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The Computational Multi-Physics Coupled Analysis Laboratory at Kyushu Institute of Technology, which is located in Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan, is currently offering the funded Ph.D. position, with start date of Spring/Fall 2024. The successful candidate will carry out researches in the areas of computational mechanics for biomimetics, and coupled multi-physics problems such as flying insects and energy harvesting. The detail is shown in the attached pdf.

Dear Colleagues,  We cordially invite you to attend the annual meeting of the Technical Committee on Composites and Heterogeneous Materials, at ASME IMECE 2023, New Orleans. The details are as below:

Date: Monday, October 30 2023
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Room: 383 (at the convention center)

The problem of the detachment of a sufficiently large flat indenter from a plane adhesive viscoelastic strip of thickness “b” is studied. For any given retraction speed, three different detachment regimes are found: (i) for very small “b” the detachment stress is constant and equal to the theoretical strength of the interface, (ii) for intermediate values of “b” the detachment stress decays approximately as b−1/2, (iii) for thick layers a constant detachment stress is obtained corresponding to case the punch is detaching from a halfplane.

This study presents a computational approach to obtain nonlinearly elastic constitutive relations of strip/ribbon-like structures modeled as a special Cosserat rod. Starting with the description of strips as a general Cosserat plate, the strip is first subjected to a strain field which is uniform along its length. The Helical Cauchy-Born rule is used to impose this uniform strain field which deforms the strip into a six-parameter family of helical configurations-the six parameters here correspond to the six strain measures of rod theory.

Dear Colleagues of the composite community,

Our first Special Issue are already published on Applied Composite Materials as Volume 30, issue 4:

Applied Composite Materials | Volume 30, issue 4 (springer.com)

Full article list are provided here:

Multiple PhD positions are available in the areas of elastodynamic modeling, elastic waves, scattering theory, metamaterials, and micromechanics.

A strong background in mechanics is required.

Desired skills include:

Nomination deadline extended to October 18, 2023. For this year, the travel awards are not limited to students at institutions in the USA. 

The Applied Mechanics Executive Committee (AMD-EC) is pleased to announce the 2023 IMECE student travel award competition, which is sponsored by the Haythornthwaite Foundation*.

We have several openings for a PhD positions. The successful candidate will conduct original research in the general area of biomechanics and fluid dynamics. They develop numerical methods to model coupled processes on high-performance computing platforms. This position is in the Gomez Research Group (https://engineering.purdue.edu/gomez/) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue.

Applications

The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU) and the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy (SEMTE) seek applicants for multiple tenure-track or tenured faculty positions in the area of Aerospace and Astronautical Engineering.

EML Webinar (Young Researchers Forum) on 17 October 2023 will be given by Emma Lejeune at Boston University via Zoom meeting

Title: Data Driven Modeling of Mechanical Systems

Discussion leader: Adrian Buganza Tepole, Purdue University

In this paper we revisit the mathematical foundations of nonlinear viscoelasticity. We study the underlying geometry of viscoelastic deformations, and in particular, the intermediate configuration. Starting from the multiplicative decomposition of deformation gradient into elastic and viscous parts F=FeFv, we point out that Fv can be either a material tensor (Fe is a two-point tensor) or a two-point tensor (Fe is a spatial tensor).

We have multiple PhD positions in the area of micromechanics of polycrystalline materials, e.g., metals and alloys as well as ceramics. We are looking for self-motivated and enthusiastic students with a degree in mechanical or materials engineering. Students with following research backgrounds are strongly recommended to apply:

Sharing for the benefit of those who are interested: A new technical paper co-authored by researchers at the JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, The University of Tokyo and CYBERNET SYSTEMS CO.,LTD., was published in the Aerospace - a free-access journal by MDPI. The authors reckon that the study will provide a guideline for effective designs of high-performance lattice structures with architected materials.

I am looking for a highly motivated student with a background in Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering, Materials science, or related fields for a fully funded PhD position in my group in the mechanical engineering department at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC).

Successful applicants should have strong interests and relevant skills in at least one of the following areas:

- High performance computing and reduced-order modeling techniques (Proper Generalized Decomposition, Hyper Reduction, etc.)

Hello friends. The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics within the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at the University of Pennsylvania seeks applicants for tenure-track assistant professors. Applicants at all levels will be considered. 

Exceptional PhD candidates and recent graduates across all fields of engineering should consider applying for two distinguished postdoctoral positions at the Brown University School of Engineering.

"S15: Advanced modelling techniques: Higher-order continua" organised by Samuel Forest (Mines ParisTech CNRS) and Lorenzo Bardella (University of Brescia) http://emmc19.org/symposium-s15.html  

Abstract submission deadline: December 22nd, 2023, http://emmc19.org/submissions.html

We are organizing a mini symposium at ECCOMAS 2024 (https://eccomas2024.org/) entitled "Advances in Machine Learning for Composite Materials". The conference will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on 3-7 June 2024.

The workshop is approaching. This is to remind you that those of you or of your colleagues, who would be interested in the latest enhancement of the FKM Guideline for static and fatigue analysis in the direction of non-linear analysis (encompassing both high-cycle and low-cycle fatigue regimes), should apply to the workshop we organize.

Workshop on Computational Fatigue Analysis 2023 - FKM-Guideline Non-Linear

Location: Prague, Czechia

When: October 30 - November 1, 2023

Ph.D. graduate assistant positions with full financial support are available (starting from Spring 2024/Fall 2024) in the School of Construction Management Technology at Purdue University. The admitted students are expected to work with Dr. Chengcheng Tao.

Qualifications:

The Mehmani Research Group has one opening for a fully funded PhD student starting Fall 2024 in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (www.eme.psu.edu) at the Penn State University. The successful candidate will conduct research on the modeling of reactive transport, machine learning, multiscale algorithms, and multi-resolution imaging of geomaterials.

The Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford intends to appoint two full-time Departmental Lecturers in Mechanics of Materials to join the Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering Group to commence as soon as possible. The successful candidates will work at the Department of Engineering Science (Central Oxford, OX1 3PJ).