There are several  fully funded graduate student openings in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Utah State University (http://www.mae.usu.edu). The openings are in the broad area of Computational Solid Mechanics. In particular, applicants having demonstrated interest (in terms of completed projects, authorship in journal articles or coursework) in Fracture Mechanics are especially invited. Applicants are requested to complete the online  pre-application (http://www.mae.usu.edu/academics/pre-application.php). Please feel free to contact me in case of any queries (kubair@engineering.usu.edu).  Please indicate if you have any submitted/accepted publications in peer-reviewed journals/conferences and/or if you have qualified in any nationwide qualifying examinations  such as GATE.