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IMECE: Submit Your Abstract for Paper Presentation
Real world challenges that face health care, transportation, space exploration, new product design and manufacture, and energy require interdisciplinary mechanical engineering approaches and perspectives.
Fracture toughness characterization through notched small punch test specimens
I hope some of you may find this work interesting.
Fracture toughness characterization through notched small punch test specimens
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921509316300740
(A preprint version is available at www.empaneda.com)
Postdoctoral Fellow position at Johns Hopkins University
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Fellow research position at Johns Hopkins University, focused on the computational modeling and nonlinear mechanics of architected materials.
Applicants must hold a PhD in Mechanical/Civil Engineering or a related discipline, and should have demonstrated background in computational solid mechanics. Previous experience with cellular/porous materials is preferred. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and organizational talents are expected.
Stress Splitting in thin laminated Composites (Peperboard)
Dear guys,
I am investigating on “Paperboard Material” for my PhD thesis. As you maybe know paperboard is generally a composite with several layers and whole thickness of around 0.4 mm all.
For the real application this very thin laminated structure would be under both shear and compression forces, and it is also very noticeable that it has also a translating velocity (for example in X direction) around 400 [m/min] in the real production line. Therefore, a big delamination would be occurred on the interfaces of the plies.
★Full PhD scholarship at Curtin University, Australia (Structural Engineering; Civil Engineering)
The candidate will work with Prof. Hong Hao and Dr. Wensu Chen in the area of structural Engineering on an Australia Research Council (ARC) project.
Please refer to http://civil.eng.curtin.edu.au/people/index.cfm/Hong.Hao and http://civil.eng.curtin.edu.au/people/index.cfm/Wensu.Chen for more information about Prof. Hao and Dr. Chen's research work
Tenure-track Faculty at Eastern Michigan University in Tribology, Nanomechanics, or Solid Mechanics
The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites applications for a tenure-track position in physics in the area of experimental nanomechanics/tribology starting Fall 2016. Responsibilities include: teaching a full range of classes (from introductory to graduate level) in physics, especially mechanics; leading mechanics-related activities; performing departmental service; and conducting scholarly activity. Minimum qualifications: A master's degree plus 18 semester hours. Preferred qualifications: Ph.D.
Call for Papers - Optimization for Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME)
The AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Technical Committee (MDO TC) is very pleased to announce a call for papers to be presented in a series of special sessions on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) within the AIAA SciTech conference. To this end, the MDO TC is soliciting papers with recent research, technological advancements, and systems level perspectives that address issues/challenges involved utilization of computational methods in optimization and design over multiple length scales from “processing”
Prof. Kamrin from MIT will receive the 2016 Journal of Applied Mechanics Award
Professor Ken Kamrin from MIT has been selected to receive the 2016 Journal of Applied Mechanics Award for his paper “Eulerian Method for Multiphase Interactions of Soft Solid Bodies in Fluids” (JAM 82, 041011, 2015).