Prof. CHENG Chuen Hon Arthur 鄭傳漢
Education
1978 | Sc. D. Geophysics | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
1973 | B.Sc. (with Distinction) Engineering Physics | Cornell University |
Academic Employments
2012 – present | Adjunct Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
2014 – 2021 | Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore |
1983 – 1996 | Principal Research Scientist, Earth Resources Laboratory, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT. |
Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Rock Physics
- Quantitative Reservoir Characterization
- Acoustic Logging
- Geomechanics
- Urban and Near Surface Geophysics
Honours and Awards
2022 | Honorary Fellow, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
2021 | Honorary Membership, Society of Exploration Geophysicists |
2016 | Society of Petroleum Engineer: SPE Formation Evaluation Award |
2015 | Society of Petrophysicists and Log Analysts: Distinguish Technical Achievement Award |
2013 | Life Membership, Society of Exploration Geophysicists |
Professional Activities
Current
Editor in Chief, Geophyscis |
President, Society of Exploration Geophysicists |
Past
2004 – 2008 | Visiting Committee, MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences |
2007 – 2009 | Board of Directors, SEG SEAM, 2007 – 2008: vice chair, 2009: chair |
1995 – 1996 | Member, Ocean Drilling Program JOIDES Downhole Measurements Panel |
1994 – 1995 | Member, Panel on the Review of Oil Recovery Demonstration Program of DOE, National Research Council |
1997 – 1999 | Member, Ocean Drilling Program JOIDES Scientific Measurements Panel |
Books
- Paillet, F.L., and C.H. Cheng, Acoustic Waves in Boreholes, 264 p., CRC Press, Florida, 1991
- Tang, X.M., and A.C.H. Cheng, Quantitative Acoustic Logging Methods, Elsevier, 2004
Selected Recent Publications
- Cheng, Arthur, Can We Ever Trust the Shear Wave Log, The Leading Edge, 278-284, 2015
- Too, Jun Lin, A. Cheng and P. Linga, Fracturing methane hydrate in sand, a review of current status, OTCAsia, OTC-28292, 2018
- Li, Yunyue Elita, Y. Du, J. Yang, A. Cheng, and X. Fang, Elastic reverse time migration using acoustic propagators, Geophysics, 83, 5, S399-S408, 2018
- Ma, Joseph H.Y., Y.E. Li, and A. Cheng, Dependency of flow and transport properties on aperture distributions and compression states, Geophysical Prospecting, 67 (4), 900 – 912, 2019
- You, Nan, Y.E. Li, and A. Cheng, Shale anisotropy model building based on deep neural networks, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125 (2), e2019JB019042. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2019JB019042, 2020