# \#aspect **URL:** https://community.geodynamics.org/tag/aspect/76.md [Latest](https://community.geodynamics.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.geodynamics.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.geodynamics.org/tags.md) --- ## [Postdoctoral position at the NJORD Centre, University of Oslo](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/postdoctoral-position-at-the-njord-centre-university-of-oslo/4539)
**Author:** [@Agi](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/Agi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 9:22am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/postdoctoral-position-at-the-njord-centre-university-of-oslo/4539 "2026-05-28T09:22:59Z")
Dear CIG community, We are currently advertising a postdoctoral research fellow position in ice-sheet modelling at the NJORD Centre, University of Oslo. The position focuses on implementing ice sheet dynamics into a geo… --- ## [Unrealistically high velocities and topography evolution in 3D subduction model](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/unrealistically-high-velocities-and-topography-evolution-in-3d-subduction-model/4331)
**Author:** [@geotangyf](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/geotangyf)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/unrealistically-high-velocities-and-topography-evolution-in-3d-subduction-model/4331 "2025-11-16T07:07:38Z")
Hello everyone, I’m experiencing unrealistically high velocities and topography uplift rates in my 3D subduction model, and would appreciate your insights on parameter tuning. The issues: Surface velocities reaching… --- ## [Question on mantle melting beneath mid-ocean ridges with a constant melt gradient](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/question-on-mantle-melting-beneath-mid-ocean-ridges-with-a-constant-melt-gradient/4294)
**Author:** [@Cedric\_Sage](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/Cedric_Sage)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/question-on-mantle-melting-beneath-mid-ocean-ridges-with-a-constant-melt-gradient/4294 "2025-09-22T20:52:36Z")
Good morning all, I have a simulation adapted from ’mid\_ocean\_ridge.prm’ in cookbooks using Aspect 2.5.0. This numerical model based on the framework of Ribe (1985), designed to simulate one-dimensional mantle upwelling… --- ## [Axisymmetric plume with cylindrical geometry](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/axisymmetric-plume-with-cylindrical-geometry/4272)
**Author:** [@skitamura](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/skitamura)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/axisymmetric-plume-with-cylindrical-geometry/4272 "2025-09-02T20:34:37Z")
Hi, I just started using ASPECT and I wonder if I could reproduce plume models with cylindrical coordinate, like Kiefer & Hager (1992) cited in plume in a 2D chunk. If possible, what should I do? Best, Sogen --- ## [Why does the speed and direction of the model fluctuate?](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/why-does-the-speed-and-direction-of-the-model-fluctuate/4212)
**Author:** [@sxj](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/sxj)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/why-does-the-speed-and-direction-of-the-model-fluctuate/4212 "2025-07-17T07:54:20Z")
Hello, everyone: I used WorldBuilder to design a model of the mid-ocean ridge, with the lithosphere temperature following the half-space cooling model. However, the velocity arrows in my result were jittering severely, … --- ## [Postdoctoral Associate at the Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/postdoctoral-associate-at-the-department-of-geosciences-stony-brook-university/4180)
**Author:** [@weisen](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/weisen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/postdoctoral-associate-at-the-department-of-geosciences-stony-brook-university/4180 "2025-06-20T18:02:09Z")
The Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, invites applications for one position at the level of Postdoctoral Associate in the geophysics lab. This Postdoctoral Associate will assist the Principal Investigato… --- ## [ASPECT 3.0 released](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-3-0-released/3818)
**Author:** [@gassmoeller](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/gassmoeller)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-3-0-released/3818 "2024-12-16T14:19:42Z")
We are pleased to announce the release of ASPECT 3.0.0. ASPECT is the Advanced Solver for Planetary Evolution, Convection, and Tectonics. It uses modern numerical methods such as adaptive mesh refinement, multigrid sol… --- ## [ASPECT 3.0.0 released](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-3-0-0-released/3817)
**Author:** [@gassmoeller](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/gassmoeller)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-3-0-0-released/3817 "2024-12-16T14:14:50Z")
We are pleased to announce the release of ASPECT 3.0.0. ASPECT is the Advanced Solver for Planetary Evolution, Convection, and Tectonics. It uses modern numerical methods such as adaptive mesh refinement, multigrid sol… --- ## [Restart the simulation from where it last stopped](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/restart-the-simulation-from-where-it-last-stopped/3762)
**Author:** [@sharmamd](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/sharmamd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/restart-the-simulation-from-where-it-last-stopped/3762 "2024-11-27T16:24:31Z")
Is there a way to restart the simulation from where it last stopped, instead of starting over? --- ## [Ph.D. position in Geodynamics at the University of Miami (Fall 2022)](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/ph-d-position-in-geodynamics-at-the-university-of-miami-fall-2022/2334)
**Author:** [@AdamHolt](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/AdamHolt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/ph-d-position-in-geodynamics-at-the-university-of-miami-fall-2022/2334 "2022-04-01T19:48:51Z")
Hello all, We are recruiting for a Ph.D. student to join the Geodynamics group at the University of Miami (Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences) beginning Fall 2022. The project will use start-of-the-art… --- ## [2022 ASPECT hackathon - Application is now OPEN](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/2022-aspect-hackathon-application-is-now-open/2281)
**Author:** [@MFraters](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/MFraters)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/2022-aspect-hackathon-application-is-now-open/2281 "2022-02-23T09:13:53Z")
Hey Everyone, We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2022 ASPECT Hackathon: When : May 15-24, 2022 Where : Cody, Wyoming Due to COVID-19 and the layout of the venue, we will be able… --- ## [ASPECT hackathon 2022](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-hackathon-2022/2280)
**Author:** [@MFraters](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/MFraters)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-hackathon-2022/2280 "2022-02-23T09:08:56Z")
Hey Everyone, We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2022 ASPECT Hackathon: When : May 15-24, 2022 Where : Cody, Wyoming Due to COVID-19 and the layout of the venue, we will be able… --- ## [ASPECT installation on a Linux cluster](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-installation-on-a-linux-cluster/2057)
**Author:** [@an\_est](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/an_est)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-installation-on-a-linux-cluster/2057 "2021-10-23T14:21:39Z")
Hello, I installed the latest version of Aspect (git clone GitHub - geodynamics/aspect: A parallel, extensible finite element code to simulate convection in both 2D and 3D models.) in our Linux cluster. My shell env is… --- ## [Postdoc in geodynamics at University of Oslo, Norway](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/postdoc-in-geodynamics-at-university-of-oslo-norway/2053)
**Author:** [@shephard](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/shephard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/postdoc-in-geodynamics-at-university-of-oslo-norway/2053 "2021-10-22T19:10:00Z")
The University of Oslo (Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics - CEED) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher (3 years) in numerical modelling of mantle convection. Prior knowledge and experience of running a finite elem…