A PhD position in the area of computational materials science is available on Jan. 1^st, 2017 in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. Candidates should be strongly self-motivated individuals possessing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, materials science and engineering or other closely related disciplines. A background in density functional theory, molecular dynamics and/or phase field modeling with strong c++ programming skills is desirable. Familiarity with using the command line in a Linux computing environment is assumed.

The Cardiac Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF) Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and San Francisco VA Medical Center is seeking a hard working, motivated post-doctoral fellow to participate in biomedical engineering research involving the ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (aTAA).  The post-doctoral fellow should be motivated to be on a career track to become an academic professor.  Our lab is NIH funded to investigate the biomechanics of aortic aneurysms and currently has 2 postdoctoral fellows, and are seeking a 3rd.&nbs

In this paper we formulate a nonlinear elasticity theory in which the ambient space is evolving. For a continuum moving in an evolving ambient space, we model time dependency of the metric by a time-dependent embedding of the ambient space in a larger manifold with a fixed background metric. We derive both the tangential and the normal governing equations. We then reduce the standard energy balance written in the larger ambient space to that in the evolving ambient space.

The Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering at Loughborough University, UK  is seeking ten new academic colleagues, from professors who are leaders in their field through to aspiring talented lecturers. These are permanent appointments.

For details see http://www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/wolfson/

Closing date for applications: 10 July 2016

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we are offering a phd position in Metz, LEM3 laboratory.

The position subject  concerns damage in dynamic conditions.

Dear Colleagues:

We are writing to draw your attention to Symposium D-8, titled "Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures" within the "Mechanics of Solids and Structures" track of the 53rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES) to be held at the University of Maryland, October 2-5, 2016.  The symposium description may be found below, and we encourage you to submit an abstract.  Fur further details and to submit an abstract, please see the meeting website ses2016.org.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute: Theoretical and computational multiscale modeling of the dynamics of granular solids

The Nanoscale Mechanics and Materials Laboratory (NMML) at the University of California, Irvine is currently accepting applications for two postdoctoral scholar positions.  One opening has a focus on experimental research, while the other is seeking a computational scientist.

Experimental Postdoc in Small-Scale Mechanical Testing

Dear colleague,

We encourage you to submit an abstract to the symposium "Multi-scale Mechanics of Particulate Media" (Symposium D-1) within the "Mechanics of Solids and Structures" track of the 53rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES) to be held at the University of Maryland, October 2-5, 2016. The symposium description may be found below. For further details and to submit an abstract, please see the meeting website: ses2016.org. The abstract submission deadline is June 15, 2016.

The paper presents a novel analysis of localisation and transmission properties of randomly-perturbed flexural systems. Attention is given to the study of propagation regimes and the connection with localised resonance modes in the context of Anderson's localisation. The analytical study is complemented with numerical simulations relevant to the design of efficient vibration isolation systems.

Eigenvalues, reflected and transmitted energy, localisation factors for the examined bi-coupled random system: