Two PhD studentships of three years duration are available Department of
Civil and Structural Engineering and the Department of Mechanical
Engineering at the University of Sheffield sponsored by the Leverhulme
Trust.
More details can be found here
The studentship will fully cover University tuition fees at EU/UK level, provide a tax-free bursary of £13290. Closing date for applications is the 24th September 2010.
The special issue on "Computational and Theoretical Materiomics: Properties of Biological and de novo Bioinspired Materials" has now been published. A list of papers is included below. A sincere thank you to all contributors! Anyone interested in a reprint of any of the articles please send me a message.
Forthcoming papers of International Journal of Applied Mechanics (IJAM) Vol.2 No.4:
1. “Atomistically-Informed Mesoscale Model Of Deformation And Failure Of Bioinspired Hierarchical Silica Nanocomposites”, Dipanjan Sen, Markus J. Buehler, (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, USA)
2. “Single Walled Nanotubes As Kirchoff Elasticas”, Prabhat K. Agnihotri And Sumit Basu (Indian Institute Of Technology, India)
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Published papers of International Journal of Applied Mechanics (IJAM) Vol.2 No.3: 1. “Yield Design Homogenization Method For Compaction Of Monosized Spherical Powders”, Benabbes Anouar, Siad Larbi, Dormieux Luc, Wing Kam Liu, (Universit´E De Reims, France, Northwestern University, USA) |
Dear colleagues,
Apologies for cross postings.
The second ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on the eXtended Finite Element
Method (XFEM) will take place in Cardiff (Cardiff University) in the
period 29 June - 1 July 2011. [see http://www.xfem2011.com for
details]
We would like to invite you and your students to submit original
research contributions in the area of partition of unity enrichment.
Load-bearing biological materials such as shell, mineralized tendon and bone exhibit 2-7 levels of structural hierarchy based on constituent materials (biominerals and proteins) of relatively poor mechanical properties. A key question that remains unanswered is what determines the number of hierarchical levels in these materials. Here we develop a quasi-self-similar hierarchical model to show that,
Unidirectional nanocomposite structures with parallel staggered platelet reinforcements are widely observed in natural biological materials. Our recent paper, published in J. Mech. Phys. Solids, is aimed at an investigation of the stiffness, strength, failure strain and energy storage capacity of a unidirectional nanocomposite with non-uniformly or randomly staggered platelet distribution.
A PhD position in the area of mechanics of heterogeneous materials is open in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Virgina.
The successful candidate will possess strong analytical and computational skills, as well as an MS degree in a related field. A TOEFEL score of 90 plus is required for admission into the SEAS PhD Program at the University of Virginia in the case of international student applicants. It is anticipated that the successful applicant will start his/her PhD studies at some point in the spring of 2011.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position to begin Septmeber 1, 2011. We anticipate hiring at the tenured Associate or Full Professor level, although truly exceptional candidates may be considered at the level of untenured Assistant or Associate Professor.
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Duke University and the Pratt School of Engineering invite applications and nominations for the position of Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS). MEMS is one of four departments in the Pratt School of Engineering, within a world-class, top-ranked teaching and research institution.
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