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Dr. Subra Suresh, material scientist and the Director of the National Science Foundation, is elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. He is iMechanica user 190. Congratulations!

Lithium-Assisted Electrochemical Welding in Silicon Nanowire Battery Electrodes

Submitted by Teng Li on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 21:05

research

lithium-ion battery

Si nanowire

Nano Letters , 12, 1392-1397 (2012). DOI:10.1021/nl204063u

Postdoc position in structural materials/acoustic metamaterials/phononic crystals at the University of South Carolina

Submitted by jkyang on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 20:43

Description:

Computational Biomechanics for Medicine VII: a MICCAI 2012 satellite workshop (Nice, October 01, 2012). 2nd call for papers

Submitted by adwit on Sun, 04/29/2012 - 08:37

conference

biomechanics

computational biomechanics

IRIS 2012 2nd International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors 2012

Submitted by J Mahmud on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 00:28

IRIS 2012

2nd International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors 2012

4 - 6 September 2012

Kuching, Sarawak MALAYSIA

visit: http://www.iris2012.org/

Organiser:

Universiti Teknologi MARA, MySET/MyRAIG (Malaysia) and

Nagoya University (Japan)

Post Doctoral Appointment in Deformation-Microstructure Modeling

Submitted by gthompson1 on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 15:14

job

evolution of microstructure

plastic deformation

creep deformation

nanomechanics; plasticity; dislocation dynamics; in-situ TEM

Microstructure characterization

oxidation

Professor Gregory B. Thompson at the University of Alabama seeks post doctoral applicants for projects related to deformation modeling and oxidation in high temperature ceramic systems. The qualified candidate will use modeling to explain and help direct experimental studies.

Strain-Controlled Switching of Hierarchically Wrinkled Surfaces between Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicity

Submitted by Zuoqi Zhang on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 08:41

research

BIOINSPIRED DESIGN

Hierarchical and Multifunctional Devices

Recent years have witnessed intense interest in multifunctional surfaces that can be designed to switch between different functional states with various external stimuli including electric field, light, pH value, and mechanical strain. The present paper is aimed to explore whether and how a surface can be designed to switch between superhydrophobicity and superhydrophilicity by an applied strain.