The mechanical behavior of mono- and multi- layered graphene and carbon nanotube (CNT) systems has attracted great attention over the last decade because of their importance in nano-science and nanotechnology.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is accepting applications for the position of Department Chair and Professor, with tenure, starting ideally by September 1, 2013.

This Special Issue of the International Journal of Solids and Structures includes sixteen articles presented at the international symposium: Mechanics of Liquid and Solid Foams. The symposium was organized under the auspices of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (http://www.iutam.net) and was held at the University of Texas at Austin in May 8-13, 2011. The papers deal with various aspects of mechanical behavior of cellular materials and foams in particular, and represent the state of the art in the field.

The NNIN at the University of Michigan will be hosting a presentation on
” MEMS Virtual Prototyping for Debugging Your Process Flow.”, which
will be broadcast live as a web based seminar.

The Webinar will be webcast live from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT on 25th September, 2012. 

 The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the American University of Sharjah is seeking applicants for a one year visiting position (starting January 2013) at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in the field of Design and Manufacturing. Strong preference will be given to candidates with degrees (BS, MS, PhD) from a western-style university that is ABET (or equivalent) accredited. Teaching experience in an American model of higher education and work experience in North American industry are highly desirable. Also, prior teaching experience in Manufacturing is desirable.

A post-doctoral position is available at our continuum mechanics workgroup (Prof. Tsakmakis, TU Darmstadt, Germany) for developing nonlinear material models in finite element software in FORTRAN 90.

Excellent knowledge in nonlinear continuum mechanics, tensor calculus, numerical methods in solid mechanics and FORTRAN 90 is required.

If you are interested, please contact me, Dr. C. Broese, broese [at] mechanik.tu-darmstadt.de

Temperature-dependent
modulus of glass fiber/epoxy composite laminates were studied at temperatures
ranging from room temperature up to 120℃. The storage modulus, loss
modulus, loss factor, and glass transition temperature of two layer-up composite
laminates were investigated by dynamic mechanic analysis (DMA). Static flexural
modulus was also measured by control force mode in DMA. A new and simple temperature-dependent
model both for the dynamic storage modulus and static flexural modulus was developed.

2-year postdoc opening for a project in numerical analysis/molecular simulation. More details are available at

https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/research/job18618.html

I will be happy to discuss the job in more detail with anybody interested c.ortner [at] warwick.ac.uk>

Johnson Matthey CASE/EPSRC PhD Studentship Award