Permanent Researcher

In the field of Geomechanics and Geotechnics


DESCRIPTION :
The position offers opportunities for strong collaborations with other industrial and academic R&D groups at European and international level. The successful candidate will take over the responsibility of some of the contractual research projects conducted by the Engineering geology and geomechanics team.
LOCATION: Fontainebleau
CENTER OF RESEARCH: Geosciences
http://www.geosciences.mines-paristech.fr
CONTRACT: Public

DURATION: Permanent position
SALARY: Annual gross salary will be negotiated according to the qualifications and the previous experience of the candidates.

 

Missions

Research context
The Engineering Geology and Geomechanics team is made of fifteen permanent teachers-researchers and is thus the most important team of the Geoscience and Geoengineering research department. Its research works can be classified into two major fields: management and exploitation of soils, rocks, or underground space; control of geotechnical hazards and risks. The research topics of the team deal with theoretical and experimental modelling in the following topics:
-    evolution, stability and failure of geomaterials (soils, rocks and cement materials);
-    thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled phenomena in geotechnics;
-    interaction between structure and geomaterials and mechanical behaviour of interfaces (reinforcement of soils and rocks, mechanical behaviour of drillstring assembly inside boreholes, wearing of cutting and drilling tools, …).

The team is expecting applications for two different profiles (see here-after). The candidate will specify the profile he/she is applying for.


•    Research:

First profile:
The candidate is expected to conduct research and teaching-training tasks, specifically in theoretical and experimental modelling of thermo-hydro-chemio-mechanical coupled processes in geotechnics. He/she will have (i) to propose and implement research programs in this field, (ii) to define and monitor testing programs in rock and/or soil mechanics and to develop new testing procedures and facilities, and (iii) to identify parameters of existing rock/soil behaviour laws, and, if necessary, to formulate new rheological laws and integrate them in the existing codes.

These research domains are essential for the design of civil engineering underground works or gaz storage cavities, for the safety analysis of underground storage projects of industrial or radioactive waste, as well as for the exploitation of certain types of oil&gaz reservoirs. Most of these research activities need a multidisciplinary approach, and as a result the candidate will have to work closely with other teams of the department (Hydrological systems and reservoirs for the analysis of the hydro-mechanical behaviour, Reactive hydrodynamics for the chemical coupling…).

The candidate will have to develop partnerships with other research institutions, in France and abroad, and ensure the preparation (including the financing) and the monitoring of the research projects he/she will propose. He/she will actively contribute to the recognition of the team by promoting the research undertaken with the industrial world through participation to scientific events and publications.
 

Second profile:
The candidate is expected to conduct research and teaching-training tasks, specifically in the field of structural analysis and its applications in the design of civil engineering underground works, geological storage of hydrocarbons or waste, as well as in mechanical simulation (static and dynamic) of oil & gaz drilling systems. He/she will be able to assume the improvement and evolution of the structural analysis software of the team.

The candidate will have to develop partnerships with other research institutions, in France and abroad, and ensure the preparation (including the financing) and the monitoring of the research projects he/she will propose. He/she will actively contribute to the recognition of the team by promoting the research undertaken with the industrial world through participation to scientific events and publications.
 

•    Teaching :

First and second profile:
The candidate may be involved in teaching in the frame of the training activities of the team.

  • Specificities of the candidate applying for the first profile

The candidate should have a very good knowledge of rock and/or soil physics and their behaviour. He/she should prove a strong experience in modelling of the equations which govern mechanical or thermal phenomena, as well as flow in porous media; he/she will show references in terms of software development (or significant contribution to the evolution of existing software). Finally, he/she will be experienced in lab or in situ experimental program development and implementation.

  • Specificities of the candidate applying for the second profile

The candidate should have an excellent knowledge and a practical experience of static and dynamic numerical modelling of the mechanical behaviour of structures. He/she will have the capacity to take over, in the future, the responsibility of the development of the numerical simulation tools of the team. Finally, he/she will be experienced in lab or in situ experimental program development and implementation.

 

Contact :
For more information on scientific questions:
Hedi Sellami : hedi.sellami@mines-paristech.fr ; phone : + 33 1 64 69 48 92
For more information on administrative questions:
Isabelle Olzenski : isabelle.olzenski@mines-paristech.fr ; phone : + 33 1 64 69 49 56
HOW TO APPLY :
All applications must include:
–    a detailed curriculum vitae;
–    a list of publications and recent projects;
–    a cover letter;
–    the research project of the candidate;
–    the names and contact information of three references.

Applications should be sent via E-mail or by post to:
Isabelle Olzenski
Centre de Géosciences
MINES ParisTech
35, rue Saint-Honoré
77305 Fontainebleau Cedex, France
Phone : + 33 1 64 69 49 56 – Fax : + 33 1 64 69 47 11
E-mail : isabelle.olzenski@mines-paristech.fr

 

Deadline: 12 March 2010