Dear all,

Happy new year. My supervisor (http://www.mun.ca/engineering/about/people/bipulhawlader.php) is currently looking for potential PhD students. If you are highly interested and motivated to join our group, please E-mail at sujan95 [at] gmail.com. Do not hesitate to knock me if you have any questions.

Thank you very much.

Regards,

Sujan Dutta. 

Our experience with earthquakes is that they are violent events that take a heavy toll on our societies through life and property losses. However, earthquakes present us with some of the most challenging questions in mechanics. By better understanding the nucleation and propagation dynamics of earthquakes, we may make progress towards minimizing their negative impact. Insights from mechanics may help in the development of better seismic hazard models as well as in the construction of more efficient earthquake early warning systems.

We are seeking a post-doctoral fellow for the gradient damage modelling of brittle fracture in the National University of Singapore (see project description in attachment). The project will start in Mar 2016. To apply, please send a single pdf file including cover letter, CV, a full list of publications and the contact details of 2 references, to ceeplh [at] nus.edu.sg (ceeplh[at]nus[dot]edu[dot]sg) 

We have a new position for posdoc in Qatar University. The main topic is using natural fibers in composite materials for particular structural applications. The job requires a previous experience with experimental characterization of natural fiber composites. In addition, numeriacl simulations are desirable. The job is available only for 7 months due to budget issues. For application, please send your CV with detailed explanation of your experience and list of publication to Prof. Elsadig Mahdi.

This themed issue on mechanical metamaterials invites contributions from different perspectives with the aim of highlighting the latest advances in the field.

The themed issue will focus on mechanical metamaterials in the general sense. This includes acoustic and elastic metamaterials as well as other types of metamaterials with unique mechanical and/or thermal properties at any length scale.

Topics of interest include the following:

You are cordially invited to participate in the

Symposium on Isogeometric Analysis and Analysis Suitable Geometry

at WCCM 2016 - 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XII) and 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM VI) 

The conference will take place on July 24-29, 2016 at Seoul, Korea. Please visit the conference website for further information.

Welcome to submit your abstract (1 to 2 pages) until Dec 30, 2010 online. 

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE POSITION Department of Industrial Engineering University of Pittsburgh The Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh has an immediate opening for a postdoctoral associate. The position’s primary area of research will focus on characterizing additively manufactured metallic components. The initial appointment is for one year with potential to extend, subject to the availability of funds. A background in metals-based additive manufacturing is required.

Atul Jain, Jose M. Veas, Stefan Straesser, Wim Van Paepegem, Ignaas Verpoest, Stepan Lomov

To appear in a special issue of journal Composites Part A

Three fully funded PhD positions are available in Dr. Lei Zuo's group in the department of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech starting from Fall, 2016. One opening is about design and control of wave energy converter, one is on vibration energy harvesting fro oil drilling system and another one is about energy harvesting from backpack while human walking or running.

Amit Das          Amit Acharya             Pierre Suquet

To appear in Special issue of Computational Mechanics on "Connecting Multiscale Mechanics to Complex Material Design"; Guest Editors: Wing Kam Liu, Jacob Fish, J. S Chen, Pedro Camanho; Issue dedicated to Ted Belytschko

A simplified one dimensional rate dependent model for the evolution of plastic distortion is obtained from a three dimensional mechanically rigorous model of mesoscale field dislocation mechanics. Computational solutions of variants of this minimal model are investigated to explore the ingredients necessary for the development of microstructure. In contrast to prevalent notions, it is shown that microstructure can be obtained even in the absence of non-monotone equations of state. In this model, incorporation of wave propagative dislocation transport is vital for the modeling of spatial patterning. One variant gives an impression of producing stochastic behavior, despite being a completely deterministic model. The computations focus primarily on demanding macroscopic limit situations, where a convergence study reveals that the model-variant including non-monotone equations of state cannot serve as effective equations in the macroscopic limit; the variant without non-monotone ingredients, in all likelihood, can.