One PhD position is available for Fall 2024 at McGill University in collaboration between Advanced Multifunctional and Multiphysics Metamaterials Lab (Department of Bioresource Engineering) and Mine Multiphysics Lab (Department of Mining and Materials Engineering). The research topic is on the area of Architected Mechanical Metamaterials for energy and electronics applications.
With Marek Tyburec, we are looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow interested in solving structural topology optimization problems using polynomial programming techniques. Full details of the position are available at https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/118834, and the call closes on 30 November 2023.
The Cambridge Solid Mechanics Group are starting a new project with the aim to transform the design of engineering components from one based on selecting a best single material to one in which material properties and compositions are treated as continuous, spatially varying quantities.
Prof. Subra Suresh has just been awarded the National Medal of Science by President Biden in a ceremony that took place recently at the White House. YouTube video: https://youtu.be/IgtG2lCiQDU
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The 26th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2024) will be held in Daegu, Korea, on August 25-30, 2024 (http://www.ictam2024.org). ICTAM congresses are organized under the auspices of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) and traditionally gather the mechanics community from around the world every four years.
We are organizing a Minisymposium "Advances in discretization techniques, element technology, mesh adaptivity, and solution strategies for inelasticity, localization, and failure" for the upcoming 16th World Congress on Computational Mechanics and 4th Pan American Congress on Computational Mechanics (https://www.wccm2024.org/) taking place July 21-26 (2024) in Vancouver, Canada.
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.3px; background-color: #fefefe;">The Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering (MPE) at Aarhus University is expanding its research and teaching activities and invites applications for an open Tenure-Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor position within the Section of Design & Manufacturing Engineering.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />The MPE Department seeks innovativ
A funded Ph.D. position is available within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio in the area of impact biomechanics and sensor research focusing on head injury prevention technologies. Strong background in sensor technology and signal processing is highly desired. Successful applicants will have a B.S. or M.S. degree in either Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related engineering field.
