The deadline for the application to the Ioannis Vardoulakis PhD Prize 2022 has been extended to the 17th of April 2022.
More information on the prize on this page.
Ioannis Vardoulakis PhD Prize 2022 – Deadline extension
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Invitation to publish in Open Geomechanics
Open Geomechanics is an online peer-reviewed scientific journal devoted to the research topics in geomechanics. It is free to publish and free to read. The peer reviews are double blind – not only the reviewers are anonymous for the authors but also vice versa. Further more, the reviews are being published together with the (accepted) papers which guarantees a full transparency of the whole process and brings an informative insight into the discussion between the authors and the reviewers.
Initially, a number of papers for Open Geomechanics came from personal invitations to the potential authors. Nevertheless, the journal wants to be a platform for the whole geomechanics community around the world. We would like to invite you to submit your contributions. You will appreciate the free access to your research results commented by the experienced peers.
Editorial Board of Open Geomechanics
PhD and Postdoc opportunities at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
The Geotechnics Research Group at Chalmers University of Technology is looking for PhD students and post-docs in computational geomechanics.
Deadline for applications is April 30, 2022. Please note that all applications need to be sent via Chalmers web-portal.
More information on each position on the websites cited below :
PhD student position in multiphysics modelling of geostructures in FEniCSx: https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/Working-at-Chalmers/Vacancies/Pages/default.aspx?rmpage=job&rmjob=10327
Postdoc in multiphysics modelling of geostructures in FEniCSx: https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/Working-at-Chalmers/Vacancies/Pages/default.aspx?rmpage=job&rmjob=10328
Postdoc in computational geomechanics: micromechanics of natural clays: https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/Working-at-Chalmers/Vacancies/Pages/default.aspx?rmpage=job&rmjob=10329
PhD Student — Ghent University
We offer a 4-year PhD researcher position within the bilateral cooperation FWO research project “Mechanisms of rockmass instability in co-mining of deep mineral and geothermal energy considering spatio-temporal distribution of stress and temperature”, in collaboration with the Central South University (China).
The PhD researcher will develop the Bayesian Evidential Learning (BEL) framework in order to predict the temperature and mechanical stress fields using Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) coupled models constrained to direct (borehole) and indirect (passive and active seismic data) data under large geological uncertainty. The approach will be first developed with synthetic cases, then validated on a laboratory analog, and finally tested in real field conditions.
The PhD student will be based and enrolled at the Department of Geology at Ghent University, and several short research stays at TU Delft are planned. The PhD supervisors will be Prof. Thomas Hermans at Ghent University (UGent), Prof. Longjun Dong (CSU) and Prof. Anne-Catherine Dieudonné and Prof. Alexandros Daniilidis (TU Delft).
Tentative start date: 1 July 2022. The position is initially for one year, but it will be extended to a maximum of four years after positive evaluation. More information about PhD studies at Ghent University can be found here: https://www.ugent.be/en/research/doctoralresearch.
How to apply
Application to be submitted electronically in a single PDF file, by e-mail, to Prof. Thomas Hermans (thomas.hermans@ugent.be).
Application should include a CV, a motivation letter and an overview of study results (transcript of records), as well as the contact details of two reference persons.
All applications will be assessed after the deadline and shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a remote interview, which will likely take place in the second half of April.
If no candidate is selected, a new application round will be organized.
More information on this website.
Academic Position in Geomecanics and Reservoir Engineering in University of Mons (Polytech Mons – Belgium)
L’UMONS annonce la vacance d’une charge de cours à la Faculté
Polytechnique, dans le domaine des Sciences de l’Ingénieur et Technologie, à
pourvoir à la date du 1er septembre 2022.
Cette charge de cours comprend les enseignements suivants :
▪ I-GMIN-001 : Comportement mécanique des géomatériaux (24h de cours, 12h d’exercices) en Bachelier Ingénieur Civil, Option Mines – Géologie
▪ I-GMIN-002 : Modélisation analytique et numérique en mécanique des roches (28h de cours, 24h de travaux pratiques) en Master Ingénieur Civil des Mines et Géologue
▪ I-GRMI-031 : Projet de Géomécanique (6h de cours, 54h de projet) en Bachelier Ingénieur Civil, Option Mines – Géologie
▪ I-GMIN-015 : Drilling Technologies and Reservoir Engineering (22h de cours, 14h d’exercices, 12h de travaux pratiques) en Master Ingénieur Civil des Mines et Géologue
▪ I-GMIN-044 : Voyage Mines (48h) en Master Ingénieur Civil des Mines et Géologue
▪ I-GMIN-014 : Séminaires de génie minier (12h) en Master Ingénieur Civil des Mines et Géologue
La langue d’enseignement est le français ou l’anglais. La connaissance des deux langues est requise.
Les lettres de candidatures, rédigées en français, avec l’exposé des titres, doivent être adressées, par lettre recommandée avec demande d’accusé de réception, à Monsieur le Recteur de l’Université de Mons, place du Parc 20, B-7000 Mons, Belgique et par mail à l’adresse secretariat.ca@umons.ac.be, dans un délai de 30 jours à dater de la publication du présent avis au Moniteur Belge (c’est-à-dire au plus tard le 09/04/2022).
Plus d’informations sur le flyer suivant.
For the english version, please see Full-time Faculty Position in Geomecanics and Reservoir Engineering | EURAXESS (europa.eu)
ALERT Workshop 2022 – Call for abstracts for the three sessions
The ALERT Workshop 2022 (32nd Edition) should be held in Aussois from 26th to 28th September, 2022. Abstracts can now be submitted for the three sessions. Please submit your abstracts by email directly to the coordinators using the Workshop abstract form (doc). If you wish to publish your presentation after the Workshop on the ALERT website, do not forget to agree by ticking the corresponding box in the abstract form.
Since time for the presentations is limited, only a part of the submitted abstracts can be chosen for the oral presentations. Therefore, we invite you to submit your abstract as soon as possible. The presentation can also be submitted as a poster. The abstracts of the posters will be published in a separate booklet (ISSN registered).
The deadline for the abstract submission is April 30, 2022. For any communication about your participation to the workshops, please contact the coordinators of the workshop sessions directly.
As a reminder, here are the workshop sessions for which the call for abstracts is open:
- Session 1: “Mechanics of hard-soils/soft rocks”
Organizers: Claudia Vitone (claudia.vitone@poliba.it) (Politecnico di Bari, Italy), Nadia Benahmed (nadia.benahmed@inrae.fr) (INRAE, France), Elma Charalampidou (ec10@hw.ac.uk) (Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, UK). - Session 2: “Robot-Ground Interaction“
Organizers: Raul Fuentes (raul.fuentes@rwth-aachen.de) and Itai Einav (itai.einav@sydney.edu.au) - Session 3: “Multi-field approach of gravity-driven disasters in a global climate change context“
Organizers: F. Nicot (francois.nicot@univ-smb.fr) (EDYTEM / USMB), F. Magnin (Florence.Magnin@univ-smb.fr) (EDYTEM / CNRS-USMB), S. Lambert (stephane.lambert@inrae.fr) (UGA – INRAE), F. Calvetti (francesco.calvetti@polimi.it) (Politecnico Milano)
Further information on this post.
ALERT Geomaterials Workshop 2022
From September 26 to September 28 in Aussois, France.
Session 1: “Mechanics of Hard Soils – Soft Rocks”
Coordinators: Claudia Vitone (claudia.vitone@poliba.it) (Politecnico di Bari, Italy), Nadia Benahmed (nadia.benahmed@inrae.fr) (INRAE, France), Elma Charalampidou (ec10@hw.ac.uk) (Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, UK).
Outline
In the last decades, our community has dedicated to Hard Soils – Soft Rocks (HSSR) some fundamental Conferences, such as “The Geotechnics of Structurally Complex Formations” in Capri (1977), “The Geotechnical Engineering of Hard Soils and Soft Rocks” in Athens (1993), “The Geotechnics of Hard Soils and Soft Rocks” in Naples (1998) and, finally, the 15th ECSMGE in Athens, which was devoted to “The Geotechnics of Hard Soils and Weak Rocks” in (2011). Although these helped advance our understanding of HSSR materials, there are still questions that remain unanswered more than ten years later. For example, are HSSR still part of the main challenging materials of the new millennium? Are we fully aware of the multi-physics and multi-scale complexity behind their engineering problematic responses? Can we effectively enter their grey area to predict effectively their engineering behaviour?
The “Mechanics of Hard Soils – Soft Rocks” session intends to address these three questions by: i) enucleating distinct and special features of HSSR; ii) reviewing the most recent experimental evidence; iii) summing up the modelling strategies functional to recognise and interpret their peculiarities.
The one-day session will mainly focus on: 1) experimental evidence of the physical characteristics and geomechanical effects of stress-history, bond- and suction-induced soil structures of HSSR; 2) constitutive and numerical modelling strategies, which are physics-inspired and experimentally-driven; 3) recent emblematic cases of successful and unsuccessful predictions of their engineering behaviour to future research addresses.
Call for abstract: Abstracts are invited to be submitted to the organisers by the 30th of April 2022. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to give a 20-minute presentation within the appropriate session.
Session 2: “Robot-Ground Interaction“
Coordinators: Raul Fuentes (raul.fuentes@rwth-aachen.de) and Itai Einav (itai.einav@sydney.edu.au)
Outline
The development of robots interacting with the ground has been steadily gaining traction in recent years. Initially focussing on robots and vehicles that moved over the ground, later research has also focussed on subterranean interaction using burrowing devices. In this workshop, we will concentrate in providing an general overview of the current research field.
The workshop has been divided into four main sessions covering different topics: 1) On the surface, 2) Burrowing, 3) Computational and 4) Granular dynamics. Each session will be delivered and moderated by two well-known invited speakers in the area. At the end of each session we will leave time to discuss and engage with the audience.
Session 3: “Multi-field approach of gravity-driven disasters in a global climate change context“
Coordinators: F. Nicot (francois.nicot@univ-smb.fr) (EDYTEM / USMB), F. Magnin (Florence.Magnin@univ-smb.fr) (EDYTEM / CNRS-USMB), S. Lambert (stephane.lambert@inrae.fr) (UGA – INRAE), F. Calvetti (francesco.calvetti@polimi.it) (Politecnico Milano)
Outline
Analysis and modeling of mass-driven natural hazards in mountainous areas stand as a major challenge in order to protect people and infrastructures. This is all the more strategic since mountain ranges assume great importance for tourism and economical stakes. Because there are major road and rail links given up to property developers, but also dominated by strong natural hazards, it has become expedient to establish a protection strategy against natural risks. Such phenomena are thought to become more striking in the context of a global climate change, marked by an evolution in both temperature and precipitation distribution. In particular, ice melting is observed at high altitude levels, above 3000 meters of elevation, modifying therefore the mechanical behavior of the escarpments (partially, or not, snow covered) and mountain slopes.
In this very challenging context for human society, this session attempts to shed light on the scientific related issues, including multiphasic constitutive modeling with phase transition, field survey and observations, thermo-induced failure modeling of (soil and rock) slopes. The college of speakers will focus on most advanced knowledge in the field, and will promote vigorous cross-fertilized discussions between experts from different communities such as geomechanics, natural hazard sciences, geophysics and quantitative geomorphology.
Assistant/Associate Professor of Geotechnical Field Testing and Monitoring (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is seeking candidates for a new Assistant or Associate Professor of Geotechnical Field Testing and Monitoring.
The position is proposed to improve our understanding of the fundamental mechanical behaviour of geotechnical structures undergoing ageing and cyclic loads, and to provide new solutions to the present and future challenges of the built environment, with an emphasis on hydraulic structures such as locks, quay walls, retaining structures and dams. The aim is to develop new monitoring and analysis strategies to better assess and design geotechnical structures and infrastructure subjected to increasing anthropogenic and environmental (e.g. wind, wave, hydraulic, thermal, seismic) loadings, and to study the impact of soil-fluid-structure interaction processes. Emerging sensor and imaging technologies, as well as advanced data analysis, offer the opportunity to develop a new generation of experimental techniques for geotechnical testing in the field.
See attached file for more details.
Deadline for applications: 11 April 2022.
Postdoc in soil-structure-interaction for railway infrastructure
Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering is now looking for a Postdoc researcher (24 months) who will study dynamic Soil-Structure-Interaction (SSI) and its effect on design and maintenance of railway infrastructure (including but not limited to slab track). This project is a collaboration between the Concrete Structures and Geotechnics research groups and is embedded within the centre for Chalmers Railway Mechanics (CHARMEC). Ultimately, the project will contribute to performance-based design and improved management through digital twins and monitoring. Hence the project is aimed to contribute towards more sustainable railway systems.
More information can be found on the following link:
Please reach out to Mario Plos (mario.plos@chalmers.se) and/or Jelke Dijkstra (jelke.dijkstra@chalmers.se) if you have any questions about the project or the process.
Training School on CITY-SCALE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY GEOSTRUCTURES (CYCLING)
On 21st to 25th March 2022 the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Perugia will host the first edition of the Training School “CITY-SCALE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY GEOSTRUCTURES (CYCLING)” organized in cooperation with Université Gustave Eiffel, Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech and NTNU.
The aim is training MSc, PhD and Professionals in order to provide a comprehensive knowledge and new skills, integrating different topics and typical contents in the framework of: renewable heating/cooling energy, infrastructure, architecture, urban planning, energy geotechnics/geology, energy policies and financing. The school’s activity is proposed with a multi-approach. The following complementary activities are foreseen:
- Frontal Lessons: Attendees will have the opportunity to follow some lectures and seminars proposed by Invited Speakers from industry and academia.
- Group Works: some hours will be dedicated to group works and selected topics will be assigned to be developed synergistically among the participants.
- Technical Site Visit.
Registration can be done sending an email to: trainingschoolegs.cycling@gmail.com, including a short resume. The course has a maximum limit of 30 participants and the deadline to register is 14.03.2022. The School will be with face-to-face lessons. ECTS certification will be issued to the Attendees.
The training school is fully funded by iSite FUTURE (http://www.future-isite.fr) and it covers registration fees, site visits, coffees, lunches and gala dinner.
More information here: https://ing1.unipg.it/files/generale/file/dottorato/booklet_draft_v6.pdf
Brochure: see attached pdf