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Postdoc Position in Chile

Submitted by Roger Bustamante on

The Superior Councils for Science and Technological Development of Chile will call for the FONDECYT Postdoctoral Grants Competition.



The available grants are for 2 or 3 years. The applicants must have obtained their Doctorate degrees between July 2009 and June 2012 (the exact dates will appear in the page of the agency later on).



Post-doctoral position on Crystal Plasticity Modelling of Deformation in Hexagonal Metals

Submitted by joaofonseca on

A full-time post as a LATEST2 Research Associate is available for a 2 year fixed term subject to relevant skills and experience to work as part of the LATEST2 (Light Alloys Towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport: 2nd Generation) team in the School of Materials, University of Manchester. 

Call for special issue papers: Mechanics of cells, tissues, and biomaterials

Submitted by azadpoor on

The paramount role of mechanics in life has recently been the center of attention of many researchers. This special issue will be focusing on the role of mechanics in the life of cells and tissues and their interactions with biomaterials. Original research and review papers are solicited for review and publication in the journal Mechanical Sciences . Mechanical Sciences is an academic open-access journal sponsored by the Library of Delft University of Technology and The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

Star science Professors to Wales to boost Welsh research and economy

Submitted by Stephane Bordas on

The First Minister announced a £50 million package to bring
‘star’ science professors to work and create networks of researchers in
Wales.



The programme will seek to appoint a 'star' academic and supporting team in

each of the Grand Challenge priority areas:

- Life Sciences and Health

- Low Carbon, Energy and Environment

- Advanced Engineering and Materials

http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/businessandeconomy/2012/5820050/?lang=en

Scholarships for research exchange in Canada for graduate students of central and south americas

Submitted by Frederick Gosselin on

 The Canadian government offers scholarships ranging between 7500 CDN$ and 10000 CDN$ for graduate students of central/south americas to conduct research internships in Canadian universities. The internships are to last for a duration of 4-6 months.

I am looking for graduate students enrolled in an engineering/scientific program in one of the eligible countries (see below) interested in coming to Polytechnique in Montreal in the next academic year 2012-2013. I have many projects combining fluid and solid mechanics as well as theory and experiments.

Call for abstracts: “Computational Modeling of Damage and Fracture in Solids”, SES 2012, Atlanta GA

Submitted by Julian J. Rimoli on
As part of the 49th Annual Technical meeting of the Society of Engineering Science   (SES 2012) to be held in Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, on 10-12 of October , 2012, it is our pleasure to invite you to submit an abstract to the Symposium “Computational Modeling of Damage and Fracture in Solids”.

Ph.D. research positions at Oklahoma State University - Computational Solid Mechanics and Biomechanics

Submitted by Hamed Hatami on

We are seeking to hire outstanding candidates for doctoral research positions in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University to work in the area of computational solid mechanics and biomechanics.

Three-ways to derive the Euler-Bernoulli-Saint Venant Beam Theory

Submitted by Wenbin Yu on

After having taught graduate structural mechanics for several years, I am finally
able to write down my lecture notes (attached) for teaching the beam theory. In
the notes, we formulated the complete classical beam model
(extension/torsion/bending in two directions), which is also called
Euler-Bernoulli-Saint beam theory, in three ways: Newtonian method, variational
method, and variational asymptotic method, using 3D elasticity theory as the
starting point. Many self-contradictions of the various assumptions used in both
Newtonian method and variational method are clearly pointed out. The