Czech Society of Mechanics Institutes Z.P. Bazant Prize for Engineering Mechanics

The Czech Society of Mechanics, Prague, has instituted the Z.P. Bazant Prize for Engineering Mechanics,
in honor of Prof. Zdenek P. Bazant, the McCormick Professor and Walter
P. Murphy Professor Of Civil Engineering And Materials Science. The selection
committee is composed of members from the Czech Technical University
and the Czech Academy of Sciences. The Prize is to be given annually.

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Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position within the Micro and Nano Mechanics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University.  The successful candidate will participate in a vibrant interdisciplinary research group and be involved in projects addressing experimentation and multiphysics modeling of AFM probe-based techniques for direct-write fabrication of nanowires and biological substrates.  Broad collaborations are facilitated through participation in the Northwestern Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, the Medical School, and Argonne and Sandia National Laboratories.

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Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position within the Micro and Nano Mechanics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University.  The successful candidate will join a vibrant interdisciplinary research group and be involved in projects addressing multiscale experimentation and modeling of material dynamic failure.  We seek a motivated, talented and independent individual interested in conducting research on the characterization of material instabilities in novel metallic alloys and polymer composite materials. The experiments will involve high strain rate testing, digital image correlation with high speed photography, and full field temperature detection.

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Applications are invited for graduate studies within the Micro and Nano Mechanics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University.  The successful candidate will join a vibrant interdisciplinary research group and be involved in projects addressing atomic scale experimentation and modeling of advanced materials.  We seek motivated, talented and independent individuals interested in pursuing a PhD in one of the following areas:
•    Mechanics of Graphene and applications
•    Nanofibers made of double-walled carbon nanotubes and polymer matrices
•    Electro-mechanical properties of metallic and semiconducting nanowires

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Applications are invited for a research assistant position within the Micro and Nano Mechanics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University.  The successful candidate will join a vibrant interdisciplinary research group and be involved in projects addressing multiscale experimentation and modeling of advanced materials.  We seek a motivated, talented and independent individual interested in conducting research on the characterization of material instabilities and failure.

Applications are invited for postdoctoral positions within the Micro and Nano Mechanics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University.  The successful candidate will participate in a vibrant interdisciplinary research group and be involved in projects addressing experiments and modeling in electro-thermo-mechanical characterization of 1-D nanostructures, probe-based techniques for direct-write fabrication of biological substrates and NEMS, and carbon nanotube-based NEMS.  Broad collaborations are facilitated through participation in the Northwestern Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, the Medical School, and Argonne and Sandia National Laboratories.

For more than 15 years, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been the flagship material of nanotechnology. Researchers have conceived applications for nanotubes ranging from microelectronic devices to cancer therapy. Their atomic structure should, in theory, give them mechanical and electrical properties far superior to most common materials.  

Applications are invited for postdoctoral positions within the Micro and Nano Mechanics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University.  The successful candidate will participate in a vibrant interdisciplinary research group and be involved in projects addressing electro-thermo-mechanical characterization of 1-D nanostructures, and probe-based techniques for direct-write fabrication of biological substrates and NEMS.  Broad collaborations are facilitated through participation in the Northwestern Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, the Medical School, and Argonne and Sandia National Laboratories.

Dear Colleagues:

The 13th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics (ICEM13, http://www.icem13.gr) will be held on July 1-6, 2007 in Alexandroupolis, Greece. It is our pleasure to announce that the Conference will include a special symposium organized by us entitled, “Plasticity, Fracture and Fatigue at the Micro and Nano Scales,” which will focus on recent developments in this area within the larger scope of assessing research needs in a variety of applications of interest.

I would like to invite you to participate in the referenced symposium and to present a paper. If you decide to participate, please submit an abstract on-line through the ICEM13 web site http://www.icem13.gr no later than *October 31, 2006*. The deadline for submission of /manuscripts/ will be announced at a later time. The presented papers will be included in the Proceedings of ICEM13 published by Springer.

Horacio Espinosa and Emmanuel Gdoutos