The University of Dundee is seeking an exceptional candidate to join the Geotechnical Engineering research group within the Discipline of Civil Engineering.
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French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, Ifremer (www.ifremer.fr), through its research work and expert advice, contributes to knowledge of the oceans and their resources, to monitoring of marine and coastal environments and to the sustainable development of marine activities. To these ends, Ifremer conceives and operates tools for observation, experimentation and monitoring, and manage the oceanographic databases.
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There are two PhD positions in the Geo-Engineering Section at TU Delft. The PhD projects are part of a nationally funded project which involves a large scale experiment, material (laboratory) experiments, constitutive modelling and numerical modelling. The focus is on accurately understanding the thermo-mechanical behaviour with many heat cycles during the pile lifetime.
The PhD positions are for 4 years and are fully funded. The deadline for applications is 15th October.
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An academic position is available at Mines ParisTech, see pdf.
The University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), Department of Structure for Engineering and Architecture, MSc in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, is pleased to invite applicants for its scholarship programme for the academic year 2016/2017. UNINA fellows will enroll at UNINA for the a.y. 2016/2017. Please find details at the following link: http://dist.dip.unina.it/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/09/modello-bando-borse-INCOMING-ENGLISH-2016_NEWCALL.pdf.
Application deadline: September, 27th 2016 at 1.00 pm (Italian Time)
TERRE Network will be holding its 1st School and Workshop ‘Fundamentals for an interdisciplinary approach to design and climate-adaptation of geo-infrastructure’ in Naples, hosted by the University of Naples Federico II, on the 26th-27th September 2016. More information, including a programme and registration form is available on the TERRE website: http://www.terre-etn.com/terre-schools-and-workshops/
The deadline for abstract submission to the next Biot conference is approaching. See more details here.
A PhD position is available at the University of Liege, see pdf. The position is closed.
The 6th International Conference on Coupled THMC Processes in Geosystems (GeoProc2017) is an ISRM (International Society of Rock Mechanics) sponsored event that will be held in Paris, on July 5-7 2017.
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Two one day courses are to be held at UPC in Barcelona on the days 17 and 18 of October 2016. The courses are sponsored by the RISE-GEORAMP EU funded project. The course titles are
– MATERIAL POINT METHOD FOR GEOHAZARDS (17 october 2016)
– BUILDING DEM MODELS (18 October 2016)