The AMD-ASME Executive Committee is pleased to announce and congratulate

Dr. Yuhang Hu, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology;

Dr. Kathryn Matlack, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois; and

Dr. Ruike Zhao, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ohio State University

A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, to conduct research into the mechanics of lattice materials. The post holder will be located in Central Cambridge Cambridgeshire, UK.

There is an opening for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering at the post-doctoral level (or a researcher who is close to obtaining their PhD), to work on lattice materials. The post holder will be located in Central Cambridge Cambridgeshire, UK.

https://twitter.com/stephanebordas/status/1368289311523827714 The University of Luxembourg (UL) invites applications for two PhD Fellow (Doctoral Candidate) positions (m/f) as part of the QuaC project funded by the FNR CORE funding instrument https://www.fnr.lu/funding-instruments/core/

A one-plus-one year post-doctoral position is available at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. The project aim is to develop reliable methods for material characterization of the mechanical properties on the micrometer scale.

The application deadline is 2021-04-15.

Apply on the KTH website: https://www.kth.se/en/om/work-at-kth/lediga-jobb/what:job/jobID:386387/where:4/

Journal Tittle: Acta Mechanica Sinica

Article Tittle: Mechanical characterization of soft silicone gels via spherical nanoindentation for applications in mechanobiology

Author: Yajun Zhang, Xiaoning Yang, Chunyang Xiong

Novelty/impact/significance

A new postdoctoral fellow position will be open at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology - starting from July 2021.  The research is concerned with the modeling of failure and fracture in soft materials and biological tissues.  Potential candidates should have a Ph.D.

One position of “Researcher in Geotechnical Engineering : physical and numerical modelling” is available at the Gustave Eiffel University, Nantes campus, France.

The application is open until the 19th March 2021 (https://www.concours.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/charge-e-de-recherche-du-developpement-durable-de-a126.html).

More information in the attached file.

Additional information:

A two-year post-doctoral position is available at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences. The project is concerned with modeling and simulation of surface phenomena as applied to machining and dry lubrication. The application deadline is March 15th 2021. Please contact Greg Rodin at gjr [at] oden.utexas.edu before formally applying at the Oden Institute web site. 

Journal Club for March 2021: Kirigami metamaterials as a robotic matter

Ahmad Rafsanjani, Center for Soft Robotics, SDU Biorobotics, University of Southern Denmark