Dear iMechanicians, I hope that the following work is of interest to you. We bring the phase field paradigm to the area of bio-material degradation to predict pitting and mechanically-assisted corrosion in Mg alloys used for biomedical applications. 

S. Kovacevic, W. Ali, E. Martínez-Pañeda, J. LLorca. Phase-field modeling of pitting and mechanically-assisted corrosion of Mg alloys for biomedical applications. Acta Biomaterialia 164, 641-658 (2023)

We are hiring PhD students !!

Daedalus, our new research group at Georgia Institute of Technology, has an opening for two PhD students with background in solid/experimental mechanics to work towards developing high throughput fracture testing methods as well as mechanics of green structures. Starting date: Spring 2024. Applications of both experimental and computational backgrounds will be evaluated.

Dear Colleagues,

I invite you to read our recent publication in the Journal of Physics: Materials: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7639/ace381

Excellent paper looking at temperature profiles during LPBF AM (using miniSLM):

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772369023000312

Of course, questions remain regarding the validity of temperature estimation method, max temp, max cooling rates etc. - 
but it is an important step in the right direction!

We are looking for a PhD student for a research project on microscale mechanical characterization of fiber reinforced polymer composites using in-situ microscopic techniques. Much more fundamental insights and measurements at the micro-scale are necessary to enable fully predictive multi-scale modelling and faster adaptation of composites. Therefore, we have developed advanced micromechanical test methods for fibre reinforced polymer composites based on in-situ optical and electron microscopy during loading.

Full-time PhD positions in the Materials Engineering at McGill University

I (@ https://cfg.cornell.edu/ ) am moving to the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. If you are interested in pursuing a PhD with me (and helping to establish my new lab there) in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury, please complete the application for fellowship at the following link

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7064096300551573504

Hello All,

Gianmarco Manzini (LANL) and I are teaching a short course entitled: "Virtual Element Method in Solid and Fluid Mechanics" at USNCCM17 in Albuquerque, which will be held on Sunday, July 23rd, 2023.  If you plan to be at the conference in-person, then do consider attending the short course.  A summary of the course follows:

Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) is very pleased to announce the appointments of the following individuals as Special EML Editors:

Zheng Jia, Zhejiang University (zheng.jia [at] zju.edu.cn): Special EML Editor for EML Webinars – Young Researchers Forum 

Mingchao Liu, University of Birmingham (m.liu.2 [at] bham.ac.uk): Special EML Editor for Social Media Engagement 

About this position: The Computational Soft Matter Laboratory (https://farokhirad.com), within the Department of Mechanical Engineering (https://mie.njit.edu/) at the New Jersey Institute of technology (NJIT), is currently offering a Ph.D. position available for Spring/Fall 2024. The successful candidate will carry out computational research focusing on the interaction of flexible nanomaterials with biological cell membranes.