Technical Program Topics

The 2021 Call for Additional Abstracts will open soon for a limited time only! 

All abstracts that were accepted for SAGEEP 2020 and the 1st Munitions Response Meeting will remain approved for the online conference in 2021. 

Authors will also be given the opportunity to update their submitted abstracts.

All presenters will be informed on the status of their presentation and options available via email.

The deadline to submit your abstracts is 14 December 2020, 23:59 hrs EST.


33rd Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems

1Geophysics in Hazard and Risk Evaluation
2Transportation and Infrastructure – Engineering, Monitoring & Evaluation
3Urban Geophysics
4Agricultural Geophysics
5UAS and Airborne Geophysics
6Ground Penetrating Radar Method
7Electrical Methods
8Electromagnetic Methods
9Seismic Body Wave Methods
10Analysis of Surface Waves Methods
11Geophysics in Renewable Energy - Exploration & Development
12Borehole Geophysics
13Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
14Archaeology
15Humanitarian Geophysics
16Hydrogeophysics
17Modeling and Inversion of Geophysical Data: Current State and Future Trends for Geophysical Software
18Managing Uncertainty and Data Mining in Geophysics
19Advances in Exploration and Mineral Geophysics
20Full Waveform Analysis
21Geophysics General Contribution
22Geophysics 2020: The Past and Future of Near Surface Geophysics
23Dams and Levees – Safety Investigation & Monitoring
24Applications to Risk Analysis and Risk-Based Design
25Instrument Innovations
26Optical Sensing – DAS, Thermal, LIDAR & Multi-spectral Sensing
27Lessons Learned: When Things Don’t Go as Planned


Special Sessions

1Induced Earthquakes:  Developments since the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Earthquakes of the 1960s
2Geophysical Methods for Dam Safety Investigation and Monitoring
3Correlating Geophysical and Geotechnical Parameters
4Proximal Soil Sensing using Geophysical Techniques
5The Enigmatic Crestone Crater - Part II
6Connecting the Surface to the Subsurface
7Applications in Geothermal Energy - Exploration & Development
8Historical Geophysics. Evolution of the Science
9Critical Zone Research
10Geologic Storage of CO2
11Current State of the Practice and Future Trends for Geophysical Instrumentation


1st Munitions Response Meeting

1Perspective on Munition Response
2DAGCAP - Project / Program Lessons Learned
3Risk Assessment for Explosives Hazards
4Applications for UAVs in Munitions Projects
5Site Application of Classification Technologies
6Innovative Applications of Geophysics on MMRP Projects
7Underwater Methods for MEC Detection and Classification
8Robotic Applications to MR
9Emerging Geophysical Sensors
10Alternative Positioning Systems
11Munitions Response Operations and Safety
12Data Useablility Assessment
13Underwater Munitions Response Operations
14MC Investigation
15Analog Geophysics
16Disposal Trench / OBOD (i.e. non firing range) Geophysics
17International Demining and UXO
18MMRP Cost Estimating