The 22nd Annual Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper on Finite Element Analysis will be held at Duke University on April 30, 2010. The competition has become one of the premier graduate student events in the broad area of mechanics.
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This has been a topic that the editors of Journal Club have been discussing for some time now. We would like some feedback from the entire iMechanica community.
A postdoctoral fellowship is available in the Duke Computational Mechanics Laboratory, beginning in September of 2009 (with flexibility on timing). Funding for the fellowship concerns research in the simulation of large-scale fragmentation phenomena. The ideal candidate will have experience in some combination of the following areas:
Researchers at Duke University are seeking applications for NRC research associates, to work with Professors David Stepp and John Dolbow. The NRC program is unique in the sense that applicants have the opportunity to perform research on a program they design. The positions are well-paid fellowships and are nominally for two years, extendable to a third.
Last fall, Elsevier launched SciTopics. It is a web site devoted to providing research summaries of current topics by experts, allowing for public interaction through comments. Anyone can become a member and post comments, or request to author a page.
In many ways, it resembles iMechanica. Authors pen SciTopic pages in their area of expertise. SciTopics leverages Scirus , which is Elsevier's free, science-specific search engine.
The deadline for abstracts for the 21st Annual Melosh Competition has been extended until January 30. All interested graduate students are encouraged to apply.
This competition for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis will be held at Duke University on Friday, April 24, 2009. The competition has become one of the premier graduate student events in the broad area of computational mechanics.
On Friday, April 25th, 2008, the 20th Annual Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis was held at Duke University. The competition resulted in a tie between Ludovic Chamoin (of the University of Texas, Austin) and Irina Kalashnikova (of Stanford University). Here is a picture of the 2008 Melosh Medalists with the judges, Leo Franca and Nicolas Moes:
From L to R: Leo Franca, Ludovic Chamoin, Irina Kalashnikova, Nicolas Moes.
Six finalists for the 20th Annual Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis have been announced. They are:
Ludovic Chamoin, University of Texas at Austin
Irina Kalashnikova, Stanford University
Christian Linder, University of California, Berkeley
Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Stanford University
Saurabh Srivastava, SUNY Buffalo
Tim Wildey, University of Texas at Austin
The 20th Annual Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper on Finite Element Analysis will be held at Duke University on April 25, 2008. The competition has become one of the premier graduate student events in the broad area of mechanics. We have held the competition at a variety of locations over the past several years, and this year we are returning to Durham.