One position of “Researcher in Geotechnical Engineering : physical and numerical modelling” is available at the Gustave Eiffel University, Nantes campus, France.

The application is open until the 19th March 2021 (https://www.concours.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/charge-e-de-recherche-du-developpement-durable-de-a126.html).

More  information in the attached file.

Lund University welcomes applicants for a PhD position at the division of Geotechnical Engineering (LTH). The project will investigate the mechanical properties of clay till in drained condition. In particular an experimental characterization of clay till from different sites in the region of Skåne in south Sweden will be performed. The aim is to carry out a systematic laboratory test campaign to provide quality results, in terms of intern friction angle and effective cohesion, to be used as benchmark for the empirical relations used to derive these quantities from most common field tests. Based on the results of the experimental campaign, improvements to the existing relations or new relations will be suggested. Furthermore, to fully understand the role of stiff inclusions, typical of clay till, advanced experimental techniques such as x-ray computed tomography, will be used.

Applications should be submitted by the 23th of March 2021.

More information available at https://lu.varbi.com/se/what:job/jobID:383511/

Applications are welcomed for two PhD positions starting in September 2021.

The first position is a joint PhD position between Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (France) and UCLouvain (Belgium). The focus of the project is on the mechanism of grain crushing and the environmental factors affecting this phenomenon. More information in the attached file

The second position is PhD-teaching assistant position at UCLouvain. The objective of the PhD research will be to study the different multi-physical mechanisms affecting the flank collapses around volcanoes. More information in the attached file

Ineris proposes a post-doctoral position on the understanding and modelling of THMC processes in deep geothermal systems.

The postdoctoral position is offered in the Natural Hazards, Underground structures and storages unit within the Site and Territory Division. This post-doctoral is expected to begin on 15th March 2021 for 6 months.

For more information, please check the document enclosed.

We are inviting students to apply for a PhD position in Granular Mechanics in co-tutelle between the research group of Pr. Emilien Azéma at University of Montpellier (France) and Pr. Carlos Ovalle’s research group at Polytechnique Montreal (Canada). We are interested in failure strength of anisotropic geo-materials.

Please see the attached file for more information.

The European Training Network TUSAIL (Training in Upscaling particle Systems: Advancing Industry across Length-scales) invites applications for 15 PhD positions. The duration of the appointment is 36 months, full-time employment contract, starting around September 2021.

TUSAIL is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Initial Training Network funded by Horizon 2020, which comprises 16 academic and industrial partners in total, led by the University of Edinburgh. Over the course of four years, from the beginning of the project in March 2021, TUSAIL will train 15 early-career researchers to meet industry’s requirements for highly skilled staff in the multi-disciplinary field of upscaling industrial particle processes. The reliable, validated simulation methodologies and tools developed in TUSAIL will be disseminated to industry, enabling quantitative predictions of large industrial processes which will be of value for design, operation, and optimisation.

If you are interested in doing a PhD with us, we invite you to take a look at the project descriptions and application procedure (see https://tusail.eu/projects/).

Project title: Engineering a safer urban forest under extreme storms

Brief description: The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUTS) is actively recruiting multiple post-doc and PhD positions for studying tree stability problems using geotechnical and structural engineering principles and research methods. We are looking for candidates who are interested in:
(1) Field testing of tree biomechanics and root anchorage;
(2) Centrifuge modelling of soil-root interaction;
(3) Numerical modelling of soil-root interaction;
(4) Wind tunnel modelling of wind-tree-soil-root interaction; and
(5) Analytical tree dynamic modelling for reliability-based analysis
Different positions require different skill sets; please see attached detailed job advert. for more information: JobAdvert-PhD and JobAdvert-PostDoc

The Department of Earth Sciences at Utrecht University is seeking outstanding candidates (f/m) to fill three tenure-track positions in Earth Sciences at the Assistant Professor level. We may consider a higher-level appointment for one of the positions. The department’s mission is to advance our understanding and prediction capability of processes that govern the evolution of System Earth from the molecular to the planetary and from the microsecond to the geological time scale. Our ambition is to be a world-leading centre of excellence in scientific research as well as research training and teaching, and to contribute in a meaningful way to the challenges of a modern, sustainable society by acquiring new and fundamental geo-scientific knowledge and by directly addressing societal challenges related to the field of earth sciences.

Within the context of this mission and ambition, we seek enthusiastic scientists and educators who are able to develop their own internationally recognised research line in any field within the Earth Sciences. We are especially interested in research complementary (in field and/or techniques) to that already conducted in our department with the exclusion of themes covered in our sister department of Physical Geography and the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht.

See attachment for more information. You can also contact Prof Jack Middelburg, head of department, via j.b.m.middelburg@uu. nl.
You may also wish to visit our research pages at www.uu.nl/geo/aw.

The application deadline is March 15, 2021.