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A postdoc position is available in Dr. Qi’s group in the
Mechanical Engineering Department at University of Colorado Boulder starting
from April, 2013. The project will involve mechanics and design of polymer
composites. Candidates should have strong background in solid mechanics,
physics and constitutive modeling of polymers, and computational mechanics. Interested
candidates should send his/her CV together with a list of 2-3 references to
qih [at] colorado.edu.

The interdisciplinary Materials
Science and Engineering program at the University of Colorado Boulder seeks to
hire four exceptional candidates as tenure-track assistant
professors; exceptionally well-qualified candidates with outstanding
credentials may be considered for appointment at a higher academic level. 
The MSE program offers tenure-track appointments in science and engineering
departments across the campus.  Candidates in all materials research areas
will be considered. Successful candidates must have a strong commitment to

The Department of Mechanical Engineering
at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a full-time
tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in design and
manufacturing; exceptionally well-qualified candidates with outstanding
credentials may be considered for appointment at a higher academic level.
Candidates are expected to complement and strengthen existing departmental
research in the areas of micro-/nano-systems engineering, energy and
environmental engineering, materials, or biomechanical/biomaterials

The AMD executive committee (EC) just announced the student travel awards and best paper contest for IMECE 2010. Between 10 and 15 students will be selected for travel grants of $750 each. The students who receive travel awards will also become eligible to participate in the best paper contest. This is a great opportunity for young students to present their work and meet other researchers during IMECE 2010.

Dear friends and colleagues,



We invite you to submit an abstract to Symposium on Mechanics of Soft Materials. This symposium is part of 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 12-18, 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This symposium is sponsored by the newly formed Mechanics of Soft Materials technical committee in Applied Mechanics Division of ASME.

Soft active materials have received increasing interests recently. Here, soft materials can broadly refer to polymers, elastomers, hydrogel gels. Active materials mean that these materials can respond to external stimuli. Examples of soft active materials include shape memory polymers, environmentally responsive hydrogels, liquid crystal elastomers, etc.