Dear colleagues,

We have several open PhD and PostDoc positions within our new ERC Synergy Grant project titled “Concrete matrices for high-cycle fatigue resistant, eco-efficient infrastructure.”

The research spans a range of disciplines, including cement chemistry, multiscale mechanics, data science, probabilistic mechanics, constitutive modeling, and structural engineering. Our teams will work across theory, experiments, and computer modeling. More information is available at https://fatrescon.eu.

The coordinating Brno University of Technology now seeks PhD candidates with focus on computational mechanics, mathematics, or computational science, or a closely related field, for subprojects 10, 12 and 13 at https://fatrescon.eu.

Applications are welcome immediately, and positions will remain open until filled.

Interested candidates are invited to review the offer details at https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/340973

Dear colleagues,

A postdoc position is opened at 3SR Laboratory (University Grenoble Alpes, France). Candidates should propose their own research project in the domain of “Mechanics of materials and structures: multiscale approaches and/or AI-based approaches”. The detailed information is given in the attached document.

We are looking for experienced candidates who obtained their PhD a couple of years ago. Interested candidates should contact me so that I can explain them better the application process.

Best regards,
Luc Sibille

Dear Colleagues,

A Tenure Track position is opening in Grenoble (France) in 2025 at CNRS and 3SR Laboratory, with the profile “Ecomaterials and Biosourced Materials”.
The description of the position is available here:
https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CPJ/CPJ-2025-016/Default.aspx?lang=EN

The deadline for applications is 14 July.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information (direction@3sr-grenoble.fr), to discuss a possible application and/or to forward this information to potentially interested people.

Best regards,
Luc

The Experimental Rock Deformation Group (High Pressure and Temperature Lab) at Utrecht University is looking for 1 highly motivated PhD candidate to work on laboratory experiments and numerical modelling of mine water thermal energy storage. This PhD project is part of the EU RFCS-funded GeoSolar project, which aims to advance high-temperature thermal energy storage technologies and support the just transition of Europe’s end-of-life coal mines. Within this PhD project, you will perform experimental characterisation of mine goaf rocks from selected end-of-life coal mines, focusing on their thermal, hydrological and mechanical properties under in-situ pressure and temperature conditions. You will also develop and apply fully-coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical models to simulate mine water flow and heat storage dynamics within underground mine systems. The research findings will inform the evaluation of the potential for seasonal heat storage and recovery, with the aim of optimising operational performance and energy efficiency in mine water thermal energy storage systems.

The application deadline is 15 June 2025. More details can be found here.

Contact: w.cao2@uu.nl

As part of the Earth Sciences PhD Programme (Cycle 41) at the Department of Earth Sciences “A. Desio”, a research line is available on the Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Innovative Energy Geostructures.

This topic involves advanced numerical modelling and laboratory testing to explore and optimise energy geostructures—such as energy piles and walls—used in shallow geothermal systems.

Full research line description: Available here

Official call for applications: PhD in Earth Sciences 2025/2026

Key Dates:

• Application deadline: 13 June 2025, 2:00 p.m. (CEST)
• Evaluation of CVs and research projects: 23 June 2025
• Interview (online, in English): 3 July 2025, 9:00 a.m.

Who Should Apply?

We welcome national and international applicants with a solid background in engineering geology or geotechnical engineering and a strong motivation for research in energy and sustainability.

For further information on the research topic, please contact: francesco.cecinato@unimi.it

The project will be carried out collaboratively between INRAE/IGE (Grenoble, France) and BRGM (Orléans, France).

The research will involve exciting developments at the interface of risk science, hydraulic modelling and data science to enhance the reliability of hazard assessment methods at different scales in the context of landslides and debris flows.

Further information on the position and the application procedure can be found here (English) and here (French).

Dr. Davide Noè Gorini, Assistant Professor at the University of Trento, is seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join his research group on Quantum Computing for Mega-Scale Multi-Physics Engineering Problems.

More information can be found in the attached file.

3rd International Conference on Geomechanics and Geoenvironmental Engineering (iCGMGE2025), Western Sydney University Parramatta South campus, from 26 to 28 November 2025.

Call for papers is open until the 7th of June 2025.

Conference website: http://icgmge.net.au/
Further information : Pr. Chin Leo < C.Leo@westernsydney.edu.au > and see the attached documents here and here.

We are offering an exciting 2-year postdoctoral position focused on the analysis, diagnosis, and prediction of landslides using cutting-edge theoretical and statistical frameworks. The successful candidate will work at the frontier of geohazard research, leveraging advanced methods such as the dragon-king theory, the endo-exo framework, log-periodic power law singularity (LPPLS) theory, tipping point dynamics, and other methods developed by Qinghua Lei and Didier Sornette and others. A unique aspect of this position is the opportunity to collaborate with the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), a key partner in the project, and to work with their extensive and high-quality database of ongoing monitored landslides across Norway. This rare access provides an exceptional empirical foundation to test and refine theoretical models. The position offers the freedom to explore new directions, develop original approaches, and contribute to shaping the future of natural hazard forecasting in close collaboration with Qinghua Lei and Didier Sornette and researchers at the NVE. The project is for two years.

For further information, see the attached document.