Transportation of heavy acidic fluids is often done with specifically designed lined pipelines. The pipelines typically have an outer steel wall (thickness ~15 mm) and an inner ceramic coating (thickness ~1 mm). The proper functioning of such lined pipelines is almost exclusively determined by the inner ceramic coating. In case there would be a leak in the ceramic coating, the acidic fluid will corrode through the outer steel wall in a matter of hours, leading to a full shutdown of the industrial plant.

We have two new PhD positions to work on Mechanics and Manufacturing/characterization of nanomaterials and nanocomposites with starting dates of Fall 2020 or Spring 2021. A stipend, full tuition and health insurance will be provided.

Thermodynamics 2.0 Conference [online] has waived the registration fee.

The conference is about Thermodynamics in relation to other disciplines including Mechanics.

My talk on Wednesday at noon is about the Unification of Mechanics and Thermodynamics. 

https://iaisae.org/index.php/speakers/

The SES Annual Technical Meeting will be held virtually this year to ensure the safety of the meeting participants. We look forward to providing a creative platform for you to share your work and exchange ideas! The 2020 Virtual Technical Meeting will be held Sept 29-Oct 1. More info to come! We will also post updates to our website, https://socengsci.org and to Twitter @SocEngScience .

Several PhD openings at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.

Research topics includes (PhD in Engineering of complex systems, see attachment F, and Material, Structure and Nanotechnology engineering, see attachment E):

- Soft robotics and microbots

- Tribology of smart materials

- Polymers friction

- Tribology of tissue/machine interfaces

- Wearable and implantable nanotechnological devices

- Water-fog harvesting

- Augmented tactile friction

- Mechanisms for space applications

- Smart mobility

A postdoc position is available in the area of granular mechanics and discrete element modeling (DEM) of biomass particles in support of a multidisciplinary research project between Clemson University and the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL). 

http://www.mines-paristech.fr/Formation/Doctorat/Propositions-de-sujets-de-these/Detail/Methodes-de-calcul-haute-performance-pour-simuler-le-comportement-mecanique-des-Propergols/30640

CU Boulder's PSAAP Multidisciplinary Simulation Center has an opening for a Research Software Engineer to co-lead development of robust, extensible open source software for extreme-scale simulation of large-deformation composite poro-elasto-visco-plastic media across a broad range of regimes with experimental validation and coordination with micromorphic multiscale models.

Hiring four (4) new PhD students to join us at MACHINA: the new TUDelft AI lab that I am leading.

Each position is unique and has different co-advisors. Pick wisely ;)

https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/werken-bij-tu-delft/vacatures/details/?jobId=495&jobTitle=PhD%20Material%20Design%20Under%20Uncertainty%20with%20Bayesian%20Deep%20Learning

Stroke is #1 cause of long-term disability and #4 cause of death in the US. Most of the patients are not treated in time due to unavailability of professional neurosurgeons on site. We have developed a ferromagnetic soft continuum robot for tele-operated and autonomous navigation and treatment of strokes. The foundation is the hard-magnetic elastica theory which offers a fast and accurate prediction of the large deformation of the ferromagnetic soft continuum robot.