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Head of Research Unit (Experienced Researcher)

Submitted by jansen on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 07:45

The Institute of Structural Analysis invites applications for a position as a Head of Research Unit (Experienced Researcher) (ref. no. 90) for leading the research unit „Composites“ and to be appointed at the earliest possible date.

The department composites is performing research on development and validation of new computational methods for fibre reinforced materials and structures ranging from nano to macro scale (structural component). The research unit consists of 17 scientists.

Post Doctoral position in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue

Submitted by marisolkoslowski on Mon, 08/06/2018 - 20:24

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Purdue University is seeking applications from outstanding candidates for Postdoctoral Scholar positions to work on mesoscale simulations of physical and chemical processes at extreme conditions of pressure and temperature. The successful candidate(s) will join a multidisciplinary team including modelers and experimentalists working at multiple scales and collaborate at Purdue, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Stanford University.

Molecular dynamics simulations of deformation and fracture in lamellar alloys

Submitted by Rebecca Janisch on Mon, 08/06/2018 - 12:01

This position has been filled!

Opening a postdoctoral researcher and a PhD student

Submitted by jingyun on Sun, 08/05/2018 - 14:07

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The M&S Lab is recruiting highly motivated a postdoctoral scholar. The appointment is initially for one year but can be extended up to four years. The candidate is expected to be highly self-motivated, independent, and collaborative with a proven record of high-quality publications. Starting dates are negotiable.

Early Stage Researcher position, Biomedical simulations, Cardiff University

Submitted by Pierre Kerfriden on Sun, 08/05/2018 - 12:41

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# Finite Element modeling

Cardiff University invites applications for an Early Stage Researcher position (Doctoral Candidate) as part of the Rapid Biomechanics and Simulation for Personalised Clinical Design (RAINBOW) MCSA European Training Network. RAINBOW is funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The post holder will undertake research on “Meta Modelling for Soft Tissue Contact and Cutting Simulation” leading to a PhD degree award. The post holder will develop numerical methods to simulate the deformations of soft-tissues in the context of computer-aided surgery.

DFT-FE Open Source Code

Submitted by Vikram Gavini on Sun, 08/05/2018 - 12:13

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density functional theory

finite elements

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Dear Colleagues,

Soft 3D-printed Auxetic Composites

Submitted by Stephan Rudykh on Sat, 08/04/2018 - 23:13

J. Li, V. Slesarenko, S. Rudykh Auxetic multiphase soft composite material design through instabilities with application for acoustic metamaterials. Soft Matter 14: 6171-6180 (2018)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRlJhnIylNk

A variational model of fracture for tearing brittle thin sheets

Submitted by Bin_Li on Sat, 08/04/2018 - 17:56

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Ph.D. students opening in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Iowa State University

Submitted by Shuozhi Xu on Sat, 08/04/2018 - 02:47

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Iowa State University

A research group at Iowa State University is looking for research assistants in the field of solid mechanics, computational mechanics, and computational materials science. Research topics will fall into a broad area of modeling and simulation of mechanical and transport behaviors, such as plasticity, fracture, phase transformation, thermal transport, or mass transport, in a variety of materials.