Dear Colleagues,
The upcoming 28th Nordic Seminar on Computational Mechanics to be held in Tallinn (Estonia) during 22-23 October 2015 is now open for abstract submission. Additional information and templates can be found at the conference website: http://www.ioc.ee/nscm28/. Please take the time to explore the website for more details, check on important dates, and keep yourself up to date on recent changes.
Seamless and minimally invasive three-dimensional interpenetration of electronics within artificial or natural structures could allow for continuous monitoring and manipulation of their properties. Flexible electronics provide a means for conforming electronics to non-planar surfaces, yet targeted delivery of flexible electronics to internal regions remains difficult. Here, we overcome this challenge by demonstrating the syringe injection (and subsequent unfolding) of sub-micrometre-thick, centimetre-scale macroporous mesh electronics through needles with a diameter as small as 100 μm.
Most of the auxetic materials that have been characterized experimentally or studied analytically are anisotropic and this limits their possible applications, as they need to be carefully oriented during operation. Here, through a combined numerical and experimental approach, we demonstrate that 2D auxetic materials with isotropic response can be easily realized by perforating a sheet with elongated cuts arranged to form a periodic pattern with either six-fold or three-fold symmetry.
Recently we published a paper in Physical Review Applied. It can be downloaded from the link
http://journals.aps.org/prapplied/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.3.064014
Abstract of the article is below:
Reconfigurable metamaterials -- putting the holes in the right place
Shu Yang1 and Jie Yin2
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, E-mail: shuyang [at] seas.upenn.edu (shuyang[at]seas[dot]upenn[dot]edu)
The The Preliminary Program is now ready here on the website
You can still registrer for the conference.
We send out invitations directly to those of you who have registrered so that you can join our LinkedIn Group. Here you can post a discussion, find new connections and start getting ready for the ICCM20. Hope to see you in Copenhagen soon!
The Computational Mechanics group at The University of Iowa, led by Professor S. Rahman, is looking for new Ph.D. students, who are capable of and interested in performing high-quality research on engineering design. The research, supported by National Science Foundation and others, entails building a solid mathematical foundation, devising efficient numerical algorithms, and developing practical computational tools for stochastic design optimization. A substantial background in solid mechanics and structural optimization is a must; exposures to stochastics and probabilistic methods are highly desirable.
If you are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. degree at Iowa, please contact and send a resume to: Professor Sharif Rahman at sharif-rahman [at] uiowa.edu. Please note that we are interested in students who already have M.S. degrees in engineering or mathematics. The desired start date is Spring 2016 or sooner.
The Computational Mechanics group at The University of Iowa, led by Professor S. Rahman, is looking for new Ph.D. students, who are capable of and interested in performing high-quality research on engineering design. The research, supported by National Science Foundation and others, entails building a solid mathematical foundation, devising efficient numerical algorithms, and developing practical computational tools for stochastic design optimization. A substantial background in solid mechanics and structural optimization is a must; exposures to stochastics and probabilistic methods are highly desirable.
If you are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. degree at Iowa, please contact and send a resume to: Professor Sharif Rahman at sharif-rahman [at] uiowa.edu. Please note that we are interested in students who already have M.S. degrees in engineering or mathematics. The desired start date is Spring 2016 or sooner.
Recently we published a paper in Composite Structures. It can be freely downloaded from the link
http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1RGr0x-7hNgCX
Abstract of the article is below:
