The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty appointment at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor Level. We seek candidates who employ cutting-edge experimental, theoretical, or computational methods to address challenging problems associated with mechanics and materials under extreme conditions and environments, including extreme temperature, pressure, and mechanical loading or impact.

I am looking for Postdoctoral researchers and PhD students for two funded research projects at the University of Vermont. U.S. Citizenship is not required; international students are encouraged to apply.

Project 1: Nonlinear Wave-Based Exploration of Jointed Structures

Hi friends,

I wrote an essay about Sophie Germain and her work in uncovering the role that geometry in plays in the mechanics of plates and shells. I'm excited to share the essay with this community of mechanicians.

Link to the essay.

Abstract: 

PhD position in Computational Biomechanics/FEM is opening now at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

Welcome to apply! Link here: https://www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/962477?l=en

Deadline 2026-10-15.

The Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) Young Investigator Award 2026 edition is organized by the journal and Elsevier to honor the best paper by a young scientist. The papers must have been published in volumes 80-87, from 2025 to 2026.

The award is made annually to the corresponding authors of the paper who received their Ph.D. no more than 10 years prior to the year of award. Corresponding authors who have yet to receive a Ph.D. will also be considered and self-nominations are allowed.

Sodium-ion batteries have emerged as low-cost and resource-abundant alternatives to lithium-ion systems; however, their practical deployment is fundamentally constrained by interfacial instability, dendrite growth, and mechanical degradation. Although extensive efforts have been devoted to electrolyte development, current research remains fragmented.

There is an immediate opening for a postdoctoral researcher position in Professor Albert To’s research group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at University of Pittsburgh. Our group is seeking a highly motivated individual with a strong background in topology optimization to work on a new project.

The 12th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials – SMART 2027 will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from June 28 to 30, 2027.

Within this conference, Jakob Scheidl (TU Wien, Austria), Alexander Humer (JKU Linz, Austria), and myself (University of Trento, Italy) are organizing the Mini-Symposium:

MS04 – Deployable and Sliding Flexible Structures