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SES symposium "Soft Materials" extended DEADLINE approaching -- July 31, 2015

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Dear Colleagues,

The 52nd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science will be hosted by Texas A&M University during October 26-28, 2015. As part of this meeting, we are organizing a mini-symposium to address recent experimental, computational, theoretical, and manufacturing advances on the mechanics and physics of soft materials. Topics of particular interest include:

Call for abstracts IMECE-2015: 12-19 Mechanics of Biological Materials and Structures; 12-14 Wave Propagation in Soft Materials

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to our symposia at the ASME IMECE November 13-19, 2015 in Houston, Texas

Our symposia are:

12-14 Wave Propagation in Soft Materials

12-19 Mechanics of Biological Materials and Structures

 

http://www.asmeconferences.org/IMECE2015/Author/NewAbstract.cfm

 

We look forward to your presentations at our symposia!

 

13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics: Call for abstracts

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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to contribute an abstarct to the minisimposium 1008 "Modeling Materials with Coupled Physics (thermo- electro- chemo- and magneto-mechanics)"  within the 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM13) to be held in San Diego, California, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, July 26-30, 2015.  The deadline is Feb. 15, 2015. Please visit the conference webpage: http://13.usnccm.org/

Fellowships for Outstanding Post-doctoral Fellows from China and India

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Fellowships for outstanding post-doctoral fellows from China and India are available at the Laboratory for Mechanics of Soft Materials, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The fellowship funding period will begin in October 2015. The candidate shall be a citizen of China or India. Candidates who have Indian or Chinese citizenships and have completed their doctoral degrees in a leading institution outside of China or India are also eligible to apply for a fellowship.

Ph.D. position in Mechanics of Advanced Multifunctional Materials - Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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Ph.D./Master position in the field of mechanics of materials is available at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. The position starts on Oct. 1, 2014 or soon thereafter. Excellent candidates with deep knowledge in nonlinear elasticity, experience in finite element simulations, and/or with strong experimental background are encouraged to apply. Our group employs a mix of theoty, numerical simulations and experiments combined with 3D printing.

Wrinkling of Interfacial Layers in Stratified Composites

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by Y. Li, N. Kaynia, S. Rudykh and M. C. Boyce  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Wrinkling vs. long-wavelength instability envelope for multi-layered soft composite: Predictive analytical and finite element models are presented to reveal the instability mechanics governing reversible wrinkling of interfacial layers. The biomimetic guidelines for the design of reversible, tunable, and multi-functional layered soft composites with transforming interfacial layers are developed and verified via 3D printed prototypes.