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Dear All,

We cordially invite you to submit a manuscript for consideration and possible publication in the special issue on "Advanced numerical modelling in geotechnical engineering" in Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements (IF=2.884).

This special issue aims to address following topics:

1. Data-driven simulation with field monitoring or experiments.

I am looking to recruit a highly motivated and independent postdoctoral researcher to study, via the development of new topology optimization techniques, various scientific issues surrounding phononic topological insulators.  An example of recent related work from my group can be found here.  The position is available for a 20-month duration, with possible extension to 36 months depending on the availability of funding, with a proposed start date of Jun

PhD position

A summer internship position is available in Joint academic-industrial project between Nordisch LLC and Michigan State University. We seeks to improve the understanding of the constitutive behavior of soft materials in extreme conditions. In particular, this is important for evaluating the long-term performance of soft materials that are used as critical components in various systems.

PhD position(s) is available immediately in the Engineering Mechanics program in Aerospace Engineering Department at Iowa State University to perform theoretical and computational part of work on NSF-funded projects on the interaction between phase transformations and plasticity. Phase-field, micromechanical, and macroscale simulations using FEM are of interest, in close collaboration with high-pressure experiments performed in our lab. Please send vita to Prof. Valery Levitas ( vlevitas@iastate.edu )

dear Colleagues

  Please find enclosed a short and modest note on comparisons between the precise cohesive model of Schapery for viscoelastic cracks, with the rather crude model of de Gennes and then Persson and Brener, which is found to lead to errors possibly of an order of magnitude of propagation speed for a given applied load.   Since this is a preprint, any comment is welcome.  

We are looking for a PhD student in the area of design optimization and computational structural mechanics in Aerospace Engineering program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach. Interested applicants should send their CV and a list of references to ali.tamijani@erau.edu. Please include “PhD application” in the subject of your email.

Dear Applied Mechanics and Materials Community:

Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics (JMMP) starts six special issues in 2021

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/KR4efNXHhOW6DQw_MUNAAw

We are cordialy inviting contributions from all members of 

applied mechanics community.

With World Scientific Publication Co.,  we are working to make JMMP a high-impact

A new texbook suitable for upper division undergraduate or first year graduate course in solid mechanics:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/intermediate-solid-mechanics/3F98D0...

PhD fellowships starting Fall 2021

COHMAS, KAUST invites applications for 3 fully-funded PhD (and similar MS/PHD) positions in Mechanical Engineering, starting Fall 2021.

Topic 1: New thermoplastics materials for Energy and Mobility applications

Journal Tittle: Acta Mechanica Sinica

Article Tittle: A New ANCF Solid-Beam Element: Relationship with Bézier Volume and Application on Leaf Spring Modeling

Author: Zuqing Yu, Yaqi Cui

Novelty/impact/significance

Constitutive models are of fundamental importance to many biomedical problems such as the rupture prediction of aortic aneurysms. Existing structure-based constitutive models such as the widely used Gasser–Ogden–Holzapfel (GOH) model usually need to specify the number of fiber family which may be difficult to identify for many kinds of tissues. In this study, we developed a novel hyperelastic model for biological tissues by considering a fiber distribution as a whole distribution which does not need the information of the number of fiber family.

The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NJIT will be hosting a special webinar by Professor David Steigmann on March 17th, 12:30-1:30 pm (EST). Please see the attached flyer for more information about the webinar. The webex link to the meeting is below. All are welcome to join.

The University of Luxembourg is seeking world-leading researchers in the field of Sensing and Measurement, to complement the existing strengths in computational and data science.

"Electrical Engineering with a focus on Measurement Techniques & Sensors Technology" (http://emea3.mrted.ly/2n2nq). 

cdmHUB invites you to attend the Global Composites Experts Webinar Series. 

Title: Practical Developments in Multiscale Modeling of Composites

Speaker: Dr.  Steve Arnold

Time: 4/1, 11AM-12PM EST.

Please go to https://www.purdue.edu/cmsc/events/2020-webinars/ to register for this webinar.

Abstract

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The AMD-ASME Executive Committee is pleased to announce and congratulate

Dr. Yuhang Hu, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology;

Dr. Kathryn Matlack, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois; and

A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, to conduct research into the mechanics of lattice materials. The post holder will be located in Central Cambridge Cambridgeshire, UK.

There is an opening for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering at the post-doctoral level (or a researcher who is close to obtaining their PhD), to work on lattice materials. The post holder will be located in Central Cambridge Cambridgeshire, UK.

https://twitter.com/stephanebordas/status/1368289311523827714 The University of Luxembourg (UL) invites applications for two PhD Fellow (Doctoral Candidate) positions (m/f) as part of the QuaC project funded by the FNR CORE funding instrument https://www.fnr.lu/funding-instruments/core/

A one-plus-one year post-doctoral position is available at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. The project aim is to develop reliable methods for material characterization of the mechanical properties on the micrometer scale.

The application deadline is 2021-04-15.

Apply on the KTH website: https://www.kth.se/en/om/work-at-kth/lediga-jobb/what:job/jobID:386387/where:4/

Journal Tittle: Acta Mechanica Sinica

Article Tittle: Mechanical characterization of soft silicone gels via spherical nanoindentation for applications in mechanobiology

Author: Yajun Zhang, Xiaoning Yang, Chunyang Xiong

A new postdoctoral fellow position will be open at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology - starting from July 2021.  The research is concerned with the modeling of failure and fracture in soft materials and biological tissues.  Potential candidates should have a Ph.D.

One position of “Researcher in Geotechnical Engineering : physical and numerical modelling” is available at the Gustave Eiffel University, Nantes campus, France.

The application is open until the 19th March 2021 (https://www.concours.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/charge-e-de-recherche-du-developpement-durable-de-a126.html).

More information in the attached file.