Research Associate (m/f/x) in Soil Mechanics Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany Full-time, TVL E13
The Chair of Soil Mechanics at Ruhr-Universität Bochum is seeking a motivated Research Associate to focus on DEM simulations and the development of contact models for fine-grained soils. The role involves programming and implementing new approaches in DEM, and improving contact formulations.
Qualifications: Master’s in Civil Engineering, Physics, or related field Strong programming skills and experience with DEM simulation Passion for research and soil micromechanics
Application Deadline: 27th April 2025 Start Date: ASAP
Gustave Eiffel University is looking for 2 highly motivated PhD candidates to work on the numerical and physical modeling in Geotechnical earthquake engineering :
Optimisation of seismic design for soil-nailed walls
Comparison of the seismic performances of rigid inclusions unconnected piles and pile raft foundations
The application deadline is the 16th of April 2025
Applicants must be available to start around 1st October 2025
PhD position on the erosion and dissolution of fractured rock environments, with an application to geothermal energy.
Ineris is looking for motivated PhD candidates to work on numerical modelling on geothermal energy issues.
This PhD position at Ineris and Ecole Centrale de Nantes will focus on erosion and dissolution of fractured rock media, with an application to geothermal energy.
The Bureau of ALERT Geomaterials has extended the deadline for applications to the Ioannis Vardoulakis PhD Prize 2025. Since 2016, the prize has been awarded in memory of Prof. Ioannis Vardoulakis, recognizing outstanding contributions to research and teaching in Geomechanics.
The prize is open to PhD students who successfully defended their thesis in 2024 and had at least one official supervisor from an institution belonging to ALERT.
Chalmers University of Technology located in the beautiful city of Gothenburg, West Coast of Sweden, has several research positions available related to geotechnics and soil-structure interaction.
The candidates will benefit from a competitive salary (with full social security and pension cover), a collaborative work environment and a strong emphasis on work-life balance as a driver for excellence. Chalmers is a great university for young researchers to grow, given our strong ties to both academia and industry. In addition to research, you will have ample opportunities for skills and career development, such as opportunities for teaching, supervision, language courses and proposal writing for your career development.
Currently open positions:
PhD candidate for Constitutive Modelling of Rate-Effects in Sensitive Clays – deadline April 16, 2025
The Third Workshop on the Future of Machine Learning in Geotechnics (3FOMLIG: Ethics and intelligences for a geotechnical Renaissance) will take place in Florence, Italy, on October 15-17, 2025 (https://fomlig2025.com/).
The deadline for extended abstract submissions is April 15, 2025.
The technical program of 3FOMLIG includes a wide variety of sessions and initiatives aimed at fostering collaboration and interaction between geotechnical students, researchers, and practitioners:
The Experimental Rock Deformation Group (High Pressure and Temperature Lab) at Utrecht University is looking for 3 highly motivated PhD candidates to work on the laboratory experiments and numerical modelling of geothermal energy systems and underground hydrogen storage:
• PhD 1: Experimentation on Fluid-injection Induced Seismicity in Geothermal Systems
• PhD 2: Numerical Modelling of Fluid-injection Induced Seismicity
• PhD 3: Hydrogen Storage in Porous Geological Formations
The Institute of Soil Mechanics and Rock Mechanics (IBF) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology seeks a PhD candidate to develop improved sample preparation methods for triaxial testing of sands.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and test new soil sample preparation techniques.
Integrate digital simulation with experimental work.
Conduct experiments, analyze data, and publish findings.
Qualifications:
M.Sc. in Civil/Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mechanics, or a related field.
Background in soil mechanics, applied physics, laboratory experiments, and programming.
Willingness to learn new skills; knowledge of German is beneficial.
More details can be found in the following pdf: position file.
Mechanics-Informed Machine Learning for The Discovery of Constitutive Models
Charbel Farhat, Stanford University, US
With the advent of machine learning (ML), the use of deep artificial neural networks (ANNs) for data-driven constitutive modeling has gained prominence in computational mechanics. This is particularly true in the context of numerical homogenization for heterogeneous materials. Nonetheless, ANNs are not without shortcomings for constitutive modeling. In their standard form, they are built to simply map input data to output data – typically, without fundamental restrictions. Thus, when such ANNs are exploited in physics-based numerical simulations, they can violate some laws of physics, in which case confidence in the simulation-based predictions is reduced. Hence, this lecture will present a trustworthy ML framework for the data-driven discovery of constitutive models for heterogeneous materials that is broadly mechanics-informed. The framework enforces on the ANN’s architecture a long list of desirable mathematical properties that guarantees the satisfaction of an even longer list of physical/mechanical constraints, including: dynamic stability, material stability, and internal variable stability; objectivity; consistency; fading memory; recovery of elasticity; the second law of thermodynamics; and material non-inversion. The lecture will show that embedding these notions in a learning approach reduces a model’s sensitivity to noise and promotes its robustness to inputs outside the training domain. It will also highlight the merits of the proposed trustworthy ML framework for numerous engineering applications, including the prediction of the supersonic inflation dynamics of a parachute system with a canopy made of a woven fabric.
Charbel Farhat is the Vivian Church Hoff Professor of Aircraft Structures at Stanford University. He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (US); a Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK); a Doctor Honoris Causa from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, andEcole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay; a designated ISI Highly Cited Author in Engineering; and a Fellow of AIAA, ASME, IACM, SES, SIAM, USACM, and WIF. He has trained about 100 PhD and post-doctoral students so far. For his research on aeroelasticity, aeroacoustic scattering, CFD, dynamic data-driven systems, fluid-structure interaction, high performance computing, model reduction, and physics-based machine learning, he has received many professional and academic distinctions including: the Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity and the Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Award from AIAA; the Spirit of St Louis Medal and a Lifetime Achievement Award from ASME; the Gordon Bell Prize and the Sidney Fernbach Award from IEEE; the Gauss-Newton Medal from IACM; the Grand Prize from the Japan Society for Computational Engineering Science; the John von Neumann Medal from USACM; and the Olof B. Widlund Prize for Excellence in Domain Decomposition Methods from DDM.org. He has served on the Scientific Advisory Board of the US Air Force and on the Space Technology Industry-Government-University Roundtable. He was also selected by the US Navy recruiters as a Primary Key-Influencer and flown by the Blue Angels.
The Civil Engineering Department at KU Leuven and the engineering company FUNDEX Verstraeten BV is excited to announce an opening for a highly enthusiastic and motivated individual to pursue full-time doctoral studies in the field of Offshore Geotechnics. This opportunity is a collaboration between the Hydraulics & Geotechnics Section, led by prof. Georgios Anogiatis, known as George Anoyatis, (Campus Bruges, Faculty of Engineering Technology) and the Structural Mechanics Section, led by prof. Stijn François (Campus Arenberg – Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Science) at KU Leuven with the support of prof. Hadrien Rattez at the Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (IMMC) Laboratory, UCLouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve).
With reference to Offshore Geotechnics, the academic partners from KU Leuven and UCLouvain are actively engaged in cutting-edge research projects focusing on foundations for offshore wind turbines, suction caissons, (mono)pile installation and extraction techniques. These projects combine theoretical developments with experimental approaches. Notably, we are part of a national collaborative research project titled “SAGE-SAND” that has established a testing site for monopile foundations in Zeebrugge, Belgium. More details about this project can be found on the project’s webpage: https://bwk.kuleuven.be/projects/sage-sand. We look forward to welcoming a new member to our dynamic research team!
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