Emilio Martínez Pañeda's blog

There are currently two openings in my group, the Mechanics of Materials Lab, at the University of Oxford. One is a PhD student post on hydrogen embrittlement testing, associated with my ERC Starting Grant project ResistHfracture, see details here.

I find quite remarkable how the combination of electro-chemo-mechanics modelling and phase field approaches has enable to develop mechanistic models for the longstanding problem of corrosion. The following paper summarises recent developments in this emerging field: https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-024-00715-8

The mechanics and mechanisms of hydrogen embrittlement

Emilio Martinez-Paneda. University of Oxford

1. Introduction

Dear iMechanicians,

Let me bring your attention what I believe is the most comprehensive study in the area of hydrogen embrittlement of additively manufactured materials. You can find all details here:

Dear iMechanicians,

Let me bring to your attention the following postdoc position in my lab at the University of Oxford:

https://eng.ox.ac.uk/jobs/job-detail/?vacancyID=171348

I am looking for an enthusiastic postdoc to conduct finite element simulations to predict corrosion fatigue. The closing date is March 22.

Prof Emilio Martinez-Paneda

University of Oxford

Dear iMechanicians,

Let me bring to your attention the following postdoc position in my lab at the University of Oxford:
https://eng.ox.ac.uk/jobs/job-detail/?vacancyID=169307

I am looking for an enthusiastic postdoc to conduct finite element simulations to predict hydrogen embrittlement. The closing date is November 29.

Prof Emilio Martinez-Paneda
University of Oxford

Dear iMechanicians,

Let me bring to your attention the following PhD and postdoc positions within my group (the Mechanics of Materials Lab) at the University of Oxford. Please note the September 25 deadline for the postdoc jobs. 

General advert: https://www.empaneda.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Recruitment.pdf

Dear iMechanicians, I hope that the following work is of interest to you. We bring the phase field paradigm to the area of bio-material degradation to predict pitting and mechanically-assisted corrosion in Mg alloys used for biomedical applications. 

S. Kovacevic, W. Ali, E. Martínez-Pañeda, J. LLorca. Phase-field modeling of pitting and mechanically-assisted corrosion of Mg alloys for biomedical applications. Acta Biomaterialia 164, 641-658 (2023)

The Mechanics of Infrastructure Materials research group is looking to hire two postdoctoral researchers to conduct research in the area of hydrogen embrittlement.

 Dear colleagues,

Allow me to bring to your attention the 3rd edition of the International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials, to be held in Istambul on October 4-6, 2023 (Link) 

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.

The Mechanics of Infrastructure Materials research group is looking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work on multi-physics continuum modelling of solid-state batteries. The postdoc will be co-supervised by Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda (Mechanics of Materials) and by Prof Greg Offer and Dr Monica Marinescu from Imperial's Battery group.

Dear iMechanicians, I hope that our latest paper is of interest. We develop an electro-chemo-mechanics framework that enables, for the first time, to quantify hydrogen uptake for any environment. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2022.110681

Dear iMechanicians, I hope that you find the paper below of interest. Glaciology is a challenging and exciting area and I think there is a need to bring more mechanics and physics into it

A stress-based poro-damage phase field model for hydrofracturing of creeping glaciers and ice shelves

Theo Clayton, Ravindra Duddu, Martin Siegert, Emilio Martínez-Pañeda

Engineering Fracture Mechanics 272, 108693 (2022)

Dear iMechanicians - I hope this is of interest. We develop a model for predicting fatigue cracking in lithium-ion battery electrode particles. Existing models were limited to simulating one half charge cycle. 

Journal of Power Sources 544, 231805 (2022)

Dear iMechanicians - I hope this is of interest. We develop a phase field-based electro-chemo-mechanical model for predicting void evolution and current hot-spots in all-solid-state batteries as a function of applied pressure, charge and material properties. 

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 167, 104999 (2022)

Dear iMechanicians,

I hope that the following work is of interest. We conduct the first multi-physics fracture simulation of Li-Ion battery electrodes. Phase field was combined with advanced X-ray CT imaging to predict degradation of realistic microstructures. 

The Mechanics of Infrastructure Materials research group are looking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work in the prediction of hydrogen embrittlement using computational methods. The Research Associate will work under the supervision of Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda and the project is supported by TENARIS. 

The Mechanics of Infrastructure Materials research group are looking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work in the prediction of hydrogen-assisted failures using computational methods. The Research Associate will work under the supervision of Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda and the project is supported by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).

The Mechanics of Infrastructure Materials research group are looking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work in the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship grant NEWPHASE. The project, led by Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, aims at tackling pressing material degradation challenges at the interface between mechanics and chemistry. 

Dear iMechanicians. I hope that you find the below work interesting - we have developed the first phase field formulation for hydrogen assisted fatigue. Fatigue crack nucleation and growth is predicted for arbitrary geometries, loading histories, and H contents. Virtual S–N curves are also obtained. You can check it here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2021.106521