A Postdoc position on “Risk-based Selection of Constitutive Models for Geotechnical Analysis” is open at Ecole Centrale de Nantes in France. Fore more details, see the attached pdf file.

A post-doctoral position in Modeling of internal erosion by suffusion in soils is available at Grenoble University, see the attached pdf file.
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Open call for PhD position in geomechanics 2014-2018 “Finite element implementation and application of a hypoplastic model for unsaturated expansive clays”, Charles University in Prague, project supervisor David Mašín. Deadline for application 28 February 2014. More information at: http://web.natur.cuni.cz/uhigug/masin/phdposition/

The purpose of this research project is to investigate chemical and mechanical processes in porous media subjected to reactive transport. The project will employ small scale flow experiments, X-ray microtomographic imaging, carbonate geochemistry, and classical geomechanical deformation tests to quantify the simultaneous evolution of chemical and structural attributes (e.g., pore size, particle size, mineral constituents, etc.) during reactive flow and/or loading. The experimental activities will be conducted at the Northwestern University and at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), located at the Argonne National Laboratory. The main goal of the project is to relate temporal and spatial changes in microstructural attributes to chemical and physical macroscopic quantities (e.g., permeability, stiffness, strength, precipitation/dissolution etc.).
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University of Southampton – Infrastructure Research Group offers a position of Senior Research Assistant/Research Fellow in Numerical Modelling of Landslides.
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A post-doctoral position in Numerical and experimental cross analysis of the solid-fluid transition in geomaterials is available at University Grenoble-Alpes, see the attached pdf file.
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Applications are invited for a Dean of Engineering Prize in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham to work on the project “Development of a practical creep model for analysis of long-term deformation of earth embankments” led by Dr Mohammad Rezania. The successful candidate will be part of Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics (NCG) which has excellent laboratory and computational facilities and carries out research across key disciplines of geotechnical engineering. The project is aimed to further development, numerical implementation and experimental validation of a new constitutive model, based on non-stationary flow surface theory, to capture the delayed response of natural clay deposits under embankment loading.
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Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship to join the Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics (NCG) based in the Materials, Mechanics and Structures Research Division (Faculty of Engineering) of the University of Nottingham. The student will work in a dynamic research environment, as part of a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, and will undertake research related to advanced experimental investigation of the long-term effect of environmental variations on the hydro-mechanical properties of natural soils in small strain (i.e. serviceability) domain.
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A new Faculty position in Rock Mechanics is open at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, EPFL, see https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/3659. All levels are being considered.
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