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The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston invites applications for the Panos Family Endowed Chair position at the rank of Full Professor. The Panos Family Chair Professorship has been established from a $4.5 million gift from the Thomas Michael Panos Family Estate and a $2 million matching from the University’s $100 million Challenge Aspire Fund.

Applied Mechanics Reviews, the flagship review journal of the ASME, is launching a search for two Associate Editors with expertise in fluid dynamics/turbulence and mechanics of materials, respectively, to join its editorial board. Please see the attached document for further details. All interested individuals are encouraged to apply.

Applied Mechanics Reviews (AMR), a flagship journal of the ASME, is dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion and recognizes these values as pillars of a rich and vibrant scientific community. To pledge its commitment, AMR is proud to announce the appointment of two Diversity Advocates on its editorial board. For a full statement from the AMR Editorial Board, please see the editorial at the link below:

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4050784

The Thirteenth Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics, organized by the University of Houston on behalf of the American Academy of Mechanics, will be held in Houston on March 11-13, 2013. Please save the date! More information to come soon...

Although the nineties witnessed an intensity of research on nanocrystalline metals owing to their ultra-high strength, the early enthusiasm was met with severe disappointment due to their brittle nature and loss of structural stability. In contrast, research over the past few years has provided compelling evidence that nanotwinned structures may be the optimal motifs for the design of both high-strength high-ductility materials.