13 - 16 September 2016, Porto, Portugal
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Plenary Speakers:
Prof. Wing K. Liu, Northwestern University
Prof. Manolis Papadrakakis, National Technical University of Athens
Prof. Marc .G.D. Geers, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Prof. Michael Beer, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Prof. Xavier Oliver, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Prof. E.A. Souza Neto, Swansea University
A position exists for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge to work on Multi-phase Lattice Materials (Experimental) (fixed term).
The closing date for applications is 20 May 2016 and further details on the position and how to apply can be found here: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/10126/
The following summer school on the role of mechanics in the study of lipid bilayers may be of interest to some of you.
A recently published paper "Evaluating the macroscopic yield behaviour of trabecular bone using a nonlinear homogenisation approach" links the micromechanics of bone to its macroscopic behaviour. The paper may be of interest to colleagues on this forum. The abstract is provided below.
Abstract:
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the symposium on Mechanics of 3D Printed Materials and Structures at the 53rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES2016) to be held during October 4-7, 2016 at the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center (College Park, MD).
Symposium Technical Description
Plastic deformation in metallic glasses is highly localized and often associated with shear banding, which may cause momentary release of heat upon fracture. Here, we report an explosive fracture phenomenon associated with momentary (∼10 ms) light emission (flash) in Lanthanum-based (LaAlNi) metallic glass microwires (dia. ∼50 μm) under quasi-static tensile loading.
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Andrea Prosperetti, Charles A. Miller, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, as the recipient of the 2016 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award.
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Pedro M. Reis, Gilbert W. Winslow Associate Professor, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, as the recipient of the 2016 Thomas J. R.
A Constitutive Model of Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Nanoparticle Crosslinkers
Qiming Wang, Zheming Gao
Email: qimingw [at] usc.edu
