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A postdoctoral appointment is available in the Computational Diagnostics and Inverse Mechanics (CDIM) research group under the supervision of Dr. John C. Brigham at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

CSME Congress 2021 - Symposium on Solid Mechanics

Submitted by Hamid.Akbarzadeh on Mon, 11/16/2020 - 00:45

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SYMPOSIUM ON SOLID MECHANICS

Symposium Co-Chairs:

Dr. Hamid Akbarzadeh (McGill University) and Dr. Dan Romanyk (University of Alberta)

THE SYMPOSIUM

The Solid Mechanics Technical Committee of Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) invites you to submit a paper or an abstract to the 2021 CSME International Congress to be held at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, from June 27-30, 2021.

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Submitted by Bin Wang on Sat, 11/14/2020 - 04:11

Hierarchical toughening of bioinspired nacre-like hybrid carbon composite, Jiao, Zhang, Liu, Liu, Zhang, Tang, Liu, Zhang, Carbon, 2021

Novelty/impact/significance:

EML Webinar by Prof. Vikram Deshpande on ballistic and blast response of structural materials: lessons from architecting materials

Submitted by Teng Li on Sat, 11/14/2020 - 03:46

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EML Webinar

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EML Webinar on November 18, 2020 will be given by Professor Vikram Deshpande, The University of Cambridge. Discussion leader: Professor Lihua Jin, UCLA

Title: Ballistic and blast response of structural materials: lessons from architecting materials

Time: 7 am California, 9:30 am Boston, 2:30 pm London, 10:30 pm Beijing on November 18, 2020

NSF NRT fellowships at Stony Brook University

Submitted by kedarkirane on Fri, 11/13/2020 - 20:45

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Fellowship; Nanocomposites;

NSF funded NRT Fellowship is available for eligible students at Stony Brook University, in the field of Quantitative Analysis of Dynamic Structures (QuADS!). It supports select students performing research in the area of materials characterization. This prestigious one-year fellowship will provide

- An annual stipend of $34,000 during Year 2 of your Ph.D. (So you can apply for your PhD now to SBU, and then, to this fellowship for your second year)

A tutorial on the electrostatics of deformable materials with a focus on stability and bifurcation analysis

Submitted by Pradeep Sharma on Fri, 11/13/2020 - 17:18

The attached tutorial paper is yet unpublished but I am posting a pre-print since several students I know have found it to be a useful pedagogical resource. You may also access the document on arXiv.

Here is the abstract.

PhD Position in Mechanical Engineering at Temple University for Spring/Fall 2021

Submitted by Ling Liu on Thu, 11/12/2020 - 15:13

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1 funded PhD position is available immediately. The research is on computational mechanics and materials relating to nuclear materials, energy storage materials, biomaterials, and composite materials. Temple University is located in Philadelphia, the sixth-most populous U.S. city, about 2 hours from New York City and 3 hours from Washington DC. Temple University is ranked 103 by US News. Interested candidates please send CV, transcripts and standard test scores to ling.liu [at] temple.edu

Ph.D. positions at Univ. of Parma – Italy on Smart Materials and Additive Manufacturing Simulation (for Chinese CSC supported students)

Submitted by Roberto Brighenti on Thu, 11/12/2020 - 10:27

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Two Ph.D. positions are available at the Univ. of Parma – Italy, for Chinese CSC supported students. The topic will be the mechanical modeling of advanced and responsive materials and additive manufacturing modeling, starting from Nov. 2021.