There is a PhD opening in the Dept of Civil Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at the University of Arizona to work with Professor Katerina E. Aifantis. The research topic is not defined yet, but will be in the area of continuum mechanics at the nanoscale. A bachelor in engineering is required and a master's would be preferred. The start date will be in mid August but the position needs to be filled as soon as possible. Those interested can contact katerinaaifantis@gmail.com

In today's (May 2) issue of Nature, we report a recent achievement in applying mechanics principles of stretchable electronics and optics to create biologically inspired artificial compound eye cameras. It was also highlighted in the Nature News & Views, "Optical devices: Seeing the world through an insect's eyes".

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Dear Colleagues, Co-Workers and Friends,

It gives me great pleasure to announce that the 23rd International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM23) will take place in Singapore, Oct 2-5, 2013.

Ju Liu, from the University of Texas at Austin, is the 2013 Melosh Medalist for his paper "A Thermodynamically Consistent Algorithm for Liquid-Vapor Phase Transitions in Complex Geometries".  Please join me in congratulating Ju!

Dear Colleagues,

NUMISHEET 2014 (http://www.numisheet2014.org) will be held at “Hilton on the Park” in Melbourne,
Australia January 6-10, 2014. On behalf of this conference, we would like to invite you to submit an
abstract to the following mini-symposium:

New and established standard test methods for sheet metals, and their
"off-label use" in research

We are seeking to hire outstanding candidates for a post-doctoral research position in

the Koslowski’s group at Purdue University to work on dislocation dynamics and/or

continuum modeling of plasticity. The project involves developing and applying

numerical methods to study creep and plastic deformation in nano and ultrafine

crystalline materials. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to interact with a

Soft materials, such as polymers, foams, gels, granular materials, liquids, and colloids, as well as biological tissues, are known for their low stiffness against mechanical or multi-physics loads.  Many of these materials are active: they respond to environmental stimuli in the form of large deformation.  Engineering applications increasingly demand accurate way of characterizing and predicting of the multiphysics behaviors of these materials.  With the focus on computational methodologies, this mini symposium aims at bringing together researchers working on mechanics of soft materials to exchange recent advances and to inspire new ideas.

Dear Colleagues,

Multiscale modeling and simulations are very important and challenging in studying the structural materials and mechanics at different length scales, and paves the way for the future research in large-scale materials that are of both scientific and industrial importance. We cordially invite you to participate in the Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM) 2013 and give a talk in our minisymposium MS99 entitled “Multiscale Modeling: from quantum to continuum”. The Congress will be held in Singapore, from December 11 to 14, 2013.  The abstract is due on Apr 30th 2013.

Abstract

Experienced Researcher Fellowship / Post Doc position - Characterisation of powder properties using DEM.

Marie Curie Initial Training Network – IPROCOM

Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Billingham, UK

Ref: D14

£ - Very Competitive

2 years, to start by 1st October 2013

Dear Colleagues, 

An exciting new research position for a Postdoctoral Research Associate is
now available in a project funded by the Australian Research Council, led by Professor Itai
Einav and Dr Luming
Shen. The project is to study fragmentation waves in granular materials,
applicable in geosciences, and in engineering problems of material mining,
petroleum processes, and pharmaceutical operations.

 PRL 110, 168101 (2003) http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v110/i16/e168101

The 7th International Confeence on Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives will take place from 14-18 September 2014, Eurotel Victoria, Les Diablerets, Switzerland.

We are inviting papers in the areas reflecting the current and future of TC4: Polymers, Application of fracture mechanics, Adhesives, composites.

Abscract submission page now open. For more information, go to http://www.esistc4conference.com 

Professor Martin Ostoja-Starzewski (University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign) will give a short course on Mechanics of Random and
Fractal Materials and Structures at the EMI 2013 Conference on August 4 at Northwestern
University (http://www.emi2013.northwestern.edu/ ). For details, visit http://www.asce.org/emi/News/Headlines/2013/Short-Course---Mechanics-of-Random-and-Fractal-Materials-and-Structures/ .

Call for Applications: Assistant Professor in Metallurgy at Centre des Matériaux, MINES ParisTech

 The Centre des Matériaux is located in Evry (35 km south from Paris) and is a research laboratory of
Mines Paris Tech in association with CNRS (UMR 7633). It employs about 200 persons including 29 staff
researchers, 50 technicians and engineers, 86 PhD students and 14 post-docs. Research fields include
microstructural characterization, mechanical testing and numerical simulations in mechanics, metallurgy
and physical chemistry. The offer corresponds to a 3 years tenure track position (assistant professor)
possibly leading to a permanent position.

Baoxing Xu and Xi Chen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 156103(2013) and the accompanying Physics Focus: Pushing a fullerene through a nantube

Two Ph.D. positions are now available for January 2014 or September 2014 on computational materials sciene in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Unviersity of Manitoba. The potential student will work on the mechanical properties in nanoglass and crystalline/amorphous composites. Students with strong interests in atomistic simulations (MD, ab inito, monte carlo, etc.), good programming skills (C, Fortran, etc.), and experimental skills in nanomechanical test (e.g., nanoindentation) are encouraged to apply. International applicants please convert your GPA of last 60 credits (normally your MSc and part of your BSc) to a 4.5 scale according to the following guidelines: