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The 53rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science will be held at the University of Maryland (UMD), 2-5 October 2016. We are organizing a symposium on Architectured Metamaterials which will cover research on the structure, mechanics, design, optimization, fabrication and mechanical performance of all categories of architectured materials including but not limited to lattice materials, metamaterials, topologically interlocked materials and bio-inspired materials. We expect that the SES meeting and this symposium will offer a great platfor

We have a new opening for a Post-doctoral researcher starting immediately in the Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Bioinspiration at McGill University, Montreal.

We have openings for new PhD students in the Biomimetic Materials Laboratory at McGill University, starting January 2015.

I have an open position for a Post-doctoral researcher in the area of the mechanics of biological materials and novel biomimetic materials, starting immediately. The projects involve mechanics of biological and engineered nano and micro-interfaces, mechanics of fish scales, and design, fabrication and testing of composite materials inspired from nacre. The successful candidate will lead 1-2 projects and will be involved in another 2-3 ongoing projects in these areas, in collaboration with graduate students (more below).   

The Society for Experimental Mechanics will hold its 2nd Symposium on Biological Materials and Systems, next June in Costa Mesa, CA. http://www.sem.org/CONF-AC-TOP.asp  

Submission deadline has been extended to October 21th

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Following our recent article on this new method, we are making our Matlab routines available. The package contains standard DIC, SSDIC, plus a few extras. More info here

“Subset Splitting Digital Image Correlation” (SSDIC) is based on DIC, but in addition SSDIC can capture displacement discontinuities near shear bands or cracks, where standard DIC fails.

I now have several openings for Masters and PhDs for the following projects:

1) Biomimetic study of the structure, mechanics and design of fish scales (funding: NSF). Involves atomic force and scanning electron microscopy, mechanics of composites and fracture, small scale and in-situ testing, multiscale modeling.

I have an open position for a Post-doctoral researcher in the area of biomimetics and novel ceramic composite armor designs, starting immediately.  

• Required background: Mechanics of materials, dynamic failure and numerical modeling.
• Preferred but not required: background in experimental mechanics, biological / biomimetic materials.

Project in partnership with industry, and in collaboration with shock physics and material synthesis experts