Introducing newly published article on surface dislocation nucleation. (http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nmat4288.html)

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated new staff with interest in Cardiovascular Research and Medical Technology to join us. The position is based at the National Heart Research Institute Singapore, the research unit of the National Heart Centre Singapore (Outram Park).  The National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) is the largest centre for treatment of cardiovascular diseases in Singapore with over 100,000 cardiovascular outpatient visits and over 3000 operations every year. 

Qihan Liu, Shicheng Huang, Zhigang Suo.

http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.224301

Abstract

The nonlinear piezoelectric tuned vibration absorber

By: Payam SOLTANI and Gaetan KERSCHEN

Abstract:

The Society of Engineering Science (SES) oversees several awards and honors to members and eminent scholars of the field. A total of five medals are offered on an annual basis as well as election to Fellow grade of the Society. The awards are: A.C. Eringen Medal, Engineering Science Medal, William Prager Medal, G.I. Taylor Medal and the SES Young Investigator Medal.

Surface Plasmon Resonance-Induced Stiffening of Silver Nanowires

http://www.nature.com/srep/2015/150529/srep10574/full/srep10574.html

Optomechanics of Soft Materials

Ruobing Bai and Zhigang Suo

We are looking for three postdoctoral researchers to work at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 

1. Two researchers are to work on water remediation and desalination using computational methods at the atomistic level.  

2. One researcher is to work on fracture behavior of weldments using computational methods at the microstructural leve.

Peridynamic theory of solids from the perspective of classical statistical mechanics

R. Rahman, J.T. Foster