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Scientist position (phase field) at the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore

Submitted by Guglielmo Vastola on

The Institute of High Performance Computing, member of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore, is seeking taletend researchers to fill a position of Scientist.

The job scope is numerical modeling of microstructure formation during rapid solidification of metals. The numerical method of choice is the phase field method.

Please refer to the following requirements:

Equipment for Bend Testing per ASTM Standards and User-Specific Applications

Submitted by Deniz Yalcin on

While it is easy to imagine why bend testing needs to be performed on rigid materials like plastics (ASTM D790) and concrete (ASTM C1609), in reality bend test applications are common in a variety of industries. Universal testing machines equipped with bend fixtures are used to calculate flexural modulus, flexural strength, yield point, and more.

PhD position in Computational Multiphysics Modeling

Submitted by fuyao0610 on

A PhD position in the area of computational materials science is available in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. Candidates should be strongly self-motivated individuals possessing a MS or BS degree in mechanical engineering, materials science and engineering or other closely related disciplines. This position will conduct multiphysics modeling on the MOOSE (http://mooseframework.org/) platform and a background in phase field modeling with strong c++ programming skills is desirable.

[June 5 | USNC/TAM2018] Short-course on data-driven modeling in mechanics and materials science

Submitted by mbessa on

Dear colleagues in academia and industry,

We are organizing the first short course on data-driven computational mechanics and materials science at the 18th US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM) in Chicago on June 5th, 2018. See description of short-course SC007 in the following website: http://sites.northwestern.edu/usnctam2018/short-courses/

A Geometric Perspective on Gimbal Lock in the Apollo program

Submitted by oliver oreilly on

The phenomenon of gimbal lock rose in prominence during the time  of NASA's Apollo program. Inside the inertial measurement unit of the Apollo spacecraft was a stable (inertial) platform about which the spacecraft rotated. The hinged platform was suspended in two gimbals to give it three degrees of freedom. Its role was to give an accurate measure of the spacecraft's orientation. At a particular orientation of the spacecraft, the gimbals became coplanar and control torques became ineffective at stabilizing the platform.

Microstructural origin of resistance–strain hysteresis in carbon nanotube thin film conductors

Submitted by Lihua Jin on

Microstructural origin of resistance–strain hysteresis in carbon nanotube thin film conductors

Lihua Jin, Alex Chortos, Feifei Lian, Eric Pop, Christian Linder, Zhenan Bao and Wei Cai

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America