Doctoral (PhD) studentship available in Utah State University for Spring 2011

There are several  fully funded graduate student openings starting Spring 2011, in the
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Utah State
University (http://www.mae.usu.edu).
The openings are in the broad area of Computational Solid Mechanics. In
particular, applicants having demonstrated interest (in terms of
completed projects, authorship in journal articles or coursework) in
Fracture Mechanics are especially invited. Applicants are requested to
complete the online  pre-application (http://www.mae.usu.edu/academics/pre-application.php). Please feel free to contact me in case of any queries (kubair [at] engineering.usu.edu (kubair[at]engineering[dot]usu[dot]edu)). 
Please indicate if you have any submitted/accepted publications in
peer-reviewed journals/conferences and/or if you have qualified in any
nationwide qualifying examinations  such as GATE.