Author Archives: François Bertrand

Webinar: The granular genome: an alternative to constitutive modelling

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The University of Liverpool Division of Civil Engineering invites you to the following webinar:
The granular genome: an alternative to constitutive modelling by Professor Jose Andrade, California Institute of Technology.
Tuesday 29 September 2020 17.00 BST (18.00 CET)
Details of how to register can be found in the attached document. Alternatively, you can register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0Vr_6GjRRTOfdJXipJmPsw

Last day reminder for the registration for the Invited Lecture, PhD Prize and E-School (September 28th to October 1st 2020)

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Dear Alert friends,

As you know, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and after careful consideration, the Bureau and the BoD have decided to cancel the ALERT workshop in 2020 — it will take place in 2021 (from September 27 to September 29).

But the Doctoral School, the PhD Prize as well as the Invited Lecture will take place online (via one of the several available platforms for distance teaching).
The doctoral E-School on “Point based numerical methods in geomechanics” is organized by Pr. Manolo Pastor and Pr. Wei Wu (see description). It will take place remotely every morning from September 28th to October 1st.

The PhD prize and the Invited Lecture will take place remotely on Tuesday September 29th, from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm (CET) for the ALERT PhD prize 2020 and from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm (CET) for our ALERT Invited lecturer, Pr. Chris Spiers.

All these events are free of charge and available for ALERT and non-ALERT members. However, the registration is mandatory.

It is thus my great pleasure to announce that the registration for the 2020 ALERT Geomaterials events is open now!  After filling the form and pressing the button “Register”, you will get an email with the registration data. In case of the registration of the ALERT members, the corresponding representative of the ALERT institution will receive the registration data too.

Registration is now closed.

Stay healthy,

Frédéric COLLIN, ALERT Director.

Invitation to the 7th Lecture of AGERP

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The organising committee of AGERP is pleased to invite you to the 7th installment of the Lecture series, which will be on ‘ Biogeotechnics ‘. This is scheduled on 3rd October 2020 (AEST). Registration (free and mandatory) for this lecture closes at 00:00,  2nd October 2020 (AEST). This Lecture will be delivered by Professor Jason T. DeJong (University of California, Davis, USA) and Dr. Dimitrios Terzis (Managing Director, MeduSoil).
Further info. and registration (free but mandatory): https://www.age-rp.com/registration

For further information, please refer to the attached flier.
P.S. At the request of the lecturers, this session will not be recorded. We request you to attend the session live if you are interested.

Dr. Partha Mishra and Professor Sarat Das,
Convenor, AGERP

Joint PhD position at the University of Queensland under the UQIDAR Program

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A joint PhD scholarship is available at the University of Queensland (Australia) on “Coupled Digital Image Correlation and Particle Tracking (DIC/PT) Approach for Crack Growth Monitoring” under the UQIDAR joint PhD program. Highly motivated PhD candidates with a good background in MATLAB/Python programming/coding and fracture mechanics are encouraged to apply. Applications close on 18 October 2020. Successful students will commence in January 2021 at UQ and February 2021 at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD).

For more information about the project and the Selection Criteria see the links below.

https://www.uqidar.org/resource_files/UQIDAR%2000223.pdf

https://www.uqidar.org/students/how-to-apply/

PhD fellowship at NTNU

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The Department of Geoscience and Petroleum at NTNU has a vacancy for a

PhD position in numerical modelling of rock failure under repetitive impact by drillstring on borehole wall

The PhD project is part of a Knowledge-Building project for the Industry (PETROMAKS2) called 6n Degrees of Freedom Transient Torque & Drag, financed by the Research Council of Norway. Partners include NORCE, NTNU, University of Stavanger, and the industrial partners Equinor and Sekal AS.

The main objective of this project is to develop a transient torque and drag model that is compatible with real-time constraints and tightly coupled with transient drilling hydraulic and material transport models and that accounts for axial, torsional and lateral movements of the drill-string. The methods to be used in the research are numerical modeling and analysis of field data and large-scale experiment data.

For more information about the application : https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/192376/phd-position-in-numerical-modelling-of-rock-failure-under-repetitive-impact-by-drillstring-on-borehole-wall-iv-180-20

Ph.D. positions in geotechnical engineering from UQ-IITD academy of research

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Dear Colleagues, 

Two scholarship supported Ph.D. projects in the broad area of geotechnical engineering are available from the UQ-IITD academy of research (https://www.uqidar.org/). Projects being offered:

  • Utilization of Mining Wastes as Backfill Material for Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls
  • Predictive modelling of settling and consolidation, and desiccation and rewetting of mine tailings
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Laloui’s Research Group Biogeotechnics Webinar

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5 Little Known Keys For Successful Biogeotechnical Practice
with Prof. Lyesse Laloui, Dr Dimitrios Terzis,
Maren Katterbach, and Dr Alexandra Clarà Saracho

Laloui’s Research Group of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) invites you to the Biogeotechnics Webinar: 5 Little Known Keys For Successful Biogeotechnical Practice.

This webinar will present an alternative approach to material design and delivery using natural organic systems present within the soil to precipitate carbonate minerals that act as soil-binding agents. Technical discoveries and developments of bio-cemented soils will be presented, with a particular focus on how this technology can be integrated into mainstream geotechnical practice. Through the following points, under the scope of the ERC-funded BIOGEOS project, this talk will highlight to researchers and practitioners alike, the opportunities of a technology that will shape the future of low carbon soil remediation and stabilization practices:

• Applications & performance of bio-cemented soils
• Breaking the nitrogen barrier in biotic calcification
• Economics & environmental impact
• Equipment & monitoring
• Industrial practice: guidelines for successful integration

Date: 15 September 2020
Time: 13:30 CET / 07h30 ET / 19h30 Beijing Time
Place: Zoom

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Webinar: Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbines

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The University of Liverpool Division of Civil Engineering invites you to the following webinar:

Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbines by Professor Britta Bienen, University of Western Australia

Tuesday 15 September 2020 12.00 BST (13.00 CET)

Details of how to register can be found in the attached document. Alternatively, you can register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4515941137085/WN_HrckaYilQMuJRzzO1HWWzg