Grad Students Win SEG Challenge Bowl World Final

December 12, 2023

Thanks to graduate students Edward Clennett and Ethan Conrad, The University of Texas at Austin is the reigning world champion of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Challenge Bowl.

The international competition tests the general geosciences knowledge of university teams from across the world. The 2022 world finals were held online on Oct. 22, 2023.

Clennett and Conrad are doctoral students at the Jackson School of Geosciences. Together, they brushed aside the competition, comfortably taking first place and the $1,000 cash prize with 158 points, 35 points clear of their nearest opponent, the National University of San Juan in Argentina.

It was the first time UT has been crowned SEG Challenge Bowl World Champion.