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Funded PhD Position in Dynamic Systems and Intelligent Machines Lab- San Diego State University
We have an open PhD position in the areas of perception, planning, and control of autonomous systems in DSIM lab. Highly motivated applicants with prior experience in robotics, control and/or machine learning and strong programming skills and mathematical background are encouraged to apply. Applicants should have B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field.
Remote Mechanics Teaching. How to do it well?
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Many of us will be teaching remotely soon. I wonder what is most effective when it comes to mechanics.
In our department we have been having meetings to help professors figure out what is the approach to the online teaching modality. There have been lots of suggestions:
Introducing Ansys Innovation Courses
ANSYS, Inc. has been investing time and resources into their knowledge resources and academic program and their recent contribution to the community is the "Ansys Innovation Courses". These are on-demand physics-based courses that are free for everyone which empowers students and professionals to visualize, reinforce, and rapidly master key physics concepts, with the help of simulations.
Two new books for continuum mechanics of solids
I would like to announce two new books that Prof. Lallit Anand and I have just published on continuum mechanics of solids.
YouTube Videos on Atomistic Modeling
Dear All,
My student is making YouTube videos on Atomistic Modeling.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyC86CcnTfGknWOpw0oqVPw/videos
Your suggestions and feedback will make the videos better.
Thanks.
New Book on 2D Materials
We have edited a new book on 2D materials. Thanks to all the authors for their contribution.
ScienceDirect LINK: Synthesis, Modeling, and Characterization of 2D Materials, and Their Heterostructures
At-distance PhD on Smart Materials and 3D/4D Printing Technologies
NTU offers PhD by distance programmes. Please let me know if you are interested to do a PhD on Smart Materials and 3D/4D Printing Technologies.
https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/research-degrees-at-ntu/at-distance-phds
#phd #unitedkingdom #ntu #3Dprinting #4Dprinting #smartmaterials #shapememory #sensor #actuator #biomedicaldevicedesign #metamaterials #bioinspiredmaterials
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of a Polymer-Metal Interface in LAMMPS
We are currently investigating the impact resistance of multilayers using molecular dynamics. This project showed us that modeling material interfaces could be challenging even for someone with a background in atomic simulations. Therefore, we thought of sharing some useful information and the LAMMPS input files to model the aluminum-polyurethane interface (shown above). Please see here: https://github.com/nuwan-d/polymer_metal_interface