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US Nanotechnology Instrument Manufacturer Proves the Success of R&D Stimulus

Submitted by NANOVEA on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 22:28

Like many throughout the country, you may be asking how the billions poured into science R&D has helped stimulate our economy. Well, look no further than the nanotechnology instrument manufacture, Nanovea, based in Irvine, CA. 2009 just ended as their first branded year with new hires, new instruments and more business to send to their local machine shops and parts suppliers.

NEWS RELEASE: http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=36451

Post-Docoral Research Positions in the area of computational subsurface science

Submitted by Vanessa Van Dyk on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 19:46

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Modeling and simulation of coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical problems

Critical Experimental and Theoretical Tests for Failure Criteria

Submitted by Richard M. Chr… on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 19:22

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A new section has been added to the website http://www.failurecriteria.com/.  This is on critical tests for failure criteria. It summarizes most of the previous entries to the website and provides evaluations of the most salient of the failure criteria by comparing with high quality experimental data.

PhD fellowships

Submitted by Alejandro Allievi on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 18:51

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PhD fellowships available at the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology in the general area of Micro- and Nano-fluidics http://www.itba.edu.ar/lab_micro_y_nanofluidica/ . If interested, please contact aallievi AT itba.edu.ar. Although not a requirement, knowledge of Spanish is desirable

ANSYS-VAMUCH User Interface Tutorial--Analysis 2-D Unit Cell

Submitted by victorye on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 17:54

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpEXD0JW_ys

Engineering Sciences 247: Fracture Mechanics

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 02:02

Fall 2020, Tuesday and Thursday 12:00 pm–1:15 pm.

Link found between golden ratio and atomic symmetry

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 22:45

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golden ratio

atomic symmetry

Link found between golden ratio and atomic symmetry

PhD Dissertation Position in Structural and Computational Solid Mechanics at the University of Notre Dame

Submitted by Ravi Kiran on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 19:40

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We have PhD dissertation openings in areas related to structural and computational solid mechanics. The successful candidate will join a vibrant group of graduate students and post-docs working in a variety of projects in Computational Physics and Structural SL. A Bachelor's or equivalent degree in engineering or science in a related discipline is required. MSc and publications in international journals is highly desirable. Other requirements are TOEFL and GRE.