biomechanics

Another couple of interesting articles to share. Using some "mechanics" principles, researchers have reasoned that 100,000 years ago, kangaroos were too heavy to hop.

A while ago, a different group of researchers published the results of computer modelling (using genetic algorithms) that showed dinosaurs might have hopped and skipped as forms of locomotion! (But only if particularly happy?)

These articles might be good to share with undergraduate engineers for discussion in tutorials. There are issues to discuss with assumptions in both cases.

2015 Summer Biomechanics Bioengineering and Biotransport Meeting

Submitted by rleask on Wed, 10/01/2014 - 13:45

<p>Please join us at the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C2015), to be held at beautiful Snowbird Utah, July 17-20, 2015 (http://www.snowbird.com). The theme of the conference this year is <strong> Synergy of Modeling and Experiments in Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport </strong>.

Post Doctoral Position

Submitted by Gerhard Holzapfel on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 13:02

job

biomechanics

Open Post Doctoral Position in Biomechanics for 2 years, fully employed, at the Institute of Biomechanics in Graz, Austria.

For more details please see the attachment.

Faculty Position - UCSB Mechanical Engineering - Assistant Professor - Tenure Track

Submitted by chairasst-me on Wed, 09/17/2014 - 23:31

job

mechanical engineering

solid mechanics

mechanics of materials

mechanics of structures

biomechanics

FACULTY POSITION

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

JOB NUMBER JPF00380

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenure track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor with a start date of July 1, 2015 or later.

NRC/ASEE Post-Doc Positions at the US Naval Research Laboratory in Computational Mechanics and Materials Science and Statistical Mechancis

Submitted by Siddiq Qidwai on Wed, 06/25/2014 - 22:18

job

computational mechanics

computational materials science

multiscale mechanics

Discrete dislocation modeling

statistical mechanics

# Finite Element modeling

Contact: Dr. Siddiq Qidwai, siddiq.qidwai [at] nrl.navy.mil

Postdoc Information: http://hroffice.nrl.navy.mil/jobs/postdoc.htm. Note the substantial stipend and benefits.

NOTE: US Citizenship is required for all positions. US Permanent Residents may be acceptable in certain circumstances.

FEBio2 Released

Submitted by David Rawlins on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 23:10

software

biomechanics

computational mechanics

finite element

It’s with great pleasure that we announce the release of version 2.0 of FEBio (Finite Elements for Biomechanics). This new version can be downloaded here . FEBio is an open-source finite element package, specifically designed for solving problems in the field of computational biomechanics. This new version includes some major changes and contains a number of new and exciting features. Some of the noteworthy changes and additions are listed below.