The TauMechLab (Biological Tissue Mechanics Lab) at the University of Calgary, co-led by Dr. Tais Sigaeva, Assistant Professor, is currently recruiting Graduate Research Assistants for M.Sc. or Ph.D. positions in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (MME) or Biomedical Engineering (BME). The Lab’s research focuses on the Characterization and Modeling of Soft Biological Tissues, including skin and aortic tissues, at the intersection of engineering, biology, and medicine.

Anticipated Starting Date: 2027.

Title: Non-Local Models for Dynamic Fracture Simulations (Phase-Field and Peridynamics) Speaker: Prof.-Dr.-Ing. Kerstin Weinberg, University of Siegen Time: August 20, 2026, 2-3PM ET. Location: Online, link can be found here: https://computmech.ornl.gov/seminars.html

Abstract

Generative Al for Materials Discovery: Using Food as a Model System

Speaker: Dr. Vahidullah Taç, Schmidt Science Fellow, Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University

Time: Sep. 2, 2026, 11:00 am- 12:00 pm (PT)

Location: online, Meeting ID: 824 6447 8256 , Passcode: 003801

Abstract

What can the perfect burger teach us about discovering the next generation of materials?

The Executive Committee (EC) of the Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) of ASME is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Applied Mechanics Division Awards.

Nominations will be due by September 15, 2026.

The AMD seeks nominations for the awards listed below.

Timoshenko Medal: 

With funding from the Haythornthwaite Foundation*, the Executive Committee (EC) of the Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) of ASME is pleased to announce the 2026 IMECE Student Travel Award Competition.

Nominations will be due by September 15, 2026. 

Please see the attached announcement for further information. 

With funding from the Haythornthwaite Foundation, the Executive Committee (EC) of the Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) of ASME is pleased to announce the Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant Program, targeting university faculty engaged in research in theoretical and applied mechanics that are at the beginning of their academic careers. Applicants must hold a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor at a US university on October 1, 2026, and must not be more than 5 years beyond receipt of their doctoral degree at the time the award is made. 

Join us at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Aarhus University for a two-year postdoctoral position focused on physics-driven machine learning for ground-based, airborne, and drone-based transient electromagnetic (TEM) data. The project will build on anEMone, our fully differentiable TEM forward-modelling framework implemented in PyTorch, to develop supervised and self-supervised deep learning models that directly incorporate electromagnetic physics.

Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to invite you to the next webinar in the Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) Webinar Series.

Our upcoming seminar will be delivered by Prof. Omar Saleh (UCSB):

"Droplets that stiffen gels"

Date: Friday, 14 August 2026

Time: 10:00 am Boston / 3:00 pm London / 4:00 pm Paris / 10:00 pm Beijing

Discussion leader: Prof. Robert M McMeeking (UCSB)

Prof. Yu Deng of the University of Chicago Department of Mathematics won the Fields Medal in Mathematics for solving Hilbert's Sixth Problem. How does this differ from the Unified Mechanics Theory? I raised this question to Gemini 3.1 Pro Extended Thinking. The answer is attached. I hope you enjoy reading it.

Maximiliano Larrain Silva               Amit Acharya

A solution procedure is formulated and solved for treating the nonlinear Dissipation Inequality as a constraint equation within continuum mechanics, and allowing for incomplete knowledge of constitutive behavior. The scheme is demonstrated in the context of the rate-dependent, elastoplastic response of a bar, resulting in a nonlinear problem of constrained optimization. Both closed form and computational results are developed. The computational solutions utilize a sequence of convex optimization problems, and are shown to be accurate. In the example considered, the approach is shown to automatically correct an (intentionally) faulty constitutive specification, resulting in the solution to be in accord with the fundamental postulates of continuum mechanics.