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Journal Club for March 2024: 

Unveiling Spatiotemporal Deformation and Dynamics of Soft Materials at Extremely High Rates through Laser-Induced Inertial Cavitation

Jin Yang*

Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics,

The University of Texas at Austin

*Corresponding author. Email address: jin.yang [at] austin.utexas.edu

Dear Mechanics Colleagues, Peers, Principal Investigators, and Community Members,

Here is a tremendous opportunity to positively impact the field of mechanics for years to come in the USA. The Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) in the Directorate for Engineering at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to fill a Program Director position in the Mechanics and Engineering Materials (MEM) Cluster.

I am deeply saddened by the passing of Andre Pineau in Paris yesterday. I happened to be one of ~100 PhD students he graduated over the course of his career.

We are hiring ! 

We are on the lookout for PhD students with a background in either experimental or computational mechanics, materials engineering, bioengineering, or applied physics to work on forward-looking projects funded by NSF and instustry partners at the intersection of mechanics & sustainability.

Keywords: Mechanics, Optics, Machine Learning, Bioengineering, Sustainablity

A postdoctoral position is available immediately to work on a DARPA funded project as a member of the research groups of Prof. Francisco Lopez Jimenez and Prof. David Marshall, at the University of Colorado Boulder. The focus of the project is the development of a novel experimental protocol to accelerate the time required to characterize new metal alloys. The research will be primarily experimental, with close collaboration with researchers at Teledyne Scientific Company, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of Miami.

Join Zoom Meeting: (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84541274013?pwd=ZDhuM09BaUlVVlBuREhEV0sweGFlZ…: Meeting ID: 845 4127 4013/Passcode: 799065)

Date/Time: February 28; 2-3pm CST

Speaker: Gideon Simpson, Drexel University

Discussant: Petr Plechac, University of Delaware

Title: Learning dynamics with random Fourier features

A fully funded PhD position is available at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Louisiana State University. The position will be focused on material characterization and modeling of metals under the supervision of Dr. George Z. Voyiadjis. Please refer to the attachment for details.

Job Summary 

Serve as the Freudenberg Group's subject matter expert in generative AI and physics-informed machine learning for product, formulation, material/process discovery and design. Responsible to develop advanced data-driven and physics-based models and interface the two to guide and accelerate the development of products, materials and processes for sustainable solutions and new mobility applications. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Postdoctoral positions are open in Qu’s group at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Those having (about to get) a PhD degree in the areas of solid/fluid mechanics, fluid-structure dynamics, smart material engineering, metamaterials are welcome to apply. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in the fabrication and application of smart materials and structures.

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