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Fully funded Ph.D. Positions in Multiscale Mechanics and Materials

Submitted by Kmomeni on Mon, 08/30/2021 - 06:19

A fully supported Ph.D. position is open immediately in Advanced Hierarchical Materials by Design Lab at the University of Alabama on multiscale modeling of materials and processes. The research goal of this project is to model the additive manufacturing process and develop new alloys for additive manufacturing. During this projects, the candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with NASA research centers, national labs, and different universities across the nation.

USNC/TAM 2022 Call for Abstract Submission: Mechanics of Liquid Crystal Elastomers (Deadline: December 18 2021)

Submitted by Ruobing Bai on Sun, 08/29/2021 - 14:30

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit abstract and attend the minisymposium titled "325 Mechanics of Liquid Crystal Elastomers" in the 19th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM 2022), to be held June 19-24, 2022 at the University of Texas in Austin. Congress website: https://www.usnctam2022.org/

2020-2021 Harvey Price Awardee: Prof. james R. Rice

Submitted by D.Rittel on Sun, 08/29/2021 - 11:54

I am delighted to inform the mechanics community that the 2020-2021 recipient of the highly prestigious is our distinguished colleague James R. Rice, as follows

The 2020-2021 Harvey Prize Award is granted to Professor James R. Rice for fundamental and long-standing contributions to the fields of mechanics of materials and geophysics. For the J-integral, and for leadership that enhanced the understanding of friction and earthquakes.

Love wave or slip wave?

Submitted by Ranjith Kunnath on Sat, 08/28/2021 - 00:51

It is shown in this paper, just published in J. Appl. Mech., that the observed anomalies in the Love wave dispersion in the Earth can be explained by the occurrence of slip waves.

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052105

Ranjith Kunnath

http://ranjithkunnath.in

Open PhD Position in Atomistic and Multiscale Computational Mechanics at the University of Alabama

Submitted by nzhang on Wed, 08/25/2021 - 15:54

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A fully funded PhD position is available as early as Spring, 2022 in Dr. Ning Zhang’s research group at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), the department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics. This position is in the general area of mechanics, structural and multifunctional materials with focus on mechanical and thermal properties.

The research topics include:

(1) Polymer composites;

(2) 2D materials;

(3) Shape memory ceramics/alloys;

(4) High entropy alloys;

(5) Biomaterials.

One Ph.D. position available in mechanics of materials/data science area

Submitted by arunk on Tue, 08/24/2021 - 21:13

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One Ph.D. position is available in mechanics of materials/data science area in Multiscale Materials Modeling Lab at University of Arkansas. The starting date is Spring 2022.

Students who have master’s or bachelor’s degree in physics, mechanical or materials engineering with computational or experimental background are encouraged to apply.

Comparative Biomechanics of Hagfish Skins & Planar Biaxial Testing

Submitted by Deniz Yalcin on Mon, 08/23/2021 - 14:17

Precipitation during creep in magnesium-aluminum alloys

Submitted by SwarnavaGhosh on Sat, 08/21/2021 - 20:16

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Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to share with you my article titled, "Precipitation during creep in magnesium-aluminum alloys" , which has been published in the journal Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics.

Lightweight magnesium-aluminum alloys show significant tension-compression asymmetry under creep loading. This work offers an explanation of this phenomenon.

Link to the article: https://rdcu.be/ct4zi

Call for abstract submission at 19th USNCTAM 2022: Mechanics and Physics of Active Materials [deadline December 18, 2022]

Submitted by Theocharis on Fri, 08/20/2021 - 18:24

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Dear Colleagues:

We would like to cordially invite you to attend the mini-symposium entitled "320: Mechanics and Physics of Active Materials" orinized at the 19th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. The conference will be held in Austin, Texas, June 19–24, 2022 (http://www.usnctam2022.org/congressMS).