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引用框（zhangxuewei ＠ 03-19-2012 - 11:05）

引用框（shangfeipp603 ＠ 03-18-2012 - 21:42）

引用框（ytlee ＠ 03-18-2012 - 03:43）

引用框（shangfeipp603 ＠ 03-17-2012 - 10:30）

恩，也来给自己的学校打个广告吧：
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
西佛吉尼亚州立大学，
地球科学部由地理与地质系两部分组成，我所在的地质系有大约30名graduate student，faculty 10+人,并且有不断扩大的趋势（今年已经新来了2位沉积，能源方面的教授）.
所谓靠山吃山，靠海吃海，系里一半以上的研究都与marcellus shale 有关，对页岩气感兴趣的同学可以看一看。
系里的看家教授Tim Carr, 曾今是kansas geological survey 的主要负责人，现在手里有大量学生，从事美国东部的页岩气开发。

Using your logics, why not look for school in North Dakota http://www.eerc.und.nodak.edu/. The state has the lowest unemployment rate <2.0%. Any warm body is snatched up working in the resource play. UND has a special program to train people who wants to be oil workers. http://engineering.u.../affiliates.cfm Some town population jump 350% overnight with the oil workers. http://www.npr.org/2...ks-north-dakota

However, if your life goal is just study for work, you are one sorry individual. Life is more than work.I hope your life goal is more than work.

BTW, have you ask yourself,
why you want to work and
working for what.

When you find the answers, then find an education to help your preparation. Don't limit yourself to be a worker ant. you are better than that.

Thanks!Ytlee, Actually, I totally agree with your idea---Life is short and people should take their precious time to do what they really like to do, not only work for money.
Although our department has a relatively strong shale gas-oriented graduate program, my phd research is all about the geological evolution of Tibet---- unfortunately, not that 'oily'. But I do enjoy my research a lot. Anyway, I get opportunities to go to one of the most beautiful regions -- Qamdo(昌都）in eastern Tibet every summer doing my field works, and get access to two state of art labs, one at West Virginia U. and another at U. of Arizona.
But sometimes, I do feel frustrated when I try to communicate with some of my friends who are 'petroleum guys',especially people study petroleum engineering (I graduate from Petroleum University so lots of my friends are Petroleum Geology or PE major). Generally, the messages I got from them are ---What the hell are you doing? Why study something that has nothing to do with petroleum. So, it makes me fell that--if something are not petroleum/natural gas related(actually, they all mean MONEY$$$), they are not worth doing/studying. I bet this thought is very popular among our forum members.
I am an friendly person. I don't like to argue with people on their opinion. So, I present what people like to read. Shale gas is a big deal in U.S. today. Everyone likes it and loves to talk about it. And I tend to believe that in order to let people to think about the true meaning of their lives, they have to have some money in their pockets first.
--just some of my immature thoughts

用不着沮丧，读地质挺好的，显然geology比"petroleum geology"赋有更宽泛、更深刻的含义；就算在石油行业就业，也不一定必须是读”石油“地质的。而且地球分支科学都是关联的，石油地质只是地质学的一个应用方向。

读过国内的石油院校就会了解其基础地球科学教育的薄弱，如果更希望拓宽和加深自己的基础地质知识，读非石油地质是个不错的选择。

确实做基础科学研究也很有意思。 但对于研究纯理论的方向，又不是石油院校的话，还是非常难找到工业界的工作的。