ALERT poster session – new deadline

The deadline for submitting contributions to the ALERT Poster Session has been extended until September 20, 2014. The Poster Session will be held during the ALERT Workshop 2014 from September 29 to October 1 in Aussois. A booklet of abstracts (with an ISBN number) will be published too. Please submit your posters by email directly to the coordinator Donia Marzougui.

New Journal – Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment

A new Elsevier journal entitled GEOMECHANICS FOR ENERGY and the ENVIRONMENT (GETE) has been established.
The scope of the journal is designed as broad, emphasizing fundamental concepts in multi-phase geomechanics and mechanics of porous media, the experiments and analysis of novel phenomena and applications. In terms of areas of specific technologies, it encourages research manuscripts covering geomechanics for natural and enhanced geothermal energy, geological solutions in disposal, storage and retrieval of nuclear, hazardous and domestic waste, resource engineering and mining, conventional and unconventional petroleum engineering, natural gas geotechnologies, geological sequestration of carbon dioxide and methane, methane hydrate technology, and any possible new energy technologies involving geomaterials.

More information is available of the following link:

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/geomechanics-for-energy-and-the-environment/

Four PhD positions at the University of Dundee in Geotechnical Engineering

The Geotechnics Research Group at the University of Dundee is currently looking for 4 PhD opportunities working on the following topics:

Innovative use of Thermal Piles as heat storage to enhance Embankment Performance
Further details please find: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=51187&LID=2507,​ or see attached file 1.

ISGCUBIP: Investigation of the critical SG for cables and umbilicals during various backfilling and installation processes
Further details please find: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=54892&LID=2507
Deadline for applications: 31 July 2014

The use of stone columns as mitigation of earthquake-induced soil liquefaction
Further details please find: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=46222&LID=2507

Enhanced mechanical strength of vegetated soil through transpiration
Further details please find: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=55139&LID=2507, or see attached file 2.
Deadline for applications: 25 July 2014