A PhD position in Soil Dynamics is open at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. More details at http://www.ltu.se/ltu/Lediga-jobb?l=en&rmpage=job&rmjob=1960&rmlang=UK.
Open PhD position in Luleå, Sweden
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Registration for the ALERT Workshop & School 2016 is open!
The registration for the ALERT Geomaterials Workshop and School 2016 is open now (the programme of the workshop and school is still preliminary)! (The registration is closed). Please read the hints in the registration form! After filling the form and pressing the button “Register”, a window will open with your invoice. Please print the window with the invoice for your records! You will also get an email with the registration data afterwards. In case of the registration of the ALERT members, the corresponding representative of the ALERT institution will receive the registration data too.
The deadline for the registration is the September 23rd! The accomodation in Aussois will be processed in the order of the registrations (see the hints in the registration form). Please note that the number of rooms in the CNRS “Centre Paul Langevin“ is limited.
See also hints on how to get to Aussois!
PhD position at L’Université de Pau et des Pays de L’Adour
L’Université de Pau et des Pays de L’Adour (http://www.univ-pau.fr/), in collaboration with Ifremer (www.ifremer.fr) and Total (www.total.com), invite applications for a fully funded PhD scholarship. The proposed research will focus on the interaction between gas compressibility and exsolution and the mechanical behavior of host sediment in geological conditions.
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6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics
The 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics ( http://biot2017.sciencesconf.org/ ) will be held just outside of Paris, France, at École des Ponts ParisTech and IFSTTAR, from July 9 to July 13, 2017. The Biot conference is organized only once every 4 years and is the main international event for experts in poromechanics. All topics related to porous solids that deform and contain one or several pore fluids are relevant. This edition will be held as a tribute to Olivier Coussy (1953-2010), who was the first recipient of the ASCE Biot medal. Deadline for abstract submission is September 15, 2016. Further details may be found on the attached flyer.
Postdoctoral Position at Mississippi State University
A position for a qualified postdoctoral researcher is available in the geotechnical engineering team at Mississippi State University (MSU).
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EU funded PhD position at Trento University
The University of Trento (Italy) invites applications for a PhD position funded by the EU wihtin an ITN scheme in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Geomechanics group. The proposed research will focus on the development and validation of novel constitutive and numerical models for analysing soil-structure interaction under extreme loading conditions.
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Post-Doctoral position in soil bioengineering, University of Dundee, UK
The University of Dundee (UoD) is looking for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate with centrifuge modelling experience to work on the EPSRC-funded project “Climate-change effects on the performance of bioengineered clay fill embankments”. The project is in association with Network Rail and Highways England, the two government agencies who manage transport assets and infrastructure in most of the UK.
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Abstract of the ALERT Special Lecture 2016
The invited ALERT Special Lecture during the ALERT Workshop 2016 will be presented by Prof. Takashi Matsushima from University of Tsukuba, Japan. The envisaged title of his talk is Planetary geomechanics. Find the abstract below.
International workshop on “effective stress in multiphase geomaterials”
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, likes to invite you to an international workshop on “effective stress in multiphase geomaterials”. Details can be found in the pdf file.
ALERT Poster Session 2016
The ALERT Poster session will be held during the ALERT Workshop in October 3-5, 2016 in Aussois. Those who are interested are asked to submit their abstracts (both word/openoffice and pdf files are required) by email to the coordinator Nadia Benahmed using the attached abstract form (doc). The deadline for the abstracts submission is September 5, 2016.