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Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI; hemi.jhu.edu) of The Johns Hopkins University is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on modeling fragmentation in brittle materials under extreme loading conditions. The potential candidate should have a Ph.D., with some background in fracture mechanics and experience working with the finite element or other numerical methods.  

Prof. Wei Cai at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to contribute to the ParaDiS program (http://paradis.stanford.edu).  This is a large scale parallel program for dislocation dynamics simulations for metal plasticity.  A suitable candidate should have strong backgrounds on numerical methods and parallel programming, as well as solid mechanics and/or materials science.

华中科技大学招聘力学专业（特别是流体力学）海内外优秀人才

华中科技大学是教育部直属的全国重点大学，是首批列入国家"211工程"重点建设和"985工程"建设的高校之一。华中科技大学力学系有30多年的发展历史、较为雄厚的科研力量和一些重要的科研成果。力学系拥有力学一级学科，固体力学、动力学与控制、工程力学和流体力学博士学位授予权，工程力学国家级特色专业，力学博士后流动站，湖北省重点学科，工程结构分析与安全评定湖北省重点实验室等学科平台。承办的国际期刊《Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica》被SCI收录并由Elsevier公司向全球发行，中文版《固体力学学报》被EI检索。
力学系现拥有教师50余人，其中长江学者讲座教授1名、国家教学名师1名、教授16名、副教授20名。现面向海内外招聘若干名具有力学专业背景，愿意从事与力学学科相关的教学和（或）科研工作的优秀人才。

A research fellow position available in Nanyang Technological University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Singapore. The candidate should mainly be familiar in modelling impact phenomena using software AUTODYN. The candidate should be able to join in one or two month.

For further information contact  Professor Sridhar at msridhar@ntu.edu.sg.

A Research Associate is required to undertake an EPSRC-funded project to model oxidation damage at a crack tip and associated crack growth for nickel alloys.

You will join the vibrant Mechanics of Advanced Materials group at Loughborough (www.lboro.ac.uk/moam) which has gained significant experience in the study of mechanical behaviour of advanced materials.

Position: Computational Solid Mechanics Engineer

Company: Global Engineering Research and Technologies

Location: Tucson, AZ. 

Full/Part time: Full time. 

Benefits: Yes.

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications.

Remote employment: No. Must be willing to relocate.

Visa: Must have proper authorization to work in the U.S. 

Job Details

One Ph.D position starting from Spring, 2014 is available in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, US. 

The research program will focus on mechanics of multi-functional materials and structures, thin film, mechanical self-assembly, and their novel applications in healthcare, energy absorption, and energy harvesting, etc. The research will involve a combination of experiments, modeling, and simulation methods (FEM and MD etc). Candidates with experimental or modeling background and interests in solid mechanics, mechanical engineering, materials science, and bio-engineering are highly encouraged to apply. 

The laboratory for fluid structure interaction (LIFE) at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) in Tarragona, Spain is looking for a Postdoc candidate to apply for the Beatriu de Pinós scholarship. The candidate will work in a project involving fluid-structure interaction in offshore engineering with applications to wind energy and the dynamics of offshore structures.

One year postdoctoral position at Texas A&M University in Qatar is effective immediately; the work will be in the field of solid mechanics experimental investigation and modeling of Mg alloys.

One year postdoctoral position in solid mechanics effective immediately at Texas A&M University in Qatar at light material lab

This position is not located in the United States. Must be willing to relocate to Doha, Qatar.

August 30, 2013

Two Open Ph.D. Positions in Biomechanics
University of Connecticut, Storrs

Postdoctoral Fellow Position

Tissue Mechanics Laboratory
Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

The Computational Physics Group, headed by Krishna Garikipati, at University of Michigan, is on the look out for a post-doctoral researcher. The typical candidate will have a background in mechanics, with expertise in computational methods. The ideal candidate also will have a strong training in mathematics. The initial appointment will be for one year. Please apply by email to krishna at umich dot edu with a copy of your CV, up to three papers, and names of up to three referees.

Applicants are invited to apply for a tenure track faculty position in Mechanical Engineering at the Associate Professor level in computational science and engineering at Northwestern University.  Higher level appointments will be considered under special qualifications. Candidates are expected to demonstrate strong skills in leadership and a commitment to collaboration and teaching in the graduate and undergraduate programs of the McCormick School of Engineering.

The laboratory for fluid structure interaction (LIFE) at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) in Tarragona, Spain is looking for a PhD cadidate. The student will work in a project involving fluid-structure interaction in offshore engineering with applications to wind energy and the dynamics of offshore structures.

More information can be seen in the attached PDF or in http://www.etseq.urv.es/life/.