Curvature-Regulated Multiphase Patterns in Tori
Biological functions in living systems are closely related to their geometries and morphologies. Toroidal structures, which widely exist in nature, present interesting features containing positive, zero, and negative Gaussian curvatures within one system. Such varying curvatures would significantly affect the growing or dehydrating morphogenesis, as observed in various intricate patterns in abundant biological structures.
Postdoc on hydrogen-assisted fracture at Imperial College London
The Mechanics of Infrastructure Materials research group is looking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work on hydrogen embrittlement modelling. The postdoc will be based at Imperial College London and supervised by Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda. Salary: £43,093 – £50,834.
Bridging mesoscopic and molecular scales in crystal plasticity
I am posting this announcement of behalf of Lev Truskinovsky (PMMH, ESPCI /CNRS), for a 3 years funded PhD grant on "Bridging mesoscopic and molecular scales in crystal plasticity" at Lab. PMMH (www.pmmh.espci.fr), CNRS/ESPCI/Paris 6/Paris 7, Paris, France (see also attached flyer).
Extension: Call for abstracts, USNCCM 2023: Recent Advances in discretization techniques, element technology, and mesh adaptivity for inelasticity, localization, and failure
Dear colleagues and friends,
On the occasion of the 17th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM 2023, https://17.usnccm.org/) to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA on July 23-27, 2023, we are organizing the mini symposium
Recent Advances in discretization techniques, element technology, and mesh adaptivity for inelasticity, localization, and failure (MS 324)
Two PhD openings in Multiscale Mechanics and Materials Design at Baylor University
Two fully funded PhD positions are available as early as Fall, 2023 in Dr. Ning Zhang’s research group at the Baylor University. The research work will focus on the mechanical, chemical, and thermal properties of structural and multifunctional materials.
The research topics include:
(1) Polymer composites;
(2) Medium/High entropy alloys;
(3) High entropy ceramics;
(4) Biomaterials;
(5) Machine learning.
2 postdoc positions available at IIT Gandhinagar, Gujrat, India.
Applications are invited from motivated and qualified candidates for two postdoctoral positions in the mechanics of slender bodies. The positions are ideally suited for applicants with a background in solid mechanics, and a strong interest in theoretical and analytical work.
Application procedure: online
Insight On Plasticity, Ultrasonic Bonding, and Defect Movements
Physics of ultrasonic welding process is considered to be an inverse process of
shear band formation. Details can be seen in the paper.
Our recent Science Robotics paper reports a first-ever hybrid bioelectronic robot (eBiobot)
In this work, we presented biohybrid electronic robots (eBiobot) powered by optogenetic skeletal muscles and controlled by wireless optoelectronics, allowing remote control of switching, steering, and other more sophisticated functions. The eBiobot inherits the structural concept motivated by a physiological muscle-tendon-bone architecture from previously demonstrated walking robots, where 3D engineered skeletal muscle tissue forms around an asymmetric hydrogel scaffold.