The Materials Theory Group at the School of Materials Engineering of Purdue University has a post-doctoral opening in the area of modeling of thermal transport in crystalline solids. The postdoc will use Boltzmann Transport Equation approach to investigate the phonon and electron thermal transport in crystalline solids with defects. Applicants with closely related theory background in physics, materials science, mechanical engineering, or other majors are encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate is one who is strongly interested in the fundamental concepts of thermal transport and related computational modeling, and must have excellent programming skills. To apply, please send a curriculum vita with list of publications and the names and contact information of two references to Professor Anter El-Azab (aelazab [at] purdue.edu). The cover letter should explain the relevance of the applicant background to the postdoc research topic above. This position is part of the DOE funded Energy Frontiers Research Center for Thermal Energy Transport under Irradiation (TETI), and the postdoc is expected to collaborate with a large team of theorists and experimentalists. The position is available now and will remain open until filled.

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Please see the attached job description. The position will be for 1 year initially and can be extended based on the performance and funding availability.

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We recently published a paper using VR that might be of interest:

Muhammad Omer, Lee Margetts, Mojgan Hadi Mosleh, Sam Hewitt & Muhammad Parwaiz (2019) Use of gaming technology to bring bridge inspection to the office, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/15732479.2019.1615962

The Institute of High Performance Computing, part of A*STAR in Singapore, is seeking a talented, motivated researcher to hire with extensive experience in computational mechanics:

A. Papangelo, J. Scheibert, R. Sahli, G. Pallares, and M. Ciavarella
Phys. Rev. E 99, 053005 - https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.99.053005

R. Sahli, G. Pallares, A. Papangelo, M. Ciavarella, C. Ducottet, N. Ponthus, and J. Scheibert
Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 214301 – https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.214301

Check out our latest publication on porcine liver biomechanics under high strain rate conditions -

"Mechanical Response of Porcine Liver Tissue under High Strain Rate Compression", Bioengineering, 2019, 6(2), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering6020049

https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/6/2/49

More often than not I find in the books I read the information about the von Mises yield cirterion without mentioning any contribution of Maksymilian Tytus Huber in this field. E. g. I'm reading now "Materials for Nuclear Plants" by Wolfgang Hoffelner. When discussing the yielding conditions of the material he refers to von Mises, Hencky and even to Maxwell, but does not mention Huber. M. T. Huber anticipated to some extent the criterion of Mises already in 1904 (von Mises published his paper in 1913), but is not recognized by most of mechanicians.

Some metals, particularly annealed low-carbon steel, or mild steel, show a discontinuity when transitioning from elastic to plastic deformation that produces the yield point phenomenon in the stress strain curve.