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Finite Deformation Mechanics in Buckled Thin Films on Compliant Supports

Submitted by Hanqing Jiang on Wed, 10/10/2007 - 05:06

research

Nonlinear buckling of thin,
high modulus plates on compliant

Critical Angle and Ultrasonic field

Submitted by samik das on Wed, 10/10/2007 - 04:51

research

PhD position at the University of Glasgow: Modelling of fibre reinforced composites

Submitted by grassl on Tue, 10/09/2007 - 16:04

job

PhD position (Uk/EU students) on "Modelling of Fibre Reinforced Composites" available at Glasgow University.

For more information: http://people.civil.gla.ac.uk/~grassl/

Travel Awards for 2007 ASME Congress

Submitted by Ravi-Chandar on Mon, 10/08/2007 - 02:31

conference

The Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation is offering $1,000 travel grants for U.S. graduate students currently enrolled at any U.S. universities or colleges presenting a paper in any field of applied mechanics at the 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (IMECE) in Seattle, Washington, November 11 – 15, 2007.

Learning to be a PhD advisor

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Sun, 10/07/2007 - 15:01

education

We professors usually start our jobs unprepared. In our days as students, we are considered talented if we can solve problems posed by our professors. We might be even considered brilliant if we can solve them quickly and make a few extensions. After solving a few such problems, we write a thesis. We are then entrusted with a job as a professor. We soon realize that the skill of solving problems posed by others only plays a minor role in our jobs.

Boundary Element for Cavity Problem

Submitted by Husain J. Algahtani on Sun, 10/07/2007 - 14:06

education

Dear BEM experts:

I am trying to find a boundary element solution for the problem of a cavity in an infinte space. The boundary condition is such that the cavity boundary is subjected to a constant radial influx. I have used the standard fundamental solution for the interior case (finite domain). The results, I obtained for the potential were reasonable for points inside the exterior region. However, on the boundary, the results for the potential were in the order of 10^12 (instead of zero value)!! Any idea what went wrong. Thanks. Husain

Is the related research field still hot?

Submitted by Zhijun Zheng on Sun, 10/07/2007 - 09:27

Here is another survey of the ISI Web of Science that gives the number of yearly citations to the first 10 papers in the list of Shaofan Li

4 billion years evolution in 8 min.

Submitted by Joseph X. Zhou on Sun, 10/07/2007 - 00:06

video

animation cell bio-model

Recently I saw an animation
named “The inner life of the cell”, which was made by Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Harvard University Biovision. It can be watched online only:

http://aimediaserver.com/studiodaily/harvard/harvard.swf