6th lecture of the AGERP series on “Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils”

Posted on August 17, 2020 by François Bertrand

The organising committee of AGERP is pleased to invite you to the 6th lecture of the series, which will be on ‘Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils’. It will be delivered by Professor Em. Del Fredlund from Uni. of Saskatchewan, Canada and Dr. Murray Fredlund from Bentley Systems, Canada. This is scheduled on 29th August 2020. Registration (free and mandatory) for this lecture closes at 00:00, 28th August 2020 (AEST). For further information, please refer to the attached flier.

Dr. Partha Mishra and Professor Sarat DasConvenor, AGERP

PhD positions at UQ (Australia)

Posted on August 14, 2020 by François Bertrand

Two PhD Scholarships are available at the University of Queensland (Australia) on the study of “Thermo-Mechanical Damage Behavior of Rock Under Polyaxial Stresses” and “Combined Dynamic/Biaxial Compression Failure Mode of Geostructures” for Domestic and Onshore International candidates. See the links below for detail:

Registration for the 2020 ALERT Invited Lecture, PhD Prize and E-School (Reminder)

Posted on August 12, 2020 by François Bertrand

Dear Alert friends,

As you know, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and after careful consideration, the Bureau and the BoD have decided to cancel the ALERT workshop in 2020 — it will take place in 2021 (from September 27 to September 29).

But the Doctoral School, the PhD Prize as well as the Invited Lecture will take place online (via one of the several available platforms for distance teaching).
The doctoral E-School on “Point based numerical methods in geomechanics” is organized by Pr. Manolo Pastor and Pr. Wei Wu (see description). It will take place remotely every morning from September 28th to October 1st.

The PhD prize and the Invited Lecture will take place remotely on Tuesday September 29th, from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm (CET) for the ALERT PhD prize 2020 and from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm (CET) for our ALERT Invited lecturer, Pr. Chris Spiers.

All these events are free of charge and available for ALERT and non-ALERT members. However, the registration is mandatory.

It is thus my great pleasure to announce that the registration for the 2020 ALERT Geomaterials events is open now! After filling the form and pressing the button “Register”, you will get an email with the registration data. In case of the registration of the ALERT members, the corresponding representative of the ALERT institution will receive the registration data too.

Registration is now closed.

Stay healthy,

Frédéric COLLIN, ALERT Director.

Vacant Position-Geotechnical Technical Officer, University of Technology Sydney Australia

Posted on July 28, 2020 by François Bertrand

The Transport Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney is looking for the Senior Technical Support Officer – Geotechnical (STSO-G).

The culture of the Faculty of Engineering and IT Outreach team has a positive outlook of excellence, connectivity, innovation and responsiveness balanced with compliance with policy and procedure. The Technical Resources team are currently recruiting for a Senior Technical Support Officer (Geotechnical) to join their team.

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Coming webinars

Posted on July 27, 2020 by François Bertrand

Webinar: Tracking Time in Crunchy Soft Media

The University of Liverpool Division of Civil Engineering invites to the following webinar: Tracking Time in Crunchy Soft Media by Professor Itai Einav, University of Sydney

Tuesday 28 July 2020 12.00 BST (13.00 CET)

Details of how to register can be found in the attached document. Alternatively, you can register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4515941137085/WN_Md5Azcu4Q7qnAc3yWsfbLA

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5th lecture of the AGERP series

“The organising committee of AGERP is pleased to invite you to the 5th lecture of the series, which will be on ‘Geohazards’. It will be delivered by Professor Sarah Springman from ETHZ, Switzerland and Dr. Barnali Ghosh from Mott Macdonald, London. This is scheduled on 14th August 2020. Registration (free and mandatory) for this lecture opens at 18:00, 24th July 2020 (AEST) and closes at 00:00, 13th August 2020 (AEST). For further information, please refer to the attached flier.
Dr. Partha Mishra and Professor Sarat DasConvenor, AGERP

Postdoc position at Delft University of Technology-Optimisation of Offshore monopile installation

Posted on July 24, 2020 by François Bertrand

Applications are welcome for a 21-month postdoc position to investigate the optimisation of the monopiles installation process and to study the dynamic behaviour of soil during pile installation using the physical modelling facilities at TU Delft. The work will include design and implementation of advanced instrumentation for physical modelling studies. Test planning and data interpretation will be carried out in close collaboration with industry experts in the framework of BLUE piling project. Candidates should possess a PhD degree in Civil/Geotechnical Engineering or related areas, proven experience in geotechnical centrifuge testing, preferably including soil-structure interaction problems and dynamic loading, and excellent knowledge of soil mechanics and foundation engineering. Acquaintance with offshore wind geotechnics is also appreciated (but not mandatory).

Full description of the position along with the details on how to apply can be found in the following link: https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/werken-bij-tu-delft/vacatures/details/?nPostingId=598&nPostingTargetId=632&id=QEZFK026203F3VBQBLO6G68W9&LG=UK&mask=external

For more information about this vacancy please contact Dr. Amin Askarinejad: A.Askarinejad@tudelft.nl.

The closing date for the applications is August 9^th, 2020.

Available Post Doc and visiting PhD student positions at Prince Sultan University

Posted on July 23, 2020 by François Bertrand

The Structures and Materials Research Lab at Prince Sultan University is looking for postdocs and 3rd or 4th year Ph.D. students for immediate joining to work in one of the following topics:
Track#1: Structural Engineering
Track#2: Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering

For more information:
https://lnkd.in/d7CK2j2.
Candidates need to fill in a research proposal template and upload it with the application. The template can be downloaded from:
https://lnkd.in/dKEFAmH
The application form is filled online at:
https://lnkd.in/dU9miJP

Open positions at ECN

Posted on July 22, 2020 by François Bertrand

PhD and Post-doc offers at Ecole Centrale de Nantes (GeM Laboratory):

– ERC-StG Project “Controlling earthQuakes (CoQuake)”:

1) 1 Post-Doc position in “MULTISCALE NUMERICAL MODELING OF EARTHQUAKE FAULTS” (duration 1 to 2 years). Attached .pdf

2) 1 Post-Doc position in “LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS OF EARTHQUAKE CONTROL” (duration 1 to 2 years). Attached .pdf

3) 1 PhD (duration 3 years) and/or 1 Post-Doc (duration 2 years) position in “DESIGN OF EARTHQUAKE CONTROL STRATEGIES”. Attached .pdf 1 & 2

– Connect Talent Project “CEEV – Blast LoAds on STructures (BLAST)”.

4) 1 Post-doc position in “BLAST LOADS ON STRUCTURES AND MONUMENTS” (duration 2 to 3 years). Attached .pdf

5) 1 PhD position (3 years) in “EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF MASONRY STRUCTURES TO EXTREME LOADS”. Attached .pdf

The positions are open and will start upon agreement. Suitable, highly‐motivated candidates should send an application (including a CV, a cover letter describing interests and qualifications related to the offered position and contact details of two reference Professors, all compiled in a single PDF file) to ioannis.stefanou@ec-nantes.fr.

For more details see attached pdf’s and http://coquake.eu/index.php/recruitment/.

Postdoctoral position at Heriot-Watt University

Posted on July 13, 2020 by François Bertrand

The Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering, at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on a project, funded by UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), with a focus on pore-scale numerical modelling of gas transport mechanisms. Details about the position can be found at https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/jobs/job_SVJDMjYyNjg.htm and https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CAP687/research-associate-shale-gas-modelling.

PhD position on induced seismicity at GFZ Potsdam