Stillingstittel:
Professor/Associate Professor in Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics (Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation) (IVT-39/16)

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

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Jobbnorge ID: 122124

The Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics (IPT) at the Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) announces the following vacant Professorship/Associate Professorship in Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation. The department currently has 30 professorships (including 15 adjunct professors), 10 associate professors (including 5 adjunct associate professors) and about 60 postdocs and PhD research fellows.

 

The Department includes the disciplines drilling technology, petroleum production, reservoir engineering, geophysics and petrophysics.

 

The prime responsibility for the position is research and teaching in the field of petrophysics and formation evaluation. Particularly the integration of well data, including well logs and laboratory core data, in the study of subsurface geology and reservoir properties. The professor/associate professor will also supervise Master and Doctoral students in this field. In the first 5 years the position will be sponsored by Statoil, and the professorship will mainly focus on research and PhD courses.

 

The successful applicant must document extensive qualifications and scientific expertise in one or more areas within the field of petrophysics and formation evaluation. The applicant's ability to initiate and supervise research work will be emphasized.

 

Weight will be placed on pedagogical skills. The evaluation of the candidate will be based on documented pedagogical material, including pedagogical education/training, the presentation of academic work, experience from supervising masters-level students and doctoral candidates, and teaching as well as other pedagogical matters. The evaluation will consider both the quality and the scope.

 

Academic staff who are employed without having a formal pedagogical qualification in university-level teaching and are unable to document equivalent qualifications, are required to successfully complete a recognized course that gives a pedagogical qualification in university-level teaching within two years of taking the appointment. The University offers such courses.

 

The applicants that have been short-listed will be invited for interviews and a demonstration of their pedagogical ability, usually in the form of a trial lecture.

 

The professor/associate professor is obliged to follow the regulations that concern changes and developments within the discipline and/or the organizational changes concerning activities at the University. The appointment is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants.

 

It is assumed that newly-employed staff in academic positions who do not already master a Scandinavian language are to obtain within three years knowledge of Norwegian or another Scandinavian language at an equivalent standard to level three in the Norwegian for Foreigners courses provided at the Department of Applied Linguistics. The University provides such courses.

 

NTNU would like to increase the percentage of female scientists in academic positions, and its policy is outlined in its equal opportunities plan. The following initiatives are relevant here: Start package for women in male-dominated fields. Qualification scholarships and mentor program for women in academic positions.

 

The position adheres to the Norwegian Government's policy of balanced ethnicity, age and gender. Persons with immigrant background are encouraged to apply.

 

The position as associate professor follows code 10

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelig

Arbeidsgiver adresse: 7491 TRONDHEIM

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Sør-Trøndelag

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år