The Department of Civil Engineering at NCSU has an
opening for tenure track faculty position in the general areas of
Structural Engineering and/or Mechanics. Our plan is to hire the best
candidate irrespective of the specific area of research focus. Interested candidates should submit application material before September 30, 2010 to receive full consideration. The official advertisement is given below.

The Department of Civil Engineering at NCSU has an opening for tenure track faculty position in the general areas of Structural Engineering and/or Mechanics. The plan is to hire the best candidate irrespective of the specific area of research focus. Interested applicants are urged to act quickly, as the final review of applications may begin as early as next week (the week of January 11). The official advertisement is given below.

(jointly with Siddharth Savadatti and Senganal Thirunavukkarasu)

Overview: The wave equation and its variants have been used to describe propagation of mechanical and electromagnetic disturbances in various media. The primary characteristic of these equations is that they propagate disturbances in all directions, i.e. in a two dimensional setting, wave equations have a 360-degree range of propagation angles. In contrast, one-way wave equations (OWWEs) propagate disturbances in a specified direction, while completely suppressing propagation in the opposite direction, i.e. in a two dimensional setting, OWWEs have a 180-degree range of propagation. We illustrate the difference between OWWEs and full wave equations in the animations below. The simulation shows the response to a point pulse load applied at the center of the layered domain. The top and bottom layers of the domain are identical while the middle layer has different properties.

The Department of Civil Engineering at North Carolina State University is inviting applications for a possible tenure-track position in the broad area of advanced materials. The solicitation is part of a broader search, with the goal of filling one or more positions in the department; please see the official advertisement at the end of this message. Note that the advertisement does not give any specific details about the desirable properties of the advanced materials applicant. They are summarized below.