Research Position at TUHH

A two year research position beginning at 1.3.2013 is offered by Institute for Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Management at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)/Germany. The project is focused on optimization of borehole heat exchangers including experimental, theoretical and numerical investigations. See pdf for details.

Mini-symposium “Numerical modelling of the failure and instabilities in geomechanics”

As part of COMPLAS XII (XII International Conference on Computational Plasticity. Fundamentals and Applications) to be held in Barcelona, Spain, 3-5 September 2013, Manuel Pastor and Frédéric Dufour are proposing a mini-symposium entitled

Numerical modelling of the failure and instabilities in geomechanics
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Tenured position for Associate Professor/ Senior Lecturer at Chalmers University of Technology

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology is looking for Associate Professor/ Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering, with a focus on experimental geotechnics. The position is a full time tenure appointment. The deadline for applications is December 1, 2012. For details, see http://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/vacancies/Pages/default.aspx or pdf.

Minisymposium on “Multiphysics numerical modelling of geomaterials and computational strategies”

Francesco Pesavento, Lorenzo Sanavia and Bernhard Schrefler are organizing the Minisymposium MS22 on “Multiphysics numerical modelling of geomaterials and computational strategies” at the 5th Biot conference on Poromechanics, http://biot2013.conf.tuwien.ac.at/, July 10-12, 2013, Vienna, Austria
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Mini-symposium on “Coupled processes in geomechanics” at the 5th Biot Conference on Poromechanics

Enrique Romero (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech, Spain) and Jean-Michel Pereira (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, France) are organizing a mini-symposium on “Coupled processes in geomechanics. Bridging theory and experiments” (MS16) at the 5th Biot Conference on Poromechanics to be held in Vienna, Austria, July 10-12, 2013.
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