Mechanically instructive biomaterials: a synergy of mechanics, materials and biology
Zhenwei Ma, Jianyu Li
Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
UPDATE: This webinar has been postponed.
A new date will be announced in due course.
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to invite you to the next webinar in the Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) Webinar Series.
Our upcoming seminar will be delivered by Prof. Ritu Raman (MIT):
"Tissue engineering biological actuators for biohybrid robots"
Date: Thursday, 24 September 2026
Our latest paper on ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is now published in Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-651X/ae9f79
We investigate turbulence-induced vibrations in a confined annular flow configuration representative of pressurized water reactor internals. The experimental setup consists of a rigid inner cylinder mounted on two flexible rectangular plates inside a cylindrical vessel. Building on our previous work, analytical expressions for the fluid-elastic forces in quiescent fluid are derived, accounting for added mass, damping, partial immersion, viscous, and confinement effects.
The Executive Committee (EC) of the Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) of ASME is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Applied Mechanics Division Awards.
Nominations will be due by September 15, 2026.
The AMD seeks nominations for the awards listed below.
Timoshenko Medal:
With funding from the Haythornthwaite Foundation, the Executive Committee (EC) of the Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) of ASME is pleased to announce the Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant Program, targeting university faculty engaged in research in theoretical and applied mechanics that are at the beginning of their academic careers. Applicants must hold a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor at a US university on October 1, 2026, and must not be more than 5 years beyond receipt of their doctoral degree at the time the award is made.
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to invite you to the next webinar in the Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) Webinar Series.
Our upcoming seminar will be delivered by Prof. Omar Saleh (UCSB):
"Droplets that stiffen gels"
Date: Friday, 14 August 2026
Time: 10:00 am Boston / 3:00 pm London / 4:00 pm Paris / 10:00 pm Beijing
Discussion leader: Prof. Robert M McMeeking (UCSB)
Prof. Yu Deng of the University of Chicago Department of Mathematics won the Fields Medal in Mathematics for solving Hilbert's Sixth Problem. How does this differ from the Unified Mechanics Theory? I raised this question to Gemini 3.1 Pro Extended Thinking. The answer is attached. I hope you enjoy reading it.
Maximiliano Larrain Silva Amit Acharya
A solution procedure is formulated and solved for treating the nonlinear Dissipation Inequality as a constraint equation within continuum mechanics, and allowing for incomplete knowledge of constitutive behavior. The scheme is demonstrated in the context of the rate-dependent, elastoplastic response of a bar, resulting in a nonlinear problem of constrained optimization. Both closed form and computational results are developed. The computational solutions utilize a sequence of convex optimization problems, and are shown to be accurate. In the example considered, the approach is shown to automatically correct an (intentionally) faulty constitutive specification, resulting in the solution to be in accord with the fundamental postulates of continuum mechanics.
