I hope some of you will find our recent paper in the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids interesting. The Abaqus user element (UEL) subroutine developed to implement strain gradient plasticity theories with energetic and dissipative higher order stresses (Gudmundson 2004, Fleck and Willis 2009) can be downloaded from www.empaneda.com/codes

The role of plastic strain gradients in the crack growth resistance of metals

Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, Vikram S. Deshpande, Christian F. Niordson, Norman A. Fleck

Published in Phys. Rev. B: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.184305

Published in Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15567265.2019.1576816

Wenjie Xia, Xin Qin, Yao Zhang, Rober Sinko, Sinan Keten

Macromolecules (2018), https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02243

Wenjie Xia, Fernando Vargas-Lara, Sinan Keten, Jack F. Douglas

ACS Nano (2018), https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.8b00524

2019/20 PhD programs at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Lucca, Italy

Deadline for applications – April 23rd, 2019, 12 pm CEST

Online application form: https://www.imtlucca.it/en/programma-dottorato/ammissione/procedure

The University of Texas at Arlington is pleased to host the 1^st International Symposium on Traumatic Brain Injury – Mechanisms and Protections on April 11, 2019. The specific objectives of the symposium are to (i) share state-of-the-art research on TBI mechanism and protection, (ii) foster greater research collaboration across disciplines, sectors, initiatives and countries and promote interactions between the TBI research community with the veteran community, contact sports community and others for education and outreach, (iii) identify knowledge gap on TBI research and exc

3D printing or Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies carry the promise of revolutionizing the quality and efficiency of healthcare. However, the required technologies, even when available, are currently too fragmented to be integrated into routine, affordable and streamlined solutions that can benefit a large number of patients. The challenge thereby is to deliver 3D printing technologies that enable:

POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLAR, PENN STATE:  The Advanced Structures Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus invites applications for an appointment as a Postdoctoral Scholar.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="text-align: start;">Applications are invited for PhD positions at the Algorithms in Medicine and Neuro-Technology Lab (AIMAN Lab) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. "Research" The AIMAN Lab pursues fundamental breakthroughs in biomedical cyber-physical systems.