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PhD Position on the Mechanical Properties of DNA Nanostructures

Submitted by Stavros Gaitanaros on Thu, 12/14/2017 - 20:46

Applications are invited for a PhD position at Johns Hopkins University (beginning Fall 2018) on a collaborative project between the labs of Extreme Mechanics of Architected Materials (Prof. Stavros Gaitanaros) and Mechanochemistry And Functional Imaging Applications (Prof. Yun Chen) at Johns Hopkins University.
The project will focus on the combination of multi-scale modeling and experiments in order to examine the mechanical behavior of DNA origami nanostructures.

Strong background in Mathematics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibrations and Control

Submitted by Neda.km on Wed, 12/06/2017 - 02:52

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I have B.Sc from Sharif University of Technology, Iran and M.S. from Northeastern University in Boston, US, both in Mechanical Engineering.

I have a strong background in Mathematics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibrations and Control, and some years of related experience in these fields. Furthermore, I do have a great deal of the programming skills and computational methods with an extensive computer software knowledge. I am also interested in working on Vehicle Control, Robotics, Tribology (friction and surface sliding) and Vibrations.

Ashby PhD Scholarship in the Mechanics of Materials

Submitted by Hilde F on Fri, 12/01/2017 - 10:00

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scholarship Materials

A fully funded PhD scholarship exists in the area of Mechanics of Materials, endowed in honour of Prof M F Ashby. The successful applicant will have a 1st class degree (and ideally a Masters degree) in an appropriate field. The precise topic of the PhD can be fixed after the scholarship has been awarded.

Further details may be obtained from Ms Hambro-Fernandez (Div-C [at] eng.cam.ac.uk (Div-C[at]eng[dot]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk))

Basics of plasticity theory in 6 min

Submitted by rajan_prithivi on Sun, 11/26/2017 - 05:01

This video explains the very fundamental points with regard to plasticity theory. It covers the following -

1) Why study plasticity ?

2) Additive decomposition of strain

3) stress and strength

4) Yield condition , flow rule & hardening rule

-Prithivi

Funded PhD Position at University of Limerick: Cyclic Plasticity of AM Maraging Steel 300

Submitted by kourousis on Thu, 11/16/2017 - 21:46

education

Funded Phd Positon

Plasticity

additive manufacturing

Doctoral Position

Details in the attached file

Plotting ellipsoids with R

Submitted by Biswajit Banerjee on Tue, 11/07/2017 - 04:10

education

discrete element modelling

New article: Plotting ellipsoids with R. http://www.parresianz.com/r/plotting-ellipsoids-in-R/

-- Biswajit

Updated solution manual for Metamaterial book

Submitted by Biswajit Banerjee on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 20:35

education

metamaterials

The derivations of some equations and solutions to problems from my metamaterials books are now available for download from ResearchGate at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320611794_Mechanical_metamaterials_some_derivations_and_examples.

-- Biswajit

PhD positions in Computational Mechanics at the University of Wisconsin Madison

Submitted by Shiva Rudraraju on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 18:59

education

# Finite Element modeling; Contact Mechanics; Multiscale Modeling

multiphyiscs

biophysics

Funded Phd Positon

Looking for prospective PhD students with strong background in solid mechanics and numerical methods to join the Computational Mechanics and Multiphysics Group at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Background in modeling contact or contact mechanics is a big plus but not essential.

The research scope is in the broader areas of mechanics driven multiphysics in morphogenesis/embroyogenesis phenomena (Biophysics) and microstructure evolution in metallic alloys.

Ph.D. Student Positions in Computational Materials Science and Mechanics

Submitted by AnterEl-Azab on Wed, 10/25/2017 - 19:24

Radiation effects in materials

Computational methods in Materials Science

Several Ph.D. student positions are available in Professor El-Azab’s group with the School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University. The group performs advanced theoretical and computational research in the areas of mesoscale plasticity and dislocation dynamics, radiation effects in materials, microstructure evolution, phase field method development, and computational methods for materials science and mechanics. Applicants with MS in mechanical, aerospace, or materials engineering, with background in microstructure science, continuum mechanics and elasticity, numerical methods or computational techniques such as finite element method are highly preferred. Knowledge of at least one advanced programming language such as Fortran or C++ is required. Exceptional applicants with BS degree will also be considered. The openings are for spring 2018, summer 2018 and fall 2018. Applicants must meet Purdue University and School of Materials Engineering admission criteria. For inquiry please send email to Professor El-Azab (aelazab [at] purdue.edu).