Research Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
332A Brackett Hall
321 Calhoun Drive
864.656.5675
E-mail: sdewolf@clemson.edu
Ph.D. Oceanography (Applied Ocean Science), University of California San Diego, 2014
M.S. Earth Sciences (Geophysics), University of California San Diego, 2009
B.S. Physics, University of Wisconsin River Falls, 2007
B.S. Mathematics, University of Wisconsin River Falls, 2007
Classes | Publications | CV
Faculty Overview
Scott DeWolf is a Research Associate Professor at Clemson University with nearly two decades of experience designing, fabricating, and deploying optical fiber sensors for geophysical applications. His specialty is in measuring very high-resolution strains in boreholes with ruggedized embedded optical fiber systems for permanent field installations. Scott joined the HydroMechanics research group at Clemson University in 2014 as a postdoc where he developed several electromagnetic and optical fiber instruments for monitoring the strains and tilts associated with the injection of CO2 into the subsurface. The successes of this new optical fiber technology have led to over 6 million dollars of funding to develop the next generation of geophysical monitoring technologies.
Class Information
GEOL 4090/6090 Environmental and Exploration Geophysics (Spring 2019)
Selected Publications
Soheil Roudini, Lawrence C. Murdoch, Mohammad Shojaei, and Scott DeWolf, “Proxy-based Bayesian inversion of strain tensor data measured during well tests,” Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 100506, September 22, 2023. DOI: /10.1016/j.gete.2023.100506.
Lawrence C. Murdoch, Leonid N. Germanovich, William Slack, Michael Carbajales-Dale, Douglas Knight, Robert Moak, Clemence Laffaille, Scott DeWolf, Soheil Roudini, and Robert Moak, “Shal-low geologic storage of carbon to remove atmospheric CO2 and reduce flood risk,” Environmental Science & Technology, 57(23), 8536–8547, June 1, 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00600.
Lawrence C. Murdoch, Scott DeWolf, Leonid N. Germanovich, Stephen M.J. Moysey, Alexander C. Hanna, Soheil Roudini, and Robert Moak, “Using the shallow strain tensor to characterize deep geologic reservoirs,” Water Resources Research 59(2), e2022WR032920, February 2023. DOI: 10.1029/2022WR032920.
Michael S. Steckler, Bar Oryan, Carol A. Wilson, Céline Grall, Scott L. Nooner, Dhiman R. Mondal, Syed Humayun Akhter, Scott DeWolf, Steven L. Goodbred, “Synthesis of the distribution of subsidence of the lower Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, Bangladesh,” Earth-Science Reviews, 224, 103887, January 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103887.
Erin R. Dauson, Carly M. Donahue, Scott DeWolf, Liwei Hua, Lawrence C. Murdoch, Hai Xiao, and Paul A. Johnson, “Damage detection in a laboratory-scale wellbore applying Time Reversal and Nonlinear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy (TR NEWS),” NDT & E International, 126, 102573, March, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2021.102573.
Lawrence C. Murdoch, Leonid N. Germanovich, Soheil Roudini, Scott DeWolf, Liwei Hua, and Robert Moak, “A type-curve approach for evaluating aquifer properties by interpreting shallow strain measured during well tests,” Water Resources Research, 57(9), e2021WR029613, September 27, 2021. DOI: 10.1029/2021WR029613.
Liwei Hua, Xuran Zhu, Scott DeWolf, Jincheng Lei, Qi Zhang, Lawrence C. Murdoch, and Hai Xiao, “Phase demodulation by frequency chirping in coherence microwave photonic interferometry,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 27(2), pp. 1–9, March/April, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2020.2975575.
Awards and Honors
2013 Best Poster: Application, Fifth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors
2005 University of Wisconsin River Falls Ronald E. McNair Scholar
2005 Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society
