The Department of Industrial Engineering, The University of Trento (Italy) opened a PhD position on multifunctional electro-mechanical transducers based on dielectric liquids and electro-active polymers (EAPs), namely liquid-based EAPs (LEAPs).
Dear Colleagues,
This is a gentle reminder that the 2018 Midwest Mechanics Workshop will take place at IIT, Chicago on Thursday, August 9. The deadline for registration is July 26, so we will have time to figure out the logistics. Note that registration is free for this one-day workshop. Please see:
Dear colleagues,
This is a gentle reminder that abstracts are due on July 23rd for presentation only. Please consider submitting abstracts to our topic on the Mechanics of Soft Materials (Track 12-1) one of the most active areas in the ASME! Some of our planned sessions are:
12-1 Mechanics of Soft Materials
A model for the mechanics of an elastic solid, reinforced with bidirectional fibers is presented in finite plane elastostatics. The fiber’s resistance to stretch and flexure are accounted for with variational computations of first and second gradient of deformations, respectively. Within the framework of strain-gradient elasticity, the Euler equation and necessary boundary conditions are formulated. A rigorous derivation of the corresponding linear theory is also developed from which, a complete analytical solution is obtained for small deformations superposed on large.
Vacancies exist for high calibre one master, one PhD student and one postdoctoral fellow to join the Innovative Design and Engineering Analysis Laboratory at York University, starting immediately.
The position’s primary area of research will focus on characterization and modelling of elastomers subject to high strain rates
Several postdoc positions are open in 'Cell mechanics' and 'Soft Matter' in Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science at Peking University.
Research Area #1:
Theoretical modeling and molecular dynamics simulations on (1) the interaction between nanomaterials and cell membranes, (2) endocytosis/phagocytosis, (3) cell migration.
Research Area #2:
Theoretical modeling and computational simulations on the mechanics of (1) polymer capsules and (2) architectured materials in engineering and biology.
The Institute of Construction and Building Materials (chair Prof. Dr.ir. Eddie Koenders, TU Darmstadt, Germany) is offering to support postdoc researchers with their high-quality application. The postdoctoral fellow should be primarily involved in numerical modeling of building materials. Experimental analyses of the materials (microstructure) characterizations to be used for model validation/calibration purposes could be included as well.
Phanish Suryanarayana
Georgia Institute of Technology
1. Introduction and Motivation
The Multiscale Mechanics and Multiphysics of Materials Lab (http://m4lab.unibs.it) at the School of Engineering at the University of Brescia, Italy announces a PhD fellowship on the subject of Topological Optimization and Additive Manufacturing in the framework of energy production via fuel cells. The fellowship is fully funded by a multinational company and will last three years.
