Alex HAKSO
2411 Palm Ave, Redwood City, CA 94061 · 425-418-2272 · ahakso@stanford.edu
EDUCATION
PhD Geophysics
Stanford University
GPA: 3.7
September 2012 - Present
Stanford, CA
B.S. Physics
Pepperdine University
GPA: 3.6
April 2012
Malibu, CA
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Earth Science Intern, Energy Technology
June 2015 – September 2015
Chevron
Houston, TX
Supervisor: Chang Li
• Pioneered first-of-its-kind experiment at Chevron synthesizing existing data collection/interpretation methods
• Delivered company-wide, global “tech talk,” garnering significant attention from multiple business units
Research and Technology Intern, Unconventional Resources
June 2014 – September 2014
Total Petrochemicals
Houston, TX
Supervisor: Jing Du
• Developed robust, interactive program for reading in data
• Performed statistical analysis with hundreds of GB of data to return critical results
Computational Geosciences Intern
June 2013 – September 2013
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA
Supervisor: Benjamin Liu
• Conducted analytical verification studies of large scale simulator performance
• Ran and analyzed parametric study to optimize operational strategy, utilizing thousands of cores
SELECTED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Lead Author/Presenter “High Density Seismic Interferometry at the El Jefe Geyser, Chile”
Co-authors: Jesse Lawrence, Kevin Seats
Presented: American Geophysics Union Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA)
December 2015
Lead Author/Presenter
October 2015
“Utilization of Microseismic Multiplets to Detect Velocity Changes During Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing” Co-­authors: Mark Zoback, Jing Du Presented: Society of Exploration Geophysics Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA) Co-author
June 2013 – September 2013
“The Effects of Rock Toughness on Growth Competition Between Closely Spaced Parallel Hydraulic Fractures”
Collaborators: Pengcheng Fu, Scott Johnson, Randy Settgast, Rick Ryerson
Accepted: SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2014 (The Woodlands, TX)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Expert with Linux/Unix/Windows/Mac
Expert with Fortran
Expert with MatLab
Expert with Microsoft Office Suite
Expert with R
Proficient with Mathematica
Proficient with C++
AFFILIATIONS
Stanford Rock Physics and Borehole Geophysics Project
Stress and Crustal Mechanics Research Group
Stanford Center for Induced and Triggered Seismicity
American Geophysical Union
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Society of Petroleum Engineers