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Conferenze di Geotecnica di Torino – disponibilità online atti
Le Conferenze di Geotecnica di Torino (CGT), giunte alla loro XXV edizione, si sono svolte l’8 e il 9 Novembre 2018 presso l’Aula Magna del Politecnico di Torino. Il titolo di questa edizione è stato: “Analisi e Progetto delle Opere Geotecniche in Zona Sismica”, tematica scelta con il precipuo scopo di fornire un aggiornamento sui recenti sviluppi sia da un punto di vista metodologico, sia per quanto concerne le evoluzioni del quadro normativo e le conseguenze sulla progettazione.
Il comitato organizzatore ringrazia tutti i relatori e i partecipanti per la buona riuscita dell’evento e mette a disposizione, a quanti non hanno avuto la possibilità di prendere parte, gli atti delle conferenze, disponibili al seguente link: http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2717032
CNRIG2019 – primo bollettino e invio abstract
Carissimi Ricercatori,
siamo lieti di pubblicare il primo bollettino della settima edizione del Convegno Nazionale dei Ricercatori di Ingegneria Geotecnica (CNRIG2019), dal titolo “La Ricerca Geotecnica per la Protezione e lo Sviluppo del Territorio”, che si terrà dal 3 al 5 Luglio 2019 presso la sede di Lecco del Politecnico di Milano.
Vi invitiamo ad inviare entro il 7 dicembre 2018 i sommari degli articoli che intendete presentare, secondo le modalità indicate nel bollettino.
Il convegno sarà un’occasione di discussione e confronto sul ruolo della ricerca scientifica in campo geotecnico, sulle sue potenziali ricadute negli ambiti della mitigazione dei rischi naturali (protezione dell’esistente e dell’ambiente antropizzato) e della progettazione e protezione di strutture e infrastrutture (sviluppo e costruzione del nuovo) e sul suo contributo all’identificazione di soluzioni sostenibili sia dal punto di vista economico che ambientale.
Il convegno rappresenterà un’opportunità importante per individuare possibili future collaborazioni fra i diversi gruppi di ricerca, aperta sia a docenti e ricercatori sia a professionisti ed esperti di settore in genere, anche al di fuori degli ambiti tradizionali dell’Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale.
Bollettino#1: CNRIG2019_bollettino1
Ulteriori informazioni sono disponibili sul sito del convegno: http://cnrig2019.polimi.it
Case-study webinar by Prof. Carlo Viggiani
ISSMGE Technical Committee 306 ‘Geo-engineering Education’ is going to produce a series of case-study webinars for educational purposes, i.e. educational material to be used directly by geotechnical instructors for their undergraduate students.Winter School on Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment – 22-24 Gennaio 2019, Villars-sur-Ollon (Svizzera)
The second edition of the Winter School, dedicated to Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, is coming up and the deadline to register via early bird registration is approaching (October 31st).
The Winter School on Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment will be held on January 22nd-24th 2019, in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. Geomechanics, Environment and Energy are increasingly related and contemporary themes. The goal of the school is to provide participants with a deep understanding of selected topics in Geomechanics which are fundamental for applications related to Energy and the Environment. This Winter School is organized in the framework of the international journal “Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment”.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the following e-mail address: gete-school@epfl.ch
Lyesse Laloui and Alessio Ferrari
Directors of the Winter School
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, EPFL
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ALERT Geomaterials – Newsletter
Segnaliamo la possibilità di iscriversi alla newsletter di ALERT (Alliance of Laboratories in Europe for Education, Research and Technology) tramite l’apposito modulo del sito http://alertgeomaterials.eu/ .
The Alliance of Laboratories in Europe for Education, Research and Technology (ALERT) “Geomaterials” has been created in 1989 by Roberto Nova, Manuel Pastor, Ian Smith, Peter Vermeer, Olek Zienkiewicz and Félix Darve as a pioneering (at that time!) effort to develop a European School of Thinking in the field of the Mechanics of Geomaterials. The generic name “Geomaterials” is viewed as gathering together materials, whose mechanical behaviour depends on the pressure level, which can be dilatant under shearing and which are multiphase because of their porous structure. So, the “geomaterials” label brings together mainly soils, rocks and concrete. It has been obvious from the very beginning that there is a crucial need for a joint Graduate School in order to build firmly this European scientific group in the Mechanics of Geomaterials, in close link with the doctoral students.
The main areas of interest are
– micromechanics and constitutive modelling for geomaterials
– engineering, failure, strain localisation and instabilities
– large scale computations for geomaterials and geostructures
– integrity of geostructures and inverse analysis in geomechanics
– environmental geomechanics and durability of geomaterials
The core activity represents the annual meeting with ALERT Workshop and ALERT Doctoral School.
Maggiori informazioni su: http://alertgeomaterials.eu/
Borse di dottorato presso University of Strathclyde, Glasgow – UK (scadenza 25/10/2018)
Il Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering dell’University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland, UK) offre due posizioni di dottorato sui seguenti temi:
1) Clay micromechanics: from experimental evidence at the nano/micro scale to particle-scale modelling via Discrete Element Method
2) Engineering vegetation to stabilise geotechnical structures: developing open-air portable laboratory to design vegetation-based remedial measures
Durata: 3 anni
Borsa: £1230/mese
Scadenza della domanda: 25 ottobre 2018
La data di inizio è prevista tra gennaio e febbraio 2019. Si richiede un voto di laurea non inferiore a 104/110 (possibilmente 110/110). Per ulteriori informazioni, contattare il Prof. Alessandro Tarantino (alessandro.tarantino@strath.ac.uk)
Full Time Tenure Stream – Assistant Professor at York University, Toronto – Canada
The Department of Civil Engineering at the Lassonde School of Engineering invites applications from qualified individuals for a tenure-track professorial-stream position at the Assistant Professor level in Geotechnical Engineering to commence on July 1, 2019. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval.
We are looking to appoint a highly motivated candidate who will contribute to the Department’s goal of establishing a state-of-the-art advanced experimental geotechnics facility, focused on laboratory and field testing of saturated, unsaturated and frozen soils, and other geomaterials, such as waste and mine tailings. Other focus areas of this position can include: geotechnical field instrumentation and monitoring for geohazards; environmental geotechnics; energy geotechnics; experimental geochemistry; transportation geotechnics; and mining geotechnics. The successful candidate is expected to play a key role in the teaching of undergraduate and graduate geotechnical engineering courses.
Posting End Date: November 30, 2018
More information at: http://webapps.yorku.ca/academichiringviewer/viewposition.jsp?positionnumber=1824
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor position at University of Auckland – New Zealand
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Auckland invites applications from outstanding candidates for a position in Geotechnical Engineering at the Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor level.
The candidate will be expected to develop a strong research programme, to teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Civil and Environmental Engineering programmes and to participate in the administrative activities of the Department, the Faculty of Engineering and the University.
The selected candidate must:
- hold a Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering
- have an excellent academic record as evidenced by a publication record appropriate to the appointment level sought
- demonstrate experience and expertise in specialised laboratory and/or innovative field-based research.
It is anticipated that the area of research and professional practice may involve geotechnical characterisation of problematic soils, slope engineering, rock and tunnel engineering, geotechnical earthquake engineering, and/or other emerging geotechnical specialties.
More information at: https://engineeroxy.com/announcement,a5196.html
15 PhD vacancies (Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher positions) available at MATHEGRAM
MATHEGRAM is an MSCA Innovative Training Network (ITN) funded by the EU.
Granular materials, such as soils, agricultural seeds, metallic and ceramic powders, and pharmaceutical powders, are common in nature and have many industrial applications. They possess unique physical properties and a complicated flow behaviour. MATHEGRAM aims to improve our understanding of the thermomechanical behaviour of granular materials.
MATHEGRAM is now recruiting 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs). Each ESR will work at a beneficiary institute with a 36-month employment contract and will register as a PhD at a European University within the MATHEGRAM network or affiliated universities. Each ESR will also receive additional training at the network level and undergo secondments at academic and/or non-academic MATHEGRAM partners.
More information at: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/338785
Research Associate position, Imperial College, London
An opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate to work on experimental geotechnical laboratory and field studies carried out in conjunction with the ALPACA Joint Industry Project. The latter is a major research project that is being advanced in association with University of Oxford, funded by EPSRC and Industry. Professor R J Jardine is the Principal Investigator, with Dr Stavroula Kontoe as Co-Investigator. The project is directed towards the cost-effective design of foundations for offshore wind-turbines, especially those for chalk dominated sites. This is a fixed term appointment that will commence from December 2018 or later and extend up to end of February 2020.
Closing date: 28 October 2018
More information at: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/description/ENG00523/research-associate
