A PhD position on “Filter criteria for granular soils based on the Constriction Size Distribution” is proposed at Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France). All the details can be found in the attached pdf file.
The LEMR at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland) invites applicants for the following PhD position:
The objective of the PhD thesis is to provide better understanding of the various couplings between hydraulic and mechanical interactions in enhanced geothermal systems. Continue reading
Chalmers is looking for a Professor in Structural Mechanics at the Division of Material and Computational Mechanics (due to the retirement of Prof. Kenneth Runesson).
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International Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI,www.asce.org/emi) Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE www.asce.org) will be held on October 25-27, 2016 in Metz in partnership with the Université de Lorraine. The EMI annual conferences are held each year, usually in the United Stated, and are organized in partnership with the host university. As instance, this year’s the conference was held at Stanford University: www.emi2015.info. The announcement of the conference can be found in the attached pdf flyer.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University invites applicants for a tenure track faculty position in geotechnical engineering. For more details, see the pdf flyer.
A research assistant position for supporting a PhD degree applicant is available in the geotechnical engineering program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. There are several main research fields for the assistantships in geotechnical engineering in the areas of underground construction/mining, resilient infrastructures and soil/rock erosion characteristics.
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A PhD position is available at Division “Buildings & Structures” at Federal Institute for Materials Research in Berlin, Germany. The research project is concerned with the modeling of plastic strains of cyclically loaded pile and bucket foundations for Offshore Wind Energy Converters. Applications are invited for a 3 year contract to work on a PhD thesis. More details in the pdf-file.
A fully funded 3-year PhD position in geotechnical engineering at the University of Salerno (Italy) is available within the doctoral course “Risk and sustainability in civil, environmental and construction engineering”. The PhD will start in November 2015. More details in the pdf file.
Two PhD positions at the University of Adelaide, Australia are available on subject of a new damage model for rock burst in deep mines under high stress and high temperature. More details in the attached pdf file.
We are seeking motivated candidates for a PhD project to study the mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of mudstones. The project is a joint study between RWTH Aachen University and Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, making combined use of unique facilities of both laboratories. The student will spend 2 years in Aachen and 1 year in Grenoble, and receive training in both laboratories. Results will be reported in joint publications and in team visits to both laboratories.
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