Dear Colleagues,
Two professorships in exploration geophysics (one in petroleum and one in
minerals ) are being advertised by Curtin University of Technology. Please
pass the information below to to the attention of potential interested
parties.
Please forward applications, and suggestions of people who might be
interested to to John McDonald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with a
copy to Deirdre Hollingsworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Brian Spies
Director, CRC AMET
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CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR EXPLORATION
& PRODUCTION GEOPHYSICS
The Western Australian Department of Commerce and Trade has recently funded
the Department of Exploration Geophysics at Curtin University of Technology
to establish the Centre of Excellence for Exploration and Production
Geophysics. Professor John McDonald is the Foundation Director of this
Centre.
Fundamental appointments will be made in the Centre. In particular they
will include two appointments at the Associate Professor level, or above.
In addition, Post-Doctoral Fellows will be appointed.
PROFESSOR IN PETROLEUM GEOPHYSICS
This position is jointly supported by the Division of Petroleum Resources
of the CSIRO.
Candidates will have earned a PhD from an internationally recognised
geophysics program, and will have published widely in refereed journals. In
addition to academic credentials the appointee will have significant
business management capabilities.
Candidates must have a thorough knowledge of advanced imaging techniques,
particularly in 3D seismic, in improving the recovery of hydrocarbons from
known resources. Data from overseas have shown that improved imaging could
increase royalties to the State by between $5-12 million in five years time.
A major duty of the appointee will be to increase external revenue to the
Centre. It is expected that by 2003 industrial funding will exceed $400
thousand, research funding from other State and Commonwealth sources will
exceed $300 thousand and that contract funding will exceed $250 thousand.
The appointee will also be expected to improve the research productivity of
the Centre under the guidelines set forth by the Director.
The thrust of the Centre's educational program will be to increase the
numbers of students undertaking MSc and PhD degrees. It is expected that
much of this resource will come from overseas in the form of full-fee
paying students. The appointee will be expected to be very active in
recruiting postgraduate students, both nationally and internationally.
PROFESSOR IN MINERAL GEOPHYSICS
Candidates will have earned a PhD from an internationally recognised
geophysics program, and will have published widely in refereed journals. In
addition to academic credentials the appointee will have significant
business management capabilities.
Candidates must have a thorough knowledge of advanced exploration
techniques for ore body delineation. The aim is to locate economically
significant ore bodies and to define their extent and value in three
dimensions. This will necessitate the application of very high-resolution
techniques. It is estimated that a 1-2% improvement in the recovery of ore
bodies will result in an increase of $3-6 million in royalties to the
State by the year 2003.
A major duty of the appointee will be to increase external revenue to the
Centre. It is expected that by 2003 funding from the minerals industry will
exceed $100 thousand, research funding from other State and Commonwealth
sources will exceed $300 thousand and that contract funding will exceed
$250 thousand.
The appointee will also be expected to improve the research productivity of
the Centre under the guidelines set forth by the Director.
The thrust of the Centre's educational program will be to increase the
numbers of students undertaking MSc and PhD degrees. It is expected that
much of this resource will come from overseas in the form of full-fee
paying students. The appointee will be expected to be very active in
recruiting postgraduate students, both nationally and internationally.
POST DOCTORAL FELLOWS
The Centre will be appointing one or more Post Doctoral Fellows with
backgrounds either in petroleum or minerals research. Candidates will have
completed PhD degrees from internationally recognised geophysics programs,
and will show evidence of a publication record.
Research productivity, measured by papers and conference publications, will
be a key factor in evaluating Fellows after appointment. Industrial
consortia exist on both the minerals and petroleum sides of the Centre.
Companies become members of the consortia because they wish to maintain
contacts with leading-edge research, and publications are evidence of this
status.
In addition to their own activities Fellows will be expected to assist
with, and possibly supervise an increasing population of MSc and PhD
students in the Department of Exploration Geophysics.
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