Call for Abstract: 2016 EMI International Conference - MS11: Instabilities and Bifurcations in Solids, Structures and Soft Materials
Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited to submit your 1 page abstract to our Mini-Symposium (MS11) "Instabilities and Bifurcations in Solids, Structures and Soft Materials" in 2016 EMI International Conference – Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference of ASCE.
Tenure-track Faculty positions at Zhejiang University, China
Zhejiang University (ZJU) is one of the earliest and most prestigious universities in China. Department of Engineering Mechanics, taking comprehensive advantages of ZJU and School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, focuses on multidisciplinary research in Solid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Dynamics and Control. ZJU is seeking faculty candidates for its newly launched, highly competitive and well-funded “Hundred Talents Program” according to the tenure-track rules.
Reading unfortunate Planck
Planck submitted his doctoral dissertation in 1879, at the age of 21. According to Planck’s autobiography, his dissertation elaborated on Clausius's entropy and its role in distinguishing reversible and irreversible processes. His dissertation failed to interest his professors, Helmholtz and Kirchhoff among them. Planck subsequently, as a young academic, applied the principle of the increase of entropy to analyze phases and ideal-gas mixtures.
Opening for a Sr Computational Modeling Engineer at Medtronic !
This exciting position is posted today. We are looking for someone who has strong theoretical background in material constitutive modeling and has the ability to do user material coding and simulation automation through python/R/Matlab scripting. Experience with shape-memory alloys is desired. Below is the link:
https://medtronic.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=160000ZQ&lang=en
Nanobrücken 2016: A Nanomechanical Testing Workshop & Hysitron User Meeting
Nanobrücken 2016: A Nanomechanical Testing Workshop & Hysitron User Meeting will take place March 2nd - 4th, 2016 at the INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken, Germany. This will be the 6th edition of the now-annual Nanobrücken workshop series.
As in the past, the workshop is open to all aspects of nanomechanical and nanotribological testing, including biomechanical, in-situ experimentation and theory/simulation.
Experimentally informed multi-scale modelling of mechanical properties of quasi-brittle nuclear graphite
Dear all,
Our group has just published a paper on experimentally-informed multi-scalle modelling of nuclear graphite in the journal of Engineering Fracture Mechanics. It can be of interest to anyone working on quasi-brittle fracture and materials such as graphite, concrete, rock, shale, or similar. It can be downloaded at:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013794415007080
Regards,
Branko
Postdoctoral Associate Position at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University
A postdoctoral associate position is available at Department of Petorleum Engineering, Texas A&M University in the area of resistivity characterization of geomaterials. Experimental characterization at nano-scale will be combined with modeling techniques to get insight into electrical properties of geomaterials at fundamental length scales. Expected qualifications:A Ph.D. in materials science, civil engineering, geophysics or a related field is required.
37th Risø International Symposium on Materials Science: "Understanding performance of composite materials – mechanisms controlling properties"
The theme of the coming 37th Risø International symposium is the scientific basis for understanding the performance of composite materials.