Department of Mechanics: Vacancies
Academic positions
- CSIRO, Australia
- CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering is looking for a Senior Research Scientist in hydraulic fracturing in particular and geomechanics in general. For details see this web site.
- Department of Water Resources and Environmental Modeling at Faculty of Environmental Sciences opens a new permanent full-time position of an assistant professor
- Gross salary of 30.000 CZK per month (plus bonuses for publications in refereed journals)
- Requirements: Ph.D. degree, publication activities in mathematical modelling of transport processes in porous media or in optimization and genetic programming
- Contact: Michal Kuráž (kuraz@fzp.czu.cz)
Postdoctoral positions
- University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings, Kladno, Czech Republic
- Seven research topics in the field of modeling, simulation, assessment and optimization of multi-functional materials and structures
- The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
- Postdoctoral research position in Advanced Monitoring of Geostructures
- The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde seeks to recruit a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Research Fellow as part of a 4 year EC/FP7 Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnership Pathways (IAPP) consortium project entitled ‘MAGIC-Monitoring systems to Assess Geotechnical Infrastructure subjected to Climatic hazards’. The Research Fellow will develop advanced technologies for field monitoring of pore-water tension and will design and implement a benchmark field experiment to assess a variety of sensors for the monitoring of the geostructure-atmosphere interaction. The Research Fellow will contribute to activities at the Network level including reporting preparation, conducting outreach activities, and organising annual schools. Applicants will be required to meet Marie Curie Experienced Researcher eligibility criteria. In particular, applicants must not have resided in the UK for more than 12 months in the last 3 years immediately prior to commencing in the role, and they cannot be a staff member researcher at the time of recruitment.
- Contract duration: 24 months
- Application deadline: 17 April 2013
- Contact: Professor Alessandro Tarantino, (+44 (0)141 548 3539/alessandro.tarantino@strath.ac.uk)
- The Matsumae International Foundation offers postdoctoral scholarships for research visits to Japan of 3-6 months duration, between April 2014 and March 2015.
- Application deadline: 31 August 2013
- Technische Universität Braunchweig, Institute of Scientific Computing, Braunschweig, Germany
- Research topic: Advanced tools for uncertainty quantification and updating
- Contract duration: at least one year
- Contact: Anička Kučerová, anicka@cml.fsv.cvut.cz
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