Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences

I am a commercial pilot who initially wanted to be an aviation/physics teacher. 

However, I didn't like the whole parents aspect of teaching during my school placements and eventually Physics was just too interesting and lucrative to walk away from. 

I went straight from UWA to my job as a geophysicist with Shell EPE (Exploration and Production - Europe) in the UK.

I build geomechanical reservoir models of North Sea oil and gas fields to predict stress conditions that influence things such as borehole stability, compaction and subsidence. 

The work and people are amazing here in EPE and the training is phenomenal. I found that the basic physics and maths skills I developed at UWA are invaluable. General software skills, such as being able to play with program to see what they do is a great advantage, and a little programming knowledge goes a long way.