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Postdoctoral Associate

The University of Notre Dame, Center for Shock Wave-processing of Advanced Reactive Materials (C-SWARM), is seeking a highly qualified candidate for the postdoctoral associate position in the area of computational mechanics/physics with emphasis on chemically reactive solids. C-SWARM is center of excellence established by National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) whose primary focus is on the emerging field of predictive science.

ASCE AND EMI 2016 AWARD RECIPIENTS


ASCE announced the winners of six of its prestigious Society awards administered by its Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI):

2016 Maurice A. Biot Medal: Ronaldo I. Borja, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, Stanford University

2016 Jack E. Cermak Medal: Qiusheng Li, Ph.D., City University of Hong Kong

Postdoctoral Associate

The University of Notre Dame, Center for Shock Wave-processing of Advanced Reactive Materials (C-SWARM), is seeking a highly qualified candidate for the postdoctoral associate position in the area of computational mechanics/physics with emphasis on chemically reactive solids. C-SWARM is center of excellence established by National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) whose primary focus is on the emerging field of predictive science.

EMI 2016 / PMC 2016 Conference at Vanderbilt University - Abstract Submission Deadline Extended to October 31, 2015

In response to a number of requests, the abstract submission deadline for the EMI 2016 / PMC 2016 Conference at Vanderbilt University has been extended to October 31, 2015.

The event is actually two co-located conferences: the Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2016 (EMI 2016) and the Probabilistic Mechanics & Reliability Conference 2016 (PMC 2016). The event wil be chaired by Prof. Sankaran Mahadevan and Prof. Caglar Oskay, both of Vanderbilt University.

EMI 2016 & PMC 2016 Conferences

The event to be held on May 22-25, 2016 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, is actually two co-located conferences: the Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2016 (EMI 2016) and the Probabilistic Mechanics & Reliability Conference 2016 (PMC 2016). The event will be chaired by Prof. Sankaran Mahadevan and Prof. Caglar Oskay, both of Vanderbilt University.

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Job Opportunity Saint-Gobain R&D Center - Senior Research Engineer

Saint-Gobain job opportunity:

Senior Research Engineer I

Competency Research Labs – Engineering Mechanics

Saint-Gobain R&D Center, Northboro, Massachusetts, USA

Reference number: 522087

Apply online for this job or check out our other career opportunities!

www.saint-gobain-experience.com/en/career-opportunities

WHO WE ARE:

CONCREEP-10 Conference

CONCREEP-10,  the 10th Conference on Mechanics and Physics of Creep, Shrinkage and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures, will be organized  by the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) in cooperation with the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE (EMI).  The conference will be held on September 21-23, 2015 at the  Vienna University of Technology in Vienna, Austria.  It will be chaired by Prof. Christian Hellmich, Prof. Johann Kollegger, and Prof. Bernhard Pichler, all of TU Wien.

EMI 2015 Conference

EMI 2015, the annual conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE, will be held at Stanford University on June16-19, 2015. It will be chaired by Prof. Ronaldo Borja ( Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University).

2015 EMI International Conference

The Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will organize the first international conference in Hong Kong. The 2015 EMI International Conference of ASCE will be held at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in its beautiful downtown Kowloon campus on January 7-9, 2015 and will be chaired by Prof. K.T. Chau.

 

EMI 2013 Conference - Abstract Submission Deadline Extended to February 17, 2013

The deadline for submission of abstracts for the EMI 2013 conference has been extended to February 17, 2013.  For details on the conference to be held on August 4-7, 2013 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois,  visit http://www.emi2013.northwestern.edu/ .

 

 

New Text on Engineering Mechanics (Strength of Materials)

 

After many years of teaching elementary mechanics and being unhappy with the high price of existing texts and their tendency to lead students into a game of pattern matching as opposed to thinking about fundamentals, I decided to assemble my lectures into a book.  So if you are looking for something different and concise on this topic you may wish to have a look at this book.  The book is also well suited for use as a refresher due to its brevity.

http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199651641.do

EMI 2011 Engineering Mechanics Conference at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, June 2-4, 2011

EMI, the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE will hold its annual conference on June 2-4, 2011 at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.  Prof. Ming L. Wang, Prof. Dionisio P. Bernal and Prof. Jerome F. Hajjar will be the Co-Chairs of the EMI 2011 Conference. For details, visit http://www.northeastern.edu/emi2011/ .

EMI 2010 Engineering Mechanics Conference at USC, Los Angeles California, August 8-11, 2010

EMI, the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE, will hold its annual conference on August 8-11, 2010 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA.   Dr. Roger Ghanem (Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering) and Dr. Amy Rechenmacher (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) will be the Co-chairs of the EMI 2010 Conference.

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New Grading System

The assessment includes:

  • Final exam (70%)
  • Lab (10%)
  • Two take-home assignments (each worth 5%, total 10%)
  • Lecture-notes (10%)

Assessment results will be not be posted online. Online activities are for discussions only, no grading based on that. The first course-assignment will be given in 19/10, Friday.

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Introduce yourself

Please introduce yourself in this blog. This is a class to learn
engineering mechanics, but also a class to make friends with in-class
and international students, and worldwidely recognized experts.

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Discussions on this way of teaching

On the assessment method. Thanks for many feedbacks. I will review them with you in the class.

Survey on the grading system. Survey sheet attached.

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Lecture 1: Forces and Newton's laws

When emailing the lecture-note to imechanica@gmail.com with the subject title as Lecture 1, please also put your information in the text message: Name, University ID, and Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering. Thanks.

  1. A force is a relationship
  2. A force is a vector

Newton's laws of motion

3rd law

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Lecture 3: Equilibrium of many-particle system: Moment

1. Cross product of two vectors

2. Equilibrium of many-particle system

  1. Defition of moment vector

  2. Mathematica deduction
    motivation: establish the concept of moment from the requirement of the Newton's laws when applied to many-particle system.

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Introduction

What is the purpose of the course?
Ensure students have a clear working understanding of the principles of engineering mechanics and an ability to apply them to simple engineering systems.

Brief description of the unit
• Scalar and vector quantities.
• Forces and Newton's laws of motions.
• Kinematics of a particle; co-ordinate systems.

• Equivalent force systems
• Equilibrium and the construction of free-body diagrams.
• Pin-jointed structures.
• Friction; self-locking systems.

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MACE-11010 Calendar

Introduction (27/9, Thursday, 11-12am)
Survey (28/9, Friday, 3-4pm) 

Grading System

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