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We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our research team in the field of cardiac biomechanics and heart failure with a position at the level of Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles.  They will be working with a multidisciplinary team mentored by Dr. Lihua Jin (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), Dr. Ashley Stein-Merlob (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine) and Dr.

The 26th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2024) will be held in Daegu, Korea, on August 25-30, 2024 (http://www.ictam2024.org). ICTAM congresses are organized under the auspices of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) and traditionally gather the mechanics community from around the world every four years. 

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The Mechanics of Soft Materials Lab (https://www.msm.seas.ucla.edu/) at UCLA has a PhD opening to be filled in 2023 fall. The successful candidate is expected to work on modeling, simulations, and experiments of soft materials, soft tissue and soft machines. The ideal candidates will be highly motivated with a strong background in solid mechanics and computation, and be fluent in spoken and written English.

By Jiheong Kang, Jaewan Mun, Yu Zheng, Masato Koizumi, Naoji Matsuhisa, Hung-Chin Wu, Shucheng Chen, Jeffrey B.-H. Tok, Gae Hwang Lee, Lihua Jin & Zhenan Bao

By Tianzhen Liu, Yuzhen Chen, John W. Hutchinson, Lihua Jin

There is an immediate opening of a postdoctoral researcher in the Mechanics of Soft Materials Lab (https://www.msm.seas.ucla.edu/) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The research will be on additive manufacturing of soft materials and soft machines. The successful candidate should have a PhD degree with expertise in experimental polymer materials.

There is a PhD opening in the Mechanics of Soft Materials Lab (https://www.msm.seas.ucla.edu/) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. The opening is to be filled in 2021 fall, 2022 winter or 2022 fall quarter. The successful candidate is expected to work on modeling, simulations, and experiments of soft materials.

There is an immediate opening of a postdoctoral researcher in the Mechanics of Soft Materials Lab (https://www.msm.seas.ucla.edu/) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The research will be on experimental mechanics of soft materials, and fabrication of soft machines. The successful candidate should have a PhD degree with expertise in experimental polymer materials.

By Yu Zhou and Lihua Jin

There is an immediate opening of a postdoctoral researcher in the Mechanics of Soft Materials Lab (https://www.msm.seas.ucla.edu/) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. The research will be on experimental mechanics of soft materials, and fabrication of soft machines. The successful candidate should have a PhD degree with expertise in experimental polymer chemistry and polymer materials.

By Kangjia Fu  Zhihua Zhao  Lihua Jin

There is a PhD opening in the Mechanics of Soft Materials Lab (https://www.msm.seas.ucla.edu/) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. The opening is to be filled in 2019 fall or 2020 winter quarter. The successful candidate is expected to work on modeling, simulations, and experiments of soft materials.

Concurrent reaction and diffusion in photo-responsive hydrogels

Xuan Chen, Lihua Jin

Microstructural origin of resistance–strain hysteresis in carbon nanotube thin film conductors

Lihua Jin, Alex Chortos, Feifei Lian, Eric Pop, Christian Linder, Zhenan Bao and Wei Cai

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

18th US National Congress for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM) will be held in Chicago, Illinion, on Jun 4 to 9 2018. USNC/TAM is held every four years. http://sites.northwestern.edu/usnctam2018/

18th US National Congress for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM) will be held in Chicago, Illinion, on Jun 4 to 9 2018. USNC/TAM is held every four years. http://sites.northwestern.edu/usnctam2018/

SPIE 2018 Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites XII (SSN04) conference will be held in Denver, Colorado, United States on March 4 to 8 2018, as a part of SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation. 

Topics of interest are broadly grouped into the following categories:

• functional soft materials and structures

• mechanics of smart and multifunctional materials

• modeling and simulation of smart and multifunctional materials

Post-wrinkle bifurcations in elastic bilayers with modest contrast in modulus

Anesia Auguste, Lihua Jin, Zhigang Suo, Ryan C. Hayward

Extreme Mechanics Letters

http://news.stanford.edu/2016/09/08/joseph-keller-applied-mathematician-...

Seamless and minimally invasive three-dimensional interpenetration of electronics within artificial or natural structures could allow for continuous monitoring and manipulation of their properties. Flexible electronics provide a means for conforming electronics to non-planar surfaces, yet targeted delivery of flexible electronics to internal regions remains difficult.

Mechanics of wrinkle/ridge transitions in thin film/substrate systems

Lihua Jin, Atsushi Takei,  JohnW.Hutchinson

Subject to compression, elastic materials may undergo bifurcation of various kinds. A homogeneous material forms creases, whereas a bilayer consisting of a stiff film and a compliant substrate forms wrinkles. Here, we show several new types of bifurcation behavior for bilayers consisting of films and substrates of comparable elastic moduli. Depending on the ratios of moduli and thicknesses of the two materials, the critical strain for the onset of creases can be either smaller or larger than that for the onset of wrinkles.

Smoothening creases on surfaces of strain-stiffening materials