PH.D. STUDENT POSITIONS
Two Ph.D. student positions on “Geomechanics for engineered geological barriers” at EPFL Switzerland, Laboratory of Soil Mechanics
More info at this link.
Two industry co-funded Ph.D. student positions at the Department of Earth Sciences “A. Desio” of the University of Milan on “Soil improvement treatments by resin injection” (Tutor prof. Tiziana Apuani) and “Experimental and numerical analysis of the thermal and thermo-mechanical behaviour of thermo-active sheet pile walls” (Tutor prof. Francesco Cecinato).
More info at this link and on this flyer.
A Ph.D. student position on “Energy Geostructures” at the University of Perugia (tutor Prof. Diana Salciarini).
More into at this link.
A Ph.D. student position on “Rock Mechanics” at Université de Lorraine, GeoRessources laboratory, France.
More info at this link. Interested candidates can write to: marianne.conin@univ-lorraine.fr
Borsa di Dottorato su “STOCCAGGIO SOTTERRANEO DELL’IDROGENO: CARATTERIZZAZIONE E MODELLAZIONE GEOMECCANICA” – Politecnico di Torino
Il Politecnico di Torino ha pubblicato un bando per una borsa di dottorato sulle tematiche ‘Green’ di cui al D.M. 1061 del 10-8-2021 dal titolo “Stoccaggio sotterraneo dell’idrogeno: caratterizzazione e modellazione geomeccanica. Ulteriori informazioni sul bando e sul progetto di ricerca in questo documento.
Webinar progetto NEXT GENERATION LIQUEFACTION (NGL) – Mercoledì 20 Ottobre 2021
Mercoledì 20 Ottobre 2021, ore 18:00-20:00 Italiane, si svolgerà un webinar di presentazione del progetto Next Generation Liquefaction (NGL) coordinato da Steve Kramer, Jonathan Stewart e John Stamatakos sotto l’auspicio del Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) e del Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).
Il webinar sarà presentato da Scott Brandenberg, Kristin Ulmer e Paolo Zimmaro.
Ulteriori informazioni su questo flyer.
CONCORSO RTD-A UNIVERSITÀ DI GENOVA – Ottobre 2021
Un concorso di Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato di tipo A (RTD-A) sarà prossimamente bandito dall’Università degli Studi di Genova nell’ambito della tematica di ricerca “Green” di cui al recente Decreto Ministeriale n. 1062 del 10-08-2021 e, in particolare, su argomenti collegati alla costruzione sostenibile in terra. La presa di servizio del neoassunto ricercatore è prevista per l’inizio del 2022 (probabilmente febbraio 2022). Ulteriori dettagli su questo documento.
4th CMFRGS webinar “Implicit Material Point Method for geomechanics applications” – 19th October 2021
The organising committee of the “Computational Modelling for Future Research in Geoenvironmental Sciences” (CMFRGS) webinar series invites you to the 4th webinar entitled “Implicit Material Point Method for geomechanics applications” presented by Dr Antonia Larese from the University of Padua, Italy.
Webinar 4 is scheduled to be hosted at 9:00 am (CEST), 19th October 2021 with registration for this webinar closing at 24:00 (CEST), 16th October 2021.
You may find further info and register (free but mandatory) here: https://www.m2clab.com/cmfrgs-webinars and on this Flyer.
Tenure-track position in geotechnical engineering at Polytechnique Montréal
Polytechnique Montréal is seeking applicants for a tenure-track position in geotechnical engineering.
Research areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
– rock mechanics
– physical modeling (large scale or in situ scale)
– experimental soil mechanics
– geomechanics with application to green energy or underground hydrogen and CO2 storage, or geohazard assessment (e.g. rockfalls and landslides)
Full description of the position and the required documents for the application can be found at the following link:
https://www.polymtl.ca/carriere/en/offres-demploi/civil-engineering-professor-geotechnics-rock-mechanics-physical-modeling-experimental-soil-mechanics
PhD Position in Experimental Soil Mechanics at Delft University of Technology (scadenza 17 ottobre)
Project motivation
Soft highly organic soils are widespread in the foundation layers of the built environment all over the world. They contain organic matter, roots and fibres, which improve their mechanical response. However, these soils are extremely vulnerable to climate-related hazards. Increasing climatic stresses, such as heat waves, drought, and more frequent intense precipitation accelerate the degradation of organic soils, by increasing their drying and shrinkage rate above the water table and their decomposition rate under water, with gas generation and exsolution. Both these mechanisms, drying and gas exsolution, ultimately contribute to significant land subsidence and reduction in available resistance. Quantifying the geotechnical engineering consequences of seasonally varying loads, including drying-wetting, temperature cycles and degradation, on organic soils is extremely challenging due to the complexity of a proper description of multi-physics gas-liquid-solid interaction. The project aims at deepening the understanding and the modelling of these coupled processes, to mitigate the climate-related hazard in natural soils and to assist in the design of durable innovative green solutions.
Job description
The twofold aim of the PhD project is:
– To experimentally investigate the coupled hydro-mechanical behaviour of organic soils subjected to cycles of environmental (e.g. drying and wetting, temperature) and mechanical loads. Soft soils reinforced with natural and artificial organic fibres will be tested, to quantify the role played by fibres, gas and fabric on their mechanical behaviour.
– To enhance existing constitutive models in order to include the effects of environmental factors such as drying-wetting cycles, temperature cycles and degradation in the prediction of their geotechnical properties.
The PhD candidate will benefit from advanced experimental laboratory facilities including unsaturated triaxial apparatus, biaxial plane strain apparatus, large-scale testing facility, geotechnical centrifuge and imaging facilities already available in the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of TU Delft and partner institutions, and the support of experienced technical staff.
More information in the attached document: PhD_position_TU_Delft_TUD01486
The closing date for the applications is 17 October 2021.
Elezioni del Presidente e dei Componenti della Giunta GNIG 2021-2024
Le elezioni del Presidente e dei Componenti della Giunta GNIG 2021-2024 si terranno in modalità telematica a settembre 2021.
Verrà utilizzato il sistema Helios (https://vote.heliosvoting.org/), piattaforma open access gratuita che garantisce l’anonimato del voto.
Come stabilito dallo statuto:
- sono componenti di diritto del GNIG i: Professori Ordinari, Professori Associati e Ricercatori Universitari, anche a tempo determinato, in servizio e afferenti al Settore Scientifico Disciplinare ‘Geotecnica’ (ICAR/07 – 08/B1);
- il Presidente è scelto tra i Professori Ordinari componenti di diritto;
- la Giunta è composta dal Presidente e da rappresentanti eletti tra i componenti di diritto, nell’ambito della propria categoria di appartenenza: tre rappresentanti eletti dai professori ordinari; tre rappresentanti eletti dai professori associati; tre rappresentanti eletti dai ricercatori universitari;
- i Componenti di diritto costituiscono l’elettorato attivo e passivo per l’elezione della Giunta, e costituiscono l’elettorato attivo per l’elezione del Presidente. L’elettorato passivo per la elezione del Presidente è costituito dai Professori Ordinari.
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Date da ricordare
8 settembre: data limite per presentare le candidature a Presidente e Componente della Giunta
8 settembre: data di riferimento per la definizione dell’elettorato attivo nei ruoli di Professore Ordinario, Professore Associato, Ricercatore
15 settembre: prima assemblea elettorale del Gruppo in modalità telematica, con inizio alle ore 9:30
15‐16 settembre: votazione online del Presidente e dei componenti della Giunta GNIG (verrà aperta immediatamente a valle dell’assemblea elettorale e si chiuderà il 16 settembre alle ore 23:59)
20 settembre: assemblea post‐elettorale del Gruppo in modalità telematica, con inizio alle ore 10:00
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Allegati
E-mail del Presidente GNIG, prof. Stefano Aversa (22/07/2021 – pdf)
Candidature (elenco definitivo – pdf)
Elettorato attivo (09/09/2021 – xls)
Prima assemblea elettorale: ordine del giorno e link per la connessione (pdf – link)
Guida per l’utilizzo del sistema Helios (pdf)
Risultati (pdf)
Assemblea post-elettorale: ordine del giorno e link per la connessione (pdf – link)
Post-doc position on mechanical and hydrological processes in soil at Westlake University
Introduction of The Lab/ Research Field: Dr. Lei’s research on porous media features temperature, pressure and stress control, pore-scale insights based on micro-CT technique integrated with conventional testing, multi-physics experiments and theoretical analysis. Targeted areas include: (1) particulate material and porous media under abnormal conditions and their interaction with pore constituents; (2) energy, marine, and resource geo-engineering; (3) permafrost and outer space sediments; (4) natural gas hydrates and their hosting sediments; (5) massive energy storage; and (6) multi-phase flow and crystallization in porous media.
Job Description: Position: Postdoctoral fellow; Requirements: 1) To work on mechanical and hydrological properties of soil under various conditions, experimentalist preferred; 2) Have obtained or expect to obtain shortly the PhD degree in water resources, geotechnical engineering, earth science, geophysics, or related disciplines; 3) Age under 35; 4) Geo-mechanical and/or hydrological experiences preferred; 5) Good track academic record.
Compensation and Benefits: The research team offers a competitive compensation package commensurate with the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience. Applications for relevant projects and programs will be encouraged and supported.
How to Apply: To apply, please send resume, representative papers and any other relevant materials as PDF files to leiliang@westlake.edu.cn, and indicate the Post-doc application in the subject.
Elenco Candidature per Presidenza e Giunta GNIG
L’elenco delle candidature finora pervenute per la Presidenza o come componente della Giunta GNIG compare come allegato della notizia sulle elezioni, in evidenza sul sito www.gnig.it. L’elenco sarà aggiornato periodicamente.
