TENURE TRACK POSITION IN

AEROSPACE STRUCTURES AND ADVANCED MATERIALS

 Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

 University of Minnesota Twin Cities

(in Journal of Elasticity)

A continuum mechanical framework is developed for determining a) the class of stress-free deformed shapes and corresponding director distributions on the undeformed configuration of a nematic glass membrane that has a prescribed spontaneous stretch field and b) the class of undeformed configurations and corresponding director distributions on it resulting in a stress-free given deformed shape of a nematic glass sheet with a prescribed spontaneous stretch field. The proposed solution rests on an understanding of how the Lagrangian dyad of a deformation of a membrane maps into the Euleriandyad in three dimensional ambient space. Interesting connections between these practical questions of design and the mathematical theory of isometric embeddings of manifolds, deformations between two prescribed Riemannian manifolds, and the slip-line theory of plasticity are pointed out.

(To appear in Journal of Elasticity).

One PhD position is available in the Multifunctional Polymers and Composites Laboratory at Colorado State University on advanced manufacturing of fiber-reinforced polymer composites.

Abstract: Shear banding is widely observed in natural fault zones as well as in laboratory experiments on granular materials. Understanding the dynamics of strain localization under different loading conditions is essential for quantifying strength evolution of fault gouge and energy partitioning during earthquakes and characterizing rheological transitions and fault zone structure changes. To that end, we develop a physics-based continuum model for strain localization in sheared granular materials.

On the Role of the Plaque Porous Structure in Mussel Adhesion: Implications for Adhesion Control Using Bulk Patterning

Ahmed Ghareeb and Ahmed Elbanna -- Journal of Applied Mechanics (2018)

Geometric role in designing pneumatically actuated pattern-transforming metamaterials

Yuzhen Chen, Lihua Jin

Extreme Mechanics Letters

Duke University will host on April 26, 2019 the 30th Annual Robert J. Melosh Competition for best papers by graduate (or recently graduated) students. The deadline for extended abstract submission is January 21, 2019. 

Students interested in participating can find more details about the format of the competition and submission requirements at 

http://www.cee.duke.edu/melosh

and 

Dear colleagues,

New Assistant Professor position with experimental focus on polymers or polymer matrix composites at TU Delft.

https://vacature.beta.tudelft.nl/vacaturesite/permalink/48891/?lang=en

Examples of areas of interest (not in any particular order):

- polymers or polymer composites under extreme events (high strain-rates, extreme temperatures, fire, radiation, etc.)

- recycling and contributions to circular economy

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The closing date for this job posting is the 10th of September, 2018