A fully funded 3-year PhD student position is now open in the Geotechnical group in the School of Engineering of University of Dundee (UK).

The PhD opportunity aims to quantify the uncertainties in the geotechnical design of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) and develop improved site investigation schemes for FOWTs. The developed framework will serve as a tool to economically optimise the effectiveness of site investigation for anchor design. This will enable improved (optimised) cost and risk estimations for different anchor concepts, thereby facilitating robust design decisions.

The candidate should have a background in Civil / Geotechnical / Geological / Energy Engineering. Contact: Dr Pengpeng He, phe001@dundee.ac.uk. More information on the pdf file.

Title: Fluid-solid coupling simulations in nano-granular materials:  application to solid bridges formation  

Location: Laboratory of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, Montpellier, France Link: https://www.lmgc.univ-montp2.fr/perso/katerina-ioannidou/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/12/PhD_solid_bridges.pdf

Delft University of Technology is seeking candidates for a new Assistant 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: 14 April 2024.

A fully funded 3-year PhD student position is about to open in the Geotechnics and Engineering Seismology group in the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAr) of the University of Pavia (Italy).

The PhD opportunity is part of the project DORIAN, awarded by the Italian Ministry of University (MUR) to the DICAr@UNIPV for its excellence. The goal of this important project is to study innovative techniques to improve digital modelling of the environment to design safe, resilient, and sustainable structures and infrastructure.

More information on the pdf file.

This Researcher position has a focus on developing advanced numerical models for simulating coupled multiphysical processes in fractured geological media. The simulation tools will be applied to study a wide range of geoenergy and geoengineering problems, such as nuclear waste disposal in crystalline/argillaceous formations, underground construction in dense urban areas, and hydrogen storage in fractured rocks. The project is for two years. The researcher is also expected to seek additional funding to continue the research or for related projects. The duties for this position mainly consist of: (i) performing cutting-edge research in the above mentioned areas, (ii) presenting results in leading international conferences and journals, (iii) supporting the supervision of PhD students as well as interacting with industrial partners, and (iv) undertaking 20% teaching. The deadline for application is 15 March 2024. Please see attached pdf file for details.

Postdoctoral positions in Computational Geomechanics are currently open at the Geotechnical Engineering Research Group, Shandong University, Jinan, China. Candidates should have graduated with a Ph.D. within the last three years and have experience in developing advanced numerical methods such as FEM, DEM or MPM, for addressing geotechnical problems. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Prof. Kai Yao by emailing yaokai@sdu.edu.cn

The salary package could be referred to https://www.en.sdu.edu.cn/info/1169/7271.htm