The Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway invites applicants for PhD research fellowship in the field of rock physics. The position is part of the project “Shale Rock Physics: Improved seismic monitoring for increased recovery”, which is funded by the Norwegian Research Council (PETROMAKS 2 program) and six industry partners. The project is coordinated by SINTEF Petroleum. The PhD research fellowship is awarded for a total of 3 years and the experimental work will be carried out at SINTEF’s Formation Physics Laboratory.
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The activity will focus on the mechanical behavior of reservoir sands; a strong background competences on constitutive modelling are expected. More details in pdf.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University invites applicants for a tenure track faculty position in geotechnical engineering. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, soil-structure interaction, numerical modeling, geo-mechanics, retaining structures, geotechnical earthquake engineering and flow through porous media. This position is open to mid-career and senior candidates with an earned Ph.D., the ability to establish a well-funded program of independent and collaborative research, and strong teaching skills.
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There are two research positions – Postdoc and PhD – open in the Experimental Geophysics Group at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), Germany. More details in the pdf file.

Aalto University (Finland), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering invites applications for Doctoral Student or Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Material Point Method in Geotechnical Engineering. The announcement can also be downloaded directly from http://www.aalto.fi/en/about/careers/jobs/view/241/.

The Geotechnics Research Group at the University of Dundee is currently looking for 4 PhD opportunities working on the following topics:

Innovative use of Thermal Piles as heat storage to enhance Embankment Performance
Further details please find: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=51187&LID=2507,​ or see attached file 1.

ISGCUBIP: Investigation of the critical SG for cables and umbilicals during various backfilling and installation processes
Further details please find: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=54892&LID=2507
Deadline for applications: 31 July 2014

The use of stone columns as mitigation of earthquake-induced soil liquefaction
Further details please find: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=46222&LID=2507

Enhanced mechanical strength of vegetated soil through transpiration
Further details please find: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=55139&LID=2507, or see attached file 2.
Deadline for applications: 25 July 2014

Monash Geomechanics group at Monash University, Australia is looking for a postdoctoral candidate. For further details, please visit: http://jobs.monash.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=525066&stp=AW&sLanguage=en.

The University of Florence has published a call for candidatures to a 3‐years PhD Course. The Course is run jointly by the Univ. of Florence (Italy), in consortium with University of Pisa, University of Perugia, and the TU Braunschweig (Germany) and leads to a jointly recognised Ph.D. title in both countries. More details in the call.

A PhD opportunity in the research field of Hydrodynamics and Transport Processes is available at GeoRessources Laboratory / University of Lorraine in Nancy, France. Applicants are invited for a three years PhD scholarship in the field of hydro-geomechanics. More details in the attached file.

A post-doctoral position is available in multiphasic transport modelling and remediation process at the Université de Lorraine, France. More details in pdf.