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Doctorate position in Mechanical Engineering - Lamar University, Texas, USA

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2 Doctorate of Engineering (DE) positions are available for Summer/Fall 2016 in Mechanical Engineering. The applicants are required to have master degree. The positions are directed by Multiscale Contact Mechanics and Tribology Laboratory and Optoelectronic Laboratory at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, USA. Interested applicants may find more information at http://engineering.lamar.edu/mechanical/ and are encouraged to apply ASAP. 

Postdoctoral Position at UPenn : Finite Element Simulations of Cell-Matrix Interactions in Micro-tissues

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# Finite Element modeling
ABAQUS
Mechanics of tissues
biomechanics
NIH
UPenn
Vivek Shenoy

   

     *** This is a NEW OPEN POSITION - not related to any previous post ***

Ph.D. positions in the Max Planck-ETH Center for Learning Systems

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The Center offers a unique fellowship program, where PhD students are co-supervised by one advisor from ETH Zurich and one from the MPI for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen and Stuttgart. PhD students are expected to take advantage of the opportunities offered by both organizations and to actively seek cross-group collaborations. All PhD fellows will register as graduate students at ETH Zurich and - upon successful completion of their PhD project - be granted a doctoral degree by ETH Zurich.

The Society of Engineering Science Establishes the James R. Rice Medal

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Award

On behalf of the 2015 Board of Directors of the Society of Engineering Science (SES), I am pleased to announce the establishment of a new SES award: The James R. Rice Medal. The creation of the new award is motivated by the recognition that while several societies, including the SES, have young-investigator awards as well as others that primarily (although not exclusively) target senior scientists, there are relatively few that are suitable for those who are in the typical mid-career age of 40-55. The award, named after Professor James R.

Professor Christensen has published an interesting article in JAM

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Professor Richard Christensen, Stanford University, has published an interesting article "Evaluation of Ductile/Brittle Failure Theory and Derivation of the Ductile/Brittle Transition Temperature" in the February, 2016, issue of Journal of Applied Mechanics.  This paper provides a very unique  approach to ductile/brittle transition.  The pdf file of the paper is attached.

 

Yong Zhu is the new Editor of the iMechanica Journal Club

Submitted by Teng Li on
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mechanician
jClub

Yong Zhu, of North Carolina State University, will become the new Editor of the iMechanica Journal Club starting from Jan. 1, 2016. His research addresses basic and applied problems at the intersection of solid mechanics and micro/nano-technology, which has been recognized by a list of awards, including the 2015 ASME Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award.

A disseration style worth emulating ?

Submitted by Biswajit Banerjee on
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dissertation

http://www.theliberatedmathematician.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/PiperThesisPostPrint.pdf

Abstract:

... We do not assume any of those words make any kind of sense, though we do make certain assumptions about how much time the reader has on her hands and what kind of sense of humor she has.

I urge you to read the rest of the dissertation.

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