Dear All, 

The 34th Annual Robert J. Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper in Computational Mechanics will be held at Duke University on October 16, 2023.

We encourage you to contribute an abstract to the minisymposium "Mechanics of Granular Media: Experiments, Theory, and Modeling" (Minisymposium 2-1) at the 2023 SES Annual Technical Meeting to be held in Minneapolis, MN, October 8-11, 2023. The minisymposium description may be found below. For further details and to submit an abstract, please see the meeting website.

The abstract submission deadline is May 5, 2023.

It would be great to see you there!

1. Introduction

Because of its overwhelming pervasiveness and high-stakes impact on the mechanical performance of structures made of inorganic and live matter alike (bridges, airplanes, bones, ligaments,...), fracture has attracted the attention of humans, researchers and laymen the same, for centuries.

The Mechanics of Infrastructure Materials research group is looking to hire two postdoctoral researchers to conduct research in the area of hydrogen embrittlement. One position is for a modeller and the other one is for an experimentalist.

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit abstract and attend the minisymposium titled "10-3 Adhesion, Friction, and Fracture at Soft Interfaces: Theory, Simulation, and Experiment" in the 2023 SES Annual Techinical Meeting, October 8-11, 2023, University of Minnesota. https://2023ses.com/

Abstract submissions are due Friday, May 5, 2023

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit abstract and attend the minisymposium titled "10-4 Elastomeric Fracture" in the 2023 SES Annual Techinical Meeting, October 8-11, 2023, University of Minnesota. https://2023ses.com/

Abstract submissions are due Friday, May 5, 2023

10-4 Elastomeric Fracture

TL;DR: Back on MIT campus, in person, with technical lectures, group work, interactive labs and clinics, networking sessions, and participant talks! Materials design has endless applications in countless industries, and its impact is growing especially at the nexus of creating more sustainable, functional and efficient materials platforms. MIT Predictive Multiscale Materials Design short course will be held during the week of June 12-16, 2023, at MIT. Participants will earn an official MIT certificate.  

An elastic cloak hides a hole (or an inhomogeneity) from elastic fields. In this paper, a formulation of the optimal design of elastic cloaks based on the adjoint state method, in which the balance of linear momentum is enforced as a constraint, is presented. The design parameters are the elastic moduli of the cloak, and the objective function is a measure of the distance between the solutions in the physical and in the virtual bodies. Both the elastic medium and the cloak are assumed to be made of isotropic linear elastic materials.

The Computations for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Laboratory (CAMML) in the College of Engineering and Physical Science at the University of Wyoming has an opening for a Ph.D. student for Fall 2023, in the area of multiscale modeling of heterogeneous materials under inelastic deformation and damage.