Ultrasonics Laboratory in the Material Science & Engineering
department is looking for a PhD student in the areas of ultrasonic characterization
of polycrystalline materials, composites and bonded structures. The position is
supported by research grants and is intended for several years. Strong
background in experimental and modeling aspects acoustics/ultrasonics
and signal processing is preferable. An MS degree in

A postdoctoral associate position is available at Rice University in the

area of atomistic and molecular modeling of nanoscale friction and defects in an assembly of

nanoparticles. Computational techniques will be integrated to approaches from statistical

mechanics and physical chemistry to provide quantitative predictions of properties of complex

oxide materials across different time- and length-scales. The research will be carried out at Rice

University's Multiscale Materials Modeling Lab.

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation with major facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Livermore, California.  We are a world-class team of scientists, engineers, technologists, post docs, and visiting researchers all focused on cutting-edge technology, ranging from homeland defense, global security, biotechnology, and environmental preservation to energy and combustion research, computer security, and nuclear defense.  To learn more, please visit our website at

We are pleased to announce that the 23rd International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM23) will be held in Singapore during October 2-5, 2013. The Workshop website is www.iwcmm23.org which will be continually updated over the next few weeks as the details are finalized.

The Institute of Mechanics at TU Dortmund, Germany, together with the Helmholtz-Zentrum
Geesthacht, invites applications for a research position within the new Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 986) “Tailor-Made Multi-Scale Materials Systems – M³” (PhD or postdoc position).

Six finalists have been announced for the Twenty-Fourth Annual Robert J. Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis. The finalists and their current institutions are:

Michael Borden, University of Texas at Austin

Pritam Chakraborty, Idaho National Laboratory 

Allen LaBryer, University of Oklahoma 

Ernesto Lima, University of Texas at Austin 

Ju Liu, University of Texas at Austin

See annoucement.  Congratulations to Professor Mary Boyce!

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Sensorimotor Control at the University of Colorado Boulder

Yichao Zhu       Stephen J. Chapman       Amit Acharya

(to appear in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids)