We would like to invite you to a symposium entitled "Mechanics and Dynamics of Periodic Structures" as part of  Society of Engineering Science (SES) 50th Annual Technical Meeting & ASME-AMD (Applied Mechanics Division) Annual Summer Meeting, Brown University, July 28-31, 2013. This special session aims to aggregate the latest research efforts contributing to the theoretical, experimental, and/or computational research on the mechanics and dynamics of periodic structures.

Stability of anisotropic magnetorheological elastomers in finite deformations: A micromechanical approach

Stephan Rudykh and Katia Bertoldi

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 61 (2013) 949–967

Abstract:

Open MSc/PhD positions are available in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Alberta. The research projects will involve computational and experimental study of soft material mechanics, with an emphasis on fracture.  Students with background in solid mechanics or materials science are encouraged to apply.  Interested candidates please send resume to Dr. Rong Long (rlong2 [at] ualberta.ca).

At the Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics (ILSB) of Vienna University of Technology,
vienna, Austria there is an open position for the Lab-Manager of the Laboratory for Nano- and Micromechanics of
Biological and Biomimetic Materials. Click here for details.

ACS Nano, 2013, 7 (3), pp 2717–2724, DOI: 10.1021/nn4001512 (2013).  Download PDF .

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http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mecheng/phd/projects/composite-aerospace-str…

Post doctoral position at Brest, France.

 Title: Analysis of the effects of transfer and storage phases
on the behavior of bonded joints for SYLDA5 structures

Dear Colleagues:

We would like to invite you to submit a contribution to a minisymposium that we are organizing on Emerging Methods for Large-Scale Quantum-Mechanical Materials Calculations at the 12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, to be held July 22-25, 2013 in Raleigh, NC. This minisymposium aims to bring together leading researchers in this emerging area to discuss and exchange ideas on new methods developments for density-functional calculations, mathematical analysis, and applications of ab initio methods in electronic-structure calculations.