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==== Postdoctoral positions ====
==== Postdoctoral positions ====
*[[Department of Mechanics: Vacancies: UCEEB Postdocs|University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings]], Kladno, Czech Republic
*[[Department of Mechanics: Vacancies: UCEEB Postdocs|University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings]], Kladno, Czech Republic
:Six research topics in the field of '''modeling, simulation, assessment and optimization of multi-functional materials and structures'''
:Seven research topics in the field of '''modeling, simulation, assessment and optimization of multi-functional materials and structures'''
*The School of Civil Engineering at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, offers a [http://alertgeomaterials.eu/2013/02/postdoc-position-at-the-university-of-queensland-in-brisbane/ position] for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the field of '''hydrogeology'''. The position is included in the Linkage Project “Multi-scale, two-phase flow in complex coal seam systems” funded by the Australian Research Council.
*The University of Strathclyde
*[http://www.epfl.ch Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne], Switzerland
:Postdoctoral research position in '''Advanced Monitoring of Geostructures'''  
:Postdoctoral research position in '''geomechanics'''  
: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.  
:The [http://lms.epfl.ch Laboratory for Soil Mechanics] (LMS) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) is looking for a Postdoctoral research fellow working on design and predictive modeling of real scale experiments for nuclear waste disposal. The foreseen activities include the implementation of advanced constitutive models developed at the LMS in a FE code and the implementation of 3D FE computations to simulate the repository behaviour. For more details see [http://alertgeomaterials.eu/2013/01/postdoctoral-research-position-in-geomechanics-at-the-epfl-lausanne/ this announcement].
*The [http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~mif/ Matsumae International Foundation] offers postdoctoral scholarships for '''research visits to Japan''' of 3-6 months duration, between April 2014 and March 2015.  
*The [http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~mif/ 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
:Application deadline: 31 August 2013

Revision as of 09:52, 25 March 2013

Academic positions

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.
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

Seven research topics in the field of modeling, simulation, assessment and optimization of multi-functional materials and structures
  • The University of Strathclyde
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.
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

Industry offers

Academic job servers

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A list of open positions in geomechanics and concrete mechanics is maintained by ALERT Geomaterials.