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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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)

A PhD position is available at the University of Liege, see pdf. The position is closed.

A post-doctoral position is available at EPFL, see pdf.

The Universite catholique de Louvain is looking for a Research Scholar in Geotechnical Engineering, starting October 2016 towards a PhD in Pile Dynamic Testing.
The applications should reach UCL by midnight tuesday 20th September 2016, at the latest. For details, see http://uclouvain.be/cps/ucl/doc/gce/documents/phd_position_UCL.pdf or pdf.

A position of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering is available at the University of Edinburgh with closing date of 30 August 2016. Further details at: https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=036787. An interest in Geotechnical Design would be particularly welcome.

A PhD position is available at the University of Sydney, see pdf.

Centre of Tay-GENE (Tayside Centre for Geotechnical Engineering in Natural Environments), a joint initiative between Abertay University (AU) and University of Dundee (UoD), is currently looking for three 12-month MSc (by research) positions to study the negative impacts caused by climate change on managed non-urban land, particularly for sloping ground, and to develop novel adaption strategies. Each position provides a stipend of £14,057 and tuition fees paid up to £4,036 to fully cover the tuition fees for students for Home/EU applicants.

Project 1 (Hosted at AU): Utilising crushed dolerite columns to stabilise unstable substrates using microbial induced calcite precipitation (MICP): coupling ground improvement and climate mitigation – laboratory approach

Project 2 (Hosted at AU):: Utilising crushed dolerite columns to stabilise unstable substrates using microbial induced calcite precipitation (MICP): coupling ground improvement and climate mitigation – numerical modelling approach

Project 3 (Hosted at UoD): Centrifuge modelling of natural geotechnical systems