Call for papers: Soft Robotics - a new journal dedicated to soft machines
Dear colleagues and friends,
15 PhD grants for foreign (non-Italian) students at the University of Padova (Italy)
The University of Padova opened a selection for 15 PhD grants for
foreign (non-Italians) students with deadline for application at
September 19th. The call and information for the selection are available
at the following website:
http://www.unipd.it/en/research/doctoral-degrees-phd-programmes.
Michele Zappalorto PhD
Assistant Professor of Machine Desing
University of Padova, Italy
One Ph.D position in Mechanics of Materials starting from Spring, 2014
One Ph.D position starting from Spring, 2014 is available in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, US.
The research program will focus on mechanics of multi-functional materials and structures, thin film, mechanical self-assembly, and their novel applications in healthcare, energy absorption, and energy harvesting, etc. The research will involve a combination of experiments, modeling, and simulation methods (FEM and MD etc). Candidates with experimental or modeling background and interests in solid mechanics, mechanical engineering, materials science, and bio-engineering are highly encouraged to apply.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION - Beatriu de Pinós scholarships
The laboratory for fluid structure interaction (LIFE) at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) in Tarragona, Spain is looking for a Postdoc candidate to apply for the Beatriu de Pinós scholarship. The candidate will work in a project involving fluid-structure interaction in offshore engineering with applications to wind energy and the dynamics of offshore structures.
Predictive abilities for stresses in individual inclusions and the matrix by the Mori-Tanaka and PGMT formulation
Both effective properties of composite and the stresses in the individual inclusions and in the matrix are necessary for modelling damage in short fibre composites. Mean field theorems are usually used to calculate the effective properties of composite materials, most common among them is the Mori–Tanaka formulation. Owing to occasional mathematical and physical admissibility problems with the Mori–Tanaka formulation, a pseudo-grain discretized Mori–Tanaka formulation (PGMT) was proposed in literature.
Postdoctoral position at Texas A&M University in Qatar on modeling polycrystalline materials
One year postdoctoral position at Texas A&M University in Qatar is effective immediately; the work will be in the field of solid mechanics experimental investigation and modeling of Mg alloys.
One year postdoctoral position in solid mechanics effective immediately at Texas A&M University in Qatar at light material lab
This position is not located in the United States. Must be willing to relocate to Doha, Qatar.