The Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) invites applications for a Research Associate position in the area of Geomechanics. We look for expertise in geomechanical numerical modeling and soil/rock mechanics, and experience modeling fluid flow in conjunction with large deformations. Qualifying applicants should have up to 10 years of research experience. For more details, please see attached pdf.
Call for the ALERT PhD Prize still open
The call for the ALERT PhD Prize is still open (until 31 May)! Please note that applications should be submitted by the former PhD students (applicants). The applications should be sent by post to the Vice-Director of ALERT Geomaterials, Dr. Andrea Galli. The rules are summarized at https://alertgeomaterials.eu/alert-phd-prize/.
Position of Asst./Assoc. Professor of Offshore Soil Mechanics in Delft
A position of Asst./Assoc. Professor of Offshore Soil Mechanics is open at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of the TU Delft. More details in the pdf file.
Course in Soil Modelling at the NTNU Trondheim
The biannual course in Soil Modelling at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway) will take place in the period September 8th to 12th 2014. Link to bulletin: http://www.ntnu.no/documents/10380/0/Course+in+soil+modelling/3a1a221d-ddbe-4fbd-acbf-cdc2f93ec2e2
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Lecturer in Geomechanics at the University of Southampton
A position of the Lecturer in Geomechanics is open at the University of Southampton in the Infrastructure Research Group.
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PhD position at The University of Sydney
PhD opportunity in the research field physics of landslides is available at School of Civil Engineering of The University of Sydney. Applications are invited for a three years PhD scholarship in the field of geomechanics and landslide engineering.
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ALERT Workshop 2014 – extended deadline
The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Sessions 2 and 3 of the ALERT Workshop 2014 (25th Edition) has been extended up to May 31, 2014! Please submit your abstracts by email directly to the coordinators using the Workshop abstract form (doc, odt, pdf). The submission of the abstracts for the Session 1 is closed!
Session 2 (Tuesday, September 30)
Railway geomechanics
Coordinators: Antonis Zervos and Farhang Radjai
(a half-day exploratory workshop)
Session 3 (Wednesday, October 1)
Multiphysics coupling
Coordinators: Robert Charlier, Lorenzo Sanavia and Jean Vaunat
The presentation can also be submitted as a poster.
PhD position at Grenoble Alpes University
A PhD subject on the “Mechanical response of soils subjected to an internal erosion process: effect of the degradation of the micro-structure” is offered by the 3SR laboratory in collaboration with IRSTEA (France). The PhD and the application proccess are described in the attached pdf file.
Research position at The University of Texas at Austin
The Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) invites applications for a research position in the area of Geomechanics. We look for expertise in geomechanical numerical modeling and soil/rock mechanics, and experience modeling fluid flow in conjunction with large deformations. For more details, please see attached pdf.
Video ALERT Special Lecture 2013 available online
The presentation of the ALERT Special lecture 2013 by Ronaldo Borja is now available online. The title of his lecture was Triggering a shear band in heterogeneous
porous media.