The Multiscale Modeling of Materials and Machine Learning Laboratory (M4L Lab: https://www.m4l-lab.com/) at Villanova University is looking for two Ph.D. students. The successful applicants will work with Dr. David Cereceda on interdisciplinary research topics that involve Materials Informatics and Computational Mechanics. The positions start as early as Fall 2023. Evaluations will start immediately until the positions are filled. Please, see the description of each position below.

Position 1

Join the Ansys Customer Excellence team to partner with our customers to engineer what's ahead, solve their real-world engineering problems, deploy Ansys software in their design workflows, and grow Ansys’ business. As a hands-on subject matter expert, you will use expert-level engineering knowledge to provide technical advise, perform professional services, and help translate customer requirements into exciting new product features.

Our group in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is working on a range of problems, involving mechanics and physics of 2D materials, soft materials and biological systems. We employ methods of continuum mechanics, mathematics, statistical physics and atomistic simulations to explore the mechanics of 2D materials, electromechanical coupling in soft materials, as well as physical mechanisms underlying the interface of nanomaterials and biology.

We are accepting applications for a post-doctoral fellow position available in our group at Southern Methodist University located in Dallas, Texas. The fellow will be working closely with Prof. Xin-Lin Gao on projects in the areas of solid mechanics, metamaterials, topological optimization, and additive manufacturing. The initial appointment will be for one year, and the position is available immediately.

Dear iMechanicians:

Oxford University is seeking to appoint a Professor of Materials Engineering (Chair) in the department of Engineering Science.

This post is likely to be of interest to high profile, established researchers in the field of mechanics of materials. The successful candidate will be expected to embrace the opportunity to shape the direction of Materials Engineering at Oxford and to pursue a research programme at the forefront of the subject, providing research leadership to colleagues working in this field.

We have a fully-funded position for a PhD student in the EMSI lab, in mechanical engineering at EPFL, and are seeking qualified applicants. The thesis topic is: Crack front stability in 3D. Information about our lab can be found on our website at: Engineering Mechanics of Soft Interfaces ‐ EPFL

What we seek: 

My colleague Jan Novák is searching for a postdoctoral researcher to work with him on leveraging the potential of Wang tilings in sharing microstructures of heterogeneous materials.

This position is fully funded for two years and is offered as a part of the 2023 CTU Global Fellowship program. Additional details on the offer and the application process are available at https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/118832, and the call closes on 31 August 2023.

MedTrain+ is the successor Industry-Academia Training, Career Development and Mobility Fellowship Programme at CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices to MedTrain (GA 713690). As part of this, MedTrain+ is offering prestigious three-year fellowships to eligible experienced researchers in the broad area of Medical Device Research and Development. The MedTrain+ programme will provide excellent experienced researchers with a research, complementary, and transferable skills training experience of the highest international standards.

A micromechanical model for bioinspired nanocomposites with interphase, Xia, Geng, Zhang, Wang, Composite Structures, 2023

Novelty/Impact/Significance/Breakthrough:

Address directly the interphase in the bioinspired stagger-aligned nanocomposite through establishing a new analytical micromechanical model, which exhibits superior accuracy and simplicity as well as general applicability.

Come and join us in Prague to become a 2023 CTU Global Postdoctoral Fellow!

Czech Technical University in Prague offers a fully-funded two-year postdoctoral position in Data-driven modeling of engineering materials. The project will be mentored by Anna Kučerová and will involve collaboration with Bořek Patzák within the MuPIF software project.