PhD position in Computational Fracture Mechanics of porous media at Imperial College London (UK applicants only)

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at Imperial College London. The work will be conducted in close collaboration with the University of Cambridge, with the student being supervised by Dr ​​​​Emilio Martínez Pañeda (main supervisor), Prof Catherine O'Sullivan (Imperial College) and Prof Norman Fleck FRS FREng (University of Cambridge). 

The project aims at developing new theoretical and computational micromechanics-based models for rocks and porous media. More details of the project are given here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i61INqCK3XlHCawvWu-eQyzNPF22Huam/view

The position is only open for UK applicants. Interested applicants should e-mail e.martinez-paneda@imperial.ac.uk before December 15 with a cover letter and a CV, including their grades. Only those applicants with a First Class Degree (or an expected First Class Degree) will be considered.