A PhD position is available at Division “Buildings & Structures” at Federal Institute for Materials Research in Berlin, Germany. The research project is concerned with the modeling of plastic strains of cyclically loaded pile and bucket foundations for Offshore Wind Energy Converters. Applications are invited for a 3 year contract to work on a PhD thesis. More details in the pdf-file.
A fully funded 3-year PhD position in geotechnical engineering at the University of Salerno (Italy) is available within the doctoral course “Risk and sustainability in civil, environmental and construction engineering”. The PhD will start in November 2015. More details in the pdf file.
Two PhD positions at the University of Adelaide, Australia are available on subject of a new damage model for rock burst in deep mines under high stress and high temperature. More details in the attached pdf file.
We are seeking motivated candidates for a PhD project to study the mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of mudstones. The project is a joint study between RWTH Aachen University and Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, making combined use of unique facilities of both laboratories. The student will spend 2 years in Aachen and 1 year in Grenoble, and receive training in both laboratories. Results will be reported in joint publications and in team visits to both laboratories.
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The W(H)YDOC International Workshop for Young Doctors in Geomechanics is periodically organized (2002, 2005, 2008 and 2012) at Ecole des ponts ParisTech in link with the ALERT European Network and other first rank universities over the world. The idea is to bring together the best young geotechnical doctors within an informal three days invited Workshop, so as to allow for a detailed presentation of their PhD research. Students completing their last PhD year are also welcome.
Three outstanding Professors from various Universities act as Keynote lecturers (one each day) and/or discussion leaders during the sessions. The 2015 Session will welcome Prof. Antonio Gens (UPC Barcelona), Prof. Henri Vandamme (CNRS-MIT research group) and Prof. C. Spiers (U. Utrecht). Typically, around 20 contributions (including the 3 Keynote Lectures) are presented during the three days. Proceedings containing extended summaries (3 pages each) are made available on the web.
A W(H)YDOC prize (1000 €) for the best PhD presentation is also organized, according to the decision of a Committee made up with the invited Professors (3 keynotes and 3 Session chairs).
The attendance is free with at least 60 persons attending. The venue of the next W(H)YDOC 15 is planned from 2 to 4 December 2015. More details can be obtained from Prof. Pierre Delage and will be announced later at the website of ALERT Geomaterials.
The Nottingham Centre for Geo-mechanics (NCG) will be undertaking a large multi-disciplinary project related to the assessment, monitoring, and risk analysis of slopes within open-pit lignite mines. NCG brings together expertise from the worlds of civil, geotechnical, and mining engineering as well as mathematics and material sciences to solve all forms of soil and rock-related design and construction problems. The project is funded by the European Commission Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) and includes project partners from across Europe. We seek a highly motivated researcher to join our team to work on this challenging project.
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There is a new fully funded PhD position (for UK/EU students), working with the Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre and the Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics at the University of Nottingham, UK.The student will work on a large multi-disciplinary EPSRC-funded project related to the assessment of new materials within railway track drainage systems.
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International Conf. on Creep and Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials will be held at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, August 24-25, 2015. The tentative programme is attached. The registration is open in http://www.chalmers.se/en/sections/conferences/international-conference. Please note that the final date for registrations is August 16, 2015, and given the number of places is limited, register early to avoid disappointment. Any updates to the programme will be posted on the conference website: http://conferences.chalmers.se/index.php/ICCG/ICCG15 in early August.
Applications are invited for a Dean of Engineering Prize in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham. The successful candidate will work within the Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics (NCG). NCG brings together expertise from the worlds of geotechnical engineering, mathematics and material sciences to solve all forms of soil and rock-related engineering design and construction problems as well as to perform fundamental geotechnical research. The centre possesses extensive element testing facilities and a 2 metre radius geotechnical centrifuge for conducting small-scale model experiments at full-scale stress levels.
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A PhD position on “Hydromechanical behaviour of a compacted clay cover layer in the very long term” is openend at the “Laboratoire d’Energétique et de Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée” of the University of Lorraine (France). The position is described in the attached file.