A post-doc position is available in the 3sr lab, UJF, Grenoble, France. The subject concerns the characterization of water distribution evolution within a specimen of sapphire spheres with x-ray tomography during hydraulic loading – Experiment and comparison with DEM modeling. More details in pdf file.
Following on from a mini-symposium on Soil-Atmosphere Interaction at the IACMAG (http://www.iacmag.net/#!conferences/c1f4i) conference, a themed issue of Environmental Geotechnics is being planned.
In spite of soil-atmosphere interaction providing the boundary condition to many surface and near surface geotechnical infrastructure, detailed knowledge and modelling of the processes remain rather poor, and still deserve new research and development. Contributions are being sought on aspects of Soil-Atmosphere Interaction such as wetting/drying, unsaturated transport, soil desiccation, vegetation, freeze/thaw, and on any engineering application influenced by such processes.
Abstract submission has been extended to be open until 15th April 2015, with full papers anticipated to be submitted by June. Please see the attached advert for submission details.
The ALERT Newsletter 2015 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.
A Ph-D position is available at IRSTEA (Grenoble) on Discrete-element modelling of the mechanical behaviour of non-woven geotextiles subjected to puncturing loading. More details in the pdf file.
The programme of the ALERT Doctoral School in Aussois (1-3 October 2015), entitled Coupled and multiphysics phenomena, has been fixed by the organizers – Bernhard Schrefler (Università degli Studi di Padova), Lorenzo Sanavia (Università degli Studi di Padova) and Frederic Collin (Université de Liège). It can be downloaded as a pdf-file.
Two PhD position are available at Mines ParisTech in soil mechanics, entitled Impacts of shallow tunneling in urban zones. More details in the pdf file.
MINES ParisTech opens 3 PhD positions in Rock Mechanics. More details in the PDF file.
A PhD position is available at Irstea, Aix-en-Provence, France, within the Geomechanics group on the Experimental investigation of the impact of the erosion by suffusion on the physical and mechanical properties of soils. Details are in the pdf file. The application deadline is May 13th and the candidate should be aged less than 30. The contract period is 3 years and the gross salary of about 1.852 €.
MINES ParisTech opens two assistant professor positions (tenure tracks) in Geomechanics and in Hydrogeology. More information is available in the attached file.
The Bureau of ALERT Geomaterials has decided to fund the ALERT PhD Prize 2015. The participation to the prize is open to all the PhD students coming from institutions belonging to ALERT, that have discussed their PhD thesis before December 31, 2014. The deadline for sending the dossiers is May 31, 2015.
The rules and further details are to be found on the Alert website:
https://alertgeomaterials.eu/alert-phd-prize/