Dear Colleagues,

15th European Mechanics of Materials Conference (EMMC15) will be held in Brussel, Belgium, during 7 – 9 Sentember, 2016. As part of this meeting, we are organizing a session (S7) to bring together experts in modelling, simulation, manufacturing and experimental investigation in the field of functional and architectured materials to present and discuss recent advances. Topics of particular interest include (but not limited to)

Abstract: In this paper, we provide a retrospective examination of the developments and applications of the extended finite element method (X-FEM) in computational fracture mechanics. Our main attention is placed on the modeling of cracks (strong discontinuities) for quasistatic crack growth simulations in isotropic linear elastic continua.

Title Postdoc Scientist (Note: I will consider any excellent PhD students too) Category Job in Academia Employer Thermal, Fluid & Energy Laboratory/University of Missouri Location United States, Missouri, Columbia International Yes, international applications are welcome Closure Date Monday, February 01, 2016 Description: Advertisement for Postdoctoal Positions: Thermal, Fluid & Energy Laboratory at University of Missouri, Columbia develops innovative solutions for challenging applications of flow control, thermal management, and energy conversion technologies.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in Mechanical Systems/Robotics

Koç University College of Engineering invites applications for full-time faculty positions in Mechanical Engineering starting in Fall 2016. Strong applicants in all areas of mechanical engineering, preferably with interdisciplinary research interests, and at all academic levels with an exemplary research and publication record will be considered. Faculty members are expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in addition to maintaining a vigorous research program. Koç University is a private, nonprofit institution located on a state-of-the-art campus in Istanbul, Turkey.

Obtaining high accuracy with low computation requirements is a challenge in the modeling of the thermomechanical response of nanostructures. Although the field is important to capture size dependency at finite temperatures, it is mostly quasiharmonic and Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations that lead to reliable results. To formulate an engineering approach to this problem, Thermo-coupled Surface Cauchy-Born method was developed combining Surface Cauchy-Born and Engineering Molecular Mechanics.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

School of Engineering and Applied Science

Faculty Position in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

The Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University in the City of New York invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position. Appointments at the assistant professor, associate professor and full professor levels will be considered. 

Shuze Zhu, Joseph A. Stroscio, Teng Li, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 245501 (2015)

Electrons dance in pulled graphene

 Giving Graphene a Good Stretch

This paper explores the critical and post-bulging bifurcation of a cylindrical dielectric elastomer (DE) tube undergoing finite deformation under electro-mechanical coupling loading. Explicit expressions for the critical conditions of electro-mechanical bifurcation are derived by using a simplified mathematical method. The post-bifurcation path is comprehensively investigated by specifying the material model as ideal dielectric elastomer.