Mechanics of Soft and Biological Materials
Dear Colleagues, 13th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM) will be held in New York, July 22 - 27, 2018.
Blog posts
29th Robert J. Melosh Competition - Call for Applicants & Papers
Twenty-ninth edition of the Annual Robert J. Melosh Competition at Duke University
Duke University will host on April 27, 2018 the XXIX Annual Robert J. Melosh Competition for best papers by graduate (or recently graduated) students. The deadline for extended abstract submission is January 22, 2018.
Journal Club for December 2017: Mechanics of living mammalian cytoplasm
Mechanics of living mammalian cytoplasm
1.Overview
Fontanela instability in non-linear oscillators with cyclic symmetry
I wanted to bring attention to the very important Fontanela et al recent results in vibrations of cyclic structures like in turbine engines.
9th GRACM Intern. Congress on Computational Mechanics, 4-6 June 2018, Chania, Greece (deadline January 31)
Τhe Greek Association of Computational Mechanics (GRACM) in association with the School of Production Engineering & Management of the Technical University of Crete organize the 9th conference in a series of congresses in the area of Computational Mechanics.
Strong background in Mathematics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibrations and Control
Hi
I have B.Sc from Sharif University of Technology, Iran and M.S. from Northeastern University in Boston, US, both in Mechanical Engineering.
I have a strong background in Mathematics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibrations and Control, and some years of related experience in these fields. Furthermore, I do have a great deal of the programming skills and computational methods with an extensive computer software knowledge. I am also interested in working on Vehicle Control, Robotics, Tribology (friction and surface sliding) and Vibrations.
[Deadline: January 8, 2018] Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position @ TU Delft - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Dear colleagues,
New Assistant Professor position with experimental focus on polymer matrix composites at TU Delft.
https://vacature.beta.tudelft.nl/vacaturesite/permalink/599379/?lang=nl…
Examples of areas of interest (not in any particular order):
Can you "chop" a mechanical wave?
In this paper we highlight several interesting phenomena that may emerge from coupling simple elastic systems like 1d bars. While in compostes we usually focus on wave propagation normal to the stratification direction (composite layers are coupled in series), here we show that extreme attenuation at multiple frequencies may emerge in linear systems that are coupled transversaly. We also introduce a simple device that act as a chopper for mechanical signals.
Invitation to 13th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (MS1702: Computational Geophysics)
Dear Colleagues,
We cordially invite you to submit an abstract to 1702 Computational Geophysics; a minisymposium that will take place as part of the upcoming 13th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (New York July 22- July 27, 2018) : http://www.wccm2018.org/MS_1702
Abstract Deadline: Dec 31st, 2017
Grad Student Openings: University of California Merced - Mechanical Engineering
There are PhD and MS openings at the University of California Merced in the Mechanical Engineering Department. UC Merced is the newest campus of the well-known University of California system. Because the campus is still relatively small, most incoming graduate students are funded via Teaching Assistantship or Graduate Research Assistantship. Also, the application fee will be refunded for students who are admitted and join the program in the Fall. The application deadline is January 2018.