Duke University has a multi area opening that includes geomechanics, among others. The preference in that area is on “coupled problems in geomechanics with application to energy production, energy storage, hazardous/nuclear waste storage/disposal, and environmental protection”. Note, that applications that bridge two or more of the areas mentioned in the link and which entail cross-departmental collaborations are particularly encouraged. For more details see the link.
PhD opportunities at UWA
Three fully funded projects are available at the University of Western Australia to students who wish to complete their PhD in offshore geotechnical engineering. Mored details can be found in the attached pdf flyer.
CEE faculty positions at Georgia Tech
The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology is opening multiple tenure-track faculty positions. Please see the announcement attached for more details.
6th European Geosynthetics Congress, Istanbul 2016
The 6th European Geosynthetics Congress will take place in Istanbul 25-28 September 2016. The deadline to submit an abstract is 30th October 2015. Detailed information is available at http://www.eurogeo6.org/.
ALERT Doctoral School 2015
The presentations of the ALERT Doctoral School 2015 on Coupled and Multiphysics Phenomena are now available online. This year’s Doctoral School in Aussois was organised by Bernhard Schrefler, Lorenzo Sanavia and Frédéric Collin. The accompanying book of the Doctoral School can be downloaded here.
ALERT Geomaterials Doctoral School 2016
The title of the ALERT Doctoral School 2016 is Modelling of instabilities and bifurcation in Geomechanics. It will take place in Aussois, October 6-8, 2016. The school organisers are J. Sulem (ENPC Paris), I. Stefanou (ENPC Paris), E. Papamichos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), M. Veveakis (UNSW Sydney).
ALERT Geomaterials Workshop 2016
The ALERT Geomaterials Workshop 2016 will be organized from Monday, 3 October till Wednesday, 5 October in Aussois, France. It will include the following sessions:
Session 1 (Monday, October 3)
New trends in micromechanical approaches of Particulate Materials – experiments and modelling aspects
Coordinators: M. Karstunen, N. Benahmed, M. Hattab
Session 2 (Tuesday, October 4)
Mechanics of multiphase porous media in modelling cementitious materials: from early ages to durability issues
Coordinators: F. Pesavento, M. Briffaut, L. Sanavia
(a half-day workshop)
Session 3 (Wednesday, October 5)
Geomechanics of faults, with applications spanning from earthquake nucleation to landslides
Coordinators: M. Veveakis, I. Stefanou, K. Regenauer-Lieb, J. Sulem
ALERT Doctoral School on Modelling of instabilities and bifurcation in Geomechanics will follow the workshop.
Lecturer position at the University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh is looking for a lecturer in infrastructure with a focus on geotechnical design. More details at http://edin.ac/1VDd7X9 .
ICGRE’16 – International Conference on Geotechnical Research and Engineering in Prague
International Conference on Geotechnical Research and Engineering will be held on March 30-31, 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic. More details can be found at the conference website.
Photographs from the ALERT PhD Prize and Special Lecture 2015
David Mašín (Charles University, Prague) was so kind again and documented with a few photographs the atmosphere around the ALERT PhD Prize ceremony (winner: Anna Ramon Tarragona from UPC Barcelona) and of the ALERT Special Lecture delivered by Professor Hans Mühlhaus (University of Queensland).