Joint PhD in UNSW and ENPC on fault mechanics

The Universities of UNSW Australia and ENPC France open a joint PhD (cotutelle) position in the area of theoretical and experimental fault mechanics. The call is open until the position is fulfilled and the candidates will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. The interested candidates need to email their CV and expression of interest to Manolis Veveakis in UNSW (e.veveakis@unsw.edu.au) and Ioannis Stefanou in ENPC (ioannis.stefanou@enpc.fr).
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ALERT Workshop 2016 – Call for abstracts

As announced already in October 2015, the ALERT Workshop 2016 (27th Edition) will be held in Aussois from October 3 to October 5, 2016. Please submit your abstracts by email directly to the coordinators using the Workshop abstract form (doc, odt, pdf). If you wish to publish your presentation after the Workshop on the ALERT website, do not forget to agree by ticking the corresponding box in the abstract form.

Since time for the presentations is limited, only a part of the submitted abstracts can be chosen for the oral presentations. Therefore, we invite you to submit your abstract as soon as possible. The presentation can also be submitted as a poster. The abstracts of the posters will be published in a separate booklet (ISSN registered).

The deadline for the abstract submission is April 30, 2016. For any communication about your participation to the workshops, please contact the coordinators of the workshop sessions directly.

5 PhD Positions at Belgian Nuclear Research Centre

5 PhD Positions are available at Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN) in Collaboration with Major Universities starting September 2016 (2016-2020). The topics cover research on experimental and numerical modeling of cementitious materials and bentonite. The PhD degree will be awarded by different universities listed below, with a major part of the work being planned to be carried out at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre. Note that for the first round the candidates will be interviewed by a small team of scientists and university promoters. The selected candidates will then be asked to appear in front of a scientific committee, who will be the ultimate deciding authority. For both these interviews, web conferencing facility will be offered for foreign candidates.
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