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Post-doctoral position in multidisciplinary design optimization (ULB-BATir, Belgium)
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The post-doctoral position will be accomplished within the BATir (Building, Architecture & Town planning) department of the Brussels School of Engineering/´Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles, at the Universit´e Libre de Bruxelles (http://batir.ulb.ac.be ). Duration of the position: 18 months, starting in April 2012.
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IMECE 2014 (ASME Congress) Symposium on Failure Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
Why should we investigate fracture and failure mechanics? From this Boeing 737 accident (below) to recent fatigue cracks of new Airbus A380, we must use failure mechanics knowledge to save our lives. Therefore, Dr.H. Eliot Fang (Program Manager at the DOE Sandia National Labs), Dr. Larry
C. Russell (program manager at the Army Research Office) and I would invite you to submit abstracts to our symposium
Announcement on Deadline of The 5th IFAC Symposium on Fractional Differentiation and Its Applications
The Fifth IFAC Symposium on Fractional Differentiation and Its Applications - FDA12
May 14-17 2012, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
Website：http://em.hhu.edu.cn/fda12/
ASME IMECE Symposium on “Materials and Mechanics Issues in Energy Conversion, Storage and Transport”
Size effects on elasticity, yielding, and fracture of silver nanowires
This paper reports the quantitative measurement of a full spectrum of mechanical properties of fivefold twinned silver (Ag) nanowires (NWs), including Young’s modulus, yield strength, and ultimate tensile strength. In-situ tensile testing of Ag NWs with diameters between 34 and 130 nm was carried out inside a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Young’s modulus, yield strength, and ultimate tensile strength all increased as the NW diameter decreased.
Buckling of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as Stretchable Conductors: A New Manufacturing Strategy
We systematically investigated the interesting electric response of the aligned CNT ribbons under mechanical strain. We found that CNTs slide on a PDMS substrate under tension, but buckle under compression (releasing). Such an irreversible mechanical deformation is responsible for the observed irreversibility in the electric resistance upon the first stretching/releasing.
Postdoctoral Position at Cornell: Modeling the Chemo-Mechanics of Deformation and Fracture via a Concurrent Multiscale Approach
A postdoctoral position is available in the Computational Mechanics and Materials
Group within the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell
University (http://ceeserver.cee.cornell.edu/dhw52/index.shtml).
The project will involve the application of ab-initio atomistic modeling
techniques to illuminate the mechanisms by which impurities and environment
influence the mechanical failure of engineering materials.
One PhD Position Available in Mechanics of Materials
One PhD position is available immediately in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Clarkson University, NY, US. The research program focuses on the mechanical behaviors of advanced materials including polymer microstructures, composites, nanomaterials, and biological materials. Interdisciplinary collaborations are possible. The candidates with background and interest in engineering mechanics, solid mechanics, and materials science are highly encouraged to apply.