2017 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference

Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA

July 16 – 20, 2017

The ASME Materials and Fabrication Committee (M&F) is inviting papers in the technical sessions on Application of Fracture Mechanics in Failure Assessment (Topic MF-2). The papers will appear in the PVP 2017 conference proceedings and may be considered for publication in the ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (JPVT) or any other ASME archival journals.

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Acta Mechanica Sinica (Volume 32, Issue 5, 2016 ) is online now !

Dear everyone!

The fifth issue in 2016 (Volume 32, Issue 5) of Acta Mechanica Sinica (AMS) is online now.

Welcome to this SCI-indexed journal http://ams.cstam.org.cn for rapid publication of your exciting results.

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Can  any one tell me what are the variable stiffness composites and what are the manufacturing challeneges involved.

PhD positions in the broad area of mechanics of advanced materials are available in the group of Prof. Stefano Gonella (http://personal.cege.umn.edu/~gonella/) at the University of Minnesota.

Job Title - Experimental Mechanics Postdoctoral Appointee

Job ID - 655230

Location - Albuquerque, NM

Department - 01528

Regular/Temporary - Temporary

Full/Part Time - Full-Time

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee for the Experimental Impact Mechanics Laboratory.

Key functions of this role include, but are not limited to:

The Mechanical Engineering program at the University of California Merced has graduate student positions, funded via Teaching or Reasearch Assistantship, for top applicants. More information about the program is available at: http://me.ucmerced.edu/. Information about how to apply is available at: http://graduatedivision.ucmerced.edu/prospective-students/how-apply.

Dear Colleagues,

I am Dr. Emin Taner ELMAS from İzmir, Turkey; and I am also a member of SCIEI - SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INSTITUTE. 

As an international scientific / technical committe member, I would like to kindly announce and inform you about The 8th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE) 2017 organized by SCIEI - SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INSTITUTE. 

The AMD-ASME Executive Committee is delighted to announce the 2016 recipients of the Haythornthwaite Grants. 

2016 Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grants: 

The AMD-ASME Executive Committee selected the top four proposals for the Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grants, each to be awarded at $20,000. The four selected recipients are:

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship position focused on multiscale modeling (nanoscale mechanics) and experiments of high performance ballistic fibers. 

The 2017 Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme is now open (http://www.research.ie/funding/government-ireland-postdoctoral-fellowship-2017) and seeks to fund early-stage postdoctoral researchers across all disciplines for up to 2 years.