The Mechanics of Infrastructure Materials research group are looking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work in the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship grant NEWPHASE. The project, led by Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, aims at tackling pressing material degradation challenges at the interface between mechanics and chemistry.
A new book is published: Buryachenko V. A. (2022) Local and Nonlocal Micromechanics of Heterogeneous Materials. Springer, NY (1,011 pages and 1,711 references, see https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-81784-8). Table of contents is attached. Enjoy reading this book
Anyone looking for a quick introduction to patient-specific modelling for orthopedics should take a look at this new webinar coming out next Wednesday, December 1st, from the European Society of Biomechanics and Synopsys - details below:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/335929808098526223
Dear Colleagues,
We just published the comment Shaping the future of robotics through materials innovation in Nature Materials:
Rothemund P., Kim. Y., Heisser R. H., Zhao X., Shepherd R. F., Keplinger C. Shaping the future of robotics through materials innovation. Nature Materials 20, 1582-1587 (2021)
This paper describes a numerical scheme that implements reduced order modeling of transient heat transfer problems by enhancing a standard fifinite element code, ABAQUS, and integrating it with proper orthogonal decomposition (POD). The capability of output and manipulation of matrices, the user subroutine for moving heat source and easy enforcement of boundary conditions, and the powerfulness of pre- and post-processing in the commercial software package are leveraged, resulting in a standard and accessible tool for POD analysis.
Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Agroecology programme. The position is available from 1st February 2022 or later.
Research area and project description:
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Nanshu Lu, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin, and Professor Shawn A.
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Arif Masud, John and Eileen Blumenschein Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as the recipient of the 2022 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Division Award.
FYI our review article on "exploiting nonlinearity in phononic materials to enable nonlinear wave responses" was recently published in Acta Mechanica:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-021-03089-z
We are looking for multiple Ph.D. students with a background in solid and structural mechanics to work on the mechanics of slender and flexible structures. Some experience with machine learning and artificial intelligence will be helpful. At the very least, the candidate should be good with computer programming (ideally C/C++ and Linux environment). They should have the confidence and a track record to quickly master analytical and software tools in new fields. The Ph.D. students will work in an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment.
