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Post-Doctoral Position in Computational Modeling at Northwestern University

Submitted by Wei Gao on Fri, 11/06/2015 - 03:32

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Multiple Faculty Positions in Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder

Submitted by regueiro on Fri, 11/06/2015 - 00:51

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The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder is currently searching for multiple faculty positions:

http://www.colorado.edu/ceae/2015/09/29/now-hiring-multiple-tenure-trac…

If you apply, please indicate in your cover letter the areas of interest in the Department (e.g., Engineering Science, Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics, Building Systems Engineering, etc).

Post-doc in Nanomechanics of Materials at Northwestern University

Submitted by Horacio Espinosa on Thu, 11/05/2015 - 00:51

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multiscale experiments

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position within the Micro and Nano Mechanics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University. The candidate will perform research in the area of nanomechanics of high-performance materials such as 2D materials, bio-inspired and metamaterials. The candidate will be expected to contribute to a vibrant multidisciplinary research group and closely collaborate with groups at other university within a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) project on bio-inspired materials.

Requirements:
- A Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, or related field.
- Experience with a minimum of two of the following:
- Multiscale experimental mechanics of materials
- In situ microscopy experimental characterization
- Mechanics of composite materials, including biomaterials or biomimetic materials
- Characterization and mechanics of functionalized carbon-based materials
- Characterization of mechanical properties of 1D or 2D materials

To apply: Interested candidates should email a CV (including list of publications), cover letter describing research experience and interests, and the names and email addresses of three references to Professor Horacio Espinosa at espinosa [at] northwestern.edu.

Lecture 2: Introduction to Crystallography

Submitted by Kamyar M Davoudi on Wed, 11/04/2015 - 15:31

These slides are used in a course on Plastic Deformation in Crystalline Solids.

ADT Releases TURBOdesign Suite 6.0

Submitted by ADT on Wed, 11/04/2015 - 14:38

Latest version of Leading Design Suite for Turbomachinery offers significant new functionality and modules to enable a faster, more effective design process for all engineers, especially for Multi-objective/Multi-disciplinary optimization.

Annoucnement for the 2016 SES G.I. Taylor Award and New SES Fellows

Submitted by Pradeep Sharma on Wed, 11/04/2015 - 13:57

Professor Mory Gharib, of California Institute of Technology will receive the Society of Engineering Science G.I. Taylor medal next year. The prize is awarded for outstanding research contributions in either theoretical or experimental Fluid Mechanics or both.

A short course on "stability analysis and bifurcation theory" by Ryan Elliott

Submitted by Pradeep Sharma on Wed, 11/04/2015 - 13:00

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Stability Analysis

Bifurcation Theory

With a growing interest in soft materials, stability and bifurcation analysis is re-emerging to be a critical topic for mechanicians. There are some excellent books out there but most tend to focus on finite dimensional systems rather than (continuous) infinite dimensional systems which are of most interest to mechanicians. In general, much of the modern developments on this topic are scattered across journal papers and perhaps there are not too many pedagogical resources for beginners.

Faculty positions at the MAE department of University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Submitted by Yuanli Bai on Tue, 11/03/2015 - 16:45

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academic job

The University of Central Florida (UCF) announces multiple tenured / tenure-track faculty positions at all ranks to be filled by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS). This hiring program is part of a comprehensive growth plan to significantly increase the faculty size. Candidates with backgrounds in any area of mechanical or aerospace engineering or related disciplines will be considered. Exceptionally well-qualified candidates will be considered for Provost Professor designation.

Implementation MMA Code (Svanberg) in 88 line code (Andreassen, Sigmund) with Heaviside projection method

Submitted by Pollepep on Tue, 11/03/2015 - 09:10

Dear members,

I'm strugling with implementing the MMA code (Svanberg) in the 88 line code with Heaviside projection method.

The sensitivity and density filter both work correctly, but when ft == 3 (Heaviside) my volfrac goes to 1 (when it's supposed to be 0.5 or something else)

Can somebody help me with this?

I just paste the code here (without the MMA part, mmasub & subsolv, because its too long and I have not changed anything different than the original of Svanberg)