A Postdoctoral position is open at UPC, see the pdf file.

A PhD studentship in Computational Geotechnics is open at the University of Bath, UK: “Resilient design of heat-exchanger piles for sustainable use of geothermal energy”. The deadline for application is the 30th April 2017. Attached is a description of the vacancy.

The Geomechanics and Porous Media Research Team at the University of Pau & Pays Adour is seeking a motivated PhD candidate to work on the CRYSTAL project: Combined neutRon and x-raY imaging for the characterization of in Situ crysTallisation-induced crAcking in the context of cuLtural heritage preservation. For more details on the project, the job description and the application procedure, please see the attached pdf.

A PhD position is available at Imperial College London. The PhD project title is “Fundamental analysis of the influence of structure on clay behaviour”.

Please see a detailed description in the attachment.

A fully funded PhD scholarship, to commence as soon as possible, is available at the University of Liverpool, UK. The project is concerned with the numerical modelling of large deformation problems in geomechanics.

For further details, please see: https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=84781

A PhD position is available at the Geosciences Department of MINES ParisTech. The topic is the thermo-mechanical behaviour of rock salt in the context of underground energy storage.

You can find attached a description of the position in English and French.

Irstea (Aix-en-Provence, France) is currently seeking a PhD candidate for the thesis “Multiscale modeling of unsaturated cohesive soils – Application to the failure of hydraulic structures”.

The full description of the subject is given in the attachment. Continue reading →

Two postdoc positions are offered at Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech), France. The first position focuses on bifurcation analysis applied to instability of clays under thermal stimulation. The second position is about discrete element modeling of clays. Continue reading →

A PhD position is available at Laboratoire Navire, Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech. The PhD project is entitled: Modeling the time-dependent behavior of the fractured Excavation Damage Zone around deep underground galleries in claystone.

See the attachment for details.

A fully funded PhD position is available at Ecole Mines-Paristech and INERIS (France). Continue reading →