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The Renaissance of Continuum Mechanics

Submitted by Weiqiu Chen on

Dear friends of IMechanica:

 

Primary data mining through Web of Science
reveals that the number of papers containing “continuum mechanics ” increases
rapidly these years. This is a very exciting fact to our mechanicians. Thus, I
wrote a short paper titled “The Renaissance of Continuum Mechanics”, which was just
published online via:

 

http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzus/iparticle.php?doi=10.1631/jzus.A1400079 (The full paper can be downloaded.)

河海大学“先进材料与力学研究中心(筹)”诚聘英才,Tenure-Track Faculty Positions, Center for Advanced Materials and Mechanics Research, Hohai University,

Submitted by Feng Xue on

河海大学创建于1915年,校本部位于南京市区风景秀丽的清凉山北麓,并在常州市新北区、南京市江宁区设有校区,总占地面积2300余亩。河海大学是以水利为特色,工科为主,多学科协调发展的教育部直属全国重点大学,实施国家“211工程”重点建设、国家优势学科创新平台建设以及设立研究生院的高校。

河海大学力学与材料学院前身为河海大学工程力学系、材料科学与工程系,创建于1959年,是学校历史最悠久的系科之一。现有教职员工120余人、教师90余人,含国家教学名师、国家千人计划获得者、国家杰出青年基金获得者、江苏省特聘教授等各类省部级人才计划获得者20余人次。

Professors Markus Buehler, Katia Bertoldi and Oscar Lopez-Pamies will receive the Journal of Applied Mechanics Award in 2014

Submitted by Yonggang Huang on

Prof. Markus Buehler from MIT will receive the 2014 Journal of Applied Mechanics Award for his paper "Bioinspired graphene nanogut" (Journal of Applied Mechanics, v 80, article 061009, 2013).  Profs. Katia Bertoldi from Harvard University and Oscar Lopez-Pamies from University of Illinois will also receive the 2014 Journal of Applied Mechanics Award for their paper "Some remarks on the effect of interphases on the mechanical response and stability of fiber-reinforced elastomers" (Journal of Applied Mechanics, v 79, article 031023, 2012). 

PhD Study at Utah State University: Presidential Doctoral Research Fellowship

Submitted by Ling Liu on

If you are interested, and meet the requirement on GPA and GRE (see below), please contact Dr. Ling Liu at liu.usu [at] gmail.com. Applicants from all related backgrounds are welcome. 

The fellowship will offer: 1) $20,000+/year stipend for 4 years; 2) full tuition waiver; and 3) several other benefits.  

Fuel Cell Ceramics Reliability Summer Intern (Rolls-Royce PLC & LG Corp.)

Submitted by Amit Pandey on

 Fuel Cell Ceramics Reliability Summer Intern. 

Interested candidates with a background in mechanical, material science. solid mechanics please email your resume to amit.pandey/at/lgfcs/dot/com with the subject title "Fuel Cell
Ceramics Reliability Summer Intern"

 

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Specialist area: Fuel Cell Ceramics Reliability Summer
Intern
 

 

Piezoelectricity above the Curie temperature? Combining flexoelectricity and functional grading to enable high-temperature elect

Submitted by rmbarki on

Most technologically relevant ferroelectrics typically lose piezoelectricity above the Curie temperature. This limits their use to relatively low temperatures. In this Letter, exploiting a combination of flexoelectricity and simple functional grading, we propose a strategy for high-temperature electromechanical coupling in a standard thin film configuration.

Faculty Positions in ALL Levels with the School of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, Ningbo University 宁波大学机械工程与力学学院招聘启事

Submitted by Ji Wang on

The School of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Ningbo University, is looking for cadidates for all subjects in the broad field of mechanical engineering and mechanics.  In addition to traditional field of impact and shock waves, piezoelectric devices, material durability, and metal forming, the school are also initiating new directions like vechicle engineering, fluid mechanics, occean engineering, solid mechanics, thermodynamics, vibrations, strength, and other related subjects.