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Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of thermo-responsive properties of silk-elastin-like proteins by integrating multiscale modeling and experiment

Submitted by Jingjie Yeo on

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8TB00819A

Fresh in 2018 Journal of Materials Chemistry B HOT Papers! We present integrative experimental and computational understanding of the thermal response in adaptive hydrogels tailor-made from silk-elastin-like proteins that are tunable and responsive to multiple simultaneous external stimuli.

Marie Sklodowska-Curie PhD positions related to fibre-hybrid composites

Submitted by yentlswolfs on

We have a range of open PhD positions within the HyFiSyn Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Training Network. These projects are all related to fibre-hybrid composites. You can find all the details on www.hyfisyn.eu/open-positions. Applications should go through our website.

Best regards,
Dr. Yentl Swolfs
Coordinator of the HyFiSyn project

2018 Daniel C. Drucker Medal - Professor David Barnett

Submitted by Executive Comm… on

The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor David Barnett, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus, Stanford University, as the recipient of the 2018 Daniel C. Drucker Medal.

2018 Warner T. Koiter Medal – Professor Taher Saif

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The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Taher Saif, Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as the recipient of the 2018 Warner T. Koiter Medal.

Release of VEMLab v2.1

Submitted by Alejandro Orti… on

VEMLab: a MATLAB library for the virtual element method

 

Release of VEMLab v2.1

 

>>  From VEMLab v2.0.2 to VEMLab v2.1:

 

- Add customized wrench domain (for PolyMesher mesh generator only).

 

- Add customized plate with a hole domain (for PolyMesher mesh generator only).

 

- Add the following test: “square_plate_with_source2_poisson2d.m” in test folder.

 

- Add the following test: “plate_with_hole_linelast2d.m” in test folder.

 

PhD position in Multi-Material 3D printing

Submitted by tehrani on

Looking for a motivated PhD student (Fall 2018 or Spring 2019) to work on Multi-Material 3D Printing: carbon fiber composite, nanocomposite, and conductive ink. The dissertation investigates both materials and mechanics aspects of 3D printed materials. If interested send your CV to mtehrani [at] unm.edu 

Post Doc Position in High Temperature Mechanics for Solar Energy

Submitted by mwkeller on

The University of Tulsa (TU) Department of Mechanical Engineering is searching for a postdoctoral researcher to support our recently awarded U.S. Department of Energy SunShot award for GEN3 CSP Collectors https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/generation-3-concentrating-solar-power-systems-gen3-csp.