The 6th International Conference on Coupled THMC Processes in Geosystems (GeoProc2017) is an ISRM (International Society of Rock Mechanics) sponsored event that will be held in Paris, on July 5-7 2017.
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Two one day courses are to be held at UPC in Barcelona on the days 17 and 18 of October 2016. The courses are sponsored by the RISE-GEORAMP EU funded project. The course titles are
– MATERIAL POINT METHOD FOR GEOHAZARDS (17 october 2016)
– BUILDING DEM MODELS (18 October 2016)
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
A Post-Doc position on micromechanical modelling of multiphase granular materials is open at 3SR lab., Univ. Grenoble-Alpes. More details in pdf.
The deadline for the registration to the ALERT OZ course 2016 will be extended to 10th of August 2016.
The 8th ALERT Olek Zienkiewicz Course (ALERT Summerschool) on “Geomechanics of landslides” will be held at the University of Salerno from the 5th to the 9th of September 2016. This year, the OZ course will be jointly held with the LARAM school (LAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation).
Information on the OZ course can be found on the LARAM website. Please use the registration form.
A PhD position in Soil Dynamics is open at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. More details at http://www.ltu.se/ltu/Lediga-jobb?l=en&rmpage=job&rmjob=1960&rmlang=UK.