Message from the Director | Sept. 2023

Message from the Director | Sept. 2023

As we step into the latter part of 2023, I’m pleased to share with you a series of accomplishments and developments that mark significant milestones in EGI’s ongoing journey. It’s been an eventful year for us, replete with achievements,...
Message from the Director | Sept. 2023

Message from the Director | February 2023

Greetings from the Energy & Geoscience Institute (EGI) for a safe and prosperous 2023! The world started getting back to ‘normal’ by late 2022. The energy business remained volatile due to the geopolitical events and due to challenges and bottlenecks created by...
Remembering Dr. Philip Wannamaker and Richard Esser

Remembering Dr. Philip Wannamaker and Richard Esser

Dr. Philip Ein Wannamaker | 1954 – 2022 EGI lost a friend and a brilliant scientist. On August 22nd, Phil Wannamaker suffered heart failure while presenting his scientific findings on UtahFORGE while on a Zoom call and died at EGI. Rather than paraphrase his...
C/2022 E3 (ZTF): A VISITOR FROM THE LAST ICE AGE

C/2022 E3 (ZTF): A VISITOR FROM THE LAST ICE AGE

Photo: Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passing close to NGC2591, December 27th, 2022. BY BRYONY RICHARDS, Ph.D. During the Upper Paleolithic, some 50,000 years ago, the Earth was still in a glacial period; megafauna (think Dire wolves, Smilodon, and Megatherium) roamed the...