One MSc/PhD position is available for January 2016 for Canadian students or for September 2016 for Internatioanl students in Bioresource Engineering Department of McGill University in a collaboration with the Mechanical Engineering Department. The research direction is on Bioenergy and Biomass, specifically on numerical simulation and experimental testing of the thermal behavior and gasification.  

Required qualifications for the position are:

PhD Positions in the areas of computational mechanics and soft tissue biomechanics are available in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Requirements:

a.       The candidates must have already earned (or should soon earn) an M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering or in a closely related field.

b.      They should have strong previous background in experimental and/or numerical methods.

Xianqi Lei,Yujie Wei, Bingchen Wei, Wei-Hua Wang. Acta Materialia 99, 206-212 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2015.08.008

Wellcome comments and suggestions!

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EDF Research and Development and EDF Energy are currently developing their new centre: the EDF Energy R&D UK Centre. In addition, EDF R&D and the University of Manchester have created the Modelling and Simulation Centre in 2011. In the scope of the development of nuclear energy in the UK, EDF R&D and EDF Energy Generation wish to take advantage of this new centre in Manchester.

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Dear Colleagues,

A variety of questions remain open in the new form of nanotwins in Ni, welcome any comments! 

The University of Cagliari has launched the Visiting Scientists Programme.

The deadline for application is 10/09/2015

http://people.unica.it/researchersinmotion/visiting-scientist-2/

Position and salary grade is set for leading scientists.

Contact: Prof. Michele Brun

http://people.unica.it/brunmi/

Applications are invited for three PhD positions within the Cognitive Performance Optimization Laboratory (COPOL) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Brunswick.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University (http://me.stanford.edu/) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty appointment at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor). Applications will be reviewed across all disciplines of mechanical engineering. As part of recent strategic planning, the department has identified special hiring needs and opportunities in controls, robotics, manufacturing, and biomedical engineering.