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PhD Scholarship: Structural vibration analysis and computational mechanics
One scholarship is available for a PhD student to pursue research in the School of Engineering at the University of Waikato towards the development of a general analytical procedure for vibration analysis of complex structures. In modelling solid bodies with voids, we will consider treating the voids as embedded negative bodies.
The successful candidate will work with:
Professor Sinniah Ilanko and Dr Yusuke Mochida (University of Waikato, New Zealand)

2 PhD Fellowships Fully Funded available £33138 per annum at Cardiff iMAM. Closing date:


13 February 2012

1 Post-Doc £50,467 per annum + monthly mobility allowance. Closing date:


13 February 2012

Dear imechanicians,

I would like to wish
you a Happy New Year 2012 (Blwyddyn Newydd Dda 2012), and hope
that it will bring you what you seek in life.

The best wishes from our
institute (iMAM) in Cardiff are attached.

In the attachment, you will
find information about the next ECCOMAS Conference on the
extended finite element method (XFEM 2013) and details on the
activities of our institute in 2011.

Research Assistants / Research Associates (3 Posts)

Salary:


£24370 - £28251 per annum (Grade 5), £29972 - £35788 per annum (Grade 6). 
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/engin/research-assistants--research-associ...

Reference:




2011/0608

Reference:




2011/0174 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/engin/senior-lecturer-in-civil-engineering...

Closing date:


04 January 2012

Type:


Academic

Duration:


Open-Ended

(Closing date:

15 December 2011) £24370 - £28251 per annum (Grade 5), £29972 - £35788
per annum (Grade 6). 3 posts
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/engin/research-assistants--research-associ...

3 post-docs (3 years initially, and up to 5 years) are available in Cardiff on multiscale methods and error estimation.

Salary:


£24370 - £28251 per annum (Grade 5), £29972 - £35788 per annum (Grade 6).

Please apply here: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/engin/research-assistants--research-associ...

13 PhD positions and 2 post-doctoral positions are available through a Marie Curie Initial Training Network (INSIST).

 Please send CV to stephane dot bordas at gmail dot com 

or 

bordasS at cardiff dot ac dot uk

http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33751168

 Dear colleagues

A short message to let you know that the three postdoc positions are now officially open.

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ADO953/erc-starting-independent-research-assis...

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/engin/research-assistants--research-associates-3-posts-4631.html

 Cardiff University Serious Brain Power Recruitment Campaign

Whether you are an established academic looking to lead a world-class
team or an early career researcher looking for your next move, we can
offer you the environment and research culture that will help you
realise your ambitions.
As part of this recruitment campaign we will be making a number of
appointments across all academic disciplines. 

Informal enquiries about positions in Computational Mechanics at Cardiff University School of Engineering should be directed to Professor Stéphane P. A. BORDAS bordasS AT cardiff DOT ac DOT uk

More detais on the institute of Mechanics and Advanced Materials:

 http://www.engin.cf.ac.uk/research/resInstitute.asp?InstNo=13

Candidates with track records in computational mechanics, in particular:

- advanced discretisation techniques (XFEM, meshfree, isogeometric analysis)

The European
Research Council funded RealTCut Research Group is seeking three Research
Assistants/Associates over a 5 year period on project: “Towards real time multiscale simulation of cutting in
non-linear materials with applications to surgical simulation and computer
guided surgery.”

A 6 month post is available, either as recruited staff or consultant for 3D fracture mechanics applications within Diffpack (inuTech) http://www.inutech.de/

at Cardiff University. 

 The profile of the candidate:

Mandatory criteria

-strong C++coding experience

-knowledge of numerical methods

Desirable criteria

-Diffpack experience

-XFEM experience

 Depending on performance, the post can be extended through other contracts (see posts below).

Three post-doctoral fellow positions
available over 5 years at Cardiff University in the framework of an ERC Starting
Independent Research Grant with Prof. Stéphane P.A. Bordas and Dr.
Pierre Kerfriden in collaboration with Prof. Karol Miller (University
of Western Australia).

(Synopsis at bottom of post)

We are looking for candidates with
experience in either of the following topics:

• model order reduction (e.g. proper orthogonal decomposition - POD)

Salary : €37,000 per annum for Ph.D. students (Early Stage Researchers Marie Curie Fellows) 

“Integrating Numerical Simulation and Geometric Design Technology (INSIST)” Leader: Prof. Timon Rabczuk, Weimar Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN)
Call: FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN

Lecturer
Composite Materials
Cardiff University - Cardiff School of Engineering

The Cardiff School of Engineering seeks applications
for a full time Lecturer post in Composite Materials.  The successful
candidate should have an established record of research and/or
industrial experience in one or more of the following areas, composite
manufacturing, composite design and analysis, mechanical testing of
composites.

Reader (Associate Professor) / Professor
Civil Engineering
Cardiff University - Cardiff School of Engineering

Understanding
material failure : Multiscale fracture models for silicon wafer manufacturing

Attention: This award is prestigious and reserved to TOP students.

The award will cover
tuition fees at the Home/EU fee rate and will provide a stipend at the UK
Research Council rate (£13,590 in 2010/11) plus an enhancement of at least
£1,000 per annum.  

Dear colleagues,

The deadline for the registration and submission of one page abstracts has been extended to the 21st February 2011.

XFEM 2011 is one of the successful series of
ECCOMAS thematic events.
XFEM 2011 is a medium-size conference
with a balanced participation covering both the theoretical aspects of the subject and engineering applications.

Objectives

Dear colleagues,

 Deadline for abstract submission Jan 17th, 2011. http://www.xfem2011.com/registration

XFEM 2011 is one of the successful series of
ECCOMAS thematic events.
XFEM 2011 is a medium-size conference
with a balanced participation covering both the theoretical aspects of the subject and engineering applications.

Objectives

The institute of Modelling and Simulation in Mechanics and Materials is looking for a post-doctoral researcher with less than 10 years experience (post-PhD) to work in the area of lubricated contact at the theoretical and computational level. The selected candidate will be supervised by Prof. Evans and Prof. Borodich.

The position is for 12 months and the salary in the vicinity of €35,000.

Please contact stephane dot bordas at gmail dot com for more information.

 Regards,

 Stephane

Dear colleagues,

Apologies for cross postings.

The second ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on the eXtended Finite Element
Method (XFEM) will take place in Cardiff (Cardiff University) in the
period 29 June - 1 July 2011. [see http://www.xfem2011.com for
details]

We would like to invite you and your students to submit original
research contributions in the area of partition of unity enrichment.
In particular, we welcome contributions to the following topics:

A full time postdoctoral research associate position is available at Cardiff University under the supervision of Professor Bhushan L. Karihaloo and Drs Kulasegaram and Zhu, funded by FP7. http://www.engin.cf.ac.uk/research/resInstitute.asp?InstNo=13

 The research aims to develop novel metal-ceramic materials for aerospace and automotive applications.

 Objectives:

Two positions are currently opened in Cardiff: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/engin/lecturer-in-civil-engineering-2-post...

 I strongly encourage imechanicians to apply.

 Best wishes,

Stephane

Two uniquely exciting positions are available at IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON on domain specific languages for computational mechanics applications:

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/computing/situations-vacant#3

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/computing/situations-vacant#2

I believe this could be of high interest to our community. 

 Best regards from Cardiff,

Stephane