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Esteemed Colleague,

this post is to invite you all to attend our third free on-line global live TAFMech webinar on Fracture Mechanics-related topics that will take place this Friday (05/02) at 9 AM GMT.

The webinar details are as follows:

Prof. Reinhard Pippan – Austrian Academy of Sciences, Leoben, Austria

Title of seminar: Crack closure: frequently asked questions

Date/time: 5 February 2021 at 9 am (GMT)

10-12 Fully funded PhD Positions within HetSys Centre for Doctoral Training at Warwick for October 2021 start

HetSys is a recently established EPSRC-supported Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) which trains people to challenge current state-of-the-art in computational modelling of heterogeneous, real-world systems across a range of research themes which this year include nanoscale devices, superalloys, laser-plasma interactions etc and future medicines.

We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student to work on Computational Solid Mechanics, with focus on Cell Adhesion and Mechanobiology. The project is in collaboration with experimental biologists and biophysicists located at UBC and other international laboratories. It will involve the use analytical tools in Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (e.g. Statistical Mechanics), and computational tools such as Finite Element Analysis. The goal will be to derive important scaling laws to understand the mechanical behavior of Biological Cells under different processes such as Motility, Differentiation and Mitosis.

LINK: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02893

The project “Computational mechanics and optimisation for energy absorption of materials” is calling for applications for PhD scholarship commencing in 2021. This project is funded by the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Candidates with knowledge and research experience in computational mechanics, design optimisation and machine learning are encouraged to apply.

Project description:

The use of 3D printed metal structures is taking a very fast ramp-up in industry. General Electric has demonstrated the possibility of printing titanium fuel injectors for their LEAP engine, EADS has printed a nacelle hinge bracket for the Airbus A320, Boeing is printing plastic inlet ducts for high-altitude aircrafts, hip implants and other prosthetics are exploiting the design freedom of additive manufacturing (AM),...

happy to inform the community that we have launched my new website:

rittel.net.technion.ac.il

All welcome to visit and give a feedback!

Daniel

A PhD position is available as early as Fall, 2021 in Dr. Ning Zhang’s group at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa). 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) Hypersonic flight materials;

(2) 2D materials;

(3) Shape memory ceramics/alloys;

(4) High entropy alloys;

(5) Biomaterials.