NSCSS)
- Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA)
- Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS)
- Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists (PAPG)
- Pittsburgh Geological Society (PGS)
- Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG)
- Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
- Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (RGSC)
- Saudi Geological Survey (SGS)
- Seismological Society of America (SSA)
- Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
- Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
- Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES)
- Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA)
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
RICE EARTH SCIENCE DEPARTMENT NEWS UPDATE:
The Energy Transition:
The global energy industry is evolving. Although petroleum-based technology is not disappearing, increasing recognition of the impacts of the resulting carbon emissions is leading to shifts in how we generate and use energy, chemicals, and materials, and the development of technologies for reducing carbon in the environment.
Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, are building rapidly, increasing global energy supply but introducing new challenges relating to energy storage and transport. The shift to electricity, e.g., derived from wind or solar energy, has led to rapid demand for mineral resources that can be used for battery storage and electrical parts. Geothermal energy is increasingly recognized as a low-emissions alternative source of energy that can be produced in different parts of the world. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a promising approach for removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it within the subsurface; utilization of the captured CO2 (CCUS) has re-emerged as scientific and technological interest.
These alternative sources of energy and solutions to increasing carbon intensity in the environment provide unique opportunities for scientists and engineers to apply their transferrable skills to the search for new energy sources, to develop new technologies to harness and utilize this energy and to recover and remove the products of energy usage, and to design sustainable systems for the long term.
The Rice Professional Masters Program is geared toward training both new students, and scientists, and engineers currently in the energy field how to retool their skills to join the global workforce in the areas of the Energy Transition.
The Energy Geoscience (formerly Subsurface Geoscience) program will offer a fourth focus area in Fall 2022 related to Energy Transition and Sustainability!
Building a Habitable Planet: From Environment To Energy - Visit here for more!
The world is more complex and interconnected than ever. Building a habitable planet in such a complex world requires that we train a new generation of students versed in whole Earth systems. The goal of Rice University’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences is to bring together the creative power of Houston’s energy, environmental, and space industries in the context of whole earth systems to make sustainable progress on the landscape of the environment and energy. Subsurface Geoscience students participate in various field trips to study the geological formation and get real hands-on field methods training!
Rice geologists study half-billion-year-old ‘time capsules’ on Texas ranch under the guidance of our own SG Program Director Dr. Andre Droxler: