ADINA R & D has immediate openings for Research and Development Engineers in finite element analysis of solids and structures.

Applicants will develop and implement new features in the ADINA System and provide technical support to customers and distributors.

Job Requirements:

- PhD in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, structural engineering, aerospace engineering or a related discipline (MSc applicants with exceptional qualifications will also be considered)

- Strong background in computational mechanics

- In-depth knowledge of solid/structural mechanics

- Good knowledge of finite element methods

- Proficiency in FORTRAN or C++ programming

Hello,

 I am looking for a job in applied mechanics in California, to start in or around July 2008.  I am trained (Ph.D.) in applied mathematics, modeling, and computational mechanics (of biological tissues), general continuum mechanics, constitutive modeling, and optimal control.  Greatly interested in dynamic modeling and analysis, stress / thermal analysis, and modeling problems related to design, e.g. medical devices.  Will be glad to be more involved in design.

 My CV, including my contact information, can be found at  http://math.uci.edu/~sadovsky/docs/cv-02-2008.pdf

 If seeking such candidates, please email me.  Thanks!

The best place to start is Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereology.

Most active research in stereology is done in medical and biological community.

In engineering, in USA, Prof. Rhines and Prof. de Hoff, both of the University of Florida at Gainesville did a lot of pioneering work. The stereological researchers active in engineering in USA are mostly limited to the "progenies" of the Florida school. These include (and I quote off-hand): Prof. Arun Gokhale of GeogiaTech and Prof. Burton Patterson of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (who was my guide at my first attempt at PhD). 

This model has a simple closed-form analytical expression, matching with finite element results nearly perfectly.

Ref: G. Feng, S. Qu, Y. Huang and W.D. Nix, An analytical expression for the stress field around an elastoplastic indentation/contact, Acta Materialia, V.55, 2007, P2929-2938. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2006.12.030

This blog focuses on viscoelasticity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscoelasticity)

dear Imechanica users,

a wonderful location for our annual italian conference in stress analysis -- see www.aias2007.it. It is organized by our collegues in Università di Napoli, Prof. Renato Esposito. Attached the call for papers in PDF, and more info are below.