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Dear Colleague Letter: Seeking Community Input for Topic Ideas for Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Program
NSF 20-121
September 4, 2020
Dear Colleagues:
Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellowships at Purdue University - College of Engineering
The Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellowships at Purdue Engineering are awarded in memory of Dr. Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Professor at Purdue from 1935-1948. A world renowned pioneer in the application of psychology to industrial engineering, Dr. Gilbreth’s work epitomized interdisciplinary research and broader impact on industry and society.
For a full description of the program see: Gilbreth Fellowships
Funded Ph.D. Position in Elastodynamic Modeling
Applications are sought for a research assistantship in the field of wave propagation modeling. The position is supported by a monthly stipend and tuition and fees towards a PhD degree for up to four years (subject to satisfactory progress). The start date is flexible (January 2021 preferred). The student will be based in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (www.esm.psu.edu) at Penn State University in Pennsylvania, USA (www.psu.edu).
PhD position in machine learning for material modelling at Université Gustave Eiffel, Paris
A PhD thesis position is proposed at Université Gustave Eiffel, Paris, France. The thesis is funded by Bosch research Foundation, on the topic of machine learning for material modelling. A detailed description of the offer and application details can be found ni the attached file.
Starting period: Between September 2020 and January 2021
Multiple faulty positions (tenure/tenure-track) at the Deparment of Mechanical Engineering at UBC - Vancouver
Dear Fellow Mechanicians,
I would like to draw your attention to multiple (tenure/tenure-track) positions at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada. In particular, three simultaneous searches in Manufacturing, Robotics, and General Mechanics are currently ongoing. For more details, please visit:
https://www.hr.ubc.ca/careers-postings/faculty.php
Job ID 38029 - General Mechanics
Job ID 38026 - Manufacturing
Hydrolysis-induced large swelling of polyacrylamide hydrogels
By Yu Zhou and Lihua Jin
New PhD position at Eindhoven University of Technology - Reduced Order Modelling for Digital Twins of Medical Imaging Catheters
Dear colleagues,
a new PhD position has become available at the Mechanics of Materials group, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Reduced Order Modelling for Digital Twins of Medical Imaging Catheters
Detailed information, as well as function requirements, conditions and applications details, can be found at the following website:
Postdoc openings at Peking University
Prof. Xiaoding Wei's group at the Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science at Peking University (Group Website: https://www.nml-pku.com/) has postdoc openings for graduates with Ph.D. degrees in Applied Physics, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, and Mechanical Engineering:
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A natural impact-resistant bicontinuous composite nanoparticle coating, Huang, et al., Kisailus, Nature Materials, 2020
Novelty/impact/significance:
The rarely known impact surface of the widely reported shrimp dactyl club is a thin, nanoparticle-based coating, possesses both high stiffness and damping properties under high strain rates for exceptional impact resistance, and provides new insights in designing advanced engineered armor materials.
Scientific question: