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Multiscale and multifunctional composites: design and identification

Submitted by malfano on

I am co-organizing the mini-symposium entitled «Multiscale and multifunctional composites: design and identification»  in the 13th International Symposium on Multiscale, Multifunctional and Functionally Graded Materials (MM&FGM2014) with Dr. Gilles Lubineau at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).



Book Review in Journal of Applied Mechanics, April issue, 2014

Submitted by Yonggang Huang on

A book review by Prof. Jan Achenbach (Northwestern University) is published in the Journal of Applied Mechanics, April, 2014.  The book, The Theory of Materials Failure, was authored by Prof. Richard M. Christensen and published by Oxford University Press, 2013.

http://appliedmechanics.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleid=1734822

Call for Abstracts for PACAM XIV, 24-28 March 2014, Santiago, Chile

Submitted by Roger Bustamante on

The Fourteenth Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM XIV) will be held in Santiago, Chile from March 24th to 28th, 2014:

We invite you to submit an abstract on a relevant topic in Applied Mechanics such as: Solid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics of Solids and Fluids, Vibration and Dynamics, and Control, as described in the conference page

http://pacamxiv.org/organizers/.

Call for abstracts and special issue papers: Computational mechanics of cells, tissues, and biomaterials

Submitted by azadpoor on

We would be pleased to have a contribution from you or from one of the members of your group among the presentations of the symposium entitled

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS OF CELLS TISSUES  AND BIOMATERIALS

organized within the joint World Congress on Computational Mechanics and European Conference on Computational Mechanics (http://www.wccm-eccm-ecfd2014.org/frontal/default.asp )

to be held on 20-25 July 2014 in Barcelona (Spain).



Faculty Position Opening in Solid Mechanics at CU-Boulder

Submitted by Jianliang Xiao on

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a tenure-track faculty
position in the area of Solid Mechanics. 

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to
micro/nano-scale solid mechanics, mechanics of soft matter, mechanics of
advanced technologies, mechanics of materials for energy applications,
computational mechanics and multi-scale modeling, mechanics of friction and
adhesion, and transport-coupled mechanics. 

Lockheed Martin Funded Postdoc Position: Carbon Nano Structured Materials at Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi

Submitted by skumaar on

Lockheed Martin funded
Post-Doctoral Position:
Carbon Nano
Structured Materials: From Characterization & Modeling to Innovative
Product Design (Job Code: ME-PDSK022013)