Our natural H2 research team in ISTerre laboratory (Grenoble) will host two Phd students among 10 PhD positions opening on the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, ENDONANO ITN-European Industrial Doctorate (EID) program “SHINE: Safe underground Hydrogen storage IN Earth subsurface reservoirs”: https://www.shine-edn.eu/.

Regarding Grenoble,  we are looking for candidates (see https://www.shine-edn.eu/projects-on-offer/  projects 07 & 08) for:

• First PhD (No 07) : Permeability and migration pathways to the surface using field observations, laboratory tests and numerical modelling. Very good Geomechanical, Hydraulic & Analytical/coding skills required. Frederic Victor Donzé will supervise this project.

• Second PhD (No 08): Modeling and laboratory studies of fluid-solid interaction during H2 transport along fractures. Supervised by Laurent Truche

Please apply there: https://www.shine-edn.eu/recruitment/.
Details regarding candidates: https://www.shine-edn.eu/PDF/SHINE-Call-for-Recruitment.pdf.

Feel free to apply to the other PhD projects. We will address the underground hydrogen storage science and technology.

A position for a scientific software developer / PhD in geomechanics is open at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). The doctoral project will focus on CO₂ storage in depleted reservoirs. The thermo-hydro-mechanical response of reservoir rocks will be investigated considering a two-phase flow of supercritical CO₂ and water. The research will be conducted jointly with DRACSYS, a spinoff company of the research group of Mechanics of Materials (MECMAT-UPC). The new developments will be implemented in the group’s own FE code.

Start date: as soon as possible and no later than October 2023.

More information on this pdf file.

Applications are welcomed for 3 PhD positions at the IMMC institute, UCLouvain, Belgium, starting in October 2023.

These positions are part of multi-disciplinary project NanoGG focusing on rocks mechanical behavior to study faults’ behavior, earthquake propagation and plate tectonics. This project aims at better understanding the physics behind these events and more generally the deformation processes in rocks at depth by investigating their behavior from the nanoscale to the macroscale combining original numerical and experimental developments. The PhD projects will be co-supervised by an interdisciplinary team composed of Hosni Idrissi, Laurent Delannay and Hadrien Rattez.

More information in the attached file.

Two academic positions in Geotechnical Engineering are now open at AUTH:

1. Assistant or Associate Professor in Soil Mechanics
   
2. Assistant Professor in Rock Mechanics for Civil Engineering works

More information on this pdf file.

Join the Numerical Modelling and Digitalization for Building Materials and Concrete Structures research group at the Institute for Concrete Structures and Building Materials at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.

We’re seeking a motivated individual to support our ground-breaking research on Multiphysics modelling for the long-term evolution of critical infrastructures like nuclear reactors and bridges. You’ll have the opportunity to develop innovative thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical models, enabling reliable predictions of concrete structure service life. With hands-on experiments, cutting-edge numerical modelling, and collaboration with leading experts, this role offers a unique pathway to advance your career and make a lasting impact in the field. For further information contact Dr. Ravi Patel (ravi.patel@kit.edu) as well as on this pdf file.

A call is open to award one researcher/PhD student grant within the I&D Project INTENT – Intelligent health monitoring of road infrastructures using bender elements embedded in pavements, reference 2022.06879.PTDC, funded by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). The recipient is expected to conduct research in the field of Civil Engineering/Geomechanics at the University of Minho, in Guimarães, Portugal.

The grant holder will work at the ISISE Research Centre, University of Minho, to develop, test and produce Bender Elements (BE) sensors taking into account a set of specifications defined in a previous Task of the project. Subsequently, these sensors will be delivered and installed for field tests aimed at the continuous monitoring of road granular layers.

Job:  Research grant for MSc graduates, with an option to undertake a PhD

Research field: Civil Engineering/Geomechanics

Stating date: July, 2023

Application deadline: June, 7, 2023

More information on this link.

The University of Dundee is looking to appoint a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to work on the EPSRC-funded research project “Braced Excavations: what about the corners?“, jointly held with Durham University.  The aim of this project is to develop new and more accurate ways to predict ground movements and prop loads for large, braced excavations as regularly used around the world for the construction of new underground transportation infrastructure.  

The post holder will work on the University of Dundee Geotechnical Centrifuge to create and test models of 2- and 3-dimensional braced excavations to provide validation data for numerical approaches developed at Durham University.  The position will be for 3 years.  

To apply for this position, please go to https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CZS581/postdoctoral-research-assistant

The application deadline is midnight on Friday 09 June. Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Jonathan Knappett (j.a.knappett@dundee.ac.uk).  

Further particulars are available in this pdf file.