The Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), a member of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore, invites applications for eight available positions for research scientists in the field of theoretical and computational mechanics and materials science. These positions are connected to the A*STAR-sponsored Visiting Investigator Program (VIP) with Prof. Huajian Gao from Brown University as the Principle Investigator.

Computational Mesomechanics of Composites, by Leon Mishnaevsky Jr. (Risoe National Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark)

Nowadays, we often use the tools of computational analysis in engineering design. For the results of such analyses to be believable, the tools that are used have to pass rigorous tests. There are two categories of tests involved:

As a moderator here on iMechanica, I have deleted a few posts recently that were clearly spam. As iMechanica grows and becomes more visible within the mechanics community and the broader internet community, we can expect the frequency of these kinds of posts to increase.

The U. S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics will be held in San Francisco, CA July 23-26 2007 (see link for conference below). As part of the symposium, "Modeling and Simulation of Nano Materials and Mechanics", an invited session discussing stress evolution at the nanoscale will be held. This session will foster discussion of outstanding computational challenges to understanding and predicting stress evolution during growth of materials at the nanometer length scale. Registration information for the meeting can be found via the link below.

An earlier post by Xiaohu Liu reported IBM's latest progress in microprocessors. IBM has figured out how to control and perfect the self assembly process to create trillions of tiny, nano-sized holes across a chip, which speed electrons that flow across wires inside the chip and reduce the power consumed by 15 percent.The following short video may help us understand a little bit more about the new technology. More videos, audio and images on this are available here (free, but registration needed)
Enjoy.

-Teng