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PhD position available at University of Louisville
One fully-funded Ph.D. position is available in my team for Fall 2022 or Spring 2023. The prospective Ph.D. student should be highly motivated to participate in computational and/or experimental research related to the mechanics of lithium-ion batteries. Applicants should submit a full CV to yanyu.chen [at] louisville.edu.
Alain Goriely's Seminars on Growth at UC Berkeley
Dear Colleague,
I'm delighted to annouce that Alain Goriely (Oxford U) is visiting the Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley as a Russell Severence Springer Lecturer.
He will be giving a colloquium later today and lectures in the coming weeks that are remotely accessible via the zoom link:
https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/95721081399
Opening at Harvard Medical School on Device Characterization & Development
The Traverso Laboratory is seeking a mechanical/biomedical reseach engineer to join the team focused on the development of novel gastrointestinal (GI) devices for treatment of major diseases. This includes technologies such as drug delivery systems, smart pills and stents, soft actuators, and ingestible electronics. The ideal candidate will have experience with designing and analyzing mechanical systems and materials for biological application.
Postdoc position at the University at Buffalo – SUNY (Elastic Metamaterials)
The Sound and Vibrations Lab (http://svl.eng.buffalo.edu), directed by Prof. Mostafa Nouh at the University at Buffalo – SUNY, has an opening for a postdoc position in the areas of phononics and elastic metamaterials. The position is supported by an NSF project whose main objective is to investigate the mechanics of space-time-periodic material systems operating within asymmetric, nonreciprocal, non-Hermitian, and/or frequency-selective regimes.
Ph.D. position in Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences / Brno University of Technology
There is an available PhD position at the Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague to work under the design, modelling, preparation and characterization of smart structures.
Journal Club for Apr 2022: On-Body Mechano-Acoustics
On-Body Mechano-Acoustics
Xiaoyue Ni
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Duke University
ni.pratt.duke.edu
1. Introduction
PhD openings in Experiment and Multiscale Modeling at Baylor University
Multiple fully funded PhD positions are available as early as Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 in Dr. Ning Zhang’s research group in the Mechanical Engineering department at Baylor University. The research work will focus on exploring and designing novel, green and advanced materials through experimental synthesis and characterization, as well as multiscale modeling.
The research topics include:
(1) Sustainable and strong polymer composites;
(2) Medium/High entropy alloys;
(3) Biomaterials;
(4) Machine learning;
MMM10 (2-7 October 2022, Baltimore) Symposium #13: Mechanics and Physics of Material Failure
Dear Colleagues,
The 10th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM 10) will be held during 2-7 October 2022 at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
We are organizing a symposium on the Mechanics and Physics of Material Failure (Symposium #13).