Computational and theoretical nano-materiomics: properties of biological and de novo bioinspired materials - call for papers
Special issue of the "Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience," edited by Markus Buehler
USNCCM-10: Extended/generalized FEM and other partition of unity based methods
10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics
July 16-19, 2009. Columbus, Ohio
A mini-symposium on Extended/generalized FEM and other partition of unity based methods
Call for papers
Post Doctoral Position at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis: Micromechanics and Multiscale Simulation of Vessels
Dr. Kassab’s Cardiovascular Biomechanics Lab (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IUPUI) is seeking a post doctoral fellow in micromechanics and multiscale modeling/simulation of the mechanical behaviors of coronary arteries. The project is well funded by NIH. Please see attachments for description of the position and abstract of the research plan.
Mellichamp Chair in Systems Biology, UC Santa Barbara, College of Engineering
Mellichamp Chair in Systems Biology. The University of California Santa Barbara seeks to hire a highly creative and productive individual to fill a Mellichamp Chair in Systems Biology. The opening has resulted from a philanthropic gift that has been generously donated by Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp.
Candidates at all levels will be considered. The primary academic appointment will be in either Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering, with a possible joint appointment in a related science department.
Strain Induced Growth Instability and Island Nucleation on Patterned Substrate
Strain induced self-assembly provides an attractive route to nanofabrication of semiconductor quantum dots on surfaces. Recent experiments have demonstrated that combining the strain induced self-assembly with surface patterning provides an effective method to further improve the size uniformity and spatial ordering of quantum dots. However, the underlying mechanisms responsible for such improvement remain poorly understood. Recently, we have developped theoretical models to elucidate the strain induced growth instability and island nucleation on patterned substrates.
Post Doctoral position at French research centre LMPM-ENSMA : numerical developement applied to multiphysic coupling
The LMPM (http://www.lmpm.ensma.fr) seeks candidates for a post-doctoral position in the domain of numerical development applied to the modelling of coupled phenomena. It consists in understanding, modelling and simulating the different couplings (like mechanical, thermal, chemical and diffusion problems) on industrial cases.
The LMPM is a research centre in France which focuses on durability of material under severe environment (multiphysic coupling).
About osmotic pressure
Recently, I studied Prof.Suo's lecture "Advanced Elasticity", node/725.
The following is explaination about osmosis pressure in the lecture.
Is imechanica evolving into mechanics.craigslits?
Lately I am feeling like imechanica is becoming a craigslist for mechanics than a forum. Most recent blogs are simply ads that do not generate any discussion. Neither do questions from people get any reply, not any where near to what it used to be.
The last journal club had about five or so replies and the current one has no comment with two days to end.
Is it just me or does any body else feel the same too? I feel we have to think about how we can have a community here than just a repository of mechanics related stuff.
