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"inspired by nature" is this year's topic of our KTH Summer School of Computational Tissue Biomechanics
read the 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hoESL99o0pm8rRKrCId73WlJ-H8J1ihg/view
Unique opportunity to connect experimental, theoretical, and numerical know how in the description of biological tissues.
+ learn about the function of solids at large deformations, for example, used in soft robotics.

Advanced Course on "Crack Initiation and Failure in Complex Structures: Finite Fracture Mechanics and related fracture models"

The advanced CISM Course will be organized in Udine, Italy, on June 9-13, 2025

Website: https://cism.it/en/activities/courses/C2505/

Lecturers:

Wrinkling - Theoretical Foundation, Experimental Characterization and Numerical Modeling

This course is aimed at graduate students, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral researchers in electronics/biomedical/mechanical/civil engineering, materials science, biophysics and applied mathematics. It is also valuable for senior scientists and engineers in academia and industry interested in the fundamental theoretical aspects of wrinkling phenomena, their numerical simulation and experimental characterization.

Are you interested in undertaking a PhD in the interdisciplinary field of computational cardiovascular biomechanics? If so, there are positions available in my research group and details are provided below.

Mechanical properties of materials are usually measured by simple one-dimensional tests. The growing field of data-driven mechanics requires development of experimental methods to obtain large quantities of multi-axial data from a single test. To complement this data is the requirement to develop computational methods that can deal with the inevitable measurement noise.

PhD positions are  available in the group of Prof. Stefano Gonella at the University of Minnesota. The positions are in the general area of mechanics and physics of solids, with emphasis on mechanical and elastic metamaterials and wave physics. 

Current topics of interest include:

1)       Topological mechanics and metamaterials

2)       Optimization of metamaterials and metastructures

3)       Mechanics of lattices