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Funded Ph.D. position in the Department of Mechanical Engineering- Engineering Mechanics at the Michigan Technological University. Starting June or September 2019. 

We are looking for a self-motivated Ph.D. student to study Machine Learning enabled computational models for applications in Biomedical Imaging and Material Modeling. 

Owing to their enormous capacities, Li-S batteries have emerged as a prime candidate for economic and sustainable energy storage. Still, potential mechanics-based issues exist that must be addressed: lithiation of sulfur produces an enormous volume expansion (~80%). In other high capacity electrodes, large expansions generate considerable stresses that can lead to mechanical damage and capacity fading.

The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University (Ithaca campus) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the broad area of Civil Infrastructure Engineering. Applicants should have a deep expertise in a foundational discipline (such as engineering mechanics, applied mathematics, risk analysis, materials science, and/or computational science and engineering) and a history of research achievement supporting technology in at least one of the following areas:

At workshop 

Computational Methods for Interface Problems Workshop

at UCL, organised by Erik Burman and colleagues

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/maths/events/2019/jan/computational-methods-interface-problems-workshop

Presentation download:

http://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/37921

Project Background: BioImplant Innovative Training Network (ITN) is a European Industrial Doctorate programme that will provide world-class multidisciplinary training to 12 early-stage researchers (ESRs) in the area of bioabsorbable medical implant development.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of West Florida (www.uwf.edu/me) invites applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level starting fall 2019 (Position #126160).

Job Summary: The successful candidate will join an internationally collaboration team of scientists in the New Technologies – Research Centre at University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic. He or she will contribute to ongoing research projects and have the opportunity to propose, design, and carry out new research efforts within the broader scope of the group's research topics, which focuses on molecular dynamics simulations of piezo-electric phenomena at nanoscale and metal plasticity at nanoscale.

Nanoprecipitation strengthening in high entropy alloys

Xiaoyan Li, Jianguo Li

Center for Advanced Mechanics and Materials, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Introduction

Multiple graduate research assistantship and wage positions are available in the Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS) at VIrginia Tech. We expect the student(s) will participate in projects funded by NSF, ONR, DOE and industry, and work on the energy harvesting circuits, power management, and control. The Energy Harvesting and Mechatronics Research Lab and CEHMS directed by Prof Lei Zuo have active research on energy harvesting from vibration, motion, fluid, and heat, using electromagnetic, piezoelectric, and thermometric transducers, at mW to KW scale.

The 2018 Timoshenko Medal Acceptance Speech:  Academic Family, by Prof. Ares Rosakis of California Institute of Technology, was just published in Journal of Applied Mechanics.  The article is attached.

Hi everybody,

I am studying the plastic deformation of sheet metal. Recently, I study about stress update scheme in finite element analysis using return mapping method. For this problem, we can calculate the increment of stress components, Δσ for a given value of strain components Δε using elastic predictor - plastic correct scheme. Since Δε = Δεe +Δεp, first, we assume Δεp=0 and check the yield criterion. Then, we find Δεp to satisfy the yield criterion as well as the consistent condition.

However, I have a question as the follows

Liu, M., Suo, S., Wu, J., Gan, Y., Hanaor, D. A. H., & Chen, C. Q. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2019, 539: 379-387. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021979718315108#f0040

Hypothesis

In this paper, we experimentally characterize a simple and unified power law for the profiles of a variety of nanobubbles and nanotents formed by 2D materials such as graphene and MoS2 layers. https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.266101

ABSTRACT

Wide-ranging and multiple-revolution perturbed Lambert’s problems are building blocks for practical missions such as development of cislunar space, interplanetary navigation, orbital rendezvous, etc. However, it is of a great challenge to solve these problems both accurately and efficiently, considering the long transfer time and the complexity of high-fidelity modeling of space environment. For that, a methodology combining Optimal-Feedback Accelerated Picard Iteration methods and Fish-Scale Growing Method is demonstrated.

Vacancy exists for high calibre one postdoctoral fellow to join the Innovative Design and Engineering Analysis Laboratory at York University, starting immediately.
The position’s primary area of research will focus on characterization and modelling of elastomers subject to high strain rates.

Dear colleagues, 

On behalf of the co-organizers, I would like to draw to your attention to the mini-symposium #1401 on Computational Geomechanics in the upcoming 15th NS National Congress on Computational Mechanics, to be held at Austin Texas from July 28th to August 1st, 2019. The due date of abstract submission is January 15th, 2019. 

Further information can be found at http://15.usnccm.org/1401

The scope of the mini-symposium is listed below.

Thanks, 

Steve Sun

Columbia University

Investigations on the fast capacity loss of Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have highlighted a rich field of mechanical phenomena occurring during charging/discharging cycles, to name only a few, large deformations coupled with nonlinear elasticity, plastification, fracture, anisotropy, structural instability, and phase separation phenomena. In the last decade, numerous experimental and theoretical studies have been conducted to investigate and model these phenomena.

Two PhD positions are available starting Summer/Fall 2019 in the Manufacturing and Mechanics Lab (MaMeL) within the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the supervision of Professor Pavana Prabhakar. The research topic is in the area of Mechanics of Hybrid Composites, and will involve theoretical/computational multiscale and multiphysics modeling in combination with experimental manufacturing and characterization studies.

Since there are some weird problems occurred during the compiling with the application of VS and ABAQUS in Windows system, my supervisor advised me to use Linux system instead. The reason is that the system of the server of the institute is Linux and Linux helps a lot regarding coding. However, when I tried to run umat.o file in ABAQUS with the server, there was an error called "Problem during linking". I'm sure the server has installed ABAQUS and Intel Fortran.

In our recent work, we construct a hybrid light-powered tensegrity robot composed of both hard and soft materials. The tensegrity robot shows great scalability, deployability, impact-mitigation capability, high load capacity, and can be precisely controlled to move on multiterrains. It is an example of combining interesting structures and interesting actuating materials in soft robotics.

Computational methods including AI are revolutionizing the materials design world. Today, an engineer or scientist can simply enter the desired properties into a program and the system will manufacture a microstructure that matches the specifications.

One PhD position is available for Fall 2019 in the Advanced Multifunctional and Multiphysics Metamaterials Lab (AM3L) in the Bioresource Engineering Department of McGill University. The research topic is on the area of Mechanics of Architected Multifunctional Materials. Theoretical and computational multiscale modelling along with experimental (3D printing and characterization) studies will be conducted for multiphysics analysis of architected cellular solids. The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Hamid Akbarzadeh at McGill University.

Multiple PhD positions available at Purdue. The general topic of the project is computational modeling of delivery of injectable medicines.

I am looking for candidates who can join immediately.

Dr. Hector Gomez Associate Professor School of Mechanical EngineeringWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University e-mail: hectorgomez@purdue.eduweb   : https://engineering.purdue.edu/gomez/