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

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are extremely persistent, harmful chemicals that have complex transport behaviors in the environment. To assess the risks and long-term environmental impacts of PFAS from contaminated hotspots, there is a great need for improved process understanding as well as modelling tools for PFAS fate and transport from source zones of contamination further into the environment and into recipients and drinking water resources.

The overall aim of this project is to develop practically useful models for improved understanding and predictions of PFAS transport originating from contaminated hotspots. We will test existing models and further develop them to better account for transport processes and phenomena which are specifically important for PFAS, including retention processes at air-water interfaces, interaction/competition between chemical species and PFAS-specific sorption phenomena. Models for unsaturated and saturated zones will be tested and developed and will finally be integrated to create practical modelling tools to predict the transport from sources of PFAS contamination all the way to recipients. As a PhD-student you will be part of a dedicated research group working on PFAS. The project is financed by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency as part of a call on non-toxic life cycles which includes 6 projects in total.

Read more andapply for position: https://www.jobb.uu.se/details/?positionId=703434

Contact: Fritjof Fagerlund, PhD, Professor in Geohydrology, E-mail: fritjof.fagerlund@geo.uu.se

A Professor position is now open at INSA-Rennes, on Civil engineering, geotechnics, soil and rock mechanics.

More information on this pdf.

A new PhD position is now open in collaboration between EC-Nantes and ULiège, on “Modeling unstable gas infiltration through initially saturated geomaterials”.

More information on this pdf file as well as on this website.