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Ph.D. positions starting from 2021 Fall and 2022 Spring in YIN group at NCSU.

The research program will focus on soft robotics and mechanical metamaterials. Candidates with high self-motivation, experimental or modeling background and interests in mechanical engineering, materials science and engineering, and mechanics are highly encouraged to apply.

One Ph.D. position Starting 2021 Fall in YIN group at NCSU

Applications are invited for an immediate postdoctoral associate opening in the broad area of soft robotics in the Applied Mechanics of Materials Lab of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, US.

This project will focus on bioinspired multifunctional high-performance soft robots in manipulation and locomotion.   

One fully funded Ph.D. position Starting 2020 Fall in YIN group at NCSU

The research program will focus on soft robotics and mechanical metamaterials. The research will involve a combination of experiments (3D printing, mechanical testing, materials synthesis, and fabrication etc), analytical modeling, and numerical simulation methods (mainly finite element method).

Soft, Body-Integrated Microsystems Technologies

Franklin Institute Symposium honoring Dr. John A. Rogers 

Recipient of the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Materials Engineering

Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty: Mechanical Engineering

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Temple University has two positions available for mid-career or senior faculty members at the rank of tenured or tenure-track associate or full professor with the expected start date of Fall 2019. Applicants with expertise relevant to one of the following two areas are particularly encouraged to apply:

Dear Colleague, We would like to bring your last attention and invite you and your students/postdoc to submit abstracts for oral presentations to Symposium 356 on “Mechanics and Design of Mechanical Metamaterials” under the umbrella of “Phononics And Metamaterials” at the 18th U.S.

Applications are invited for an immediate postdoctoral associate opening and one Ph.D. opening (Spring, 2018) in mechanics and design of mechanical metamaterials and soft robotics in the Applied Mechanics of Materials Lab of Mechanical Engineering Department at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, US.

One Ph.D. opening will be available in the Applied Mechanics of Materials Lab of Mechanical Engineering Department at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. The Ph.D. position will start ideally in Fall 2017 or the coming Spring 2018. 

Y. Tang, G. Lin, S. Yang, Y.K. Yi, R. D. Kamien, J. Yin, “Programmable Kiri-Kirigami Metamaterials”, Adv. Mater. 29, 1604262 (2017)

One Ph.D. position will be available in the Applied Mechanics of Materials Lab of Mechanical Engineering Department at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. The position will start in the coming Fall 2017. 

One Ph.D. position will be available in the Applied Mechanics of Materials Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering Department at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. The position will start in the coming Fall 2017.

Applications are invited for an immediate postdoctoral associate opening in materials characterization at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, Phiadelphia, PA. The project will focus on the mechanical property characterization of micro/nano-fibers and their woven structures for design of high energy absorption materials.

The College of Engineering at Temple University invites applications for the position of Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department. The Mechanical Engineering Department serves more than 550 undergraduate majors and 50 graduate students, and includes 21 full-time faculty and three full-time support staff.

We would like to invite you to submit abstracts for oral presentations to Symposium D-5 on “Mechanics and Design of Mechanical Metamaterials” at the 53rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES 2016), hosted by the University of Maryland College Park during 2-5 October 2016.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, seeks applications and nominations— for: (i) tenure-track lines at the junior level, and (ii) tenured lines at the senior level.

One Ph.D. position will be available in the Applied Mechanics of Materials group of Mechanical Engineering Department at
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. The position will start in the coming Fall, 2014.
The research program will focus on mechanics of soft composite materials and structures as well as
their novel applications in micro/nano-fabrication, anti-biofilm, energy absorption/harvesting, etc. In
particular, it will focus on harnessing buckling instabilities of hybrid soft and hard materials and

One Ph.D position starting from Spring, 2014 is available in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, US. 

The research program will focus on mechanics of multi-functional materials and structures, thin film, mechanical self-assembly, and their novel applications in healthcare, energy absorption, and energy harvesting, etc. The research will involve a combination of experiments, modeling, and simulation methods (FEM and MD etc). Candidates with experimental or modeling background and interests in solid mechanics, mechanical engineering, materials science, and bio-engineering are highly encouraged to apply.