There is an immediate opening for a postdoctoral research position in the Advanced Computational Research Lab at RPI, Troy NY to work on Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Methods. Currently we are working on interesting advances in the areas of radiation damage and high strain rate loading conditions. Encouraged to apply are creative, self-motivated individuals with a sound baclkground in computational mechanics, CPFEM and materials science. RPI is home to the CCNI, one of the most powerful university-based supercomputational research facilities in the world.

Qualifications:

1. PhD in Computational/Applied Mechanics/ Computational Materials Science or related field.

There is an immediate opening for a postdoctoral research position in the Advanced Computational Research Laboratory at RPI, Troy NY to work on Multiscale Computational Mechanics. Encouraged to apply are creative, self-motivated candidates with a sound background in computational mechanics. RPI is home to the CCNI, one of the most powerful university-based super-computational research facilities in the world.

Qualifications:
1.    PhD in Computational/Applied Mechanics/ Computational Materials Science or related topic.
2.    Sound background in nonlinear solid mechanics. Preference will be give to candidates with background in crystal plasticity.
3.    Sound background in FEM technology.

The first USACM Thematic Conference on Multiscale Methods and Validation in Medicine and Biology will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel San Francisco Airport Burlingame on February 13-14, 2012. The theme of the conference is Biomechanics and Mechanobiology. We envision at most two parallel sessions with opportunities of focused discussions during the sessions, which will be centered around topics including the following:
• Mechanobiology at the molecular, cellular, tissue and organ levels

The Multiscale Modeling (MSM ) Consortium has been set up by a an interagency modeling and analysis group (IMAG ) comprised of staff from 17 NIH components, four NSF directorates, two Department of Energy (DOE) components, five Department of Defense (DOD) components, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the United States Department of Veterans Administration(USDVA) to provide a forum for discussion on matters related to MSM research and

There are multiple postdoctoral positions in the Advanced Computational Research Laboratory at RPI, Troy, NY to work on multiscale modeling projects related to energy and bionanomechanics. Encouraged to apply are creative, self-motivated students with the following qualifications:

1. PhD in Computational /Applied Mechanics/ Materials Science or related topic

2. Sound background in nonlinear mechanics

3. Sound background in FEM and atomistic methods (molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo)

4. Experiecne in large scale computational mechanics code development.

Please apply to Professor Suvranu De des@rpi.edu with (1) Cover letter (2) CV and (3) three repreentative publications

There is an immediate opening for a postdoctoral research position in the Advanced Computational Research Lab at RPI, Troy, NY to work on a multiscale modeling project which involves modeling of radiaiton damage of metallic materials. Encouraged to apply are creative, self-motivated candidates with a sound background in computational mechanics. Desired qualifications: (1) PhD in Computational/Applied Mechanics/ Materials Science. (2) Sound background in nonlinear solid mechanics; (3) Experience in crystal plasticity and dislocation dynamics; (4) Sound background in FEM technology; (5) Multiscale modeling; (6)  Experience in code development on massively parallel machines is a plus.

There is an immediate opening for a postdoctoral research position in the Advanced Computational Research Laboratory at RPI, Troy NY to work on problems involving high strain rate loading conditions and multiscale modeling. Encouraged to apply are creative, self-motivated candidates with a sound background in computational mechanics. RPI is home to the CCNI, one of the most powerful university-based super-computational research facilities in the world.

Qualifications:
1.    PhD in Computational/Applied Mechanics or related topic.
2.    Sound background in nonlinear solid mechanics.
3.    Experience in high strain rate phenomena.
4.    Sound background in FEM technology.

There is an opening for a postdoctoral research position in the Advanced Computational Research Laboratory at RPI, Troy NY to work on a multiscale modeling project which involves the modeling of radiation induced damage of metallic materials. Encouraged to apply are creative, self-motivated candidates with a sound background in computational mechanics. Qualifications: 1. PhD in Computational/Applied Mechanics / Materials Science or related topic. 2. Sound background in nonlinear solid mechanics. 3. Sound background in FEM technology. Prior experience in multiscale modeling is a plus. 4. Experience in large scale computational mechanics code development in C++ necessary. 5. Experience in code development on parallel machines is highly desirable.

There is an opening for a postdoctoral research position in the Advanced Computational Research Laboratory at RPI, Troy NY to work on a project sponsored by the Army Research Office involving multiscale modeling of 3D woven fiber composites under high strain rate loading conditions. Encouraged to apply are creative, self-motivated candidates with a sound background in computational mechanics. Qualifications: 1. PhD in Computational/Applied Mechanics or related topic. 2. Sound background in nonlinear solid mechanics. 3. Sound background in FEM technology. Prior experience in multiscale modeling is a plus. 4. Experience in large scale computational mechanics code development in C++ necessary. 5. Experience in code development on parallel machines is highly desirable.

Brief description: There is an
opening for a postdoctoral research position in the Advanced Computational
Research Laboratory at RPI, Troy, NY to work on an ongoing R01 reesearch project sponsored by the National Institutes of Health on the modeling of respiratory motion from patient-specific 4D CT images. In external beam radiation treatment, a lethal radiation dose is delivered through precisely conformed

There is an opening for a postdoctoral research position in the Advanced Computational Research Laboratory at RPI, Troy, NY.to work on an ongoing project sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. The project involves the multiscale modeling of particulate composites under extreme loading conditions. This is a great opportunity to be involved in challenging
multiscale computational techniques based on meshfree methods. Encouraged to
apply are creative, self-motivated candidates with a sound background in
computational mechanics.

Qualifications:

Brief description: The Advanced Computational Research Laboratory, affiliated
with the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA invites applications for a postdoctoral
position to work on a project funded by the National Institute of Biomedical
Imaging and Bioengineering of the NIH on developing real time surgical
simulation technology.  The ideal candidate will develop the
next generation surgical simulator based on advanced physics-based
computational methods in collaboration with surgeons from Harvard Medical
School.

Brief description: The Advanced Computational Research Laboratory (http://acor.rpi.edu),
affiliated with the  Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear
Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA invites
applications for a postdoctoral research position to work in the area of in vivo / in situ soft tissue mechanical property estimation and modeling.