Ultrasonics Laboratory in the Material Science & Engineering
department is looking for a PhD student in the areas of ultrasonic characterization
of polycrystalline materials, composites and bonded structures. The position is
supported by research grants and is intended for several years. Strong
background in experimental and modeling aspects acoustics/ultrasonics
and signal processing is preferable. An MS degree in
A postdoctoral associate position is available at Rice University in the
area of atomistic and molecular modeling of nanoscale friction and defects in an assembly of
nanoparticles. Computational techniques will be integrated to approaches from statistical
mechanics and physical chemistry to provide quantitative predictions of properties of complex
oxide materials across different time- and length-scales. The research will be carried out at Rice
University's Multiscale Materials Modeling Lab.
Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation with major facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Livermore, California. We are a world-class team of scientists, engineers, technologists, post docs, and visiting researchers all focused on cutting-edge technology, ranging from homeland defense, global security, biotechnology, and environmental preservation to energy and combustion research, computer security, and nuclear defense. To learn more, please visit our website at
We are pleased to announce that the 23rd International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM23) will be held in Singapore during October 2-5, 2013. The Workshop website is www.iwcmm23.org which will be continually updated over the next few weeks as the details are finalized.
The Institute of Mechanics at TU Dortmund, Germany, together with the Helmholtz-Zentrum
Geesthacht, invites applications for a research position within the new Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 986) “Tailor-Made Multi-Scale Materials Systems – M³” (PhD or postdoc position).
Six finalists have been announced for the Twenty-Fourth Annual Robert J. Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis. The finalists and their current institutions are:
Michael Borden, University of Texas at Austin
Pritam Chakraborty, Idaho National Laboratory
Allen LaBryer, University of Oklahoma
Ernesto Lima, University of Texas at Austin
Ju Liu, University of Texas at Austin
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Sensorimotor Control at the University of Colorado Boulder
Yichao Zhu Stephen J. Chapman Amit Acharya
(to appear in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids)
W.L. Shan, Z. Chen, C.P. Broedersz, A.A. Gumaste, W.O. Soboyejo, C.P. Brangwynne, Soft Matter, 9:194-199, 2013.
In this paper, we investigate short wavelength buckling of a thin elastic rod embedded in an elastic gelatin biopolymer network. Using a combination of micro-mechanical testing, microscopic imaging, as well as theory, we show that the buckling penetration depth can be tuned by varying the mechanical properties of the rod and the rod–gel interface.
