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Assistant or Associate Professor – Civil and Environmental Engineering (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada)
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada) invites applications from qualified candidates for a preliminary tenure‐track appointment in Engineering and Northern Development at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor beginning July 1, 2021.
The candidate will be expected to have technical capacities to engage in research supporting the convergent problems of resource industry sustainability, northern development, and resilient infrastructure for northern communities in a changing climate. In‐line with the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, training of indigenous students and professionals, and respectfully interacting with northern communities to increase Northern Canada’s technical knowledge base will be an important component of this position.
The research focus should complement existing strengths in the department. Research areas may include but are not limited to: buildings, transportation corridors, and other infrastructure in zones of climate‐ driven permafrost thaw; mine site reclamation; soft soil engineering; and water‐permafrost‐infrastructure interactions. Expertise in monitoring soils and infrastructure in the field would be desirable. Experience and/or a strong interest in working in Northern Canada and with Indigenous communities would be an asset.
We encourage applications from candidates from groups underrepresented in Engineering and/or with experience in mentoring students from such groups.
Serie di seminari in modalità telematica organizzati dall’Università dell’Aquila (aggiornamento)
I colleghi dell’Università dell’Aquila hanno organizzato una serie di seminari in modalità telematica nell’ambito del corso di “Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering“, collocati tra le attività formative del Dottorato di Ricerca in Ingegneria Civile, Edile-Architettura e Ambientale.
I prossimi due eventi saranno:
- mercoledì 16 dicembre p.v. alle ore 9:20 seminario “Seismic Microzonation: a brief history and critical issues from recent experiences in Italy” tenuto dal prof. Alessandro Pagliaroli, docente presso l’Università di Chieti-Pescara «G. D’Annunzio». In allegato la locandina del seminario (link), a cui è possibile partecipare mediante la compilazione del seguente modulo: https://forms.gle/rpGeCrbuACyf4zS79
- lunedì 21 dicembre p.v. alle ore 16:00 seminario “Rocking Foundations for Bridges and the Failure of Hanshin Expressway in Kobe” tenuto dal prof. George Gazetas, professore emerito presso la National Technical University of Athens. In allegato la locandina del seminario (link), a cui è possibile partecipare mediante la compilazione del seguente modulo: https://forms.gle/d5b1BLXF8hL8rHoW6
Evento di lancio dell’associazione internazionale LandAware (14 Dicembre 2020)
Lunedì 14 novembre p.v. alle ore 13:30 si terrà l’evento di lancio della neonata associazione internazionale LandAware – the international network on Landslide Early Warning Systems (https://www.landaware.org/), presieduta dal Prof. Michele Calvello dell’Università degli Studi di Salerno.
Il programma dell’evento “LandAware Kick-Off 2020“, che si terrà in modalità telematica tramite piattaforma Zoom e durerà 2 ore, prevede la presentazione dell’associazione LandAware, dei primi 7 gruppi di lavoro attivi, alcune brevi relazioni ad invito e una sessione finale di discussione (vedi locandina allegata).
Si invitano tutti gli interessati a partecipare gratuitamente all’evento, registrandosi mediante la compilazione del seguente modulo: https://forms.gle/3LDBQHZJoVJ32gPp8
Locandina: LandAware_KO_flyer
17th GM3 Workshop: Geomechanics from Micro to Macro – organizzato dalla Newcastle University – 14-15 dicembre 2020
Il 17th GM3 Workshop: Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, organizzato dalla Newcastle University, si terrà in modilità online su Zoom, dal 14 al 15 dicembre 2020.
Programma e link Zoom: 2020 GM3 Workshop Programme
Post-doc DEM modelling (INRAE, Aix-Marseille Univ, RECOVER, France)
A 18 months post-doc position opens for 2021-2022 at the RECOVER research unit (INRAE, Aix-Marseille Univ, Aix-en-Provence, France).
The project will focus on particle’s shape mechanical influence in granular materials, through discrete modelling with realistic shape descriptors.
Application has to be done at the earliest convenience and by email.
Please find all details at https://stratus.irstea.fr/f/5ef9fde069f24c35ba66/?dl=1
Workshop “Innovative numerical methods for internal erosion processes” – 17 dicembre 2020
Vi segnaliamo il workshop “Innovative numerical methods for internal erosion processes“, organizzato in modalità on-line per il 17 dicembre 2020 da Donatella Sterpi (Politecnico di Milano) e Carlo Callari (Università del Molise) nell’ambito delle attività dello European Working Group on Internal Erosion.
Locandina: EWGIE 2020 – innov-num-meth – flyer
Two Postdoctoral positions at the Hainan institute of Zhejiang University (China)
The Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University invites applications for two postdoctoral positions in Geotechnical Engineering. The Institute seeks applicants in all areas of Geotechnical Engineering with representative examples including but not limited to: offshore geotechnics, numerical and physically modelling of geo-materials. All candidates with advanced experience in experimental (particularly centrifuge modelling), field, computational, or a combination of these geotechnical capabilities will be considered. There are currently two postdoctoral positions at the Hainan institute of Zhejiang University funded by the institute in the year of 2021.
About the Institute: Zhejiang University, one of the top universities in Asia, is one of the earliest institutions of higher education in China. It ranks 53th according to QS World University Rankings 2020.
Qualifications: Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in Engineering, Science or other relevant discipline and have the ability to build an independent, externally funded research program at the forefront of their field.
Research topics: The research institute mainly focus on the geotechnical problems in offshore geotechnics, particularly in the areas relating to characterization and modelling of marine sediments (including gas hydrate bearing sediments), offshore foundations, pipeline geotechnics and offshore geo-hazards.
Closing date for applications: 31 Dec 2020
Contacts: Please submit a C.V. including two academic references letters to Dr Yi Hong (yi_hong@zju.edu.cn).
Postdoc positions at the Computing Center for Geotechnical Engineering of Zhejiang University (China)
The Computing Center for Geotechnical Engineering (COMEGE) of Zhejiang University has openings for postdoctoral fellows in computational geomechanics. Successful candidates should demonstrate a good publication record on geomechanics, engineering mechanics, and/or numerical methods (e.g. FEM, DEM, MPM, SPH, peridynamics), and are expected to conduct independent research on these areas. A good knowledge of high-performance computing and code developing will be a plus.
About the institute: Zhejiang University is among the top universities in China (one of the C9 League) and is located in the historical and beautiful city of Hangzhou. It ranks 53 according to the QS World University Rankings 2020.
Contact: The potential applicants should send a CV enclosed with representative publications to Dr. Mei Dong (mdong@zju.edu.cn).
Granular Matter Webinar Series (24 November 2020)
The 4th Granular Matter Series Webinar will take place next Tuesday, 24 November. The speaker is Ken Kamrin, the topic and abstract are:
To the Continuum and Beyond!
The ability to predict granular flows efficiently has been a major challenge for years. An accurate and robust continuum model would be ideal, as it could lead to fast simulation of industrial and geo-scale problems. However, there are a number of granular flow behaviors that complicate the development of a continuum treatment including coupled history effects, nontrivial phase change, pressure-sensitive yielding, nonlocal effects, and shear banding phenomena. Rather than attempt to combine all these effects together, this talk will begin by identifying a class of problems that tend to be well-predicted using a very simple continuum treatment. These are problems based on intrusion, where the intrusive dynamics of solid objects (e.g. locomotion, impact) is the primary interest. We then discuss two ways to extend this basic continuum framework with nonstandard “add-ons”, in order to handle various complications. First, we will discuss the state of affairs in nonlocal modeling approaches, and focus on some new results pertinent to the physics of nonlocality. Secondly, as an alternative to adding more complexity to the continuum model, we will discuss a hybridized DEM/continuum method that allows us to adaptively choose subdomains in a problem to be treated with continuum modeling vs discrete element modeling. This allows us to keep a simple and fast-to-solve continuum model almost everywhere, while providing a more precise DEM treatment in zones that fall outside the scope of the continuum model.
For more information, this is the landing page: https://www.springer.com/journal/10035/updates/18300828
And this is the link to the meeting room: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/565338397
Avviso seminario 26/11/2020 (annullamento)
Per sopraggiunta indisponibilità del relatore, si comunica l’annullamento del seminario programmato in data 26 novembre 2020 [ciclo di seminari in modalità telematica organizzati nell’ambito del corso di “Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering” dell’Università dell’Aquila].
