ALERT PHD PRIZE 2011
The association ALERT Geomaterials, with the aim of promoting the dissemination of the scientific research carried out by Ph.D students in the field of soil, rock and concrete mechanics, founds the ALERT PhD Prize.    
The deadline for submitting a dossier is June 30, 2011. Please download the rules here.

ALERT PHD PRIZE 2010 WINNER
The ALERT PhD Prize 2010 was granted to to Dr. Chloe Arson, from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) for her PhD thesis entitled Etude théorique et numérique de l'endommagement thermo-hydro-mécanique des milieux poreux non saturés (abstract), and Dr. Mathieu Nuth, from EPF Lausanne for his PhD thesis entitled Constitutive Modelling of Unsaturated Soils with Hydro-Geomechanical Couplings (abstract), ex aequo.

Dr. Cholè Arson presentation (video file)	Dr. Mathieu Nuth presentation (video file)

ALERT PHD PRIZE 2010 Jury
The jury of the PhD prize was composed of:
- Pierre-Yves HICHER (Ecole Centrale de Nantes)      
- David MUIR WOOD (Dundee University)
- Félix DARVE (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble)
- APS SELVADURAI (McGill University) 

ALERT PHD PRIZE 2009 WINNER
The ALERT PhD Prize 2009 was granted to Dr. Bertrand François from EPFL, Lausanne for his PhD thesis entitled Thermo-plasticity of fine-grained soils at various saturation states: application to nuclear waste disposal (abstract and full text). Details and rules.     
The slides of the PhD prize winner's presentation are available.

ALERT PHD PRIZE 2009 Jury
The jury of the PhD prize was composed of:
- Felix DARVE (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble)      
- Suzanne LACASSE (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute)
- Ivo HERLE (University of Dresden)
- Gioacchino VIGGIANI (Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble)