Two positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in Geomechanics are available at the University of Liverpool, UK. The application deadline is 3 Feb 2017. For details on the positions and how to apply, please see the attached pdf document.
This PhD uses simultaneous Neutron and X-ray tomography of naturally and laboratory-deformed limestones to characterise deformation-altered flow systems. Continue reading
There will be a co-convened session (NH3.7, GM8.5, SSS2.24) on “Mechanics of mass flows” during the 2017 EGU Congress in Vienna (23-28 April). It should be of particular interest for granular flow researchers. More details are available here:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/session/23050
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/sessionprogramme
Note the strict submission deadline for abstracts: 11th Jan 2017 at 13:00 CET.
The next International Conference on Debris Flow Hazards Mitigation will be held in Golden, Colorado USA on June 10-13, 2019. Field trips will take place both before and after those dates. Attached please find a brief flyer announcing the meeting: more details are available at http://dfhm7.csmspace.com. A call for abstracts will be announced in late 2017.
In the framework of the Mari-Curie Innovative Training Networks project TERRE (www.terre-etn.com), the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne is proud to host an International Doctoral School dedicated to Unsaturated Soil Mechanics.
A professorship of Civil Engineering, Geomaterials and multiphysic couplings is open at the École Centrale de Lyon.
Details and contact persons can be found in the attached description.
In March 2017 a 2nd level specializing master in “Tunnel Engineering” will be activated at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Politecnico di Milano (www.dica.polimi.it). The Director is Professor Claudio di Prisco. The master is open to candidates who have a Master of Science in Civil or Environmental Engineering. For foreign applicants, the master is open to students holding equivalent qualifications.
The deadline for the application is 13th February 2017. Information about the course and the application can be found on the master course website www.mastertunnelling.polimi.it. See also Master leaflet.
The first call for abstracts for the 3rd International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures, which will be held in Lund, Sweden, 26th – 30th June 2017 is now open. ICTMS 2017 is the 3rd biannual conference of IntACT (International Association of Computed Tomography), following very successful meetings in Ghent (2013) and Quebec City (2015), and will focus on the use of 3D tomographic methods for (non-medical) studies of the internal structures of materials and their evolution. More details can be found at: http://ictms2017.lth.se
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Minisymposium titled “Degradation and healing in particulate systems” will be held at the EMI Conference, 2017 in San Diego, USA, organized by the Granular Materials Committee members in the forthcoming EMI-2017 conference, June 4 – 7, 2017. Please find attached all the details of the Minisymposium in the call of abstracts pdf file.
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The Department of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham invites applications for an Assistant / Associate Professorship in Geotechnical Engineering, see http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/ENG369516.
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