The deadline for the abstract submission has been officially extended to May 1, 2016; you can find here a link to the symposium: http://www.lem3.fr/2016EMI-IC/ and here a link for the abstract submission: http://www.lem3.fr/2016EMI-IC/index.php?page=abstract. The list of the minisymposia can be found at http://www.lem3.fr/2016EMI-IC/index.php?page=sessions.
The video of Prof. Hans Mühlhaus giving the Special lecture at the annual meeting in Aussois 2015 is now available online. The lecture was entitled Mechanical and hydraulic instabilities in Geomechanics.
The Bureau of ALERT Geomaterials has decided to fund the ALERT PhD Prize 2016. Starting this year, the PhD prize will be entitled Ioannis Vardoulakis PhD Prize to commemorate Prof. Vardoulakis and his contributions to research and teaching in the field of Geomechanics.
The participation to the prize is open to all the PhD students coming from institutions belonging to ALERT, that have discussed their PhD thesis in 2015. The deadline for the applications is May 31, 2016. The application procedure was changed and has to be done completely online via the application form.
The rules and further details are to be found on the Alert website:
https://alertgeomaterials.eu/alert-phd-prize/
The ALERT Newsletter 2016 summing up the events and highlights within the framework of ALERT activities is available online now. The newsletters of recent years can be found in the archive.
The State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection (SKLGP), Chengdu University of Technology, located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Southwest China, invites applicants for postdoctoral positions (1-3 years) in the field of Geohazards, Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering. More details in the pdf file.
Aalto University School of Engineering in Finland has launched an open call for Doctoral Candidate in Modelling of failure and post-failure behavior of granular slopes with Generalized Interpolation Material Point Method. Please find attached a pdf file with the job advertisement for the position, and a link to the advertisement at Aalto University webpage: http://www.aalto.fi/en/about/careers/jobs/view/759/. Deadline for the applications is May 10th 2016.
The second PETRUS-OPERA PhD early-stage researcher conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Geological Disposal will take place in Delft, 27 June – 1 July, 2016. The conference consists of two main components:
– A set of high quality lectures on radioactive waste disposal presented by international experts.
– Oral presentation and poster exhibition of on-going research work by participants. The best oral and poster presentations will be rewarded.
PhD students and early-stage researchers who are involved in any aspects of radioactive waste research are invited to submit an extended abstract of 1-3 pages. Research subjects from the social and economic areas related to the radioactive waste management are welcome too.
The conference is free of charge. For more information please see the attached pdf or www.petrus-opera2016.eu.
The DynamiX Laboratory is a new, state of the art facility for high speed X-ray radiography and tomography, designed exclusively for imaging inside deforming geomaterials. There are now four open PhD positions for those interested in experimental, numerical or analytical research work in granular materials and geomechanics. Please see here for more information:
http://agile-prod.ucc.usyd.edu.au/research/opportunities/opportunities/2054
http://agile-prod.ucc.usyd.edu.au/research/opportunities/opportunities/2055
http://agile-prod.ucc.usyd.edu.au/research/opportunities/opportunities/2056
http://agile-prod.ucc.usyd.edu.au/research/opportunities/opportunities/2057
The deadline for abstract submission for the first international conference on the material point method for “Modelling Large Deformation and Soil–Water–Structure Interaction” in January 2017 in Delft, The Netherlands. has been extended to Monday, 4 April 2016.
The laboratory of soil mechanics (LMS) at Swiss Federal Institution of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) has several PhD vacancies in the area of geotechnical engineering (see pdf document).