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PhD POSITIONS IN COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS AT IIT ROORKEE

Submitted by parasharavinash on

Two Ph.D positions are available in the field of computational modelling in the research group of Dr Parashar at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. The areas of immediate interest are

1.                  Molecular dynamics based atomistic modelling of Zr-Nb alloys. PhD candidate will work on a research project sponsored by BARC.

Call for Abstracts: Symposium on “Mechanics of Energy and Energetic Materials” at SEM 2016 (Buena Vista, FL, June 6-9, 2016)

Submitted by Shuman_Xia on

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to cordially invite you to submit an abstract to the 2016 Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) International Congress session on “Mechanics of Energy and Energetic Materials”. The conference will be held in Buena Vista, FL from June 6–9, 2016. Abstracts are due October 5, 2015 via the SEM.org website.

Mechanics of Energy and Energetic Materials

Invitation for Abstracts: Computational Mechanics Symposium at EMI 2016 (Vanderbilt)

Submitted by Timothy Truster on

Dear Colleagues

I would like to make you aware of a computational solid mechanics minisymposium being organized for the 2016 EMI-PMC conference at Vanderbilt University, May 22-25, 2016: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/emipmc2016/EMI.mini-symposia.php.

MS 15: Computational Methods and Applications for Solid and Structural Mechanics 

postdoctoral position - phase field modeling

Submitted by mohsenzaeem on

A postdoctoral research associate position is available immediately in the Computational Materials & Mechanics Laboratory at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla), http://web.mst.edu/~aslezaeemm/

Candidates need to have a strong background in Phase Field Modeling (PFM).

Call for Nominations for the Zdeněk P. Bažant Medal for Failure and Damage Prevention

Submitted by Amar A. Chaker on

EMI, the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE, is pleased to announce that the ASCE Board of Direction has established the Zdenek P. Bazant Medal for Failure and Damage Prevention.  This award was established to honor Zdeněk P. Bažant, Ph.D., S.E., NAS, NAE, Hon.M.ASCE, a recognized expert in the field of analytical and computational modeling of failure of quasi-brittle materials.

Masters and PhD Opportunity in Geotechnical Engineering at Canada

Submitted by sujan on

Hi!

Good Day. I am a PhD student (Geotechnical Engineering) at Memorial University, Canada. Currenlty, my supervisor (http://www.mun.ca/engineering/about/people/bipulhawlader.php) is actively looking for graduate students. If you are really interested, Please E-mail your CV @ sujan95 [at] gmail.com by October 9, 2015.

Thanks for your time.

Regards-

Sujan Dutta. 

EMI Mini-symposium for Computational Geomechanics

Submitted by WaiChing Sun on

Dear colleagues, 

I am writing to invite you to submit abstract to the Computational Geomechanics mini-symposium at the EMI Vanderbilt conference, from May 22th to 26th, 2016. The mini-symposium is co-organized by myself, Prof. Qiushi Chen, Prof. Xiayu Song, Dr. Joshua White, Prof. Richard Regueiro, Prof. Jose Andrade, Prof. Majid Manzaril and Prof. Ronaldo Borja.

The deadline for the abstract submission is Oct 15th, 2015. 

More information can be found at URL below: 

Faculty Position in Mechanical Engineering at Boston University

Submitted by Douglas P Holmes on

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University invites applicants for a tenure-track faculty position in biomechanics, to begin Fall 2016. This position is at the level of Assistant Professor.   The department seeks to build upon its core strength in mechanical engineering as well as its collaborative research areas in mechanics of biological materials and soft materials.