Friday, December 6, 2013

United Kingdom:

Geothermal Energy PhD Opportunity in Scotland

A conceptual hydrogeological model for fault-related geothermal energy resources in northern Britain


The School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow is seeking a highly motivated graduate to undertake an exciting 3 year NERC CASE PhD project.

The project is co-sponsored by Cluff Geothermal Ltd and will be supervised by Professor Paul L Younger FREng

The School of Engineering of the University of Glasgow is seeking a highly motivated graduate to undertake an exciting 3-year PhD project entitled ‘A conceptual hydrogeological model for fault-related geothermal energy resources in northern Britain’ within the Systems, Power and Energy Division.

You will join the UK’s largest geothermal research team, comprising seven academic staff and five PhD students, with a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. The first supervisor will be Professor Paul Younger FREng, Rankine Chair of Engineering and Professor of Energy Engineering. The second supervisor will be Dr Daniel Koehn, a structural geologist in the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences. The industrial supervisor will be Dr Michael Feliks of Cluff Geothermal Ltd.

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