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Friends of Extreme Mechanics Letters

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on

When I traveled in China in June, I was once again irritated by the Internet.  It was often slow and broken.  Many important services are inaccessible, blocked by someone.  Why would someone do that?

But I found my Chinese colleagues extremely well interconnected.  Everyone has a cell phone.  They actually use their cell phones!  

Shanghai University Overseas Job Fair

Submitted by jqzhang on

Shanghai university launched a new recruitment program (see attached file), which aims to recruit top global talents. Both full time and part time applications are welcome.

People from mechanics and related fields, who are interested in the program, are kindly invited to send me an email (jqzhang2 [at] shu.edu.cn (jqzhang2[at]shu[dot]edu[dot]cn)).

 

Focus Session on Reconfiguration at APS/DFD in Boston (Nov. 22-24, 2015)

Submitted by Frederick Gosselin on

Dear colleagues,
We would like to bring to your attention the upcoming Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting of the American Physical Society in Boston, MA (Nov. 22-24, 2015). We are pleased to announce that we are organizing a Focus Session on Reconfiguration. We thus invite you to submit an abstract and come present your work in Boston.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is Saturday, August 1st, 2015 5:00 p.m. EST. Abstracts can be submitted online at
http://abstracts.aps.org/

Theme Articles on Soft Materials may Interest you ——Published on Acta Mechanica Sinica

Submitted by CSTAM_Journal on

Dear everyone!

Welcome to theme articles on mechanical characterization of soft materials published on SCI-indexed journal http://ams.cstam.org.cn.

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Theme Articles on Soft Materials

Guest editors: Yan-Ping Cao, Yang-Tse Cheng 

                

Postdoc position opening: modeling 3D-printed materials and structures

Submitted by Pu Zhang on

                A postdoctoral position is available immediately in the computational mechanics group of Professor Albert To at University of Pittsburgh.  The position is in the modeling of additive manufactured (3D printed) metals and lattice structures and is for one year with possible extension to two years upon satisfactory performance.  The applicant is required to have a doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field at the time of appointment.  The applicant must also

Open University of Turkish Aeronautical Association (UTAA) faculty positions in Engineering (Mechanical, Mechatronics, Computer, Industrial, Electronics, Aeronautical and Astronautical)

Submitted by Aztek on

The Department of Engineering at UTAA (http://www.thk.edu.tr/) invites applications for a faculty appointment at the senior and junior level. For the details, please refer to the following page: (http://www.thk.edu.tr/uploadedfiles/thk.edu.tr/Duyuru%20200615%20Rekt%C…)
UTAA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty. It welcomes nominations of and applications from all nations, members of minority groups, individuals with disabilities, etc. The deadline of applications is July 30, 2015. If you have any queries, please contact Dr. Ferhat Kadioglu (fkadioglu [at] thk.edu.tr)