Congradulations to Professor Yonggang Huang to receive 2013 ASME Daniel C. Drucker Medal for his "fundamental and applied contributions to mechanics of materials and structures across multiple scales." The Daniel C. Drucker medal was established in 1997 and is conferred in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of applied mechanics and mechanical engineering through research, teaching and service to the community over a substantial period of time. 

Here is a list of DANIEL C. DRUCKER MEDALISTS

We are deeply sorry to report that Fred Leckie died on Friday, 14 June 2013, at the age of 84.  A brief description of Fred's career is contained in the 2000 ASME Materials Division Newsletter, when Fred received the Nadai Medal.

The funeral is at Christ Church, 1415 Pelhamdale Avenue, Pelham Manor, NY 10803, on Friday June 21st, at 10am.  In lieu of flowers, a contribution can be made to the University of St. Andrews American Foundation Inc with a note for it to be applied to bursaries for Scottish students in memory of Fred Leckie.

Hi Everyone:

We wanted to make sure everyone knew about this symposium, tucked away under the nanotechnology category, for the fall 2013 MRS meeting. Abstracts are due soon. We expect a heavy mechanics component for this symposium.

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MRS Symposium VV: Designed Cellular Materials—Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Applications

http://www.mrs.org/spring-2014-call-for-papers-p/

Ying Li , Brendan C. Abberton , Martin Kröger and Wing Kam Liu

http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/5/2/751 

The School of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Ningbo University, is looking for cadidates for all subjects in the broad field of mechanical engineering and mechanics.  In addition to traditional field of impact and shock waves, piezoelectric devices, material durability, and metal forming, the school are also initiating new directions like vechicle engineering, fluid mechanics, occean engineering, and other related subjects.

Positions in ALL ranks are available.  Currently we are taking applications for 2014 school year.

We are looking for candidates with good publication record and potential for independent research.

The University provides competitive benefit packages for qualified applicants.

Introduction: This symposium is about energy challenges and roles of mechanics as a means for seeking solutions, involving multiple disciplines in technology, science and management. The venue of the symposium is in Aberdeen, Scotland, the Energy Capital of Europe. Since Watt, a Scottish, invented the steam engine, human civilization relies more and more on energy supply. The re-rise as an international superpower and the global energy crisis are challenging China and the world. Many Chinese engineers and mechanicians are taking leading roles in international conferences, so we adopt English/Chinese bilingual for communication.

The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) seeks candidates for tenured and tenure-track positions to begin Fall 2013 or thereafter. Skoltech is an innovative, new, private university located just outside of Moscow, Russia.

Call for postdoctoral applications in solid mechanics
"Electro-Mechanical modeling of electrical contacts"

Subject: Electro-Mechanical modeling of electrical contacts
Period: 12 months
Laboratories:
    1. Laboratory of Electrical Engineering (LGEP) of Engineering School of Electricity (SUPELEC) (see [wiki])

Dear colleagues,

I wanted to draw your attention to a paper published last year in PNAS

http://www.pnas.org/content/109/44/17874

where we analyze physical aspects of how euglenoids move

http://euglena.msu.edu/public_html/Movies/Eutreptiella/eutrep2.mov

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKDEqILudC0&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TwAaPO9q-4

Skin, the largest organ of the human body, acts as a
multi-functional biophysical interface to the external environment. The serial
interfacial phenomena along the skin/environment conjunction, particularly when
interacting with cosmetic and consumer goods (e.g. razor and shave preparation)
is determined by the interplay between the chemical structure and arrangement
of stratum corneum lipids,
environmental factors (e.g. hydration level) and also the physical
characteristics of skin surface relief. Therefore, the chemical and biophysical
properties of the stratum corneum
need to be considered jointly to approach the complexity of skin tribo-physics.
These technical challenges present outstanding opportunities for high quality

Mechanical losses account for 15% of total energy loss in an
IC engine where 45% of these losses result from friction of piston-ring
assembly. An increase in mechanical efficiency of 10% could lead to improved
fuel consumption of 1.5%. Taking into account the large number of vehicles on
road (30 million in the UK in 2010 according to the Society of Motor
Manufacturers and Traders) and fuel
consumption of 12.5 miles/litre, the potential fuel saving would accrue to
approximated £647 million/annum, which is substantial to the country's economy.
Therefore, the advantage in improving mechanical efficiency of IC engines and
also other machines is self-evident.

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Dear Colleagues
 
The 9th International Conference on the Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials will be held in Montréal, Canada, from May 27th to 30th 2014. The purpose of this conference is to foster exchanges between researchers dealing with mechanical (solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, rheology, etc.) time-dependent aspects of different materials so as to generate new ideas and solutions for nowadays problems. The conference features 4 keynotes presentation given by world-class experts dealing with polymers, composites, metals and living tissues.
 
The deadline for submitting abstracts is November 1st 2013.
 

Recently accepted for publication in JMPS:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022509613000884

A Ph.D. position will be available in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics at Ecole des Mines de Paris. The position will start in October, 2013. The candidate will join the research group: Advanced Computational Mechanics based at Sophia Antipolis in the south of France. The project is funded by an industrial consortium such as Snecma and Areva leaders in aerospace engineering.

Job

A full-time post-doctoral position is available within the ERC Starting Grant Project MuSIC -- Modeling and Simulation of Cancer Growth, which is led by Prof. Hector Gomez. The general goal of the project is to develop biophysical models to predict cancer growth.

Requirements

The successful applicant will have a strong background on Medical Image Processing and the Finite Element Method or, preferably Isogeometric Analysis. Knowledge about the biology of cancer, and cancer modeling is desirable.

Benefits

The position is for at least two years. High compensation for strong candidates.

To apply

Macroscopic
cracks do not appear as a result of an ideal separation of two adjacent atomic
layers. Just the opposite, cracks appear as a result of the development of
multiple micro-cracks triggered by the massive breakage of atomic bonds. The microcracking
and the bond breakage are not confined to two neighbor atomic planes: the
process involves thousands atomic planes within the representative characteristic
volume of size h. This size defines the width (not the lenth) of the damage
localization zone and it can be called the crack thickness. The knowledge of