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Dear Colleagues and Friends:

 (This is my private letter, I am not speaking on behalf of Iowa State University)

At the beginning of putin’s invasion of Ukraine, I wrote a letter

Opinion: I am from Kyiv. Ukrainians need the world's help. (desmoinesregister.com)

Dear Colleagues and Friends:

 (This is my private letter, I am not speaking on behalf of Iowa State University)

At the beginning of putin’s invasion of Ukraine, I wrote a letter

Opinion: I am from Kyiv. Ukrainians need the world's help. (desmoinesregister.com)

A postdoctoral position is available immediately at Brown University in multi-material additive manufacturing. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Prof. Pradeep Guduru (pradeep_guduru [at] brown.edu) with CV and a summary of relevant experience. The desired qualifications include experience with developing 3D printer hardware, hardware design and modification and 3D extrusion printing of metals and ceramics.

Dear Colleagues,

Calling for abstracts and your interests in attending this symposium below! See: https://na.eventscloud.com/website/33592/home/, deadline of abstract submission is 5/16/2022. Thank you. 

Anisotropy and chirality create an interesting mechanical coupling – axial-shear coupling. This paper also reports a weak correlation of chirality with negative Poisson’s ratio and a directional negative and positive Poisson’s ratio of a tetra-achiral lattice.

For more information, you can check this paper:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127521000368

We discovered a novel mechanical coupling effect – axial-bending coupling. Unlike Poisson, axial-shear, and axial-twisting coupling effects, this axial-bending coupling occurs at a non-centrosymmetric square lattice.

For more information, you can check this paper:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127522001538

We have new postdoc/Ph.D opening immediately in the broad area of architected metamaterials. Candidates who have prior experience in the mechanics of architected materials, machine learning/optimizations and interests in applying various additive manufacturing techniques developed in our lab is especially encouraged to reach out to us (email: rayne [at] seas.ucla.edu). https://www.raynexzheng.com/

Based on magneto-active polymers, we provide a non-invasive and real-time control methodology to impose complex mechanical forces on biological systems. The device is conceptualised to be suitable for any traditional microscope! See scheme:

We allow for reproducing complex mechanical processes by simulating a set of local strain patterns occurring in real scenarios. We demonstrated this by simulating strain distribution occurring within the brain tissue during a head impact (Knutsen et al., 2020 #BMphi).

The job entails providing advanced technical guidance on various aspects of computational Structural Mechanics with a focus on Structural Dynamics to clients in industry and academia.