Our Group of Appleid mechanics in Enviormental & Civil Engineering Department at Michigan State University has an openings for PhD positions to work on Mechanics of Nano-composites starting Spring 2015.
One research direction is modeling of nano reinforced materials, with combined theoretical and experimental efforts. Highly Stretchable/Flexible composites combines the leight weight of classical composites and mechanical properties of a polymer based composites, and thus do have a very broad biological applications. .
Required qualifications for the positions are as follow
1. A M.Sc. or equivalent degree in Mechanics, Civil, Material or related engineering disciplines.
2. Strong background in Solid & Computational Mechanics; Constitutive Modeling, Finite element.
3. English Proficiency (TOEFL, GRE)
Prior experience in multiscale modeling, parallel computing, and large scale computation is a plus.
Interested candidates are encouraged to send a cover letter, CV, representative publications (if any) and names and contact information of the references to:
Dr. Roozbeh Dargazany (g-cusatis [at] northwestern.edu (roozbeh at msu .edu))
Please title the email as "PhD position Application"