A funded Ph.D. positionin Mechanical Engineering is available at Polytechnique in Montreal, Canada. The work combines experimentations and theoretical modelling. The goal of the project is to use a fluid instability to fabricate intricate patterns at the microscopic scale. By fabricating fibers this way, interesting mechanical properties can be obtained depending on the parameters of the instability.

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Dear all,

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming Summer

School on “Hardening and Damage of Materials under Finite Deformations:

Constitutive Modeling and Numerical Implementation”, which will take place in

Dortmund, Germany from September 3rd to 7th, 2012 and is organized by Prof.

Dr.-Ing. A. Erman Tekkaya of TU Dortmund and Dr. Tudor Balan of LEM3,

ENSAM Metz.

Lecturer

MIT - School of Engineering

The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering seeks to fill a Lecturer position in structural engineering with the opportunity to build strong ties with MIT Department of Architecture. Position is full-time for a three-year period starting September 1, 2012.

The Department of Engineering and St Hugh's College at Oxford University
have a University Lectureship available in the area of Solid Mechanics
and Materials Engineering.  The closing
date for applications is 31st May 2012.  Further information can be
found in the attached files.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Alan Cocks

Scratch testing, using nano loads, has become widely used for the study of adhesion strength and marring resistance of thin films and coatings. This same test can also be used to study fracture behavior on brittle substrates similar to a marring resistance test approach. This can provide an in-depth observation of failure on delicate substrate materials at precisely controlled and recorded loads.

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Soil, as a typical natural material, has very complex behaviour which is very difficult to be accurately modelled. In geotechnical engineering, about half of the accidents are caused by insufficient designs. The soil’s constitutive model is the fundamental issue for modelling and analyzing soil-related engineering systems.

Choon Chiang Foo, Soo Jin Adrian Koh, Christoph Keplinger, Rainer Kaltseis, Siegfried Bauer, Zhigang Suo.

Performance of dissipative dielectric elastomer generators.
Journal of Applied Physics 111, 094107 (2012)

The Soft Materials Mechanics Laboratory
and the Glaucoma Center of Excellence invite applications for a postdoctoral
position in the area of experimental biomechanics to characterize the mechanical
behavior of eye tissues, particularly the sclera and optic nerve head, in mouse
models of glaucoma. The postdoctoral researcher will be involved in a funded
project aimed at understanding how the structure and mechanical behavior of the
sclera and may influence the development and progression of glaucoma. An
initial appointment will be for a 12-month period with future renewal contingent
on performance. Salary will be based on the level of experience. Review of

Hermite WENO-based limiters for high order discontinuous Galerkin method on unstructured grids

Zhen-Hua Jiang, Chao Yan, Jian Yu, Wu Yuan

 Viscous falling film instability around a vertical moving cylinder

Kadry Zakaria, Yasser Gamiel

The U. S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics solicits proposals to host the 18th US Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in 2018.  See attachment.