SUSTech (https://www.sustech.edu.cn/en/) is a newly found research university in Shenzhen, China (Shenzhen can be considered as Silicon Valley in China.). Please check out the attached flyer for the introduction of SUSTech and the PhD scholarship.
Several fully-funded PhD openings are available (flexible start date) in the lab of Dr Maresca at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands (https://www.rug.nl/staff/f.maresca/).
The research topics will focus on the multi-scale mechanics modelling of the following problems:
a) Hydrogen embrittlement in steels
b) High entropy alloys
c) Shape memory alloys
Dr. Yanqing Su's group in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Utah State University (USU) is looking for fully funded Ph.D. students in the field of materials in extreme environments using small-scale computational methods. Self-motivated individuals who have research experience in one or more of the following areas are strongly encouraged to apply for the Ph.D. positions in our group:
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate with a sound background in micromechanics/solid mechanics, and interest in data-driven multiscale modelling of heterogeneous materials to work on a project 'Heterogeneous Materials in Extreme Environments' within the Centre for Doctoral Training HetSys at the University of Warwick (see https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/hetsys/).
Entry requirements
Arc welding based additive manufacturing or WAAM techniques are attracting interest from the manufacturing industry because of their potential to fabricate large metal components with low cost and short production lead time. This process exists alongside other high deposition rate metal AM technologies such as powder and wire based DED. While these use either laser or an electron beam as energy source to melt a metal powder or wire, WAAM technologies melt metal wire using an electric arc.
Over the last years, UGent-MMS has developed the stand-alone BladeMesher software for generating finite element models of large wind turbine blades. The software reads in the material data and airfoil data of the wind turbine blade, and automatically constructs the geometry and finite element mesh for the blade. In a next step, the nodal and element information of the finite element mesh is written out to an input file for a commercial finite element solver (Abaqus in this case).
Thermoplastic composites are gaining more and more interest in automotive, aerospace and sports applications, because of the short cycle times and recycling possibilities. Besides short fibre-reinforced thermoplastics, also continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites are being considered for load-carrying structures. However, their behaviour during manufacturing and during in-service use is very different from the traditional thermoset composites (typically epoxy-based). The mechanical properties of thermoplastic composites are much more sensitive to temperature and loading rate.
Please see the links in Chinese
Associate professor: http://acem.scu.edu.cn/newsshow.php?cid=88&id=12762
http://acem.scu.edu.cn/newsshow.php?cid=88&id=12732
Postdoc: http://acem.scu.edu.cn/newsshow.php?cid=88&id=12733
Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering
204 E. Dean Keeton Street, C2200 • Austin, Texas 78712 • 512-232-5998 • Fax 512-471-8727
Postdoc Position in “Graphene-Based Composites: Experimental”
