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PhD positions are available at the University of Minnesota in the group of Prof. Stefano Gonella. The positions are in the general area of mechanics and physics of solids, with emphasis on mechanical metamaterials. The position ideally starts in fall 2019, although a later start date (for example, in January 2020) can be considered.

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PhD positions in the area of meta-materials, computational mechanics and wave propagation available in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Kansas State University. Research will be in topics related to the mechanics of meta-structures and the mechanics of amorphous or granular media. 

The Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Vanderbilt University seeks two PhD students interested in computational mechanics, multiscale modeling, wave mechanics and fracture mechanics. Qualified students should have either a bachelors or masters in Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Engineering Mechanics or Physics, or other relevant background. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2019.03.062 This work presents the multilayer transverse flow carbon nanotube (CNT) membrane (TFCM), which resembles vertically aligned CNT arrays, as an alternative candidate for efficient desalination. Using molecular dynamics, this work shows that multilayer TFCM can provide permeability and salt rejection on par with its single layer counterpart.

ICAME 2019: 6th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering

Call for Papers, due 31 May 2019

14 – 16 August 2019, The Pacific Sutera Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Adhesion is a key factor in many tribological processes, especially wear. We generalize a recent formulation for the indentation of a multilayered material using an efficient integral transform method, to the case of adhesion, using a simple energetic transformation in the JKR regime. Then, we specialize the study for the geometry of the Surface Force Apparatus, which consists of two thin layers on a substrate, where the intermediate layer is softer than the other two. We find the pull-off force under "force control" (i.e.

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia seeks candidates for a Research Associate to assist in the development of low-cost carbon fiber techniques in Professor Xiaodong (Chris) Li's lab.

http://ijmf.shirazu.ac.ir/article_5033.html 

Formation of solidification defects and their evolution in uniaxial tensile deformation of solidified polycrystalline aluminum (Al) were investigated by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. First, solidification process was simulated both isothermally and with different quench rates. At the initial stages of nucleation, coherent twin boundaries and/or fivefold twins formed depending on the quench rate or the undercooling temperature.

There are immediate openings for candidates in the areas of computational solid mechanics and experimental (bio)mechanics in the mechanical engineering department, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). 

Candidates with strong background in numerical simulations (FEA, high performance computing, ...), in experimental characterization of materials, or biochemistry and molecular biology are encouraged to apply. 

In this paper we formulate the problems of nonlinear and linear elastodynamic transformation cloaking in a geometric framework. In particular, it is noted that a cloaking transformation is neither a spatial nor a referential change of frame (coordinates); a cloaking transformation maps the boundary-value problem of an isotropic and homogeneous elastic body (virtual problem) to that of an anisotropic and inhomogeneous elastic body with a hole surrounded by a cloak that is to be designed (physical problem).

We have an opening PhD Position at our Institute of Mechanics, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany).
The candidate should work in the field of "coupling of fictious domain methods and the boundary element method for the analysis of acoustic metamaterials".
Attached you will find the corresponding job advertisement.
Futher questions will be answered by my postdoc Dr. Fabian Duvigneau (fabian.duvigneau@ovgu.de).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.04.022

Highlights

1. Critical porosity is estimated in additively manufactured IN718 via crystal plasticity.

2. Porosity is characterized using high resolution tomography.

3. Non-local damage indicator parameters identify the location of fatigue crack initiation.

Recent decades have seen intense developments of hydrogel applications for cell cultures, tissue engineering, soft robotics, and ionic devices. Advanced fabrication techniques for hydrogel structures are being developed to meet user-specified requirements. Existing hydrogel 3D printing techniques place substantial constraints on the physical and chemical properties of hydrogel precursors as well as the printed hydrogel structures. This study proposes a novel method for patterning liquids with a resolution of 100 μm by using the capacitor edge effect.

The Mechanical Engineering Department at Johns Hopkins University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to work on a project with the Security Technologies Group in the Material Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD.

Prashant K. Jha and Robert Lipton

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2019. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2019.03.024

Highlights

Two postdoc positions in computational modeling of metallic additive manufacturing are available immediately in the research groups of Prof. Jinhui Yan at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and Prof. Wentao Yan at National University of Singapore (NUS). Successful candidates need to be self-motivated and have a solid background in mathematics, mechanics, numerical analysis, and programming (Fortran, C/C++, and Python).

Being able to create accurate medical devices that are closely matched to a patient’s unique anatomy requires precision imaging, measurements, and design. A critical part of PrinterPrezz’s unique medifacturing™ workflow is our process of turning magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans into a 3D CAD image that can be manipulated and used for 3D printing.

I hope some of you may find this work interesting. We show, analytically and numerically, that strain gradient plasticity predicts the existence of an inner elastic field adjacent to the crack tip, reminiscent of a dislocation-free zone. The fact that elastic strains dominate plastic strains near the crack tip implies a paradigm-shift with respect to previous crack tip asymptotic studies in plasticity and gradient plasticity, which neglect elastic strains. 

Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, Norman A. Fleck

This position is strictly for experienced candidates and is located at our Global R&T Centre in Kennesaw GA.

Following the success of three former meetings (Tokyo 2011, Tokyo 2013, Brno 2016), the fourth ISAM4 meeting will be held at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany from August 5th to 8th 2019. 

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia seeks candidates for one Research Associate position to assist in experimental mechanics of advanced materials in Professor Xiaodong (Chris) Li's lab.