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Submitted by Zhiqiang Gong on

I am happy to find this place for mechanicians. I hope I can make some friends and learn something here.

I am a PhD candidate in Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and I will get my degree in a few months. Is there anyone from BUAA in this place? 

Seeking postdoctoral research position in experimental mechanics

Submitted by Sandip Basu on

Hi

I am looking for a postdoctoral research position in experimental mechanics in US. I'll be graduating in January 2008 with a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia. 

Electromechanical instability of large deformation in dielectric elastomers

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on

I attach the slides of a presentation at the ASME meeting.  The talk was based on several recent papers on soft active materials (SAMs).  To give an uncluttered picture of the pull-in instability, I have removed all discussion on the Maxwell stress.   As you can see, the problem can be studied without ever mentioning this troublesome notion.