The Chair of Geotechnics at the Bauhaus-University Weimar is seeking a dedicated scientific staff member (m/f/d). This full-time position (TV-L E13), initially limited to 36 months with a possibility of extension, involves teaching and research in geotechnics, particularly focusing on numerical methods for the simulation of the installation of foundations for offshore wind turbines. The role offers the opportunity to pursue a doctorate and work in a flexible, interdisciplinary environment. Applicants should have a Master’s degree in civil engineering with a specialization in geotechnics, experience with numerical calculations and simulation software, and strong English skills.

Find the full description of the position here.

Offshore Wind is a stronghold of innovative developments in foundation technologies. Offshore foundations combine the experience of structural engineers with geotechnical engineering. Installation methodology, cyclic loading, fatigue, buckling, installation and operation, repair and strengthening as well as interdisciplinary thinking characterise the task. We offer a great team, development opportunities as a researcher, experimental and numerical research opportunities, a permanent position.

More details under this link:

https://recruitingapp-5507.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/1893/Description/2?lang=eng

Project description: Many kilometres of underground infrastructure in a large-scale network (e.g., tunnel, pipelines) may heavily encounter performance degradations during long-term service. In the past, the resultant structural condition data, historical borehole logs and relevant hydrogeological reports have been used to evaluate the long-term structure serviceability. However, hydrogeology uncertainty and variation along the tunnel infrastructure present a significant challenge to the understanding of ground-tunnel interaction on a very large city scale. This research postgraduate student project will specifically address the impact of hydrogeology spatiotemporal variation on large-scale tunnel infrastructure over many kilometres using cutting-edge computer vision models and machine learning algorithms. The research outcome aims to give more insights into large-scale tunnel design and maintenance using big data analytics along with geoengineering knowledge than previously available by conventional methods.

Position Description: In this project, the research master will focus on hydrogeological data transformation, and interpretation. The one-year research master (may be extended to a PhD position) will be based at UCC. She/he will undertake this CERN project along with another research master, a Postdoc under the joint supervision of CERN and UCC.

Candidate Experience: The postgraduate student candidate should have a minimum 2.1 in an honours Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering / Computer Science, or an equivalent standard from an overseas university. The postgraduate student whose first language is not English must provide evidence of English language proficiency (e.g. IELTS or TOEFL) according to UCC entry requirement.  Some experience in structural health monitoring and machine learning would be an advantage.

Application:

• Master / PhD student applicant

Please e-mail a CV (max. 2 pages) and a cover letter outlining your experience and motivation to Dr. Zili Li (zili.li@ucc.ie). Early application is highly encouraged.

Delft University of Technology is seeking candidates for a new Assistant or Associate Professor of Geotechnical Uncertainty.

There is an increasing need to quantify the performance of geotechnical structures and infrastructures within a reliability-based framework, so that risks can be explicitly quantified for guiding effective mitigation measures. Of fundamental importance is the need to understand uncertainties and their impacts at the soil mechanical behaviour level and at the geotechnical site level, as an essential precursor to reducing the uncertainty in soil mechanical response as well as to understanding uncertainty propagation to the structure level.

The position is proposed to investigate soil mechanical material behaviour and geotechnical structure response, accounting for uncertainties relating to, for example, data, measurements, statistics, transformation from measured data to derived properties, and external (including environmental) loadings. The position takes into consideration the random, spatial and systematic components of uncertainty, as well as uncertainties relating to the cross-correlations of material properties, and it develops new solutions to better control and reduce the geotechnical uncertainty and risk in geotechnical assessments and construction processes.

More details can be found at link.

Last day for applications: 15 September 2024.

What:     PhD call
Where:    Napoli, Italy
Duration: 4 years
Salary:   € 19,000 yearly
Deadline: 20/08/2024 – 23:59 CEST
Website: 
https://www.ssmeridionale.it/avcp/bando-di-concorso-xl-ciclo-dottorato-ssm/
Contatct details: merc@ssmeridionale.it

A call for applications for 10 Doctoral Programs has been announced by the Scuola Superiore Meridionale (SSM) in Naples (Italy). Specifically, the program, titled Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity (MERC), emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to studying and managing complex systems, designing and engineering resilient systems, and analyzing and managing risks and cascading effects. Within this context, geotechnical methods can be utilized to address hazard assessments related to landslides, seismic site responses, and other issues.

Detailed hazard assessments can be further integrated into risk analyses for structures and lifelines to evaluate both their serviceability and ultimate state. This can also lead to the development of risk mitigation strategies through a decision support system.

Please find enclosed two PDF files about the PhD scholarship (10 Programs), including detailed information about the MERC (Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity) program.

At the Computing Center for Geotechnical Engineering of Zhejiang University China, we are currently looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join our team and work on multiscale modeling of clayey geomaterials.

Please find attached the full description of the position.

Two PhD positions in geotechnical engineering are open at Politecnico di Bari, as part of the PhD Programme in Risk, Environmental, Territorial and Building Development at the DICATECh Department. The positions are funded for 3 years: it will be mainly based at Politecnico di Bari (Italy). The research will benefit from the collaboration between research groups in Italy and abroad and companies in the industrial sector. The possibility of recycling mussel shells, suitably treated, as a partial replacement of commercial cements has been recently investigated for stabilising dredged marine sediments with less environmental impact but similar same chemo-hydro-mechanical effectiveness. Based on these results, the two PhD students will contribute to the optimisation of the design of innovative solutions for the chemo-hydro-mechanical stabilisation of sediments and the reuse of other blue waste materials, by multiscale testing and modelling.

Applications are welcome to apply for the 5-year project “GREENLIFE4SEAS – GREen ENgineering solutions: a new LIFE FOR SEdiments A Shells”, recently funded in the field of the LIFE EU PROGRAMME.  For further details about the project, please visit: https://greenlife4seas.poliba.it/en/

We are looking forward to receiving applications from highly motivated and curious candidates with master’s degree (or equivalent) in civil or environmental engineering and specialisation in geotechnics or related area.

Candidates can find more details on the PhD position and the submission procedures at the following link:  https://www.poliba.it/sites/default/files/40_phd_call_rif._rd_697.pdf (see the RESEARCH TOPICS AS PER PLACES CO-FINANCED BY PUBLIC/PRIVATE BODIES grants NUMBER 2 and 4, in the section Risk and Environmental, Territorial and Building Development PH.D. Call for application PhD Programmes (XL cycle).

Application deadline: July 17^th  2024 

Contact details for further information: claudia.vitone@poliba.it