It is my pleasure to solicit nominations for the "Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty". This award, launched last year, is given annually to rapidly emerging junior faculty who exemplify the creative use and development of mechanics. The intent of the award is to promote the field of mechanics, especially among young researchers. While interdisciplinary work that bridges mechanics with physics, chemistry, biology and other disciplines is encouraged, the ideal awardee will demonstrate clear inspiration from mechanics in his/her research.

Hybrid fiber-reinforced polymer composites have
extensive applications due to their high strength, corrosion resistance,
low maintenance and design flexibility. However, moisture absorbed by
composite components plays a detrimental role in the integrity and
durability of hybrid structure since it can degrade the mechanical
properties and induce interfacial delamination failures. In the current
study, the moisture diffusion characteristics in two-phase
(unidirectional S-glass fiber reinforced epoxy matrix/unidirectional
graphite fiber reinforced epoxy matrix) hybrid composites using moisture
concentration-dependent diffusion method have been investigated. In the
moisture concentration-dependent diffusion method, the diffusion

PICS Kickoff Symposium :: October 10, 2013 ;

 
Registration is free : CLICK HERE

 The Penn Institute for Computational Science (PICS) will be holding its Kickoff
Symposium on Thursday, October 10, 2013, from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM in the Wu & Chen Auditorium.

Dear Mechanics Colleagues:

We invite you to submit an abstract to a minisymposium on "Nano and Bio Mechanics" for the 2014 USNCTAM, June 15-20, 2014, to be held at Michigan State University. This minisymposium will focus on the development and application of
both experimental techniques and computational models and methods to
problems of interest in the fields of nano and bio mechanics. Topics of
interest will include, but are not limited to:

Title: Electro-Mechanical System Design Intern

Category: Internship in Industry

Employer: Schlumberger Technology Corporation

Location: United States, Texas, Sugar Land

Opening Date: 10/01/2013

I am co-organizing the mini-symposium entitled «Multiscale and multifunctional composites: design and identification»  in the 13th International Symposium on Multiscale, Multifunctional and Functionally Graded Materials (MM&FGM2014) with Dr. Gilles Lubineau at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

A book review by Prof. Jan Achenbach (Northwestern University) is published in the Journal of Applied Mechanics, April, 2014.  The book, The Theory of Materials Failure, was authored by Prof. Richard M. Christensen and published by Oxford University Press, 2013.

http://appliedmechanics.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleid=1734822