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Postdoc fellowship available at BUAA, China

Submitted by Leiting Dong on
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A two-year/three-year fellowship named as the Hundred-Talent Postdoc Fellowship is available at Beihang University. Beihang University, also known as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), has always been ranked No. 1 in Aerospace Engineering among all the universities in China. Our research group led by Professor  Leiting Dong is seeking talented and motivated candidates to work on the development of state-of-the-art computational mechanics methods and their applications on the analysis and design of complex engineering structures.

On the Interaction of Viscoelasticity and Waviness in Enhancing the Pull-Off Force in Sphere/Flat Contacts

Submitted by Antonio Papangelo on
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Adhesion and fracture; adhesion; contact mechanics; friction; viscoelasticity

Motivated by roughness-induced adhesion enhancement (toughening and strengthening) in low modulus materials, we study the detachment of a sphere from a substrate in the presence of both viscoelastic dissipation at the contact edge, and roughness in the form of a single axisymmetric waviness. We show that the roughness-induced enhancement found by Guduru and coworkers for the elastic case (i.e. at very small detachment speeds) tends to disappear with increasing speeds, where the viscoelastic effect dominates and the problem approaches that of a smooth sphere.

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

Submitted by Kmomeni on
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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

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

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.

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

Submitted by nzhang on
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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
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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. 

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