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One Research Fellow (Post-doc) position is open at the National University of Singapore.

If hired, you will work at Soft Materials Lab @ Advanced Robotics Centre (ARC), which I head.

Job Desription: Conduct research on biomechanics of the human motion, and how to effectively harvest energy from these motions using a soft and stretchable generator.  You are expected to perform both theoretical and experimental investigation, produce research papers and perhaps, file patents.

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Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 27,500 megawatts of electric generation, 11,000 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering and storage pipeline and 63,200 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines. The company operates one of the largest natural gas storage systems in the U.S. with 947 billion cubic feet of capacity, and serves nearly 6 million utility and retail energy customers in 10 states.

Following an earlier post on dynamic necking of tensile bars, we show in the attached paper (to appear in JMPS) that the presence of deep notches in the specimen does not necessarily dictate the location of the neck. Various material parameters are identified and modeled numerically, to assess their respective influence. Strain-rate sensitivity is identified as an important factor.

It is commonly admitted that "rough" surfaces promote osseo-integration of dental implants. Numerous studies emphasize an optimal Ra parameter for this purpose. One very common way to achieve that state is the so-called "grit blasting" process whereby tiny ceramic (alumina) particles are shot on the implant's surface.

Up to here for the basic story.

It has also been noted in other instances that surface blasting may not be entirely beneficial and it should be controlled, in terms of blasting pressure, particle size and shape.