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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2019.02.011 We review the most recent developments in multiscale computational modeling of collagen-based biomaterials to determine their structural, mechanical, and physicochemical properties.

We have one or more postdoc positions available, to be filled immediately, at MIT’s Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, under the direction of Professor Markus Buehler. We are looking for postdocs in two broad areas, as described below. 

Position #1: Materials science modeling 

A PhD position is available at LaSie (La Rochelle University, France), until oct. 2019.

The work will be dedicated to the caracterisation (numercial and experimental) of the effect of grains boundary on the Hydrogen diffusion in Nickel polycrystals.

Please send your resume and application letter to:

J. Bouhattate (Jamaa.bouhattate@univ-lr.fr)

Applications are invited for PhD positions at the Algorithms in Medicine and Neuro-Technology Lab (AIMAN Lab) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. "Research" The AIMAN Lab pursues fundamental breakthroughs in biomedical cyber-physical systems.

Dear colleagues,

We are currently inviting abstract submissions to the symposium “Multiscale mechanics of porous and nanostructured materials” at the Society of Engineering Science (SES) meeting that will be hosted at Washington University in St. Louis on October 13-15, 2019.

The Postdoctoral Scholar is responsible for independent and collaborative development, implementation, and analysis of scientific research in the discipline of computational and experimental biomechanics. Responsibilities include management of all aspects of research related to biomechanical characterization and computer modeling of biological tissue and implants in Vahdati Lab. The research projects include investigation of mechanopathologies of soft and calcified tissue and design of personalized medical devices.

The 55th Meeting of the Society for Natural Philosophy: Microstructure, defects, and growth in mechanics
September 13-15, 2019, Loyola University Chicago

http://webpages.math.luc.edu/55SNP.html

Dear friends and colleagues,

We would like to welcome your ideas and invite you to submit an abstract to the symposium on Functional Soft Composites - Design, Mechanics, and Manufacturing (symposium 7.2 under the Track 7: Mechanics and Physics of Materials) at the Society of Engineering Science (SES) that will be held at Washington University in St. Louis October 13-15, 2019.

Abstract: 

https://cfmsummit2019.sg/ All speakers and delegates are by invitation only. Mechanicians who would like to follow the proceedings online, I will be live-tweeting updates as the event progresses, so follow me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/JingjieYeo Scheduled to be held from 8 to 10 April 2019, the Century Fracture Mechanics Summit will feature an international line-up of influential and visionary speakers from around the world.

We recently presented an original research that uses 3d printing to realise the mimicry of the microstructure observed in crystalline metals to employ crystals’ hardening mechanisms to develop robust and damage-tolerant architected materials (Nature 2019; 565:305 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0850-3).

Open PhD student position

Research topic: Multiple localization and fracture in printed metallic rings subjected to dynamic expansion

Research project: ERC starting grant - PURPOSE

Institution: University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain)

MicroPort develop lifesaving medical products for patients around the world. One of MicroPort’s specialties is in manufacturing cardiac rhythm management devices (CRM) for treating cardiac rhythm disorders and heart failures. The company use Synopsys Simpleware software to model complex pacemaker geometries to better understand patient therapies for conditions such as bradycardia and tachycardia.

Dear colleagues,

Post-doctoral research fellow positions are available in the Labs of Professor Satya N. Atluri at Texas Tech University. Those possessing PhDs in the area of nonlinear dynamics, computational mechanics, and structural dynamics are sought.

Dear Colleagues,

(Yang et al Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 1901721). In our new paper, strong adhesion is achieved in integrated structures of a hydrogel and an elastomer extrusion-printed in arbitrary sequence.

Many materials of everyday use are fibrous and their strength is important in most applications. In this work we study the dependence of the strength of random fiber networks on structural parameters such as the network density, cross-link density, fiber tortuosity, and the strength of the inter-fiber cross-links. Athermal networks of cellular and fibrous type are considered. We conclude that the network strength scales linearly with the cross-link number density and with the cross-link strength for a broad range of network parameters, and for both types of networks considered.

The College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University is seeking self-motivated candidates for a Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D. student) position, with the earliest starting date in Fall 2019.

IMPACT is an international Multiscale Materials Testing Research Group at Tampere University. Our work focuses on microscopic and macroscopic mechanical testing of materials at different strain rates and temperatures. We focus on improving the basic scientific understanding of material behaviour under extreme conditions and solving practical industrial problems involving high rate material deformation. IMPACT is looking to hire a Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in the field of Materials Science to work on micromechanics of materials studied under extreme deformation conditions. 

INRIA is opening PhD and Post-doc positions. 

see https://www.inria.fr/en/centre/saclay/overview/offers/phd-positions/campaign

In this framework, my team proposes

Colleagues:

The technical meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES) will be held at Washington University in St. Louis on October 13-15, 2019. As part of this meeting we are organizing Symposium 7.4 on “Mechanics of Electrochemically Active Materials”. The deadline for abstract submission is April 30

Journal Club for April 2019: Self-Healing Soft Materials: from Theoretical Modeling to Additive Manufacturing

Qiming Wang

University of Southern California

1. Introduction