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Supporting high quality candidates in the coming MSCA-IF call

Submitted by bahmanghiassi on

I am looking to support potential high quality candidates for the coming MSCA-IF call to join my group. The postdoc will work in my group (at University of Nottingham, Faculty of Engineering, Centre for Structural Engineering and Informatics) on an interdisciplinary subject related to materials science or computational mechanics of masonry or concrete structures (new or old materials are possible).

Modal analysis performed by NOSA-ITACA code

Submitted by MMSLab-CNR on

The following picture shows a screenshot of the NOSA-ITACA desktop enviroment during a modal analysis. In particular the first and the third mode shape of the San Frediano bell Tower in Lucca (Italy) are shown. The structure is discretized into 45641 eight-node brick elements (element no. 8, NOSA-ITACA element library) with 136923 degrees of freedom. For more details sees: R.M. Azzara, G. De Roeck, E. Reynders, M. Girardi, C. Padovani and D.

Job vacancy: R&D Engineer (Software Developer), Synopsys, Exeter, UK

Submitted by Simpleware on

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This position based in Exeter (UK), would suit a software developer looking to develop novel algorithms for software applications used by international blue chip corporations, research institutions and universities worldwide. For more information about the products you will be working on, please see https://www.synopsys.com/simpleware.html 

2019 Science of Adhesion Gordon Research Seminar and Conference (GRS and GRC), Massachusetts, July 21-26

Submitted by Jingjie Hu on

Dear Colleagues, 

The registration for 2019 Science of Adhesion Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) and Gordon Research Conference (GRC) is now open!  These are great events to consider if you are interested in adhesion-related problems. Please refer to the details below, and we look forward to seeing you this July in Massachusetts. 

Science of Adhesion Grodon Research Seminar (GRS) - Harnessing Adhesion Science: Translating Research Advances to Novel Applications

Time: July 20-21, 2019

Call for abstracts: IWCMM-29 Sept. 15-18, 2019 Dubrovnik, Croatia

Submitted by Stephan Rudykh on

Dear Colleagues, 29th International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM-29) will be held in Dubrovnik, Croatia,  September 15-18, 2019. As part of this meeting, we are organizing a session on Functional and Architectured Materials  

Postdoc Position in Computational Fracture Mechanics

Submitted by kscolor on

A post-doctoral position is immediately available in a research group by Prof. Kyoungsoo Park at the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. The successful applicant should have strong research background on computational fracture mechanics associated with cohesive zone modeling, contact mechanics, microstructure computation, hygro-thermo-mechanical analysis, parallel computing or related research area. Specific research direction can be discussed. If interested, please contact Dr.

A PhD position at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Submitted by Hamid.Abdolvand on

We are looking for a talented, self-motivated, and enthusiastic student with a BSc or MSc degree in mechanical or materials engineering. Students with strong background in crystal plasticity and computational mechanics are recommended to apply.

 

Prospective candidates will be assessed based on how well they meet the following criteria:

§  Excellent degree in their relevant discipline;

§  Excellent written and spoken communication skills (iBT TOFEL score must be higher than 86, with no individual score below 20)

Dynamic pigmentary and structural coloration within cephalopod chromatophore organs

Submitted by Jingjie Yeo on

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08891-x We report the discovery of structural coloration emanating in precise register with expanded pigmented chromatocytes. Concurrently, using an annotated squid chromatophore proteome together with microscopy, we identify a likely biochemical component of this reflective coloration as reflectin proteins distributed in sheath cells that envelop each chromatocyte.