It seems that it will be useful for college students training:
http://www.orlovsoft.com/mmsamples/mmpage02.htm

The project is based on the well-known size effect exhibited by metals, i.e
the fact that their strengths are greatly enhanced when at least one
microstructural lengthscale is scaled down to the nanometer range or
when the size of the object is restricted to the micron or sub-micron
range. At these scales the interfaces and their associated properties
play a significant role. This project will focus on the effect of
spatial confinement on the three most common deformation mechanisms:
dislocation glide, mechanical twinning and mechanically-induced
martensitic phase transformations; and will be based on the synergies
between physically-based phenomenological modelling using
strain-gradient plasticity at the highest scale, and thorough

Given the success of my facebook course Mechanics of Materials MMCM see here, we had so many videos and photos, that I suggested the students to create a Youtube channel.   Here it is, with many videos based on powerpoint presentations I had from my course, and that of collegues in Torino (Masssimo Rossetto), or some conferences presentations, which the students transformed into videos.  Thanks in particular to Mariella Greco, and Simone Legari. Follows examples of the videos.  Enjoy!   The channel is here .I like the idea of a free University!

Dear Imechanica friends

given the success of imechanica, and Zhigang's courses on this portal, I thought, to do something even more modern and friendly, to move to Facebook platform my courses.  Unfortunately in italian.

Given Obama's program to open to Education (see www.sciencedebate2008.com) and MIT opencourseware, and university of Phoenix success, and also given my own interest as founder of www.sciencedebate.it , I was inspired experimentally to open to facebook.

Maybe it is the first attempt worldwide?  I doubt it.  Maybe in mechanics of materials  perhaps?  Please let me know, so that we could share   on facebook some infos.

Dear Colleagues:

The Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking applicants for the William E. Diefenderfer Chair in Mechanical Engineering. Attached is a flyer for your information. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely

Aman Haque

FACULTY POSITION
 
 
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
 
 

Professorship in the Mechanics of Materials Division
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London

Imperial College is one of Europe's leading teaching and research institutions and the Department of Mechanical Engineering had the highest possible rating in the last Research Assessment Exercise.

J.R.BARBER: INTERMEDIATE MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Many of you may know my book on Elasticity, but may not be aware that I also wrote an undergraduate book on Intermediate Mechanics of Materials (Published by McGraw-Hill - ISBN 0-07-232519-4). This picks up from the typical elementary Mechanics of Materials course and deals with the next range of topics such as energy methods, elastic-plastic bending, bending of axisymmetric cylindrical shells and axisymmetric thick-walled cylinders. A full Table of Contents and the Preface are given below.