PhD position in Grenoble

A PhD position (starting in September 2015) is available at Laboratoire 3SR, University of Grenoble (France) on experimental mechanics of granular materials. The title of the project is “Force Inferred from macroscopic loading and grain motions” — further details are provided in the pdf file.

Interested applicants should send a CV as well as a cover letter and one (or more) recommendation letter(s) to <Vincent.Richefeu@3sr-grenoble.fr> and <Jean-Noel.Roux@ifsttar.fr>. The deadline for applying is June 25, 2015.

Marie Curie Experienced Researcher in Computational soil/fluid mechanics at the University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge, in collaboration their industrial partner Deltares, is looking for a full-time post-doctoral researcher in the frame of EU Marie Curie MPM-Dredge project (http://mpm-dredge.eu/project-dredge/). The aim of the project is to develop a dynamic Material Point Method code for dredging applications. It aims to solve the numerical issues associated with large deformations and fluid pressures that occur in the interaction between soils and fluids.
More information can be found at http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ALG155/marie-curie-experienced-researcher-in-computational-soil-fluid-mechanics.

Summerschool on Reactive Transport in Unsaturated Soils and Rocks

PhD Students and researchers who are interested in non-destructive imaging for extracting porous structure as well as the pore-scale modeling of reactive transport in saturated and/or unsaturated rock and/or soil or other porous material are welcomed to register and attend the following summer school which will be held at the Department of Earth Sciences of Utrecht University:
Pore-Scale Modelling and Upscaling of Reactive Transport in Partially-Saturated Porous Media
Date and Place: 13– 17 July 2015, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Postdoctoral position in UNSW

The School of Petroleum Engineering (SCOPE) is amongst the top Petroleum Engineering departments around the world with substantial research funding from both government and private sectors. As a part of UNSW’s strategic initiative in unconventional energy and mineral resources, SCOPE is seeking a highly motivated academic researcher in the area of Theoretical and Applied Geomechanics. Applicants with exceptional research record in the very early stages of their academic career (up to 3 years post-PhD) are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful applicant will hold a PhD in the field of in Geomechanics, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics or Applied Mathematics, with demonstrated expertise in all three disciplines.

This is a full-time, fixed term appointment for three years. Application close: 19 June 2015. Further details and the online application form can be found at: http://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/research-fellow-14