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APPLIED MATHEMATICIANS at EXXONMOBIL

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company has immediate openings for research scientists at our Corporate Strategic Research Laboratory. Our lab focuses on fundamental science that can lead to technologies having a direct impact on the oil and gas industry. Our facilities are centrally located in scenic Annandale, New Jersey, approximately one hour from both New York City and Philadelphia.

We are looking for creative, resourceful individuals to join our Engineering Physics group and develop novel methods aimed at solving large-scale, coupled partial differential equations, with a line of sight to wave propagation problems typically associated with imaging the earth sub-surface. The successful candidate will join a dynamic, multi-disciplinary group of world-class scientists who focus on performing breakthrough research and creating new approaches to solve our most challenging problems. Technical staff members in this position implement and report on independent research, participate in program development, as well as collaborate internationally with leading engineers and scientists from industry, universities, and other technical institutions.

Applicants should have a Ph.D. in applied mathematics, physics, engineering, geophysics, or a related field, with a strong ability to understand and solve large-scale numerical problems. Experience with parameter estimation and inverse problems is highly desired. Fundamental knowledge of the mathematics involved in solving the wave equation and familiarity with the discretization schemes used for numerical solution are also pre-requisites. Proficiency with scientific programming languages and experience with large-scale, parallel, numerical simulations are definite advantages. The ability to communicate and interact with internal and external groups will be an important selection criterion. Candidates should have a strong publication record, excellent oral presentation and writing skills and show a desire and ability to grow into new science areas.

ExxonMobil offers an excellent working environment and a competitive compensation and benefits package. Please submit your cover letter and resume to our website www.exxonmobil.com/ex and apply to Research Scientists. Additional information about these positions can be obtained by contacting Dr. Martin-D. Lacasse (martin.lacasse@exxonmobil.com).

CRI INRIA Paris

High Performance Simulation of Geological CO2 Storage Research context Geological CO2 storage is among the solutions widely studied to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and hence represents a major environmental issue. As usual in subsurface technologies, numerical simulation, coupled with parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis, plays a key role in CO2 storage studies and risk assessment, in order to cope with the locality and sparsity in space and time of the data.

The project sponsored by the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche brings together IFP, the Ecole des Mines de St Etienne, University Paris 13, BRGM and INRIA.

The objective of the project is to solve the difficulties arising in such simulations in order to handle real test cases for the study and risk assessment of CO2 storage sites. These simulations at reservoir and basin scales involve dozens of chemical species, a few millions of cells over a time range of roughly 1000 years. They couple the compositional Darcy flow of the three aqueous, oil and gas phases together with the kinetic reactions of precipitation dissolution of the minerals, and the chemical equilibrium of the species in aqueous phase. Postdoctoral researcher work description The postdoctoral fellowship is concerned with the algorithmic and numerical aspects of the simulation of reactive transport. This translates into the solution of a convection-diffusion PDEs, coupled with ordinary differential, and algebraic, equations. The system will be solved by a Newton-Krylov method, The postdoctoral fellow will

extend a coupled formulation designed for chemical equilibrium problems to the case of chemical kinetics. Particular care is needed to handle precipitation-dissolution equations;
design an efficient, matrix free, preconditioner for the Jacobian matrix, possibly based on an operator splitting approach;
study a globalization strategy based on trust region methods, in the context of inexact Newton methods;
implement the Newton-Krylov method in a parallel framework, in connection with a (separately developed) space-time domain decomposition method.

Desired profile PhD in scientific computing, applied mathematics or numerical fluid mechanics. A prior experience with parallel computing and good programming skills (C++) are strongly desired.

Location: CRI INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt, Yvelines (78), France Salary: 2,350 euros gross per month (Including medical expenses). Duration: 12 to 24 months, starting October 2008. Contact: Michel Kern, research scientist, Michel.Kern@inria.fr

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Mathematics

The Mathematics Department at North Carolina State University invites applications for up to three tenure-track, rank-open, positions beginning Fall 2009. We seek individuals whose research focuses on interdisciplinary mathematics. Two focus areas are applications to energy and the environment. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in the mathematical sciences, a record of successful postdoctoral experience, experience in interdisciplinary research, and a commitment to effective teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Senior-level applicants must demonstrate a strong record of grant support and advising of Ph.D. students. The Department of Mathematics has strong research programs in both applied and pure mathematics. Many members of the department lead interdisciplinary research programs at both the local and national levels. More information about the department can be found at http://www.math.ncsu.edu.

To submit your application materials, go to www.mathjobs.org/jobs/ncsu. Include a vita, at least three letters of recommendation, and a description of current and planned research. You will then be given instructions to go to http://jobs.ncsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=81073 and complete a Faculty Profile for the position. Write to math-jobs@math.ncsu.edu for questions concerning this position.

NC State University is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. In addition, NC State welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation. The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences welcomes the opportunity to work with candidates to identify suitable employment opportunities for spouses or partners. Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2008.

FACULTY POSITIONS IN COMPUTATIONAL EARTH SCIENCES & ENGINEERING

The KAUST-UT Austin Academic Excellence Alliance, a partnership between the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for faculty positions at KAUST within the area of Computational Earth Sciences and Engineering. We seek outstanding scientists to fill at least 10 faculty positions across all ranks (assistant, associate, and full professor) at the new KAUST campus on the Red Sea in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.

KAUST (http://www.kaust.edu.sa) is being established as a world-class international graduate-level science and technology research university dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement in the Kingdom that will also benefit the region and the world. The KAUST mission emphasizes research on applications of science and technology to problems of human need, social advancement, and economic development, in collaboration with leading universities around the world. KAUST is dedicated to a respect for diversity and the highest standards of merit-based opportunity, and seeks the finest students and faculty without regard to nationality, gender, or religious belief.

KAUST is an independent university that is governed by a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees and supported by a multi-billion dollar endowment. It reinvents the modern research university by establishing advanced research institutes that focus on interdisciplinary problems as the central organizing unit, and offering only graduate (M.S. and Ph.D.) degrees. The four initial research institutes are: Resources, Energy and Environment; Biosciences and Bioengineering; Materials Science and Engineering; and Applied Mathematics and Computational Science. KAUST's new 36 million square meter state-of-the-art campus in Thuwal (80km north of Jeddah) will open its doors to students in Fall 2009. The campus includes a seaside town with housing, shops, schools, and numerous recreational amenities.

The KAUST-UT Austin Alliance was formed to help build a research program at KAUST in Computational Earth Sciences and Engineering. Research areas of interest include modeling and simulation in seismology and geophysics; subsurface flow and transport; geomechanics; carbon sequestration; hydrology and water resources; geochemistry; climate, ocean, and earth systems; and reservoir and regional environmental systems, in addition to advanced mathematical and computational techniques for the earth sciences, including multiscale modeling and discretization, parallel solvers, inverse problems, data assimilation, and uncertainty quantification. The Academic Excellence Alliance will facilitate collaboration among faculty, researchers, and students at the two universities via short- and long-term visits and support for collaborative research projects between KAUST faculty and UT faculty from ICES, the Jackson School of Geosciences, and the Cockrell School of Engineering. In particular, KAUST faculty will have the opportunity to spend up to a year in residence as Visiting Fellows at UT-Austin prior to the opening of the campus in 2009.

We are seeking faculty with an ability to build world-class research programs, depth in one or more of the above earth science areas as well as in mathematical and computational techniques, interests in conducting research on interdisciplinary societal problems in a collaborative environment, and an ability to teach graduate courses in fundamental earth science areas as well as in computational methods.

The unrivaled resources available to KAUST faculty--including security of research funding, state-of-the-art laboratories, a petascale computing facility, assured support for graduate students, postdocs, and technicians, generous travel allowances, and world-class salaries and benefits--offer the opportunity to focus on building leading research programs without the uncertainties and overheads experienced elsewhere. To apply for a faculty position, please send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching experience and interests, and contact information for at least four references to kaust-aea@ices.utexas.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately, and will continue until all positions are filled.

Questions may be directed to Professor Omar Ghattas, Director of the KAUST-UT Austin AEA, at kaust-aea@ices.utexas.edu.

Omar Ghattas

John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Computational Geosciences

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+APPLIED MATHEMATICIANS at EXXONMOBIL
+ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company has immediate openings for research scientists at our Corporate Strategic Research Laboratory. Our lab focuses on fundamental science that can lead to technologies having a direct impact on the oil and gas industry. Our facilities are centrally located in scenic Annandale, New Jersey, approximately one hour from both New York City and Philadelphia.
+We are looking for creative, resourceful individuals to join our Engineering Physics group and develop novel methods aimed at solving large-scale, coupled partial differential equations, with a line of sight to wave propagation problems typically associated with imaging the earth sub-surface. The successful candidate will join a dynamic, multi-disciplinary group of world-class scientists who focus on performing breakthrough research and creating new approaches to solve our most challenging problems. Technical staff members in this position implement and report on independent research, participate in program development, as well as collaborate internationally with leading engineers and scientists from industry, universities, and other technical institutions.
+Applicants should have a Ph.D. in applied mathematics, physics, engineering, geophysics, or a related field, with a strong ability to understand and solve large-scale numerical problems.
+Experience with parameter estimation and inverse problems is highly desired. Fundamental knowledge of the mathematics involved in solving the wave equation and familiarity with the discretization schemes used for numerical solution are also pre-requisites.  Proficiency with scientific programming languages and experience with large-scale, parallel, numerical simulations are definite advantages. The ability to communicate and interact with internal and external groups will be an important selection criterion. Candidates should have a strong publication record, excellent oral presentation and writing skills and show a desire and ability to grow into new science areas.
+ExxonMobil offers an excellent working environment and a competitive compensation and benefits package. Please submit your cover letter and resume to our website www.exxonmobil.com/ex and apply to Research Scientists.  Additional information about these positions can be obtained by contacting Dr. Martin-D. Lacasse (martin.lacasse@exxonmobil.com).
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