Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at the University of Oviedo (Spain). The work will be conducted in close collaboration with Imperial College London. The PhD studentship is part of the MICROROCK project, which aims at developing a new generation of micromechanics-based models for predicting rock fracture. A competitive salary is offered and the position is open to international candidates. Further details are provided below and in the attached PDF.

We have an opening for a postdoctoral researcher to perform original research on biomechanics and fluid dynamics, with particular emphasis on interstitial flow modeling. The successful candidate will develop numerical methods to model coupled processes on high-performance computing platforms. This position is in the Gomez Research Group (https://engineering.purdue.edu/gomez/) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue. This is a one-year postdoctoral appointment with the possibility of extension to a maximum of three years.

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We are pleased to invite applications for a PhD position in the new four-year EU-funded Marie Sklodowska-Curie ITN programme “INSPIRE - INNOVATIVE GROUND INTERFACE CONCEPTS FOR STRUCTURE PROTECTION”. This network is led by National Technical University of Athens and consists of 7 European universities (Univ. of Trento, ETH, Univ. of Lille, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Univ. of Mons, Univ of Bologna) 1 Research Institute (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) as well as 5 industrial partners (RINAC,FIP, ADT, IGF, GRSc).

The University of Edinburgh and ESTACA Ecole D'Ingenieurs are currently looking for an enthusiastic UK/French student to carry out a hashtag#PhD in the development of 4D printed actuators by hashtag#additi

Most soft materials resist volumetric changes much more than shape distortions. This experimental observation led to the introduction of the incompressibility constraint in the constitutive description of soft materials. The incompressibility constraint provides analytical solutions for problems which, otherwise, could be solved numerically only. However, in the present work, we show that the enforcement of the incompressibility constraint in the analysis of failure of soft materials can lead to somewhat non- physical results. 

A PhD Research Assistant position in Materials Science and Engineering is available. The research focuses on the computational modeling of elasto-plastic phase transitions in alloys. Applicants with a background or interest in this research field are preferred.

Interested applicants can send an email to lmushongera [at] unr.edu with the resume, cover letter, transcripts, GRE and TOEFL scores in attachment. The position is available for start in Spring 2020.

The Computational Mechanics and Physics Laboratory at Vanderbilt University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher interested in the area of ice sheet modeling and fracture mechanics of Antarctic ice shelves and glaciers. 

In this paper we present a methodology for reverse engineering of trabecular bone like architectures using multi-objective topology optimization. We then investigate the mechanical properties of the resulting network structures. Specifically, we show that structures optimized according to Wolff's law alone may be stiffest but they are also fragile.