A new PhD position is open at the Université Gustave Eiffel, France. The project will focus on the investigate the influence of ground liquefaction on the behavior of homogeneous embankment under seismic loading. The technical strategy of this study will be a combined approach of 70% physical centrifuge modeling and 30% numerical modeling. The experimental study will provide important proof on the physical phenomena and essential data for numerical modeling; Being the complimentary of experimental work, the calibrated numerical model will be used to carry out parametric and case studies.

We are looking for an energetic and highly motivated Ph.D. student to work on Theoretical and Computational Micromechanics of Soft Biological Materials. The project will be focused on studying biological gels and cytoskeletal mechanics.

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to remind you to submit an abstract to the minisymposium #22 Multiscale Modeling of Polymers and Soft Materials to be held at the 10th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling. The deadline for abstract submission is March 1st, 2020. The conference will be held on October 19-23, 2020 at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A. Additional information about the conference can be found on the webpage https://mmm2020.jhu.edu/

A PhD studentship in the field of bioinspired materials and structures is available in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kingston University London.

The Hector Fellow Academy offers you the opportunity to realize a self-developed research project under supervision Prof. Peter Gumbsch. He is one of the Hector Fellows, a community of outstanding professors from different research institutions across Germany working in STEM-subjects, medicine, and psychology.

The extraordinary mechanical properties of graphene were measured on very small or supported samples. In our new paper published in Nature Communications, by developing a protocol for sample transfer, shaping and straining, we report the outstanding elastic properties and stretchability of free-standing single-crystalline monolayer graphene under in situ tensile tests.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.119857 Our unified experimental and computational approach provided underlying insights needed to guide potential therapies for Alport syndrome (AS) that ameliorate the adverse effects from AS disease onset and progression. Patients with AS exhibit blood and elevated protein levels in their urine, inflamed kidneys, and many other abnormalities.

A Special Issue entitled "Nanofabrication, Atomic and Close-to-atomic Scale Manufacturing" for the journal Nanomanufacturing and Metrology is now open for submission:

The submission deadline is June 15, 2020. For more information, please refer to the attached flier or this webpage:

https://www.springer.com/journal/41871/updates/17701520

The Masters of Science in mechanical engineering (MSME) is a research oriented degree program that is administered by the Department of Engineering in the College of Engineering and Technology.

The 10th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM 10) will be held during October 18-23, 2020 at Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The MMM conference series is the world’s largest forum with a particular focus on multiscale materials modeling.