I have been asked to give more details on Dr Cloutier's contribution to the field of overhead electrical conductors (power transmission lines) mechanics. I just received the attached document, written by one close colleague of his, Dr. Claude Hardy, who retired from IREQ, Hydro-Quebec research branch. A nice tribute to Louis Cloutier's legacy.
Open challenges in the phase field approach to fracture mechanics
Minisymposium organized by Marco Paggi and José Reinoso at the World Congress in Computational Mechanics WCCM 2018 in New York, USA: http://www.wccm2018.org
Geometrically nonlinear microstructured materials for mechanical wave tailoring
Nicholas Boechler, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
One Ph.D. research position is available immediately in the Advanced Materials Research Lab at the University of Miami to perform interdisciplinary research in the area of bio-inspired cementitious materials. Interested applicants are encouraged to send a CV to Dr. Ali Ghahremaninezhad via email at a.ghahremani [at] miami.edu (a[dot]ghahremani[at]miami[dot]edu).
Prof. Ge’s Advanced Manufacturing and Design Laboratory (http://amd.sutd.edu.sg/) is recruiting PhD students. The Ph.D.scholarships are immediately available in the general areas of functional advanced manufacturing. The research topics can vary based on the student’s background from solid mechanics for soft active materials, UV curable functional polymer development for 3D printing, and development of high resolution multifunctional 3D Printing system.
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Viggo Tvergaard, Professor Emeritus, Technical University of Denmark, as the recipient of the 2017 Timoshenko Medal.
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor David Parks, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as the recipient of the 2017 Daniel C. Drucker Medal.
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Wei Yang, President of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as the recipient of the 2017 Warner T. Koiter Medal.
