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UK: PhD Studentship in Geomechanics and Fluid Flowat, Heriot-Watt University

There is an opportunity to compete for funds to provide a PhD Studentship (fees and living costs) at Heriot-Watt Institute of Petroleum Engineering. The quality of the applicant will be an important factor in winning this competition. The decision will be taken in late June, aiming for a project start in October (with some flexibility).

This PhD study will focus on numerical simulation of the interplay between geomechanics and fluid flow in subsurface fractured systems, with application to oil/gas production, CO2 storage, and nuclear waste disposal.

A suitable candidate must have:

  1. formal training, at MSc, or BSc with Honours, or an equivalent experience level, in Applied Mathematics, Petroleum Engineering, Quantitative Geomechanics, and/or Hydrology;
  2. working experience with standard numerical methods (finite-element and/or finite-volume, etc) for solving PDEs of geomechanical and/or fluid flow problems, preferably in porous media;
  3. a minimal three-year experience using an object-orientated programming language, preferably C++;
  4. good oral and written communication skills in English.

The candidate will be selected via a competitive process in the Institute at first instance. The funding source is the (UK) EPSRC Doctorial Training Programme. The Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, UK will submit an application to EPSRC on behalf of the successful candidate. The project will be supervised by Dr. Gary Couples and Dr. Jingsheng Ma who can be contacted (Gary.Couples@pet.hw.ac.uk or Jingsheng.Ma@pet.hw.ac.uk) to express your interest and to discuss your qualifications.

It is essential that every applicant verify their eligibility for this programme (see http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PostgraduateTraining, under “Doctoral Training Accounts”). In practice, eligibility is restricted to UK citizens, and certain EU citizens who have been resident in the UK for a period of time.
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