This Postdoc/PhD study is aiming to provide improved knowledge for a safer E39 highway in western Norway. Focus is to be on effective countermeasures for debris and mudflow hazards. This Postdoc/PhD study shall look for innovative solutions and explore possibilities. The study shall improve the understanding of the dynamic forces from and the behaviour of the fluidized soil/water mass in the flow path, in narrow spaces and structure underpasses. For some specific sections of the E39 highway, the parameters that are important for debris flows shall be established and/or measured. In the physical model, various countermeasures shall be applied and studied with respect to forces, efficiency and functionality. This Postdoc/PhD study needs to consider effects of the changing climate. The application deadline is 22nd November 2015. More details at http://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/118790/a-postdoc-phd-position-on-coastal-highway-route-e39-ivt-134-15

Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, offers a position of senior researcher in soil mechanics and related disciplines. More details in the pdf file.

Attached is an announcement for faculty positions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Geotechnical Engineering and Smart Infrastructure. Faculty rank is open.

The University of California at Davis (UC Davis) has opened a search for a new tenure-track position in Geotechnical Engineering at the Assistant Professor level. A detailed position description is attached. The position is open until filled, but to ensure full consideration, applications must be received by January 15, 2016.

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.

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.

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.