The University of Florence has published a call for candidatures to a 3‐years PhD Course. The Course is run jointly by the Univ. of Florence (Italy), in consortium with University of Pisa, University of Perugia, and the TU Braunschweig (Germany) and leads to a jointly recognised Ph.D. title in both countries. More details in the call.
A PhD opportunity in the research field of Hydrodynamics and Transport Processes is available at GeoRessources Laboratory / University of Lorraine in Nancy, France. Applicants are invited for a three years PhD scholarship in the field of hydro-geomechanics. More details in the attached file.
A post-doctoral position is available in multiphasic transport modelling and remediation process at the Université de Lorraine, France. More details in pdf.
Advanced course on Modeling of Localized Inelastic Deformation taught by Milan Jirásek will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, on 15-19 September 2014. This course provides an overview of modeling approaches used in the mechanics of inelastic materials and structures, with special attention to the objective description of highly localized deformation modes such as cracks or shear bands.
International Conference in Geotechnical Engineering will be organised by the Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society in August 2015. The second bulletin of the conference is attached. The closing date for the submission of abstracts is 29th June.
The registration for the ALERT Workshop and School 2014 is open now! You can register using the form at https://alertgeomaterials.eu/forms/registration.html . 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 ALERT members, the corresponding representative of the ALERT institution will receive the registration data too.
The deadline for the registration is September 15th! The accomodation in Aussois will be processed in the order of the registrations (see the hints in the registration form).
Hints on how to get to Aussois!
The preliminary programme for the ALERT workshop and school 2014 is avalable now!
The invited Special Lecture during the ALERT Workshop 2014 will be presented by Prof. Itai Einav from University of Sydney. The envisaged title of his talk is Geomaterials under extremes.
The ALERT Poster session will be held during the ALERT Workshop from September 29 to October 1, 2014 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 Donia Marzougui using the attached abstract form (files as odt and pdf). The deadline for the abstracts submission is September 10, 2014.
The election of the new ALERT Board of Directors (BoD) will take place in Aussois 29-30 September 2014, during the ALERT workshop. The BoD is composed of 15 members elected by the General Assembly. Each Institution has one vote. The vote is cast by the ALERT named representative of the Institution (whose name is specified on the ALERT website), or by another person belonging to the same Institution, delegated by written mandate by the named representative.
As foreseen by the ALERT Internal Regulations, candidatures must be submitted by a simple e-mail to the address of the ALERT Director. All permanent teachers, researchers and technicians belonging to an ALERT member Institution are eligible candidates for the BoD. The deadline for the candidatures is 15 September 2014.
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.