A position of an Associate Research Fellow in Geotechnical Engineering is open at the Centre for Geomechanics & Railway Engineering of the University of Wollongong, Australia. More details in the attached pdf file.
The Division of GeoEngineering at Chalmers is looking for a dynamic and talented individual for the position of Marie Curie Fellow (Experienced Researcher) to work on constitutive model development, verification and validation, with focus on modelling rate-dependent behaviour of soft natural soils. The holder of the post is supposed to play an active role in the EC/FP7 funded IAPP (Industry Academia Pathways and Partnerships) project CREEP (Creep of Geomaterials), focussing on research and knowledge exchange activities. The position is a 12 month fixed term appointment (1 fte).
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The geotechnical engineering group of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Northwestern University is seeking for PhD candidates. Three positions will be available in the Fall 2014. Successful candidates should have a master degree in civil engineering, geomechanics, applied mechanics or related disciplines and a strong background in continuum mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Continue reading
The International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro (IS-Cambridge 2014) will be held from 1st to 3rd September 2014, at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. More details can be found at the conference website and in the flyer.
A permanent position in civil engineering and theoretical mechanics is open at EC Nantes, see attachment. Deadline for the application is 26/09/2013, 16h (French time).
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International Workshop on Geomechanics and Energy will be held in Lausanne (Switzerland) on 26-28 November 2013, under the auspices of EAGE. The final annoucement, including the workshop program, is attached. Also, more information about the event can be found on the workshop website.
The computational poromechanics laboratory in the Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department of the Columbia University in New York is seeking a PhD candidate. The successful candidate should have (1) a master degree in applied mechanics, geomechanics or related disciplines, (2) a strong background in continuum mechanics, finite element method and constitutive modelings, (3) be proficient in C++ and FORTRAN code developments and (4) possess excellent communication skills. Knowledge in geostatistics and multiscale modeling is a plus.
Interested candidates please contact me at wsun at columbia dot edu or visit http://gradengineering.columbia.edu/onlineapplication for further information.
First International Workshop on the Finite Element Code LAGAMINE will take place 9-12 September 2013 in Liege, Belgium. More details in the flyer and in the final programme.
Applications for a PhD studentship to undertake a programme of research on geotechnical centrifuge modelling using a micro-geomechanics approach are invited. The studentship will be within the Department of Civil Engineering in the School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at City University London. The deadline for applications is 6 September 2013 and details can be found at the university website.
The 8th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (ICPMG2014) will be hosted by The University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth over 4 days during January 2014. More details at the conference website.