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A PhD position is available beginning at the start of the Spring 2019 semester in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State. The PhD student is to conduct research within the scope of ultrasonic wave propagation in polycrystalline materials for materials characterization. Specific areas of interest include:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201800468

Meng Qin, Mo Sun, Ruobing Bai, Yiqi Mao, Xiaoshi Qian, Dipika Sikka, Yuan Zhao, Hang Jerry Qi, Zhigang Suo, Ximin He

Abstract:

https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/aab4e2 In the 50 years that succeeded Richard Feynman’s exposition of the idea that there is "plenty of room at the bottom" for manipulating individual atoms for the synthesis and manufacturing processing of materials, the materials-by-design paradigm is being developed gradually through synergistic integration of experimental material synthesis and characterization with predictive computational modeling and optimization.

Our group has recently published a paper describing a new method for micromechanical testing of cement paste. The paper was published in "Engineering Fracture Mechanics". Full paper can be accessed at:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324510125_Combined_experimenta…

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Biomechanics & Biomechanical Testing

Full blog post can be found here. 

Key concepts for medical device design include biomechanics, biocompatibility, and biofunctionality. This post will go over the mechanics of an exemplar biological tissue, the bone, and mechanical testing of biomaterials that are used in developing medical devices and equipment.

As requested - on behalf of Dr. Leslie T Mushongera 

(As received)

We are currently looking for motivated candidates who are interested in pursuing their Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering Department at University of Nevada, Reno starting from Fall 2018.

Interests can be in any one of the following

1. Phase field modeling of microstructural evolution in metallic alloys (with a core focus on solidification and solid-state transformations),

A new PhD position is vacant at the Section of Composites and Materials Mechanics of the Department of Wind Energy at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The PhD project will concern damage tolerance of composite materials subjected to static and cyclic loading. The objective is to creacte enhanced fracture resistance by facilitating the formation of multiple cracks with large-scale fiber bridging along the interfaces in a layered composite by controlled mechanical properties by surface treatments.

SUSTech (https://www.sustech.edu.cn/en/) is a newly found research university in Shenzhen, China (Shenzhen can be considered as Silicon Valley in China.). Please check out the attached pdf file for the introduction of SUSTech and the PhD scholarship. 

These fully supported PhD positions are available for 2020 Fall semester, it is still in time to apply.  The PhD scholarship is RMB126,700 (Approx. USD18,098)/year, plus a possible performance-based award of RMB20,000 (Approx. USD2,857)/year. 

This VIDEO  gives a  very intuitive explanation of stress concentration  with an analogy and an experimental demonstration.