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Three Postdoctoral Positions in Cardiovascular Engineering

Submitted by Arash_Kheradvar on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 16:39

Three Postdoctoral Positions in Cardiovascular Engineering

The Department of Biomedical Engineering in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for three postdoctoral scholar positions in the areas of (1) Cardiovascular Mechanics, (2) Heart Valve Engineering, and (3) Cardiac MRI Imaging. We seek qualified candidates with a strong background in computational modeling either in fluid or solid mechanics, strong programming background with application in MRI/Ultrasound and/or experimental expertise with heart valves.

postdoc fellow position on modeling and simulation of stress and corrosion induced crack and failure in metals and alloys

Submitted by dongqian on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 14:38

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stress corrosion cracking

crack propagation in thin films

Submitted by bronger on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 13:37

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I work in a thin-film photovoltaics institute. We deposit 1 µm silicon on glass substrate. This silicon has tensile stress.

Then, by etching through a tiny hole in the silicon with HF, we underetch the thin layer. This way, a circular area of the silicon is unattached to the glass. The circle grows with time. We observe spirals of cracks at these positions. Sometimes, there's only one spiral, sometimes we see two nested spirals.

Reversible nanopore formation in Ge nanowires during lithiation-delithiation cycling: an in situ TEM study

Submitted by Jianyu Huang on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 00:14

pore memory effect (PME)

reversible volume change

Nano Lett. 2011, DOI: 10.1021/nl2024118

Postdoctoral Fellow - Geomechanical Modelling, Perth, Australia

Submitted by Andrew Bunger on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 23:39

CSIRO division of Earth Science and Resource Engineering is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to develop a coupled Thermo-Hydro-Chemo-Mechanical (THCM) reservoir model for application to Engineered Geothermal Systems. To read the position details and to apply please visit this link: http://csiro.nga.net.au/?jobID=2aac9739-a118-8730-e510-64c65b15c683&audienceTypeCode=INT&appJobAd=1

Two Post-doctoral researcher positions available

Submitted by barbarossapao on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 03:25

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molecular simulation

TWO post-doctoral researcher positions are available immediately at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan.

We are looking for candidates who are interested in the following projects

1) Molecular simulations of hydrophobic surface

2) Molecular simulations of novel power-storage materials

Candidates must have experiences in molecular simulations or ab initio calculations. For experienced candidates, the annual salary could be over $30,000 USD.

Length Scales in Fracture

Submitted by W. Brocks on Sat, 08/20/2011 - 11:30

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Ductile fracture; Aluminum alloy; Damage plasticity theory; Crack propagation

Microscale characterization of granular deformation near a crack tip

Submitted by Sandip Haldar on Fri, 08/19/2011 - 23:01

Deformation characterization; Microscale deformation; Digital Image Correlation; SEM

Abstract

This paper presents a study of microscale plastic deformation at the crack
tip and the effect of microstructure feature on
the local deformation of aluminum specimen during fracture
test. Three-point bending test of aluminum specimen was conducted
inside a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging system.
The crack tip deformation was measured in situ utilizing SEM imaging
capabilities and the digital image correlation (DIC)
full-field deformation measurement technique. The microstructure feature
at the crack tip was examined to understand its effect on
the local deformation fields. Microscale pattern that was suitable