Self‐Sensing Paper Actuators Based on Graphite–Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Films
Published in Advanced Science: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.201800239
No motor, no battery, no problem
New robot concept uses responsive materials to swim through water
When we think of robots, we normally think of motors and batteries and electronics, but engineers at Caltech and ETH Zurich have created a swimming robot that's powered by material deformation. That means it's made using materials that change shape in response to temperature swings, and that deformation pushes the device through water.
Line and Point Defects in Nonlinear Anisotropic Solids
In this paper, we present some analytical solutions for the stress fields of nonlinear anisotropic solids with distributed line and point defects.
Wiki surface - an open access encyclopedia of surfaces
Dear Mechanicians,
a new project at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (Lucca, Italy) has just been launched to create the first open access database of rough surfaces from nature and technology, see:
http://musam.imtlucca.it/wikisurf.html
People are invited to contribute to the database by providing images of surfaces acquired using experimental techniques, as well as the corresponding elevation data field (raw x,y,z data in columns).
Vacancy: Assistant Professor in Structural Health Monitoring, Eindhoven University of Technology
Vacancy: Assistant Professor in Structural Health Monitoring
Eindhoven University of Technology, Dept. of the Built Environment, Unit Structural Design
Introduction
The Department of the Built Environment invites applications for a position as Assistant Professor in the Chair of Structural Design (Steel Structures) within the unit Structural Design. The assistant professorship is a tenure track position that includes teaching, research, valorization and administrative duties.
Postdoc Positions Available at Virginia Tech
Advanced Manufacturing and Metamaterials Laboratory (https://www.raynexzheng.com/) directed by Dr. Xiaoyu "Rayne" Zheng at Virginia Tech seeks highly motivated and exceptional postdoc scholars in the broad areas of 1) advanced materials for additive manufacturing/3D Printing, 2) architected materials, mechanics of multi-functional materials.
Textile Strength Testing
Textiles, yarn, thread, fabrics, wool, cotton, and other animal and plant-derived fibers are commonly tested to ensure product quality by assessing the performance of materials and making sure they are acceptable towards proper end-use. This blog post will cover certain mechanical testing methods to test fabric and go over the testing standards.
Full blog post, including the recommended equipment, can be found here.
Intern Position at Apple
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Job Summary
Apple display team is looking for an enthusiastic and highly qualified engineer to lead the structural and dynamic Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in flat panel display and touch sensor. The successful candidate needs to have strong background in soft material constitutive characterization and modeling, and must be highly self-motivated.
Core Responsibility
a new book "Contact Mechanics" from JR Barber
I am pleased to suggest a very interesting new book from prof JR Barber of UMich, a leading scientist in the field of contact mechanics.