About me

I obtained a PhD degree with the focus on Geophysics in May 2019 from University of South Florida, Tampa. I have an MSc degree from University of Tehran and a BSc degree in Physics. I am interested in Radar, LiDAR, geophysics, geosciences, subsurface monitoring, modeling, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and also machine learning and automation. Since 2009 I have been involved in different scale exploratory projects at different parts of the world. Projects that I have been involved in cover wide range of subsurface exploration/monitoring related areas from engineering to geology, volcanology and planetary sciences. Utility mapping and monitoring, void and tunnel exploration, wetland monitoring, mineral exploration and heydrological studies are among the projects that I have worked on. I am interested in developing methodologies (theory) and applications of scientific tools. For the list of projects, publications and patents please scroll down. Should you Have collaborative ideas or questions or simply want to connect, please don't hesitate to contact me at 'sajad[dot]jazayeri[at]gmail[dot]com'

GEODES Project

Geophysical Exploration Of the Dynamics and Evolution of the Solar System (GEODES). This project will use geophysical modeling and laboratory techniques to characterize the overall evolution, stability, and volatile content of the Moon and asteroid subsurfaces. For further information on this project please visit GEODES website .

TubeX Project

Exploration strategy development of lava tubes on the surface of planetray bodies including Moon and Mars. For further information on this project please visit TubeX website .

SBD Project

Development of a Sparse Blind Deconvolution method for GPR data.

FWI for GPR data, utility modeling Project

Development of an advanced Full Waveform Inversion methods for GPR data.

Automatic object detection Project

Statistical Approaches to Underground object detection using Ground Penetrating Radar Signals.

Publications

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• Journal publications

C. M. Downs, S. Jazayeri. (–) Eigenimage Filtering of GPR Data for Improving Deconvolved Impulse Response Estimates. In: The Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Under-review.

S. Esmaeili, S. Kruse, S. Jazayeri, P. Whelley, E. Bell, J. Richardson, W. B. Garry, K. Young. (2020). Resolution of Lava Tubes with Ground Penetrating Radar: TubeX project. In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2019JE006138. DOI: 10.1029/2019JE006138 Direct DOWNLOAD

S. Jazayeri, S. Kruse, M. Hassan, N. Yazdani. (2019). Reinforced Concrete Mapping Using Full-Waveform Inversion of GPR Data. In: Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier. Volume 229, 117102. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117102 Direct DOWNLOAD

A. Saghafi, S. Jazayeri, S. Esmaeili, C. P. Tsokos. (2019). Real-time object detection using Power Spectral Density of Ground Penetrating Radar Data. In: Structural Control and Health Monitoring, Elsevier, 26:e2354. DOI: 10.1002/stc.2354 Direct DOWNLOAD

S. Jazayeri, N. Kazemi, S. Kruse. (2019). Sparse Blind Deconvolution of Ground Penetrating Radar data. In: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 57 , Issue 6, pp. 3703-3712. DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2018.2886741 Direct DOWNLOAD

S. Jazayeri, A. Saghafi, S. Esmaeili, C. P. Tsokos. (2019). Automatic object detection using dynamic time warping on ground penetrating radar signals. In: Expert Systems With Applications, Elsevier, Vol. 122, pp. 102-107. DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2018.12.057 Direct DOWNLOAD

S. Jazayeri, A. Klotzsche and S. Kruse. (2018) Improving estimates of buried pipe diameter and infilling material from ground-penetrating radar profiles with full-waveform inversion; Geophysics, 83(4), H27-H41. DOI: 10.1190/geo2017-0617.1 Direct DOWNLOAD

M. Mirzai, M. Mohammad Zadeh, B. Oskooi and S. Jazayeri. (2014). Processing and interpretation of ground magnetic data corresponding to geothermal resources using Euler and AN-EUL method, North-East of Mahallat; Journal of the Earth and Space Physics 39(4):93-96. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4810.2480

S. Esmaeili, M. K. Hafizi and S. Jazayeri. (2013). Inspection of changing processing parameters in GPR data interpretation; Journal of the Earth and Space Physics 38(4):131-143. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4810.2480

S. Jazayeri and B. Oskooi. (2011). Depth Estimation of Ground Magnetic Anomalies using Standard Euler Deconvolution in the Reshm area, Semnan; Journal of the Earth and Space Physics 2(37):33-43.

• Peer-Reviewed Extended Abstracts

S. Esmaeili, S. Jazayeri, S. Kruse, E. Bell, P. Whelley, J. Richardson, K. Young, W. B. Garry. (2020). Mapping lava tubes with ground penetrating radar. In: SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2020. pp. 1940-1944. DOI: 10.1190/segam2020-3424513.1

C. M. Downs, S. Jazayeri, L. Collins and T. Doering. (2020). Joint Application of High-pass Eigenimages and Sparse Blind Deconvolution for Improved Reflectivity Models of Historic Graves. In: 18th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2020). pp. 340-343. Society of Exploration Geophysicists. DOI: 10.1190/gpr2020-089.1

S. Jazayeri, S. Kruse. (2020). Utility and steel reinforcing bar mapping with full-waveform inversion of Ground Penetrating Radar data. In: 18th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2020). pp. 144-147. Society of Exploration Geophysicists. DOI: 10.1190/gpr2020-040.1

S. Esmaeili, S. Kruse, S. Jazayeri, S. Alfred, P. Whelley, E. Bell, J. Richardson, W. B. Garry, K. Young. (2020). Modeling of the GPR response to lava tubes on the Earth, Moon, and Mars. In: 18th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2020). pp. 428-431. Society of Exploration Geophysicists. DOI: 10.1190/gpr2020-111.1

S. Kruse, S. Esmaeili, S. Jazayeri, S. Alfred, L. Courtland, E. Gallant, K. Grady-Weil, D.Molisee, P. Whelley, E. Bell, J. Richardson, K. Young. (2020). Highs and Lows: Using GPR to map cinder cones, lava flows, and lava tubes on Earth to support studies of the Moon and Mars. In: 18th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2020). pp. 432-435. Society of Exploration Geophysicists. DOI: 10.1190/gpr2020-112.1

C. M. Downs, T. Robinson, G. Speed, J. G. Garcia, N. Garcia, N. Collins, T. Doering, S. Landry, D. Eilers, S. Jazayeri, S. Esmaeili, S. Kruse, H. Kiflu. (2019). Spatial and temporal imaging of a cover-collapse sinkhole in west-central Florida through high resolution remote sensing and geophysical techniques. In: 16th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst 2020, Puerto Rico. DOI: 10.5038/9781733375313.1034

A. Saghafi, S. Jazayeri, S. Esmaeili, C. P. Tsokos. (2019) Real-time anomaly detection using Dynamic Time Warping of GPR signals. In: SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2019. pp. 2873-2877. DOI: 10.1190/segam2019- 3211208.1.

S. Jazayeri, S. Kruse, I. Hasan and N. Yazdani. (2018). Sparse Blind Deconvolution and Full-Waveform Inversion of Surface GPR Data, an Engineering Example. In: SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2018. pp. 5482-5486.

S. Jazayeri, A. Ebrahimi and S. Kruse. (2017). Sparse Blind Deconvolution of Common-offset GPR data. In: SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2017. pp. 5140-5145. doi:10.1190/segam2017-17791251.1

S. Jazayeri, and S. Kruse. (2016). Full-waveform inversion of ground penetrating radar (GPR) data using PEST (FWI-PEST method) applied to utility detection. In: SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2016. pp. 2474-2478. doi:10.1190/segam2016-13878165.1

M. Mohammad Zadeh, B. Oskooi, S. Jazayeri and M. Mirzai. (2012). Magnetic Studies in the areas with geothermal potentials. In: 16th symposium of geological society of Iran.

M. Mohammad Zadeh, B. Oskooi, and S. Jazayeri. (2012). Magnetic studies for geothermal exploration in Mahallat, Iran. In: International geophysical conference and oil & gas exhibition. Istanbul, Turkey.

B. Yousefi, S. Esmaeili and S. Jazayeri. (2010). Migration and instantaneous phase combination to detect hidden culverts in GPR data. In: 16th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Near Surface 2010. Zurich, Switzerland. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3499.5287

• Abstracts

P. Whelley, D. Crown, E. Bell, W. B. Garry, K. Young, J. Richardson, S. Jazayeri, S. Esameili, (2020, December), Considerations for Lava Tube Exploration. In AGU Fall Meeting 2020. AGU.

C. Downs, S. Jazayeri, (2020, December), Separating Target Response from Surface Feature Ringing with Eigenimage Filtering and Sparse Blind Deconvolution. In AGU Fall Meeting 2020. AGU.

B. Ghent, N. Schmerr, J. Richardson, S. Jazayeri, S. Kruse, D. Richardson, J. DeMartini, M. Siegler, P. Whelley, K. Young and The GEODES SSERVI team, (2020, December), Integrating Near-Surface Geophysics and Planetary Science: The GEODES Project Provides a Blueprint for Multi-Scale and Multi-Technique Geophysical Exploration and Resource Identification Beyond Earth. In AGU Fall Meeting 2020. AGU.

C. Downs, S. Esmaeili, S. Jazayeri, S. Alfred, P. Whelley, S. Kruse, J. Richardson, W. B. Garry, k. Grady-Weil, (2020, December), The Video Helps”: Examples of animations that illustrate ground-penetrating radar wave behavior. In AGU Fall Meeting 2020. AGU.

Esmaeili, S., Kruse, S., Jazayeri, S., Grady-Weil, K., Alfred, S., Whelley, P., ... & Young, K. (2020, December). Developing a data library for GPR responses to lava tubes. In AGU Fall Meeting 2020. AGU.

Kim, D., Lekic, V., Schmerr, N. C., Richardson, J. A., Bell, E., Jazayeri, S., ... & Ghent, R. R. (2020, December). Towards Joint Inversion of Geophysical Datasets in Planetary Analog Studies. In AGU Fall Meeting 2020. AGU.

S. Esmaeili, S. Jazayeri, S. Kruse, P. Whelley, E. Bell, J. Richardson, W. B. Garry, K. Young. (2019). Optimizing ground penetrating radar (GPR) Imaging of Lava Tubes: TubeX results on full waveform imaging and exploration strategies, AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco.

C. M. Downs, S. Jazayeri. (2019). Enhanced Ground Penetrating Imaging of Historic Graves Using Eigenimages and Reflectivity Models, AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco.

E. Bell, N. Schmerr, J. Bleacher, K. E. Young, R. Porter, P. L. Whelley, W. B. Garry, S. Kruse, S. Esmaeili, S. Jazayeri, J. Richardson, J. West, D. Pettit, S. Rees, (2019), Using Terrestrial Volcanic Feilds As An Analog For The Geophysical Characterization Of Potential Lunar Resources, Lunar In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) workshop 2019, Columbia, MD, 20–22 Feb.

S. Jazayeri, S. Kruse (2018), Automating Procedures in Initiating a Full Waveform Inversion Process of GPR data, Abstract (NS31B-0749) AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington, DC., 10–14 Dec.

S. Esmaeili, S. Kruse, W. B. Garry, P. Whelley, K. Young, S. Jazayeri, E. Bell. (2018). Migration of ground penetrating radar (GPR) data to image the floor of lava tubes floor; TubeX project, Abstract (P51E-2925) AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington, DC., 10–14 Dec.

S. Esmaeili, S. Kruse, W.B. Garry, P. Whelley, K. Young, S. Jazayeri, E. Bell.(2018).Assessing and optimizing GPR imaging of lava tubes: the TubeX project, Abstract (U11B-14 GPR) AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington, DC., 10–14 Dec.

K. E., Young, P. L. Whelley, S. Kruse, S. Esmaeili, S. Jazayeri, E. Bell, W. B. Garry, J. Richardson, J. E. Bleacher, N. Schmerr (2018), Using GPR, LiDAR, magnetometry, and in-situ geochemistry to develop a strategy for the exploration and characterization of lava tubes, Abstract (P31H-3799) AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington, DC., 10–14 Dec.

P. L. Whelley, W. B. Garry, K. E. Young, , S. Kruse, S. Esmaeili, S. Jazayeri, E. Bell, J. Richardson (2018), LiDAR surveys of lava tubes in Lava Beds National Monument, GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

K. E. Young, P. L. Whelley, S. Kruse, S. Esmaeili, S. Jazayeri, E. Bell, W. B. Garry, J. Bleacher, N. Schmerr(2018), Using GPR, LiDAR, magnetometry, and in-situ geochemistry to develop a strategy for the exploration and characterization of lava tubes, 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.

E. Bell, N. Schmerr, K. Young, P. Whelley, W. B. Garry, S. Kruse, S. Esmaeili, S. Jazayeri (2018), Characterization of lava tubes with magnetometry, 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.

S. Jazayeri, S. Kruse (2017), Development of FWI4GPR, an open-source package for full-waveform inversion of common-offset GPR data, Abstract (NS41B-0011) presented at 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA., 11-15 Dec.

P. Whelley, W. B. Garry, K. Young, S. Kruse, S., Esmaeili, S. Jazayeri, E. Bell, R. Paylor. (2017). Visualizing lava flow interiors with LiDAR, Abstract (T44D-04) presented at 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA., 11-15 Dec.

S. Esmaeili, S. Kruse, W. B. Garry, P. Whelley, K. Young, S. Jazayeri, E. Bell, R. Paylor. (2017). Resolution of lava tubes with ground penetrating radar: preliminary results from the TubeX project, Abstract (NS23A-0021) presented at 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA., 11-15 Dec.

S. Kruse, C. Bank, S. Esmaeili, S. Jazayeri, S. Liu, N. Stoikopoulos. (2017). SIGKit: Software for Introductory Geophysics Toolkit, Abstract (NS41B-0015) presented at 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA., 11-15 Dec.

E. Raines, T. Osborne, S. Jazayeri, and S. Kruse. (2017). Carbon cycle driven critical zone evolution in a terrestrial carbonate system. In: AGU-SEG Hydrogeophysics Workshop, Stanford, CA.

S. Jazayeri, S. Kruse, S. Esmaeili. (2015). Inversion of Attributes and Full Waveforms of Ground Penetrating Radar Data Using PEST, Abstract (NS41B-1941) presented at 2015 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco., 14-18 Dec. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.4810.2480

S. Esmaeili, S. Jazayeri, M. K. Hafizi. (2010). Detection and Depth estimation of Asphalt layers Using GPR method, 14th Iranian Geophysical Conference (IGC), Tehran, Iran.

S. Esmaeili, M. K. Hafizi, S. Jazayeri, M. Mohammadi Vizheh. (2010). 3D GPR data Process and Interpretation in archaeological studies in Kerman, Iran, 14th Iranian Geophysical Conference (IGC), Tehran, Iran.

S. Jazayeri, S. Esmaeili. (2010). Comparison Between results of Depth Estimation of Ground Magnetic Anomalies, Using Standard Euler Deconvolution and Located Euler Deconvolution, 14th Iranian Geophysical Conference (IGC), Tehran, Iran.

• Technical reports

S. Kruse, S. Jazayeri. (2016). Evaluating potential benefits of improved understanding of uncertainties associated with Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) data in Eastern Nebraska. 101 pp.

PATENTS

S. Jazayeri, S. Kruse. (2019). Precise Infrastructure Mapping Using Full-Waveform Inversion of Radar Signals. Filed Jun 27, 2018, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Non-Provisional patent number: 10,234,552 (granted on Mar 19 2019), Application Number: 16/020,665. See more.

A. Saghafi, S. Jazayeri, S. Esmaeili, C. Tsokos. (2019). Systems And Methods For Detecting Buried Objects. Filed Jun 28, 2018, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Non-Provisional patent number: 10,175,350 (granted on Jan 8 2019), Application Number: 16/021,928. See more.

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