Aalto University (Finland), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering invites applications for Doctoral Student or Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Material Point Method in Geotechnical Engineering. The announcement can also be downloaded directly from http://www.aalto.fi/en/about/careers/jobs/view/241/.
A workshop on electric and electromagnetic measurement methods in civil and environmental engineering will take place on the 2nd and 3rd October in Brisbane, Australia. More details in the flyer.
The Geotechnics Research Group at the University of Dundee is currently looking for 4 PhD opportunities working on the following topics:
Innovative use of Thermal Piles as heat storage to enhance Embankment Performance
Further details please find: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=51187&LID=2507, or see attached file 1.
ISGCUBIP: Investigation of the critical SG for cables and umbilicals during various backfilling and installation processes
Further details please find: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=54892&LID=2507
Deadline for applications: 31 July 2014
The use of stone columns as mitigation of earthquake-induced soil liquefaction
Further details please find: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=46222&LID=2507
Enhanced mechanical strength of vegetated soil through transpiration
Further details please find: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=55139&LID=2507, or see attached file 2.
Deadline for applications: 25 July 2014
Monash Geomechanics group at Monash University, Australia is looking for a postdoctoral candidate. For further details, please visit: http://jobs.monash.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=525066&stp=AW&sLanguage=en.
Mini-Symposium on Mechanics of Granular Media will be organised at ESMC 2015 in Madrid, see pdf-file.
A course on hypoplasticity taught by D. Masin will take place at Charles University in Prague, 16-17. 9. 2014. The course will first introduce fundamentals of soil constitutive modeling, then basics of hypoplasticity formulation and subsequently the lectures will focus on proper calibration of two particular models: model for sands and model for clays. The course will end with discussion of examples of practical applications of hypoplastic models. More details, including the course outline and the speaker profile, can be found at
http://web.natur.cuni.cz/uhigug/masin/hypocourse
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.