Shell-MIT Postdoctoral Research in Energy

Objectives:
Shell, a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies, has joined forces with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to address the energy challenges of the future. We seek applications for a postdoctoral researcher to pursue energy research at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts with MIT faculty on a Shell-sponsored research project. The goal of the project is to examine applications of compressive sensing and machine learning methods to geophysical and petroleum engineering problems. This postdoctoral candidate will focus specifically on applications of these methods to estimating reservoir fluid flow parameters given observations in drilled wells.

Application due date: November 22, 2013.

Eligibility Requirements:
*   Ph.D. and excellent academic record
*   Strong background in one or more of the following fields:
     •  Petroleum and reservoir engineering
     •  Control theory
     •  Data assimilation
     •  Statistical inference, probability theory
     •  Numerical methods


We seek candidates with demonstrated experience and interest in energy research; an excellent academic record; and academic background in the appropriate field(s) specified above. Candidates should have interest in integrating the following focus areas of the current project into their research: machine learning; compressive sensing/sparse approximations; convex optimization. Successful candidates should have received their Ph.D. within three years of the post-doc start date. Postdoctoral Researchers must be in residence in Cambridge and must participate in Shell-MIT Postdoctoral Researcher activities coordinated by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI).

Applications should be submitted directly to the MIT Energy Initiative. Program description and application information can be found at http://mitei.mit.edu/shell-mit-postdoc

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