I am pleased to share our latest open-access article, just published in Extreme Mechanics Letters.

Blue Halo, in support of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), has multiple exciting postdoc opportunities in computational mechanics (available to US citizens). Interested candidates should visit the link(s) below for more information, and to send their CV / cover letter.

A common, yet hazardous, method of transporting cylindrical tanks used to carry compressed gas involves rolling both tanks at opposite angles of inclination to the vertical. By propelling one of the tanks while maintaining point contact between the tanks, both tanks can be moved such that their centers of mass move in a straight line as demonstrated in the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgn5fv__LAk

In a paper that has just been published

Diego Misseroni

Laboratory for the Design of Reconfigurable Metamaterials & Structures, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy

Introduction

Get ready on Wednesday November 13, 2024 at 14:30, when the event starts online. Access to it is completely free, you must only register (and accept that your name and your home institution will be listed among participants).

Call for Proposals to Host the 

2030 US National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Houston (UH) invites applications for two Presidential Frontier Faculty positions at the rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured early Associate Professor, depending on the qualifications of the successful candidates, with appointments beginning in Fall 2025. The Presidential Frontier Faculty program at UH is a university-wide, integrated, interdisciplinary faculty hiring initiative designed to address pressing federal priorities and societal challenges.

The Nguyen Lab (nguyenlab.wse.jhu.edu) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in computational biomechanics with applications to ocular biomechanics. The postdoctoral scholar will be involved in an R01 funded project to study the relationship between the structure and mechanical properties of the optic nerve head tissues and remodeling with glaucoma.  The project is highly interdisciplinary and involves long-standing collaborations between the Nguyen Lab and world-renowned glaucoma clinician-scientists at the Wilmer Eye I

The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University (Ithaca campus) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the broad area of dynamics related to the mechanics of structures and materials. Our definition of structures is broad and includes buildings, bridges, dikes, wind turbines, and solar devices/solar panels.

We are interested in applicants whose research is related to any of the following or related areas:
    • Material and/or structural response to dynamic loading arising from wind, waves, blast, seismic waves