SES Medalists and Fellows
It is my pleasure to announce the 2026 Society of Engineering Science Medalists and Fellows. The honorees will be recognized at the Banquet during the 2026 SES Annual Meeting to be held at Purdue University in West Lafayette on Oct 11-14, 2026.
PhD positions in multi-scale mechanics / Groningen
Several PhD positions are being opened in my group (Mechanics of Materials), with focus on
1. Martensitic transformations: Atomistic modelling and theory;
2. Dislocations in multi-component alloys;
3. Multi-scale modelling of fracture.
Positions are advertised on the University of Groningen website:
European Mechanics of Materials Conference (EMMC20)
The European Mechanics of Materials Conferences (EMMC) is a series of bi-yearly meetings organized under the auspices of the European Mechanics Society (Euromech), which has taken place over the last 25 years in cities such as Paris, Warsaw, Gothenburg, Brussels, Nantes, Oxford, and Madrid.
The 20th edition, will be held in Florence (ITALY), 27th - 29th May 2026.
PhD Positions in Experimental & Computational Mechanics – Georgia Tech AE
The Daedalus Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering) is recruiting PhD students with both experimental and computational backgrounds to start in Summer 2026 or Fall 2026.
Our group works at the intersection of fracture mechanics, materials science, and AI, with a focus on:
PhD and postdoc positions at the University of Oxford
Dear iMechanicians,
It's great to see the site up and running again. Some of you might be interested in the following PhD and postdoc positions within my group (the Mechanics of Materials Lab) at the University of Oxford.
- PhD in Computational Fracture Mechanics, funded by my ERC Starting Grant ResistHfracture: https://mechmat.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/mechmat/documents/media/ercphd2_advert.pdf
Funded PhD Positions at the University of California, San Diego
Funded PhD positions are available in the department of Structural Engineering and the Program in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in Prof. Semnani’s research group, with start dates of Spring 2026 and Fall 2026. The positions are in the areas of research listed in Prof. Semnani’s group website below:
A Fully Funded PhD Position in Mechanics of Bioelectronics & Biomachines
A fully funded PhD position is now available in Dr. Zhengwei Li’s research group in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston (UH), with a start date in Spring 2026 or Fall 2026. The position will focus on the mechanics of soft biointegrated and biohybrid systems, including wireless bioelectronics, soft implantable devices, and bioengineered living systems.
PhD position on Machine Learning for Scientific Computing at Rutgers University
A fully supported PhD position on Machine Learning for Scientific Computing is available in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of Dr. George Moutsanidis and the desired start date is January 2026 or September 2026.
Invitation to Contribute to Experimental Mechanics Themed Issue on Mechanics of Soft and Living Matter
Dear Colleagues,
We (Christian Franck (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Xueju "Sophie" Wang (University of Connecticut), and Ruobing Bai (Northeastern University)) are organizing a special issue for Experimental Mechanics (Editor-in-Chief: Junlan Wang) on Mechanics of Soft and Living Matter. We would like to invite you to contribute to this themed issue.