The call is open till June 30th 2019 and candidates are urged to apply as early as they can. Please contact recruitment.lms@epfl.ch for applications. Suitable candidates should send an e-mail including a cover letter describing interests and qualifications and a CV, as a single PDF. More information in the attachment:
Coupling classical DFT with poromechanics for adsorption‑induced swelling quantification in microporous materials – details may be found at: http://perso.crans.org/gregoire/positions@G2MP/PhD_I-M-API.pdf
Cristallisation-induced damage in heterogeneous porous media in the context of the erosion of the French Basque coast and the damage of its protection buildings – details may be found at: http://perso.crans.org/gregoire/positions@G2MP/PhD_Ezponda.pdf
A PhD position is available at the Division of Solid Mechanics at Lund University to work on a project titled “Investigating the mechanics of geomaterials using neutrons – from the intra- and inter-granular scales to bulk behaviour and transport properties”.
The focus of the project is the quantitative characterisation of the multi-scale processes of deformation and their consequences on material properties of rocks related to natural resource engineering applications, such as CO2 sequestration, hydrocarbon production and water resource management. The project will involve developing novel experiments exploiting neutron diffraction strain scanning and neutron imaging in conjunction with original in-situ experimental devices and analysis procedures. Neutron diffraction will enable characterisation of stress distributions in samples as they deform, whilst neutron tomography will be used to study coupled hydro-mechanical evolution.
For further information, contact Stephen Hall for more details (stephen.hall@solid.lth.se)
A PhD position on “Long term behavior of soils stabilized with lime / cement” is open at the “Laboratoire d’Energétique et de Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée” (Université de Lorraine / CNRS, France). More information are available in the attached file.
A PhD position in multi-scale modelling is open at the RECOVER unit of Irstea institute (Irstea, Aix-Marseille University), in Aix-en-Provence (France). Please refer to the attachment for all details:
Contacts: A. Poulesquen: CEA Marcoule, Visiting scholar at 2 the MIT-CNRS-AMU joint laboratory, arnaudp@mit.edu
K. Ioannidou: UMR5508 – LMGC U. Montpellier & Visiting scholar at 2 the MIT-CNRS-AMU joint laboratory, hekate@mit.edu
Internship advisor: R. Pellenq: 2, the MIT-CNRS-AMU joint laboratory, pellenq@mit.edu
More information in the attachment:
Applications are welcomed for a PhD position in Navier lab (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, IFSTTAR, CNRS) on the simulation of fractured porous media. The PhD project aims at setting up a numerical model of fractured porous medium with application to the simulation of claystone for nuclear wastes storage. Candidates must hold a Master of Science or equivalent in mechanics and physics of (geo)-materials with a strong taste for numerical modeling.
More details about this PhD position in the attached document:
Applications are welcomed for a PhD position at GeoRessources laboratory, University of Lorraine (France). The PhD project aims at investigating the hydro-mechanical couplings in coalbed methane recovery. Candidates should demonstrate fundamental knowledge of solid and fluid mechanics principles governing the behaviour of porous and fractured media and show motivation for working at the interface between disciplines. An experience in developing numerical methods, particularly DFN/DEM would be an asset.
More information in the attachment:
The topic deals with the investigation of the mecanisms of deformation at
different fluid interfaces at the microstructure scale of low permeability
materials. In particular, it focuses on the experimental identification of
quantitative interactions between the microstructure, the fluid flow and the deformation of low permeability clayey materials.
Duration : 1 year + 1 year
September 2019 to August 2021
More information in the attached file:
PhD opportunity at the École des Mines de Paris – Centre des Géosciences – Fontainebleau
This proposed PhD thesis is dedicated to investigate the integrity of salt cavern mechanical and thermodynamic behavior during fast and slow cycling while addressing the entire complexity of the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) problem, i.e. full discretization of the cavern, gas cavern velocity and thermodynamic variables spatial variations, nature of flow, and the 3D thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of salt. Moreover, the problem of H2O storage in salt caverns is particular from other gases. This is attributed to the large mobility of hydrogen induced by its very small molecular length, and its potential reactivity with other chemical species that can be present in the storage environment. We aspire that this PhD thesis would shed a light on the phenomenon of hydrogen seepage into the salt rock during fast and slow cycling.
More information in the attachment: