There are several PhD scholarships at School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. The scholarship includes the annual stipend AU$27,596 for three years (with possible 6 months extension). The focus of the research will be on topology optimization of structures, materials, and metamaterials.

To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following:

1)    A Bachelor degree honours and/or a research master’s degree in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, applied mathematics, or a related field;

My research group has two RA positions openings in the near term.

One position is in the area of experimental mechanobiology, where we develop force sensors, measure mechanical force history of cells and tissues in vitro, and correlate the force history to cell functions. We target this RA position to be filled in Spring 2020. 

Postdoc positions are available in the group of Prof. JG Zhu at Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China. Those possessing PhDs in the area of solid experimental mechanics are sought. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in experimental measurements and nondestructive techniques.

There are PhD positions at RAD Lab in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at New
Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The focus of the research will be on creating novel computational
and theoretical models for the dynamics of complex fluids with particular emphasis on particle-laden multiphase flows and biological flows of active matter in the living systems.

In this paper, we apply the previously developed Method of Memory Diagrams (MMD) to the description of an axisymmetric mechanical contact with friction subject to random vibrations. The MMD belongs to a family of semi-analytical methods of contact mechanics originating from the classical Cattaneo-Mindlin solution; it allows one to efficiently compute mechanical and energetic responses to complex excitation signals such as random or acoustic ones.

The ever-increasing growth of nano-technology has elevated the necessity for development of new computational methods that are capable of evaluating large systems at nano-scale. The existing techniques, such as the molecular dynamics, lack the ability to simulate large systems of practical size and time scales. In order to provide a realistic simulation of large models, the multi-scale methods such as coarse-graining, have therefore become very popular. The coarse-grained models have mostly been used to simulate large biomolecules, such as proteins, lipids, DNA and polymers.

The U.S. National Committee for TAM is pleased to share its Fall 2019 Newsletter, an annual publication that will be issued each fall. 

In nonlinear elasticity, universal deformations are the deformations that exist for arbitrary strain-energy density functions and suitable tractions at the boundaries. Here, we discuss the equivalent problem for linear elasticity. We characterize the universal displacements of  linear elasticity: those displacement fields that can be maintained by applying boundary tractions in the absence of body forces for any linear elastic solid in a given anisotropy class.

Dear Colleagues,

During the ASME-IMECE next week, the Materials Division will host a number of events including plenary lectures, award lectures, and reception. You are cordially invited to these events. 

Track 10 Plenary Sessions:

Zhigang Suo – Tuesday, Nov. 12th, 9:45–10:30 am, Room 255F, Convention Center  

Irene Beyerlein – Wednesday, Nov. 13th, 9:45–10:30 am, Room 155F, Convention Center

Award Lectures/Reception (Tuesday, November 12):

Tuning capillary penetration in porous media: Combining geometrical and evaporation effects

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.02.101