News
University hosts STEM in the pipeline
Pupils from Westhill, Aboyne, Alford and Banchory Academies visited the University to get an insight into the oil and gas industry and the opportunities in STEM : Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths careers within the industry. Teams of pupils were given a hands-on introduction to geology, drilling reservoirs, finance and process engineering. In their teams they will work with academic and industry menotors on a project which they will prevent in a grand final in December.
Alex Fordham from Chevron introduces different rock types to the teams (photo courtesy of the DeesidePiper).
The STEM in the Pipeline project is supported by BP, Chevron, E.ON Exploration and Production, ConocoPhillips and the University of Aberdeen. Colin North represented the department at the event.
September 2012
MSc by research opportunity
The Triassic Mudstones JIP has an opportunity for an individual to join the team to complete an MSc by research. To find out more click the title above to access the MSc advert.
September 2012
AAPG Student Chapter Success
The Aberdeen Student Chapter of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists has just been awarded the Outstanding International Student Chapter prize for 2012 - the first UK university to do so. AAPG has more than 30,000 student members in 146 chapters, so this is a significant award
April 2012
Vacancies
- Chair in Geophysics
- 2 further posts: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Geophysics
A key area of strategic investment in GPG, forming part of the University recruitment campaign.
Full details are at: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/thefuture/positions. Informal approaches to the chair of the search committee,
March 2012
PGR Poster success at TSG and BSRG
Emma Michie won the Best Poster award at the Tectonic Studies Group annual meeting in Edinburgh (4th – 6th January) with a poster entitled "Architecture of Fault Zones in Carbonates".
Luke Fairweather won the Best Poster award at the British Sedimentological Research Group annual meeting in London (18th – 21st December) with a poster entitled "Mass-transport deposit (MTD) internal structure; implications for MTD erosion and flow kinematics".
January 2012