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Intensive Course on Energy Geostructures: Analysis and Design (Online version, 2-4 November 2020, 3rd Edition)

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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to inform you that, this year, the third edition of the 3-day intensive course for practitioners and scientists entitled “Energy geostructures: analysis and design” will take place online from November 2 to 4, 2020.
This third edition of the short-course comes after the publication of the book “Analysis and Design of Energy Geostructures” (Elsevier, 2019) co-authored by the Programme Directors. The short-course will expand on the essentials of the book, with the aim to provide attendees with a sound theoretical understanding of the problems addressed as well as with practical and effective tools to address the considered subjects.

The course has been designed with civil engineers in mind, but targets energy engineers, architects, urban project managers and geologists as well. The course will be valuable for attendees who have no experience with energy geostructures as well as for those who have already been involved in a project of energy geostructures. As some of the course is based on the Thermo-Pile software, you will receive a complimentary 3-month academic license to improve your skills in the analysis and design of energy piles.

The number of participants for this intensive course is limited, and currently accounts for more than twenty participants from all over the world: Switzerland, Norway, USA, Canada, Hungary, Netherlands, UK, Austria, Germany, France and Croatia.

The available spots are being filled on a first come first served basis. More information about the course can be found on its dedicated website (https://www.formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/en/formation/energy-geostructures-analysis-design/). We look forward to spending together this special occasion.

Sincerely,

Lyesse Laloui and Alessandro F. Rotta Loria
Programme Directors

Videos of the PhD Prize and Invited Lecture 2020

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For those who did not have the opportunity to join us yesterday to follow the presentations of the PhD Prize (Dr. Stefano Muraro, TU Delft) and the Invited Lecture (Prof. Christopher Spiers, Utrecht University), the videos of these presentations are now on the ALERT website:

Ioannis Vardoulakis PhD Prize: https://alertgeomaterials.eu/alert-phd-prize-winners/
Invited Lecture: https://alertgeomaterials.eu/alert-special-lecture/

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.

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/

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

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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