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The Materials Research Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, is seeking candidates for a Senior Researcher position in the area of processing of polymer matrix composites to develop innovative strategies and to improve current methods of manufacturing polymer matrix composites for the energy and transport sector. 

Risø DTU has close collaboration with the leading wind turbine blade manufactures such as LM Glasfiber A/S, Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Siemens Wind Power A/S.   

Professor Wing Kam Liu's group at Northwestern University is looking for a postdoc or a research associate who is good at multiscale methods development, nonlinear finite elements, and has good knowledge of plasticity with some knowledge of high performance computing.  Interested applicants please contact: w-liu [at] northwestern.edu (w-liu[at]northwestern[dot]edu)

The Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics

(http://www.ilsb.tuwien.ac.at ) of Vienna University of Technology in Vienna, Austria, has an opening for a Postdoc in Experimental (Bio)Mechanics for a period of two years.

Please, see http://www.ilsb.tuwien.ac.at/gener/aussch18e2.pdf for details

The research group on ‘Structural Composites’ at IMDEA Materials seeks a Research Associate (Postdoctoral Researcher) for a collaborative European Project in the area of Multiscale Modeling of Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Multifunctional Polymer Composites, The selected candidate will work under the supervision of the project leader to develop detailed multiscale modeling tools (micro and meso levels) to predict electrical conductivity and mechanical properties  of CFRP composites reinforced with nanotubes/nanofibers.

A postdoc position is available in the Composite and Heterogeneous Materials Modeling and Simulation Laboratory (COHMAS) at KAUST. The successful candidate will be engaged in modeling and numerical simulation in nano-reinforced composite materials for applications in close collaboration with the aeronautical industry.

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Johns Hopkins University - April
2010:

POSTGRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL OPPORTUNITIES EXIST

IN MECHANICS AND AEROSPACE DESIGN LAB IN UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

 We are seeking high calibre Masters and Doctoral students as well as Post Doctoral Fellows to join a very active and dynamic group at the University of Toronto. We are dealing with very exciting projects, including: Nanoengineering, Structural Health Monitoring, Design of Fast UAV (M=0.85), Structural Integrity of Aeroengine Compressor and Turbine Disc Assemblies, Morphing Wing Design, among many others.

Applications are sought for a postdoctoral position in Solid Mechanics at Brown University, with focus on the mechanics of energy storage materials. Interested candidates can contact Prof. Pradeep Guduru at Pradeep_Guduru [at] Brown.edu, with CV and a statement of research interests.