Postdoc position at Navier Laboratory (France)
Applications are welcomed for a postdoc position in Navier Laboratory (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Université Gustave Eiffel, CNRS – France) on the mitigation of crystalline swelling in clays by cationic exchange. This postdoc is part of the ALLUVIUM project (I-site FUTURE) and an on-going experimental campaign using XRD identified a shortlist of promising cationic compounds. In this postdoc, we propose to complement these experiments with molecular simulations to investigate in detail the effects of cationic exchange at the nano-scale.
The position can start anytime but not later than fall 2020.
More details in the attached document: Postdoc_ALLUVIUM_NavierLaboratory
2 Assistant Professor positions at University of Twente (Netherlands)
Applications are welcomed for two Assistant Professor positions of Computational Multiscale Mechanics and Geomechanics at University of Twente (Netherlands).
Focus of the first position is on the development of advanced open-source computational tools for the investigation of particulate materials. The second position is dedicated to the multiscale and multiphase modelling of soils, for material characterisation, prediction, improvement.
For more information follow the links below:
– Computational Multiscale Mechanics (deadline 1 April 2020):
https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/!/1110934/assistant-professor-computational-multiscale-mechanics
– Geomechanics (deadline 15 April 2020):
https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/!/1127291/assistant-professor-geomechanics
Postdoc position at Institute of Radiation protection and nuclear safety (Fontenay Aux Roses, France)
Applications are welcomed for a 18 months postdoc position in IRSN (Institute of Radiation protection and nuclear safety, Fontenay Aux Roses – France + several stays in Barcelona – Spain) to investigate gas migration in natural and swelling clays. Further information on this position can be found in the attached document.
The work proposed in this post-doctoral fellowship is divided into two parts and consists mainly in working on the characterization of the microstructure of clay materials and their relationship to gas migration. The first part is on the impact of gas migration of the HM behavior of bentonite pellet-powder mixtures. The second part proposed concerns the image analysis tools of microtomography to improve the segmentation of low contrast grey level areas and the morphological descriptors construction to be able to generate equivalent synthetic structures.
Position at Technical University of Graz (Austria)
Graz University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering Sciences, has an immediate opening for a fully funded position (40 hours a week) as tenure track professorship for women in the field Geotechnics / Tunnelling with in-depth knowledge of Data Science / Artificial Intelligence at the Institute of Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling. After fulfilment of the qualification agreement, the candidate will be appointed as associated professor (permanent position).
Application deadline: 30 April 2020
The complete announcement is available under: www.tugraz.at/institute/fmt/institute/news
Faculty position at Polytechnique Montréal (Canada)
Polytechnique Montréal (Canada) is seeking applicants for a tenure-track position in geotechnical engineering. Research areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
– frozen ground engineering
– transportation geotechnics
– unsaturated soil mechanics
– energy foundations
Closing Date: April 2, 2020
Full description of the position and the required documents for the application can be found at: https://www.polymtl.ca/carriere/en/offres-demploi/civil-engineering-professor-nordic-geotechnical-engineering-transportation-geotechnics-unsaturated
Assistant/Associate Professor of Experimental Soil Mechanics (tenure track) at Delft University of Technology
Applications are invited for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Experimental Soil Mechanics at Delft University of Technology (Holland). The position is proposed to improve their understanding of the fundamental mechanical behaviour of soils undergoing ageing and cyclic environmental loads, and to provide new solutions to the present and future challenges of the built environment. The focus is on developing new experimental techniques and strategies to better understand and tune the response of soils to increasingly high (time-dependent and dynamic) loadings. Emerging sensor and imaging technologies offer the opportunity to develop a new generation of experimental techniques for soil testing in the laboratory and in the field.
The closing date for applications is 15 March 2020.
More information in the attachment:
Advert_for_Assistant_Associate_Professor_of_Experimental_Soil _Mechanics
Borse di dottorato presso Charles University (Praga, Repubblica Ceca)
La Facoltà di Scienze della Charles University (Praga, Repubblica Ceca) offre due posizioni di dottorato sui seguenti temi:
- Effects of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling on slope deformation in expansive clays: advanced experiments and hypoplastic modelling (Relatore: Dr. Gianvito Scaringi)
- Evaluation of hydromechanical properties of bentonite subjected to thermal loading (Relatore: RNDr. Jan Najser)
Il bando, disponibile su https://stars-natur.cz/, scade il 13 marzo 2020.
Ulteriori informazioni nell’allegato: PhD call Prague
Postdoc position in geomechanics at ENTPE-LTDS (Lyon, France)
Multi-scale behaviour and damage of heterogeneous rocks around underground excavations.
The goal of this project is to investigate the multi-scale behaviour of clay rock, going from microscopic to macroscopic scale. The research will be based on multi-scale approach and numerical method allowing to model microstructure media in a double-scale framework (FEMxFEM). Applications are welcome from PhDs graduated in the areas of civil, mechanical, and materials engineering, or geosciences. PhDs in geomechanics / geotechnics are mostly welcome.
Applications should be submitted before the end of April 2020. Contact: Benoît Pardoen (benoit.pardoen@entpe.fr). —> Link to description
Borsa di dottorato presso University of Strathclyde, Glasgow – UK
Il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale dell’Università di Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland, UK) offre una posizione di dottorato sul tema “Vegetation-mediated ground-atmosphere interaction“.
Durata: 3 anni
Borsa: £1250/mese
Relatore: Prof. Alessandro Tarantino
Ulteriori informazioni nell’allegato: PhD Vegetation-mediated ground-atmosphere interaction
Elezioni 2020 per il parziale rinnovo del CUN
Vi ricordiamo le Elezioni 2020 per il parziale rinnovo del Consiglio Universitario Nazionale (CUN) – Aree 06, 08 e 14.
Le votazioni si terranno in uno o più giorni, fissati a livello di Ateneo per le varie sedi italiane, tra martedì 14 gennaio e giovedì 16 gennaio 2020.
Per l’Area Scientifico-Disciplinare 08 – Ingegneria Civile e Architettura, di cui fa parte il s.s.d. ICAR/07 Geotecnica, si vota per l’elezione di un Ricercatore Universitario come componente del CUN. L’elettorato attivo spetta a tutti i Ricercatori Universitari dell’Area, anche a tempo determinato, in servizio alla data del 1° novembre 2019.
Ulteriori informazioni sul sito https://elezionicun.miur.it/
