Energy, Control and Optimization (ECO) https://www.ecolab.tamu.edu/ in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University has two open PhD positions. The research project is about energy conversion in Nano-materials and thin film solar cells. Candidates should have a strong background and interests in Radiative Heat Transfer, Nano-Materials, Nano fabrication, Computational Methods and Machine Learning. Programming experience in MATLAB or Python is necessary.

Congress-Wide Symposium on Additive Manufacturing (Topic 2-2), IMECE-ASME, Pittsburgh, PA, November 9-15^th of 2018. The abstracts (400-650 words) are due Feb 26^th.  

https://www.asme.org/events/imece

V. Slesarenko and S. Rudykh, Towards mechanical characterization of soft digital materials for multimaterial 3D-printing. Int. J. Eng. Science, 123, 62–72 (2018)

The University of Limerick in Ireland is seeking applicants for the following position:

Lecturer below the bar in Composite Aircraft Structures Engineering - Specific Purpose Contract

Salary Scale: €38,731 - €53,249 p.a.

 Further information for applicants and application material is available online from:

http://www.ul.ie/hrvacancies/

 The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday, 16^th February 2018.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2018.8

Abstract

A PhD position is available in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The research project is in the multiscale modeling of damage and fracture. Candidates should have a strong background and interests in continuum mechanics and finite elements modeling. Programming experience in Fortran or C++ is a big plus. The starting date for this position is August 2018.