We present an innovative image-based modeling technique, based on Google Earth like algorithms, to effectively resolve intricate material morphology and address the computational complexity associated with heterogeneous materials. This sharp volumetric billboard algorithm stems from a volumetric billboard method, a multi-resolution modeling strategy in computer graphics. In this work, we enhance volumetric billboards through a sharpening filter to reconstruct the statistical information of heterogeneous systems.

Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to submit your one-page abstract to our Symposium IV-A: Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Mechanics for

The 54rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES2017) 

Date & Location:

Northeastern University during 25-28 July 2017.

Postdoctoral Positions Available: Computational Solid and Fluid Mechanics for Probabilistic Simulation and Machine Learning Applied to Performance Based Engineering.  Natural Hazards Engineering Research Initiative SimCenter @ UC Berkeley

open position: Full Professorship on Applied Mechanics (Materials Theory) at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Dear Colleagues,

Acta Mechanica Sinica (Volume 33, Issue 1, 2017 ) is online now !

Dear everyone!

The first issue in 2017 (Volume 33, Issue 1) of Acta Mechanica Sinica (AMS) is online now.

Welcome to this SCI-indexed journal http://ams.cstam.org.cn for rapid publication of your exciting results.

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We demonstrated outstanding compressibility of holey graphene nanosheets, which is impossible for pristine graphene. Holey graphene powder can be easily compressed into dense and strong monoliths with different shapes at room temperature without using any solvents or binders. 

ACS Nano, Article ASAP, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.7b00227

We are looking for highly motivated PhD candidates to study the multiscale cracking in 3D printed glass-polymer composites. The main objectives of the project are to develop a multiscale numerical modeling framework for cracking in PA12/glass beads samples obtained by additive manufacturing (Selective Laser Sintering, SLS) and to combine these numerical tools with experimental 3D imaging and in-situ mechanical testing techniques to identify the models. The PhD is part of a funded national research project involving several academic institutions and an industrial partner.