A symposium on “Multiscale Fracture and Failure of Materials” is being organized for the 49th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Sciences (SES 2012) at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 10 to 12 October, 2012.
 
To submit an abstract for oral presentation at this symposium, please visit the conference website at http://ses2012.org/. The deadline for abstract submission is April 2, 2012.
 

Ph. D. positions in the area of nano & micromechanics of complex material systems are currently open in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Qualified candidates are expected to possess strong experimental skills and have a solid background in solid mechanics, materials science, applied physics, or other related disciplines. If interested, please send a CV and a list of three references to Prof. Shuman Xia at shuman.xia@me.gatech.edu. The positions may start as early as spring of 2012, and will remain open until filled.