Dear all,

 

Please pass the information below to people who might be interested. Apologies for cross-posting.

 

Research opportunities at the University of Strathclyde (USTRAT), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, under supervision of Dr Minna Karstunen.

 

University of Strathclyde is coordinating an EC-funded Marie Curie Research Training Network on Advanced Modelling of Ground Improvement on Soft Soils (AMGISS), see http://www.ce.strath.ac.uk/amgiss/ for details. As part of the AMGISS network, we hope to fill the following research vacancies that are not funded directly by the network. The applicants will, however, benefit the international networking and training opportunities of the AMGISS network, including research training and secondments with the network partners and their academic and industrial collaborators.

 

Deadline for applications:  March 27^th, 2006.

 

1. Post-doctoral Research Assistant. Start date June 2006 or shortly thereafter, for 2 years. This is a salaried post, funded by the Academy of Finland, with a gross monthly salary of about €3200. Although the fellow is based at USTRAT, his/her main duty is to supervise the experimental testing at Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) and USTAT and therefore he/she is expected spend typically for a few weeks per year at HUT.

Topic of research: Constitutive modelling of soft natural soils. The aim of the project is to provide experimental data required for the development and validation of a constitutive model that account for anisotropy, bonding and destructuration and creep, and constitutive model development and implementation. The latter will be done within PLAXIS finite element code as a user-defined soil model.

Requirements: A doctoral degree in geotechnical engineering or a related topic, preferably dealing with constitutive/numerical modelling or equivalent research experience. Programming experience would be an advantage.

 

2.  PhD Scholarship at University of Strathclyde. Start date October 2006. The studentship will consist of a tax-free scholarship of £12500 per annum and the tuition fees at home/EU student level for three years. The fellowship is funded by the Faculty of Engineering.

Topic of research: The PhD project deals with finite element modelling of embankments on soft soils, considering various foundation methods, such as preloading, vertical drains and stone columns/lime-cement columns. The numerical simulations will be done by 2D and 3D version of PLAXIS, using recently developed advanced soil models that account for plastic strain induced anisotropy, bonding and destructuration and this may involve constitutive model development and numerical implementation.

Requirements: A good undergraduate degree in civil engineering, geotechnical engineering or a related topic. An MSc degree in Geotechnical Engineering and/or industrial experience would be an advantage.

 

More information from Dr Minna Karstunen (email: [log in to unmask], Tel. +44 141 5483252).

 

 

Dr Minna Karstunen

Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering

John Anderson Building

107 Rottenrow

Glasgow G4 0NG

t: +44 141 5483252

f: +44 141 553 2066

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