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XVIII International Colloquium on Mechanical Fatigue of Metals (ICMFM XVIII) - First announcement

Submitted by Emilio Martíne… on

Dear Colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to announce the XVIII International Colloquium on Mechanical Fatigue of Metals (ICMFM XVIII), which will take place at the Universidad Laboral in Gijón (Spain), the 5th, 6th and 7th of September of 2016. The event will be organized by the Engineering School of the University of Oviedo.

PhD position on multi-scale modelling of fatigue damage in composites @ Ghent University (Belgium)

Submitted by wvpaepeg on

The core idea of this project is to develop a consistent multi-scale modelling framework for fatigue damage in unidirectionally reinforced composites. Three scales are distinguished:

Course on Design Principles, Fatigue & Damage Tolerance for Aeronautical Engineers

Submitted by pragtic on

Dear iMechanicians,

Please note that a 6 day course for aeronautical engineers on design principles, fatigue and damage tolerance will be realized during October and November 2014 in Czech Republic. The course is split to two blocks: Part I - Design Principles; Part II - Fatigue & Damage Tolerance run in the period October 20-22 and November 11-13 respectively.

Engineering Analyst position with focus on FEA, elastomers, and fatigue life prediction

Submitted by wvmars on

Endurica, LLC is a growing software and consulting services company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, USA. The
company develops and sells solutions that enable customers to manage durability of elastomeric products. Our
physics-based solutions include computer-aided engineering software that numerically simulates the fatigue life
of elastomeric products, a materials characterization service, and project-oriented consulting services. Our
software is distributed globally in partnership with Dassault Systemes.

VAL2015 conference on Variable Amplitude Loading - Abstract submission system opened

Submitted by pragtic on

Dear iMechanician

We are preparing everything necessary to host the 3rd International Conference on Material and Component Performance under Variable Amplitude Loading (VAL 2015) in Prague, Czech Republic in March 23-26, 2015. From now on, you can register your abstracts in the online
submission system
. The system will stay open till July 7, 2014, so do not forget to insert your abstract in time.

Ph.D. position in the framework of FP7-Marie Curie-ITN Endure

Submitted by V. Carvelli on

Institution:  POLITECNICO di MILANO – Italy

Ph.D. Supervisor:  Prof. Valter Carvelli

Funding Availability: 
FP7-Marie Curie-ITN Endure

Deadline application: Aprili 29th, 2014

One
Ph.D. position
(Early-Stage Researcher) of 36 months, in the framework of EU Marie
Curie FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN Endure (see http://www.endure-itn.eu)

PhD student position at Arizona State University

Submitted by Yongming Liu on

One PhD student position is available at Arizona State University for fall 2014. Research background in at least one of the following areas is preferred.

1. Fatigue, creep, and corrosion analysis of materials

2. Computational mechanics and micromechanics

3. Damage detection for composite materials

Interested candidates please send application documents to yongming.liu [at] asu.edu (yongming[dot]liu[at]asu[dot]edu)