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Call for Abstracts: Symposium 3.2/5.6 - “Molecular to Macroscale Mechanics in Biology and Engineering” at SES

Submitted by keten on

Call for Abstracts: Symposium 3.2/5.6

"Molecular to Macroscale Mechanics in Biology and Engineering"

48th Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences (SES) October 12-14, 2011 at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

 


Universal Stability and Temperature Dependent Phase Transformation in Group VIIIB–IB Transition Metal FCC Nanowires.

Submitted by Vijay Kumar Sutrakar on

I want to share our recent research work on FCC metallic nanowires, which is published in Journal of Physical Chemistry - C (ACS Publications). The abstract of the paper is given below. Further details can be found at " Sutrakar et al  J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115 (21), pp 10394–10398

DOI: 10.1021/jp2006815

 

Post-­‐doctoral research fellowship: Molecular mechanics of bone

Submitted by Markus J. Buehler on

Top candidates are sought for a collaborative research project between Dr. Sandra Shefelbine (Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London) and Dr. Markus Buehler (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).  This project will use molecular modelling techniques and associated experimental methods to explore the collagen-apatite interface in bone. 



13 PhD positions + post-docs available end of 2011 (Subject to successful negotiations)

Submitted by Stephane Bordas on

Salary : €37,000 per annum for Ph.D. students (Early Stage Researchers Marie Curie Fellows) 

“Integrating Numerical Simulation and Geometric Design Technology (INSIST)” Leader: Prof. Timon Rabczuk, Weimar Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN)

Call: FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica at Taipei

Submitted by Stachiv on

Open postdoc position

A postdoctoral position is available in the Polymer Physics and Complex Fluids group at Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica. Candidates must have a doctoral degree in Physics, Physical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or Mechanical Engineering.


We seek highly motivated candidates with research interests/experiences in the following areas:

  • Multi-scale simulations
  • Theoretical polymer physics
  • Fluid dynamics


A homogenization analysis of the field theoretic approach to the quasi-continuum method

Submitted by Vikram Gavini on

Dear Colleagues,

I wish to bring to your attention my recent work with Liping Liu on "A homogenization analysis of the field theoretic approach to the quasi-continuum method" to appear in the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. Below is the abstract and attached is the preprint of the article. I will very much appreciate your comments and suggestions.

A Homogenization Analysis of the Field Theoretic Approach to the Quasi-Continuum Method

SES 2011 XFEM Mini-symposium

Submitted by jfchessa on

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the XFEM session of the  
SES 2011 Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Sciences which will be held this October 12-14, 2011, at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. 

The mini-symposium is seeking abstracts in the area(s) of enriched finite element methods, the extended finite element method and other related numerical methods.  We welcome fundamental  and applied abstracts relevant to this area.

Report from 2011 SIMULIA Customer Conference - Abaqus 6.11 Debuts

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The 2011 SIMULIA Customer Conference has concluded, but the memories of the hundreds of presentations, partner exhibits, and Flamenco entertainment at the banquet will last a lifetime!  Check out our Blogs from the 2011 SIMULIA Customer Conference in Barcelona!