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Biographical Memoir of Zay Jeffries by W.D. Nix

Submitted by William D. Nix on

I have written a National Academy of Sciences biographical memoir of Zay Jeffries, one of the great American metallurgists of the 20th century.  I am posting the link to the NAS website here with the thought that some readers of iMechanica might be interested in the piece.  Some will be interested to learn that Jeffries came very close to discovering dislocations some 18 years before the great papers of Taylor, Orowan and Polyanyi in 1934.
 

Professor Rod Clifton to Receive Sigma Xi Monie A. Ferst Award

Submitted by Dibakar Datta on

Rod Clifton , Rush C. Hawkins University Professor Emeritus and Professor (Research) at the School of Engineering at Brown University, has been selected as the winner of the 2013 Sigma Xi Monie A. Ferst Award .

Numerical Simulation of Particle Stress and Fracture using FEMDEM: Application to Process Catalysts

Submitted by marigom on

Numerical
Simulation of Particle Stress and Fracture using FEMDEM: Application to Process
Catalysts

Johnson
Matthey CASE/EPSRC PhD Studentship Award- Duration 36 months

 

Supervision:

Dr JP Latham, Dr Jiansheng Xiang

Industry Contacts:

Principal Investigator - Dr Michele Marigo

Co-investigators - Dr Mikael Carlsson, Prof Hugh Stitt

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton on high strain rate material testing

Submitted by Fabrice Pierron on

Title: Exploration of novel multiaxial high strain rate tests of materials based on full-field strain measurements and inverse identification

Sponsor: EOARD http://www.wpafb.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=16662/



Start of PhD: end of September 2013

Two postdoctoral positions available at NIST

Submitted by Zhengzhi Wang on

The Biosystems and Biomaterials Group at NIST has two postdoctoral positions available for recent PhD graduate to work on (1) simulation of photon transport (light migration) in polymeric composites (2) modeling of cell-material adhesive interactions. These interdisciplinary research programs require the prospective applicants to have a strong background in computational methods (finite element or MD). For the cell-material interaction, candidates with prior experience on biophysics are preferred.

ADINA Research & Development Engineer in Solids and Structures

Submitted by ADINA on

We at ADINA R & D are looking for a Research & Development Engineer in Solids and Structures — general
finite element development. A PhD in applied mechanics or a related
discipline is highly desirable for this position. Applicant must have excellent
knowledge of finite element methods and good programming skills (Fortran
or C/C++).