2020 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation (ICMRA 2020: http://www.icmra.org/ ) will take place at Shanghai University of Engineering Science (SUES), China during Oct.16-18. All full papers accepted by ICMRA 2020 will be published into the Conference Proceedings and indexed by Ei Compendex & SCOPUS.

The detailed information can be found at the attached CONFERENCE FLYER.

Please make a link in the comment section if you find other video lectures related to mechanics.

This course presents an introduction to mechanics, instructed by Prof. Wei YANG at Zhejiang University, a leading scientist in solid mechanics. Mechanics is the science concerning force, motion, and deformation, studying the macroscopic and microscopic mechanical behaviors of complex matters in nature and engineering.

Yonggang Huang, a professor in Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, has been elected to the 2020 class of National Academy of Science (NAS) members. 

Prof. Huang is one of 120 new members and 26 foreign members elected in this year’s class. NAS Members are chosen in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research 

My group in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University has multiple fully funded PhD positions, starting Spring/Fall 2021. Successful candidates will be working in the broad area of mechanics and/or materials, including but not limited to biomimetic and biological materials, soft active materials, soft robotics, multiphysics characterization, design, and functionalization. Research will be focused on the combination of theory and experiment.

Self-excited vibrations represent a big concern in engineering, particularly in automotive, railway and aeronautic industry. Many lumped models have been proposed over the years to analyze the stability of such systems. Among the instability mechanisms a falling characteristic of the friction law and mode coupling have been shown to give friction-excited oscillations. The mass-on-moving-belt system has been studied extensively in Literature, very often adopting a prescribed form of the friction law and linearizing the contact stiffness.

The Chen lab at Dartmouth is looking for two postdocts in solid mechanics/mechanical metamaterials/soft robotics/biomechanics areas with an expected start date after 7/1/2020.

A Postdoctoral researcher position is available in the Anderson lab in the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The Anderson lab seeks a post-doctoral scholar with strong experience in some combination of the following: experimental fracture mechanics, Impact dynamics, dynamic fracture modeling, energetics and/or biomechanics. Please see the attached ad for more information. More information about the Anderson Lab can be found here: https://www.philipslanderson.com/

Northwestern Professor and solid mechanician Yonggang Huang is among the 276 new members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) in 2020. He joins the assembly that was founded in 1780 by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock, and others who believed the new republic should honor exceptionally accomplished individuals and engage them in advancing the public good.

The weblink to the new AAAS members elected in 2020: https://www.amacad.org/new-members-2020

EML Webinar on April 29, 2020 will be given by Prof. Huajian Gao at Nanyang Technological University via Zoom meeting. 

Title: Simulation-assisted discovery of membrane targeting nanomedicines

Time: 7 am California, 10 am Boston, 3 pm London, 10 pm Beijing on April 29, 2020

Zoom Link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684 

Zoom ID: 271 079 684