Department of Mechanics: Vacancies

Academic positions

• University of Dundee, United Kingdom

Professorship in Civil Engineering

The successful candidate will have an established international research profile and a strong track record in attracting external research funding. While this is primarily a research-focused leadership role, the successful candidate will also contribute to the development and delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes and provide service to the national and international academic and professional communities.

Contact: p.a.davies@dundee.ac.uk

Application deadline: 20 April 2014

Postdoctoral positions

• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

The international postdoctoral fellowship program aims to attract experienced researchers of any nationality to the EPFL, to provide them state-of-the-art conditions for research, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as future research leaders, through a research-intensive training. EPFL Fellows runs under the Marie Curie Action COFUND (7th Framework Program). These fellowships may be held in any scientific discipline within the EPFL and run for a period of 24 months. Applications should be made jointly with the Fellow’s mentor, a senior scientist at EPFL.

• Ron Miller's Research Group at Carleton University, Ottawa - Ontario Canada

offers a post-doctoral possition to study hydrogen embrittlement phenomena in metals. The work aims to address fundamental questions about how hydrogen influences fracture from an atomistic perspective. For further information feel free to visit the official page.

Keywords: atomistic simulation, multiscale calculations, programming

Starting date: Sept 2014 (flexible)

Contact: Ron.Miller@carleton.ca

• Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France

A postdoc position on DEM modelling of the failure of dry stone retaining walls is proposed in LTDS, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France.

Starting date: 1 September 2014

Duration: 12 months

Contact: eric.vincens@ec-lyon.fr

• University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings, Kladno, Czech Republic

Multiple research positions in the field of modeling, simulation, assessment and optimization of multi-functional materials and structures

• Department of Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University: PostDoc/PhD positions in the EU project Multiscale Modelling Platform: Smart design of nanoenabled products in green technologies

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