3 PhD positions are now available at the Department of Innovation Engineering at the University of Salento in Lecce, Italy. Funding is provided by the European Research Council Starting Researcher Grant project "INTERFACES-Mechanical Modeling of Interfaces in Advanced Materials and Structures".

The successful applicant will work on topics related to computational methods for interface modeling, isogeometric analysis, and multiscale methods.

Applicants should possess the following qualifications/attributes:

(a) an Engineering degree in a closely related area;

(b) a strong motivation to carry out high-quality research;

(c) a solid background in continuum mechanics and computational mechanics;

3 Post-Doc positions are available at the Department of Innovation Engineering at the University of Salento in Lecce, Italy. Funding is provided by the ERC Starting Researcher Grant project "INTERFACES - Mechanical Modeling of Interfaces in Advanced Materials and Structures". The topics are related to computational methods for interface modeling, isogeometric analysis, and mutlscale methods.

 The expected start date is February 2012 but early applications are highly encouraged. For additional information, please contact Laura De Lorenzis, Principal Investigator of INTERFACES (laura.delorenzis@unisalento.it).

This minisymposium, organized by R.A. Sauer and L. De Lorenzis within WCCM 2012 (http://www.wccm2012.com/ ) focuses on computational methods studying the mechanics and physics of interfaces and surfaces (see attachment). All related contributions are welcome.