Modeling viscoelasticity-viscoplasticity of high-strain composites for space deployable structures
Space deployable structures made of thin-ply fiber-reinforced composite laminates exhibit significant time-dependent mechanical behaviors, including stress relaxation, shape recovery, and permanent residual deformation throughout their service period. Currently, there is a lack of an appropriate composite laminate model that is able to fully describe these phenomena.
Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Computational Materials Science
The Advanced Interface Design for Extremes (AIDE) Laboratory, led by Dr. Kasra Momeni, invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position in computational materials science. The anticipated start date is Fall 2026 or January 2027, depending on the candidate's availability.
ISTVectorPostProcessor
I wrote a Windows tool for postprocessing finite-element results: figures, animations, and reproducible scenes from EnSight Gold, VTK, and STL files.
Everything it draws is vector-based — contours, Gouraud shading, PDF export included. No bitmaps on sight. No GL2PS either!
Multi-step transient analyses, tensor fields, and symmetry replication are supported.
Free, self-contained, documented:
https://web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/ist24806/
Feedback welcome.
Postdoc in plant physiology and molecular biology of EV-based plant-microbe communication
The Department of Food Science, Aarhus University, invites applications for a two-year postdoc position in plant physiology and molecular biology of EV-based plant-microbe communication. The position is part of the EU-funded EVOLVE project and focuses on controlled-environment biological testing of extracellular vesicles as a non-GMO platform for steering plant performance and plant-microbe interactions.
Expected start date and duration of employment
This is a two-year fixed-term postdoc position from 1 November 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
USACM Short Course: The Phase-Field Approach to Brittle Fracture: Theory and Numerical Implementation: August 10-13, 2026
August 10-13, 2026
Live Online
Instructors: Professor John Dolbow and Professor Oscar Lopez-Pamies
MIT Short Course: Applied AI for Materials Discovery (July 27-30, 2026), LIVE ONLINE
Applied AI for Materials Discovery
July 27–30, 2026, Live Online
Instructor: Prof. M.J. Buehler (MIT)
Research Opportunities at the Biomimetics Robotics and Design (BIRD) Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shiv Nadar University!
We are pleased to announce research and PhD opportunities in Bioinspired Engineering and Technologies, with a particular emphasis on green energy production and robotics.
Our group is currently working on several challenging and high-impact areas, including:
#1. Bio-signal-based realistic control of prosthetics for rehabilitation
#2. Bio-inspired wind turbine blade design for energy harvesting from moving vehicles
#3. Research on e-VTOL systems
#4. Development of UUVs for ocean plastic cleaning
A new perspective in linear Cauchy Elasticity: variational minimum principles for statics, dynamics, and heterogeneous materials
A variational minimum principle for linear elastodynamics of a possibly heterogeneous material without a stored energy function is developed. It involves a change of variables to dual fields, and results in a degenerate elliptic Euler-Lagrange system, even when the primal elastodynamics is hyperbolic. Uniqueness assertions for the dual dynamic and static problems and implications of the degenerate ellipticity are sketched. Some implications pertaining to heterogeneous materials and ones with indefinite elastic moduli are discussed.
A Graph-Field Theory for Fracture in Architected Lattices
We are pleased to share our recent JMPS paper, “Graph-Field Framework for Fracture Mechanics of Architected Lattice Materials.” (link: 10.1016/j.jmps.2026.106729)