Wanted: Good PhD
students in Petroleum Management
Are you interested in studying for a PhD in Petroleum Management and
Decision Analysis? In the Petroleum
Management and Decision Analysis program at the
Personally, I have found that I greatly enjoy working with good PhD students, and that collaboration with students can be tremendously valuable. Good students can use their emergent talents and skills to leverage a busy faculty member's research capabilities. All of the faculty in the petroleum engineering department are involved in interesting research that can benefit from collaboration with PhD students. Research topics that are currently of interest to me are development of models and processes for improved asset/project economic valuation and decision-making under uncertainty including real option valuation and the value of learning and flexibility, psychological (cognitive science) aspects of judgment and decision-making, relating shareholder (owner) value to corporate performance metrics and evaluation/decision-making processes and tools, and portfolio analysis, optimization and management. If topics like these interest you, I may be able to help you identify and develop a strong program of research.
But first you have to decide whether a PhD is for you. For those who are
genuinely intellectually curious, research can be most rewarding! However, it
is not for everyone. If you think you might be well suited and are interested
in decision making, there are several alternatives. One possibility is to apply
to the Petroleum Engineering PhD program here at the
If you have questions, especially about the Petroleum Management PhD program
at the
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