PhD Open House at UPenn
Dear Friends - UPenn has great research in mechanics. If you know people interested in pursuing a PhD, please share this announcement. Thank you! Rob
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Virtual PhD Open House on Friday, November 6, 2020
Blog posts
Post Doc at Northwestern University in Granular Flows
A post-doctoral researcher is sought for research in granular flow, mixing, and segregation for both industrial and geophysical applications.
Webinar: Bringing Together SOLIDWORKS® CAD and Image Data with Simpleware Design Link
If you're working with image data and CAD, then I recommend checking out this upcoming webinar on linking Simpleware software and SOLIDWORKS on October 21st.
Details on how to register are here.
Best,
Philippe
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Ultrastrong and stiff layered polymer nanocomposites, Podsiadlo, Kaushik, et al., Kotov, Science, 2007
Novelty/impact/significance:
Based on a traditional layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly, multilayered clay/poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA) nanocomposites with highly ordered and uniformly distributed planar nanosheets are fabricated. The nanocomposites show exceptionally high stiffness and tensile strength (one order of magnitude greater than those of analogous nanocomposites), comparable to the modulus of Kevlar.
Scientific question:
Utah Virtual Open House
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The department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah is hosting a Virtual Open House for prospective graduate students and we'd love for you to attend! We will be going over general program information, how to apply, and how to finance your degree. We’ll also have a faculty and student panel and virtual live lab tours! This is a great opportunity for you to learn more about our program and see if it's a good fit for you! Register below (space is limited due to Zoom capabilities). |
Fully-funded PhD positions in Multi-scale Mechanics Modelling, University of Groningen (Netherlands)
Multiple fully funded PhD positions are available in the group of Francesco Maresca (https://www.rug.nl/staff/f.maresca/) at the University of Groningen, Netherlands, in Multi-scale mechanics modelling of materials, with focus on:
1. Hydrogen Embrittlement in Steels;
2. Solute strengthening in High Entropy Alloys.
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Bioinspired hybrid materials from spray-formed ceramic templates, Dwivedi, Flynn, Resnick, Sampath, Gouldstone, Advanced Materials, 2015
Novelty/impact/significance:
Different from most research that explore exquisite fabrications, an industrial thermal spray-based technique is developed for making nacreous brick-and-mortar alumina composites, which allows for controlled architecture across length scales, diverse constituent materials, and easy scaling-up.
A predictive deep-learning approach for homogenization of auxetic kirigami metamaterials with randomly oriented cuts
This paper describes a data-driven approach to predict mechanical properties of auxetic kirigami metamaterials with randomly oriented cuts. The finite element method (FEM)was used to generate datasets, the convolutional neural network (CNN) was introduced to train these data, and an implicit mapping between the input orientations of cuts and the output Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio of the kirigami sheets was established. With this input–output relationship in hand, a quick estimation of auxetic behavior of kirigami metamaterials is straightforward.
Architected Elastomer Networks for Optimal Electromechanical Response
Dear Colleagues,
This is the preprint of an article on the design of elastomer networks for optimal electromechanical response that will appear in JMPS. We explore how various structural properties of an elastomer network (e.g. density of cross-links, fraction of loose-end monomers, orientation density of chains, etc.) affects both its bulk elastic and dielectric properties, and its performance as an actuator. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104171).