Membership

The Affiliates Program is supported by corporate membership fees and is designed to facilitate the relationship between academia and industry. Members are entitled to the full range of benefits including invitations to all SESAAI Affiliates Program meetings, opportunity to support Ph.D. student research, and facilitated access to research programs, faculty, and graduate students.

Program Participants

Member companies represent a broad spectrum of industries. Although most of our research is targeted at improvements in the geophysical survey contracting industry, about half of our members and alumni are in the petroleum industry. The Affiliates Program is supported by corporate membership fees of $20,000 per year. Companies may provide additional funding to be used to support a particular area of research identified on our website. The director of the Affiliate Program will determine how the additional funding will be used in the program’s research. All research results arising from the use of the additional funding will be shared with all program members and the general public.

All SESAAI Memberships are subject to Stanford University Policies for Industry Affiliates Programs. All research results funded by our affiliates fees are shared with all program members and the public. 

Affiliate Program members may provide additional funding. All research results arising from the use of the additional funding will be shared with all program members and the general public. Affiliate Program members may request the additional funding be used to support a particular area of program research identified on the program's website, or the program research of a named faculty member, as long as the faculty is identified on the program website as participating in the Affiliate Program. In either instance, the director of the Affiliate Program will determine how the additional funding will be used in the program's research. 

Program Benefits

The benefits to our members are considerable:

Invitation to Annual Meeting and Workshops

Informal interactions between companies and Stanford researchers are augmented by meetings and workshops. These events provide members with opportunities to hear from experts at Stanford to address the variety of issues . Members will be exposed to ideas and technology which may impact their businesses in the future. These events are also networking opportunities.

Facilitated Engagement

While Stanford promotes openness in our research results and takes pride in the University’s role as a credible and impartial resource, Affiliates Programs can facilitate contact with Stanford researchers at a high level, targeted to areas that will best serve members' interests. 

SESAAI members may visit Affiliate companies on request. The site presentations and all information, data and results arising from such visitation interactions will be shared with all members and the public. 

Facilitated Grad Student Recruiting

The Affiliates Program’s regular meetings showcase PhD student research and provide ample opportunity for companies and students to meet in a relaxed environment.

Next Steps

Contact the Affiliates Program

The first step to becoming an affiliate member is to email Tina Jeon, SESAAI Program Manager, [Tajeon@stanford.edu] and request an invoice.