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2017 International Symposium on Multi-scale Modeling & Simulation of Materials

Submitted by Dongsheng Xu on Mon, 04/03/2017 - 06:29

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ISM³ 2017 International Symposium on Multi-scale Modeling & Simulation of Materials

July 3~7, 2017, Shenyang, China

Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Announcement and First Circular

Research fellow position in Theoretical and Computational Solid Mechanics at IIT Hyderabad

Submitted by Prashant Saxena on Mon, 04/03/2017 - 06:16

job

Positions are available to work in cutting edge areas of theoretical and computational solid mechanics. Interested students can later convert this to a formal M.Tech or PhD program.

The candidate will officially be associated with the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, India.
Webpage of the research group: http://www.iith.ac.in/~prashant_saxena/
Webpage of IIT Hyderabad: http://www.iith.ac.in

SES 2017 - Failure and Damage in Soft Materials - Call for Abstracts -

Submitted by talamini on Sun, 04/02/2017 - 14:15

SES2017

call for abstracts

Conference

We invite you to submit your abstract for the symposium, "Failure and Damage in Soft Materials: From Cavitation to Cracking", at the 54th annual technical meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES 2017), July 25-28, in Boston MA. Information about the meeting may be found at http://www.northeastern.edu/ses2017/

Gradient plasticity crack tip characterization by means of the extended finite element method (MATLAB code included)

Submitted by Emilio Martíne… on Sun, 04/02/2017 - 09:18

research

strain gradient plasticity

extended finite element method

Crack tip fields

material length scale

Matlab

I hope some of you may find this work interesting, the X-FEM non-linear code developed (incorporating linear elasticity, J2 plasticity, and Strain Gradient Plasticity) can be downloaded from www.empaneda.com/codes

Gradient plasticity crack tip characterization by means of the extended finite element method

Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, Sundararajan Natarajan, Stéphane Bordas

Computational Mechanics (2017)

Programmable Kiri-Kirigami Metamaterials

Submitted by Jie. Yin on Sun, 04/02/2017 - 03:39

research

Y. Tang, G. Lin, S. Yang, Y.K. Yi, R. D. Kamien, J. Yin, “Programmable Kiri-Kirigami Metamaterials”, Adv. Mater. 29, 1604262 (2017)

PhD Position in Civil and Materials Engineering at Howard University, Washington, DC

Submitted by h.yazdani on Sat, 04/01/2017 - 20:51

Civil and Environmental Engineering

advanced materials

Design and Optimization

Multifunctional Materials

The Sustainable Infrastructure, Geotechnics, and Materials (SIGMa) Lab at Howard University, Washington, DC invites applicants for a PhD position in advanced materials in civil engineering for Fall 2017. Highly-motivated, industrious individuals with strong computational and/or experimental skills, journal/conference publications, adequate English proficiency, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team are strongly encouraged to apply.

Required qualifications

Research Professor Position at Johns Hopkins University

Submitted by ktramesh on Fri, 03/31/2017 - 23:12

RESEARCH FACULTY POSITION

Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute Johns Hopkins University

Dynamic Behavior of Materials and Structures

SES 2017 - Dermal and Dermal Inspired Systems - Call for Abstracts

Submitted by ranajay on Fri, 03/31/2017 - 19:40

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Dear Friends,

The 54th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES), a joint event with the Applied Mechanics Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, will be hosted by Northeastern University, on July 25-28, 2017 at its Boston campus. Please visit www.ses2017.org for more information!