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Call for paper on Soft Robotics based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCEs)

Submitted by Qiguang He on

Dear colleagues,

The Frontiers in Robotics and AI has launched a new Research Topic, Soft Robotics based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCEs)

The submission deadline is 19 January 2022.

Here is the homepage for this research topic:

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/23109/soft-robotics-based-o…

As a contributing author, you will benefit from:

A stochastic micro to macro mechanical model for the evolution of bone-implant interface stiffness Jing Xie a , ∗, Daniel Rittel b , Keren Shemtov-Yona b , c , Furqan A. Shah d , Anders Palmquist d

Submitted by D.Rittel on

This paper, in press in Acta Biomaterialia presents a simplifiwed model based on a micro to macro description of the bone-implant interface, and the evolution of its stiffnmess at the local and the global scales as healing progresses. The paper is temporarily available at:

PhD fellowship at m4lab@UNIBS within a joint work between Academics and Industry.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

The Multiscale Mechanics and Multiphysics of Materials Lab (http://m4lab.unibs.it) at the School of Engineering at the University of Brescia, Italy announces a PhD fellowship on the subject of Modeling and simulations for next generation lithium-ion cells. The fellowship is fully funded by the m4lab in collaboration with the Austrian Research Center Virtual Vehicles (https://www.v2c2.at) and will last three years.

Postdoc position (9-month initial appointment): Injury biomechanics (Johns Hopkins University)

Submitted by Feng Zhu on

The postdoc fellow will work in Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), a division of Johns Hopkins University.

 

Duties

• Conduct underwater impulsive loading tests on a lung simulant structure (a sphere filled with porous medium)

• Develop numerical models to simulate the lung simulant structural response

• Write technical papers and research proposals

• Guide the graduate students in the group

 

Requirements

• PhD in Mechanical/ Biomedical Engineering or other related areas

EML Webinar (Season 2) on 14 July 2021 by Dae-Hyeong Kim on Unconventional Bioelectronoics for Heart and Brain Diseases

Submitted by Teng Li on

EML Webinar (Season 2) on 16 July 2021 will be given by Dae-Hyeong Kim on Unconventional Bioelectronoics for Heart and Brain Diseases. Host: John A. Rogers, Northwestern University

Time: 9:30 am Boston, 2:30 pm London, 9:30 pm Beijing on 14 July 2021

Zoom Link: https://ter.ps/EMLWebinarS2

Live streaming on YouTube: https://ter.ps/EMLYouTubeLV

Two Postdoctoral Positions in 1) Computational Mechanics and 2) Instrumentation at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK)

Submitted by Yuhang Chen on

Two Postdoctoral Positions, 3-year full-time contract for each post, in 1) Computational Mechanics and 2) Instrumentation at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Postdoctoral position in Computational Mechanics at Mines ParisTech/Safran Aircraft Engines

Submitted by daniel.pino_munoz on

A Postdoctoral position is available immediately at CEMEF Mines ParisTech, in the French Riviera. The aim of the project, in collaboration with Safran Aircraft Engines (SAE), is to model the fracture of glued Titanium/Composite assemblies at different scales. See the enclosed document for details.

Interested applicants can send a resume to :

Two PostDoc openings in (1) Digital Fabrication and (2) Programmable Matter at Johns Hopkins University

Submitted by itsmi on

 

The Mueller Lab invites applications for two fully-funded Postdoctoral Fellow positions at the intersection of Additive Manufacturing, Mechanical Metamaterials, and Computational Design. Of specific interest are candidates with a background in direct-ink writing (DIW), dielectric-elastomer actuators (DEA), and computational design (including optimization and machine learning). Applicants must hold a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related discipline.