Presented by Ross Cotton (Synopsys Simpleware); Bence Gerber and Chris Quan (ANSYS) 

Wednesday, October 26, 2016: 11 AM EDT / 3 PM GMT

A symposium on Computational Mechanics at Varied Length Scales under the auspices of the 7th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design will be held in Albufeira(Algarve), Portugal on June 11-15, 2017. The symposium aims at bring together experts in the following (but not limited to) fields,

• Multiscale Methods and Multiscale Analysis

• Molecular Simulation

• Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics

• Dislocation Dynamics

• Lattice Boltzmann Method

A PHD position is available immediately in the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, University of North Texas-Denton in the fields of design, modelling and experiment for Piezoelectric Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Gas sensor, Candidates should have a Bachelor/Master's degree in mechanical engineering or Chemical engineering with good academic standing and should have some experiences in the following:

(1) Piezoelectric device modelling and experiment

(2) SAW device modelling and experiment

(3) Carbon nanotube fabrication

(4) Gas sensor development

We are running free workshops on using Simpleware for 3D image visualisation, analyis and model generation. Join us in Guildford and Farnborough, UK to learn about getting the most out of our software for 3D image-based modelling.

The workshops are free but pre-registration is required as places are limited.

Wednesday Oct 19 2016: Introduction to 3D image visualisation, analysis and model generation with Simpleware

 Description

(1) Computational mechanics and multiphysics modelling of relevant areas, including the soft matter, 3D printing, fuel cell, bio-fluid and cell in microfluidics

(2) Supervision of undergraduate/postgraduate students

Job requirements

1)  PhD degree in Mechanical/Material Engineering or related fields

(2) Strong background in computational physics and solid/fluid mechanics

A. Rafsanjani and D. Pasini, Bistable Auxetic Mechanical Metamaterials Inspired by Ancient Geometric Motifs. Extreme Mechanics Letters 9, 291-296 (2016).

One postdoctoral fellow position in solid mechanics/biomechanics at Dartmouth is immediately available in the Chen group at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth (http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/people/faculty/zi-chen/). The subjects of research include, but are not limited to, cancer cell migration and mechanics of morphogenesis in embryos or plants.

As an example, here we discuss implant-associated infection from the mechanics point of view on bacteria adhesion affected by the biomaterial surface roughness:

1.    Implant-associated infection, a leading cause of failure in many biomedical devices, is caused by adhesion of bacteria to the surface of biomaterials. Implant-associated infection is difficult to treat, for example, joint replacement infections may occur deep around the artificial implants.

I have received a message from Dr. Thomas Michelitsch, French National Center for Scientific Research, that Gerard Maugin passed away on September 22, 2016. Professor Maugin was a great man, a great researcher in continuum mechanics and applied mathematics. His untimely death is a momentous loss for the entire Applied Mechanics Community.