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[Call for Abstract] [SES 2016 Energy Materials Symposium E-1] List of Confirmed Invited Speakers (As of 14 June 2016)

Submitted by Zheng Jia on
SES 2016

Confirmed invited speakers:

Sheldon Brian (Brown University)

Sulin Zhang (Penn State University)

Ting Zhu (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Matt Pharr (UIUC)

Shuman Xia (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Vivek Shenoy (University of Pennsylvania)

Wayne Chen (Purdue University)

Yue Qi (Michigan State University)

Yuefei Zhang (Beijing University of Technology)

Shengping Shen (Xi'an Jiaotong University)

 

Siconos 4.0.0 is out !!

Submitted by vacary on
software

Dear Colleagues,

A brand new Siconos 4.0.0 is out !! Siconos is now distributed under Apache 2.0 license.

What is Siconos ?

Siconos is an open-source scientific software primarily targeted at modeling and simulating nonsmooth dynamical systems in C++ and in Python:

 + Mechanical systems (rigid or solid) with unilateral contact and Coulomb friction and impact (nonsmooth mechanics, contact dynamics, multibody systems dynamics or granular materials).

Memorial to Professor William Klug

Submitted by John E. Dolbow on
mechanician
William Klug

As many of you know, the scientific community lost William (Bill) Klug to a senseless act of violence on June 1, 2016.  A memorial to Bill has been penned by his graduate advisor, Michael Ortiz.  It has been posted at the following website:

http://www.usacm.org/memoriam

The page includes information for those interested in making donations in support of the family.  

Call for Abstracts: 2016 SES D-2 Mechanics and Materials in the Oilfield

Submitted by Nathan Wicks on
conference
oilfield
energy
mechanics
materials

Colleagues-

We would like to invite you to submit abstracts to our Symposium D-2 “Mechanics and Materials in the Oilfield”, at the SES, October 2-5 at University of Maryland in College Park, MD.   

 

Symposium D-2 “Mechanics and Materials in the Oilfield”

 

Post-Doc Position in Experimental Impact Mechanics Available at Sandia National Laboratories

Submitted by Bo Song on
job

Job Title Experimental Mechanics Postdoctoral Appointee

Job ID 653894

Location Albuquerque, NM Department 01528 

 

 
 
 
   
 

What Your Job Will Be Like
 

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee for the Experimental Impact Mechanics Laboratory. 

PhD position in computational solid / fracture mechanics

Submitted by rabedi on
job
application PHD
graduate research assistantship

Hello,

I have a PhD position available for a project titled "A stochastic and computational approach for fracture modeling of quasi-brittle materials" funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). This project homogenizes material properties using the so-called stochastic volume elements (SVEs). Based on the enderlying statistical properties derived from these SVEs, realizations of certain material properties are generated. These realizations are subsequently used for stochastic characterization of fracture response in quasi-brittle materials.

Simulate graphene layers in Abaqus/Explicit

Submitted by Tron on
research

Dear all, I want to simulate graphene layers in Abaqus/Explicit. To connect two layers, I follow van der Waals forces and apply non-linear spring elements. One problem I have faced is how to choose the unit scale when simulating. If I choose SI(m) or SI(mm), I can not get the visualization of simulation results. I have read some papers which talk about using A, ev/A and eV/A3 for length, force and Young's modulus.

Because I use non-linear spring element, I have to use Abaqus/Explicit. But to run Abaqus/Explicit, I have to define mass density of graphene layers.

Call For Abstracts: 2016 SES Symposium D-12 Mechanics, Materials, and Manufacture of Flexible and Stretchable Electronics

Submitted by Nanshu Lu on
conference
SES2016
flexible electronics
stretchable electronics
manufacture

Dear colleagues,

You are cordially invited to submit abstract(s) to Symposium D-12 Mechanics, Materials, and Manufacture of Flexible and Stretchable Electronics at the 2016 SES meeting to be held at the University of Maryland-College Park during October 2-5, 2016. Abstracts can not be more than 350 words and are due on Wednesday, June 15, 2016.

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