An Open Day event is scheduled online on December 16, 2024, at 2:00 PM (CET) to discover our master's degree (more information below), discuss with professors, and get information about services and admission procedures. Registration is needed; please make sure to fill in the form:
2 PhD positions are available immediately in the Engineering Mechanics program in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Iowa State University in the Prof. Valery Levitas’ group (http://www.aere.iastate.edu/directory/?user_page=vlevitas ) to perform theoretical and computational parts of work on NSF- and ARO-funded projects on the interaction between phase transformations and viscoplasticity in various metals, ceramics, and semiconductors.
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2025 Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation* Research Initiation Grants Awards: Prof. Vatsa Gandhi (University of California at Los Angles), Prof. Chase Hartquist (University of Florida), Prof. Junsoo Kim (Northwestern University), Prof. Emily Sanders (Georgia Institute of Technology), and Prof. Angkur JD Shaikeea (California Institute of Technology).
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2025 Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation Student Travel Awards: Victor Riera Naranjo (Georgia Institute of Technology), Omar M.
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to congratulate Professor Ruike Renee Zhao, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, as the recipient of the 2026 Thomas J. R. Hughes Young Investigator Award.
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to congratulate Professor Shaofan Li, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley, as the recipient of the 2026 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award.
It is my pleasure to announce the 2026 Society of Engineering Science Medalists and Fellows. The honorees will be recognized at the Banquet during the 2026 SES Annual Meeting to be held at Purdue University in West Lafayette on Oct 11-14, 2026.
Several PhD positions are being opened in my group (Mechanics of Materials), with focus on
1. Martensitic transformations: Atomistic modelling and theory;
2. Dislocations in multi-component alloys;
3. Multi-scale modelling of fracture.
Positions are advertised on the University of Groningen website:
