Prospective Students: Overview- The Reservoir Characterization Project is a group of 10-16 students from the geophysics, geology, and petroleum engineering departments. While the numbers vary with time, there are typically 4-6 PhD students and the remainder are MS students. We are looking for exciting and motivated students to join our group. Some of the advantages of working in RCP include: Broad range of research topics from theory to experimentation to application Close interaction with 20+ petroleum industry companies and personel Opportunities to work with other research consortia on campus Teamwork environment providing valuable experience Several opportunies to present and publish research at internal and external meetings Ability to work on projects directly related to the petroleum industry, future energy resources, and environmental problems creating diverse career opportunities We are currently seeking students for our Phase XII Project - Postle Field We accept a broad range of students from those fresh out of undergraduate school to those with several years of industry experience. During their graduate career, RCP students have several internship opportunites to gain even more experience and industry contacts. Upon graduation, RCP students have several job offers and have a reputation for being able to start making significant contributions to employers from the start (see the RCP Alumni page). If you are interested in learning more about RCP we encourage you to browse this website, and then contact Dr. Tom Davis. You can also inquire about attending one of our sponsor meetings held every Spring and Fall or visiting us anytime during the year. For a student's perspective of RCP and CSM, contact Trevor Stroker, a Masters student. General information about the Colorado School of Mines graduate program, including application materials, can be found at the school's prospective student website. Resources available in RCP: 12 SGI Workstations 2 PC's with Windows 2000 2 SGI Power Challenge Server 6 CPU Server 2 Dell Linux servers with over 1 TB of storage capacity Industry-standard software including Landmark Seisworks, Promax, Hampson-Russel, Jason, RC2, Stratamodel, VoxelGeo, Gocad, and Matlab Possible research areas: Acquisition and processing of multicomponent data Anisotropy analysis and interpretation Seismic attribute analysis and interpretation 3-D and 4-D visualization Fracture modeling, reservoir modeling, and reservoir simulation Practical and environmental issues concerning enhanced oil recovery and CO2 sequestration Cross-equalization, repeatability, and time-lapse analysis and interpretation Seismic data inversion including joint inversion of multiple wavefields Any other topic you can think of to make use of the most comprehensive seismic dataset in the world!