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Doctorate of Engineering (DE) student positions is available for Spring/Summer 2017

Submitted by ali_beheshti1 on

A Doctorate of Engineering (DE) student position is available for Spring/Summer 2017 in Mechanical Engineering. The applicants are required to be specialized in solid mechanics and be well-familier with finite element methods. The positions involves multi-scale modeling of friction at high temperature and are directed by Multiscale Contact Mechanics and Tribology Laboratory at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, USA.

2 Ph.D Positions in TU Darmstadt (Germany)

Submitted by Min Yi on

Ph.D Position 1: viscoelastic and electromechanical behavior of porous ferroelectrets

 At the Division of Mechanics of Functional Materials in the institute of Materials Science, TU Darmstadt a Ph.D position is to be filled as soon as possible. The position is scheduled for three years.

 Tasks and Opportunities

SES2016: Banquet plenary speaker announced

Submitted by Teng Li on

Dear Colleagues, 

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Mihail C. Roco of National Science Foundation and National Nanotechnology Initiative will be the SES2016 banquet plenary speaker. 

Nanotechnology and Other Grand Challenges in the United States

Mihail C. Roco

National Science Foundation and National Nanotechnology Initiative

Simpleware 2016.09 Webinar, Sep 20th and 21st 2016

Submitted by Simpleware on

Tuesday, September 20, 2016: 5:00 PM UK (USA: 9:00 AM PDT, 12:00 PM EDT)

Wednesday, September 21, 2016: 8:00 AM UK (Europe: 9:00 AM - Tokyo: 4:00 PM - Sydney: 5:00 PM)

Join us for this free webinar on the new 2016.09 version of the Simpleware software suite. Learn about the exciting new features of the release, including new segmentation and statistics tools, the integration of our +CAD module, and improvements to meshing and the user interface.

Is machine learning a research priority now in mechanics?

Submitted by Mingchuan Wang on

Hi all,

I  know that the study and application of machine learning/artificial intelligence are somehow popular nowadays, in a general academia. I happen to be interested in that. I found people use this tool to predict crystal structure in material science, to characterize molecule structure in chemistry. The first impression is that the machanince learning helps to deal with the raw data, to constitute empirical models etc. However, there are not as many published works as I imagine, on the application of machine learning in mechanics.

Is there any way to assign element based surface for 2D shell element??

Submitted by Borad M Barkachary on

I am trying to simulate 2D metal cutting simulation using surface to surface contact in dynamic explicit model. But what I am seeing is.. there is no contact between workpiece surface with failed element (i.e. Chips) which reduces the force value during simulation.

In 3D simulation for 3D stress element (C3D8R), I can do element based surface by editing the input file. Is there any such way in 2D shell element (say CPE4R) also? Please help