Will Nemo's balloon burst or not?
Nemo lives in the ocean near the Great Barrier Reef. One day, he bought a hydrogel balloon which is inflated by an inner pressure p. Will the balloon burst eventually or stay safe?
Society of Engineering Science Seeks Nomination for Board Members
Dear members of the Society of Engineering Science (SES):
SES Board of Directors aims to fill two vacancies on the board. We are seeking nominations for these two positions. Any SES member can self-nominate or nominate another SES member. At this point, just the name and affiliation of the nominee are needed. Please submit the nominations to saif [at] illinois.edu (saif[at]illinois[dot]edu) by Nov 27.
Best regards
Taher Saif
Faculty Position Materials Engineering San Jose State University
We are intersted in candidates with expertise in mechanics of materials, polymers, additive manufacturing, etc. Details can be found at:
https://engineering.academickeys.com/job/18ngsiqf/Assistant_Professor_T…
Employment Opportunity for a Program Director Position, National Science Foundation: Biomechanics & Mechanobiology Program
Date: October 15, 2018
Dear Colleagues:
Department Chair Opening, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Dear Colleagues: Our Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU-Boulder is seeking a dynamic and innovative leader to serve as the new Chair. We are undergoing a period of unprecedented faculty growth and expansion to match an ambitious vision of research and teaching excellence.
Untethered soft machines and robots enabled by hard-magnetic soft materials
We introduce our recent works on advanced fabrication and mechanics of hard-magnetic soft materials towards the development of untethered soft machines and robots actuated and controlled by magnetic fields.
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Call for Abstract Submission to FEF-2019: MS 403 Multiscale Modeling in Bio-Mechanical Systems
Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited to submit your one-page abstract to our Mini-Symposium (MS403) "Multiscale Modeling in Bio-Mechanical Systems" for Finite Elements in Fluids 2019 (FEF-2019)
Date & Location:
March 31-April 3, 2019, Chicago, IL
Ultra-low-field magneto-elastocaloric cooling
Huilong Hou, Peter Finkel, Margo Staruch, Jun Cui & Ichiro Takeuchi, Ultra-low-field magneto-elastocaloric cooling in a multiferroic composite device, Nature Communications 9(1): 4075, (2018).
Two PhD Positions in Multiscale Modeling of Materials Under Extreme Conditions
Two PhD positions are open for Spring 2019 in Advanced Hierarchical Materials by Design Labat Louisiana Tech Universityon multiscale modeling of materials under extreme conditions. The candidates must have earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering or related fields (applicants with a MSc will be given priority) and have a solid background in theoretical and computational mechanics. Having knowledge of continuum mechanics, finite element modeling, and a programming language (preferably C++) is a plus.