The presentations of the ALERT Doctoral School 2016 are now available online. The accompanying book of the Doctoral School can be downloaded here.
Presentations of the ALERT Doctoral School 2016
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Presentations of the ALERT workshop 2016
The presentations of the ALERT workshop 2016 are now available online.
PhD position at EPFL, Lausanne
A PhD Position is available in Geotechnical Engineering at the EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. More details in the pdf file.
PhD positions at Northwestern University
The geotechnical engineering group of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Northwestern University is seeking PhD applicants for new doctoral positions starting in the Fall 2017. Successful candidates should have a master’s degree in civil engineering, geomechanics, applied mechanics or related disciplines and a strong background in continuum mechanics, numerical modelling and geotechnical engineering.
Interested candidates should contact Prof. James Hambleton (jphambleton at northwestern.edu), Prof. Giuseppe Buscarnera (g-buscarnera at northwestern.edu) or Prof. Richard Finno (r-finno at northwestern.edu). The deadline for applications is December 31 2016. Further information can be found at http://www.tgs.northwestern.edu/admission/application-deadlines.html.
Mini-symposium on Hydro-mechanical Large Deformation Problems (in Geotechnical Engineering)
As an opportunity to present and discuss advances in the computational simulation of large deformation problems, a mini-symposium will be organized at the Interpore 2017 conference, 8-11 May 2017 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The conference works on the basis of submitted abstracts only (no papers) and then oral/poster presentations in a series of mini-symposiums. All participants will have the opportunity to orally present their work (15 mins for oral contributions or 3 mins for poster presenters, in addition to their poster). Abstract submission is now open until November 14th.
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Minisympoisum on Thermo-hydro-mechanics of porous media at the Interpore 2017 conference
The Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) behaviour of soils occupies a central role in many coupled processes in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, such as geo-energy, nuclear waste disposal, thermo-active structures and atmospheric interaction of earthworks. In order to provide a forum for academics and practitioners in these areas to exchange their research on thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of soils, a mini-symposium on the topic is being organised as part of the Interpore 2017 conference, to be held 8-11 May 2017 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This mini-symposium is an opportunity to present experimental research, field work and computational studies focussing both on fundamental aspects of THM behaviour and its application to engineering problems.
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Minisymposium on uncertainty modelling in porous media during Interpore conference 2017
Contributions are invited for the Minisymposium on “Uncertainty Quantification and Multiple Scale Methods for Porous Media” to be held during the 9th International Conference on Porous Media in Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 8-11, 2017. Details for the conference can be found in the conference website: https://www.interpore.org/events/interpore-conference-programs/9th-international-conference-on-porous-media-annual-meeting.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is November 14, 2016. Further details about the minisymposium can be found in the attached pdf file.
UCL recruits a Geotechnical Engineering Professor for 2017
The Universite catholique de Louvain is looking for a full time professor in Geotechnical Engineering, starting September 2017. The applications should reach UCL by midnight Tuesday 15th November 2016, at the latest. For details, see http://www.uclouvain.be/emploi-academiques.html and key in “geotechnical” as search word in form linked to “Non-UCL” or see pdf.
Assistant/Associate Professor of Engineering Geology in Delft
A position of Assistant/Associate Professor of Engineering Geology is open at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of Delft University of Technology. More details in the pdf file.
Nenad Bicanic passed away
Dear ALERT colleagues,
My friend and former colleague Chris Pearce from the University of Glasgow passed me very sad news: Emeritus Prof. Nenad Bicanic passed away on Saturday at his home in Croatia. I understand that his funeral will be in Zagreb on Wednesday, followed by a memorial service in Oxford at a later date. Nenad held academic positions at Zagreb, Swansea, Glasgow and Rijeka. He held the Regius Chair of Civil Engineering at Glasgow University (the oldest Chair in Engineering in the UK) from 1994 to 2010. Nenad was a major force behind the UK Association in Computational Mechanics, and he was also very active in ALERT Geomaterials in its early days, via Swansea and later on Glasgow. I am sure many colleagues will remember him with great fondness.
Best regards,
Minna Karstunen