Summer School on Numerical Modelling in Geotechnical Engineerig at the University of Innsbruck


Call for Abstracts! Session on Monitoring and Modeling of Landslides at the International Mountain Conference IMC2025 in Innsbruck!

We are looking forward to your enriching contributions to our session on landslides. Please find further details on: https://imc2025.info/imc25/sessions-n-workshops/focus-session/fs-3-147-monitoring-assessment-and-multi-scale-modeling-of-landslides-approaches-for-hazard-analysis/

Deadline for abstracts: 20.02.2025
Conference date: 14.09.2025 – 18.09.2025
Location: Innsbruck, Austria

See you there for an exciting exchange,
Barbara Schneider-Muntau, Christina Rechberger, Christine Fey (Chairs)

ERPE Funded PhD Positions

Dear all,

I hope you are keeping well! I’m writing to advertise a PhD funding under the ERPE partnership. Together with colleagues at Edinburgh University, we offer two PhD topics (attached), both focusing on multi-scale and multi-physics behaviour of granular materials and combining experimental mechanics coupled with X-ray CT imaging (3D and 4D) and DEM modelling. This is a competitive call; only projects with best candidates will be considered for funding. More information on the selection process can be found in the attached documents. 

The deadline for any potential applicants to contact the supervisory team is February 19, 2025. Both UK and international students are encouraged to apply. We also encourage applications from candidates with unconventional career trajectories.

Position for a full-time university assistant (m/f/d) at the Chair of Geoenergy Production Engineering, in the Department Geoenergy

One vacant position for a full-time university assistant (m/f/d) at the Chair of Geoenergy Production Engineering, in the Department Geoenergy. Start from the earliest possible date in an employment contract limited to four year. Salary Group B1 according to the Uni-KV, monthly minimum salary excl. Szlg.: € 3.714,80 for 40 hours per week (14 x per year), actual classification is according to previous relevant experience. 

Description: 

Sustainable energy supply is one of the major challenges that our society will have to overcome in the coming decades. In this field, underground technology can make a significant contribution. To support the energy transition, we are developing various open-source codes to simulate multi-physical processes underground such as fluid and heat transport, rock deformation and geochemical reactions. We are looking for a PhD candidate who will write a dissertation on the topic of chemo-mechanics coupled processes simulation. 

Requirements: 

  • Degree in Engineering or Natural Science 
  • Familiarity with numerical methods for solving PDE systems 

The link is below:

ERC funded positions: 1 PhD & 1 Post-doc in “Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Renewable Energy Production and Storage in Subsurface Reservoirs”

This appointment is part of the Grant “Leveraging AI for Sustainable Renewable Energy Production and Storage,” funded by Hi! Paris (https://www.hi-paris.fr/). The research will be conducted at ENSTA Institut Polytechnique de Paris. The position provides the opportunity to work on a challenging and impactful research topic. The knowledge, innovation, and skills developed through this role will provide excellent prospects for career growth in both industry and academia.

For more details, please click here for the PhD position or here for the Postdoctoral position.

ERC funded positions Part 3: 1 PhD & 1 Post-doc in “Control Theory and Optimal Sensor/Actuator Placement for Energy Production and Storage in Underground Reservoirs”

The appointment forms part of the ERC-CdG project “Preventing human-induced seismicity to fight climate change” (INJECT), funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The research will be conducted at ENSTA Institut Polytechnique de Paris. The position provides the opportunity to work on a challenging and impactful research topic. The knowledge, innovation, and skills developed through this role will provide excellent prospects for career growth in both industry and academia.

For more details, please click here for the PhD position or here for the Postdoctoral position.

ERC funded positions Part 2: 1 PhD in “Computational Mechanics and Poromechanics for Induced Seismicity and Control”

The appointment forms part of the ERC-CdG project “Preventing human-induced seismicity to fight climate change” (INJECT), funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The research will be conducted at ENSTA Institut Polytechnique de Paris. The position provides the opportunity to work on a challenging and impactful research topic. The knowledge, innovation, and skills developed through this role will provide excellent prospects for career growth in both industry and academia.

For more details, please click here for the PhD position.

ERC funded positions Part 1: 1 PhD & 1 Post-doc in “Experimental Geomechanics for Induced Seismicity and Control”

The appointment forms part of the ERC-CdG project “Preventing human-induced seismicity to fight climate change” (INJECT), funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The research will be conducted at ENSTA Institut Polytechnique de Paris. The position provides the opportunity to work on a challenging and impactful research topic. The knowledge, innovation, and skills developed through this role will provide excellent prospects for career growth in both industry and academia.

For more details, please click here for the PhD position or here for the Postdoctoral position.

Computational Geomechanics Minisymposium at USNCCM

We welcome submissions to Computational Geomechanics at the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. The conference will be in Chicago, July 20-24, 2025. Full description below. We would love to have contributions from you, your students, or your collaborators in this area. The abstract submission deadline has been extended to January 31. Abstracts may be submitted at https://usnccm18.usacm.org/abstract-submission. The minisymposium number is 1205. Please feel free to share.

Please feel free to contact Craig Foster, fosterc@uic.edu, if you have any questions.

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