2025 Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) Young Investigator Award
Extreme Mechanics Letters is pleased to announce the Recipients of the 2025 EML Young Investigator Award
PhD and Postdoc positions in mechanics of advanced materials and structures
PhD and Postdoc positions are available in the School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (First Class Academic Discipline) at Central South University in Dr. Li's research group. Lists of interest include fluid-structure interaction, rain/sand erosion, impact dynamic, soft materials. Interested applicants are welcome to send a detailed CV to Dr. Li at jianli1 [at] csu.edu.cn (jianli1[at]csu[dot]edu[dot]cn).
Addressing viscosity-driven singularities: accurate development of thermo-elasto-visco-plastic constitutive model
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11043-025-09825-5
Thermo-elasto-visco-plasticity
Constitutive model development
Finite element modeling
UMAT
Incremental visco-plastic multiplier
Consistent tangent operator
Viscosity
Singularity
Abstract call for Symposium S7 "Mechanics of Soft Materials and Structures" within EMMC20 [Florence, Italy], May 27-29, 2026
The 20th edition of the European Mechanics of Materials Conference (EMMC20) will be held in Florence (Italy) on May 27-29, 2026.
PhD position: Long-term durability of polymeric composites in offshore wind energy applications - An integrated experimental and numerical study
I am pleased to share a fully funded PhD position within the Department of Engineering at Durham University, UK, as part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience.
The project focuses on the long-term durability of polymeric composites in offshore wind energy applications.
Project details and application instructions can be found here:
Abstract call for Mini-Symposium 'MS-10 Stability and Dynamics of Structures' within ICoNSOM 2026 [Alghero, Sardinia Island, Italy] June 11-18, 2026
The 4th edition of the International Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics ICoNSOM 2026 to be held in Alghero (Italy) from 11 to 18 June, 2026, in the beautiful and famous island of Sardinia.
December 16, 2025 — Open Day for the MS² Triple Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering: Mechanics of Sustainable Materials and Structures [Scholarships available]
An Open Day event is scheduled online on December 16, 2024, at 2:00 PM (CET) to discover our master's degree (more information below), discuss with professors, and get information about services and admission procedures. Registration is needed; please make sure to fill in the form:
2 PhD positions in modeling the interaction between phase transformations and viscoplasticity
2 PhD positions are available immediately in the Engineering Mechanics program in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Iowa State University in the Prof. Valery Levitas’ group (http://www.aere.iastate.edu/directory/?user_page=vlevitas ) to perform theoretical and computational parts of work on NSF- and ARO-funded projects on the interaction between phase transformations and viscoplasticity in various metals, ceramics, and semiconductors.
2025 Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Initiation Grants Awards
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2025 Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation* Research Initiation Grants Awards: Prof. Vatsa Gandhi (University of California at Los Angles), Prof. Chase Hartquist (University of Florida), Prof. Junsoo Kim (Northwestern University), Prof. Emily Sanders (Georgia Institute of Technology), and Prof. Angkur JD Shaikeea (California Institute of Technology).
2025 Haythornthwaite Foundation Student Travel Awards
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2025 Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation Student Travel Awards: Victor Riera Naranjo (Georgia Institute of Technology), Omar M.