Dear iMechanica Readers,



Greetings from Oak Ridge.  

I would like to invite you, your colleagues and students to attend the annual Educational Symposium organized by the Oak Ridge Chapter of ASM International.  The theme for this year’s symposium is:



“Innovations in Mechanical Testing: From Molecules to Large Engineering Structures”



We have an outstanding list of speakers, which includes:



Ian Robertson (NSF) - "In situ TEM testing" (Keynote Speaker)

Dear colleagues,



For people interesting in the simulation of solids mechanics with impact contact and friction, we are pleased to announce a new release of the Siconos software. The software is open-source, under GPL Licence and can be found at http://siconos.gforge.inria.fr/

Location: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, LMT Cachan, South of Paris, France

Duration: 18 month

Starting date: Between March 2011 and September 2011

Scholarship: €2000/month



Contacts:     

A dielectric elastomer is capable of giant electromechanical actuation but fails at breakdown due to instability under certain conditions with a small deformation. By applying a mechanical pre-stretch, one obtains a stabilized large actuation.

Two more PhD scholarships are available in our group.

The topics are related to "self-powered wireless sensor networks" and "micro power conditioning electronics for energy harvesting". Pls contact me or drop email to my supervisor asap since the application for August intake will close soon.

My email: QQ:88049387 / Skype:tolly8210

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A multidisciplinary research team from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, is recruiting PhD students.

Two post-doctoral positions are available in the lab of Sachin Velankar in the Dept. of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh to conduct experimental research on the biomechanics of surface texturing in cephalopods (octopus or cuttlefish), and to devise reversibly-morphing surfaces.  These animals are famous for their camouflage abilities.  Like many other animals, cephalopods can change their color, but in addition, they can also change the texture of their skin by expressing protuberances or wrinkles.

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

The Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences seeks highly qualified applicants for a post-doctoral research position in experimental mechanics.  The successful candidate will participate in a project to make ultra-high-temperature calorimetry measurements on nanoscale quantities of materials. This apparatus will be used to study phase transformations in complex ternary and quaternary materials systems.

Qualifications: