Soft robotic grippers have shown significant potential in minimally invasive surgery, agriculture, and other industrial applications. For the first time, we showcase the underlyingmechanism of flexoelectric soft robotic grippers that operate under open- and closed-circuitconditions. To understand its gripping mechanism, we first formulate a flexoelectric specialCosserat rod theory that incorporates intrinsic strains such as intrinsic flexural strain, intrinsictwist, etc.

A funded PhD position is available in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology for an interdisciplinary research project at the intersection of mechanics, AI, and energy-efficient manufacturing, with a start date in Fall 2026 or Spring 2027. 

Dear colleagues, please join us for an upcoming ASME-Noise Control & Acoustics Division (NCAD) webinar (Noise Control & Acoustics Division - ASME) on Uncertainty Analysis of Electromechanical Properties in Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters

Please consider submitting an Abstract to this new topic in SES 2026 @Purdue!
Track 3.4. Mechanics of Materials and Structures for In-Space Manufacturing and Deployable Structures

Co-organized with Professor Xin Ning and Professor Ioannis Chasiotis from the University of Illinois.

The deadline is May 1st.

I'd like to draw your attention to the long-running mini-symposium "Mechanics of Granular Media: Experiments, Theory, and Modeling" (Mini symposium 6.1) to be held at the 2026 SES Meeting at Purdue University (October 11-14, 2026). The mini-symposium description may be found below. Please feel free to pass this announcement on to your students, postdocs, or anyone who may be interested. The abstract submission deadline is May 1, 2026.

Hi all,

We would like to invite you to attend an upcoming presentation:

"Damage Sensing Digital Twin for Piezocomposites Integrating Neural Operator with Parametrically Upscaled Constitutive Damage Model"

The talk will be given by Dr. Yangyuanchen Liu from Johns Hopkins University.

The seminar will be held April 17, 2026, 11:30 AM -12:30 PM EDT.

Feel free to join the zoom meeting through the following meeting ID and passcode:
 

meeting ID: 824 6447 8256

passcode: 003801

A postdoctoral position of 12 months is available at CEMEF. The position is due to start as soon as possible.

The project takes place in the context of a collaboration with Safran Aircraft Engines and CEMEF (Mines Paris). We have developed a numerical framework that allow us to generate a conforming mesh to a tomographic (3D) segmented image of a woven composite material.

The goal of the project is to optimize the numerical framework in a parallel distributed architecture (MPI).

Multiple PhD positions at available at Mines Paris in the field of computational mechanics :

Application Deadline: 2026-April-26
Link: https://www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/922588?l=en

Do you have a background in nonlinear continuum mechanics, constitutive modeling, soft tissue modelling or finite element analysis and a passion for advancing the understanding of brain injury? Then this could be a position for you. We are looking for an ambitious, collaborative and structured person to join our team to improve the brain material modelling!

I have an opening for a post-doctoral fellow position in my group. The initial appointment is for one year and is renewable. The ideal candidate must have a strong foundation in classical continuum mechanics. Research in my group is largely theoretical supplemented (occasionally) with computational work. Although not required, some background in quantum mechanics, statistical physics, and electromagntism is desirable.