Professional Mentoring Program Scholarship in Geotechnics, Soil and Rocks

Professional Mentoring Programs offer specialized training in areas of particular interest in today’s productive sector, aligning citizens’ training with the real demands of the market. The goal is to strengthen the current capabilities of the participants and expand their skills and abilities to facilitate their access to the job market, the search for new employment, or the improvement of their current performance.

Once the payment has been made, the applicant will be automatically enrolled. A maximum period of 48 hours is established to give final access to Structuralia's online training platform, receiving an email confirming both the registration and the access codes. Limited quotas.

• The scholarship provides 90% of the total cost (2.500 euros) of the selected program. The student must pay 250 euros.
• Benefits are subject to the scholar's academic performance to maintain the scholarship for the duration of the study program.
• Certification: Students who complete any programs will obtain certification accredited by Structuralia with verification from the Educational Portal of the Americas.
• Campus: 100% Virtual and asynchronous.
• Duration: 5 months.
• The student must not be reported as academically ineligible due to absences from the program and/or failing courses. In addition, the scholarship recipient must maintain an average of 5/10 or higher in each academic period.
• You can choose simultaneous courses and a maximum of 3 STEAM training virtual programs,but you must pay for each program.

• Over 21 years of age.
• Eligible applicants must be nationals and/or permanent legal residents of any GS/OAS Member State.
• Have correctly completed all the required information and paid the registration fee.
• The OAS-Structuralia Scholarship is not open to GS/OAS staff members, persons under performance contracts with the GS/OAS, personnel of Permanent Missions to the OAS, and family members of all the above-mentioned persons. A family member shall mean spouse, son or daughter, stepson or stepdaughter, father or mother, stepfather or stepmother, brother or sister, half-brother or half-sister, stepbrother or stepsister, father-in-law or mother-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

• Total cost: 2.500 euros.
• Percentage covered by the scholarship: 90% (2.250 euros).
• Amont to be paid by the grantee: 10%, (250 euros).
• Payment: credit card.
• The scholarship is automatically assigned when the individual makes a payment.
• Once the payment has been made, the applicant will be automatically enrolled. A maximum period of 48 hours is established to give final access to Structuralia's online training platform, receiving an email confirming both the registration and the access codes.

Module I. Introduction to geotechnics soil and rocks (50 hours)

• Description of Soils.
• Properties and Classification of Soils.
• Description of Rocks.
• Properties and Classification of Rocks.

ModuleII. Groundwater, effects on soil and rocks (50 hours)

• Fluid Flow in Porous Media
• Effective Stress and Pore Pressures
• Water Effects on Soil and Rocks
• Soil Consolidation
• Wells and Pumping Systems

Module III. Ground characterization, instrumentations and monitoring

• Geotechnical and soil investigation campaigns.
• Laboratory Tests in Geotechnical Engineering - I
• Laboratory Tests in Geotechnical Engineering - II
• Geotechnical Auscultation.

Module IV. Continuum mechanics and constitutive models, applications to soil and rocks (50 hours)

• Elasticity and Continuum.
• Mechanics Plasticity.
• Theory Soil Constitutive.
• Models Rock Constitutive Models.

Module V. Earth pressures and retaining structures (50 hours)

• Theory.
• Rigid Walls.
• Flexible Cantilevered Walls.
• Design Considerations.

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For guidance on professional mentoring programs, please contact:

• Structuralia

mentoringoas@structuralia.com

• Education Portal of the Americas

portal@oas.org

• Visit: https://mentoringoas.structuralia.com/en