The Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellowships at Purdue Engineering are awarded in memory of Dr. Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Professor at Purdue from 1935-1948. A world renowned pioneer in the application of psychology to industrial engineering, Dr. Gilbreth’s work epitomized interdisciplinary research and broader impact on industry and society.
For a full description of the program see: Gilbreth Fellowships
Applications are sought for a research assistantship in the field of wave propagation modeling. The position is supported by a monthly stipend and tuition and fees towards a PhD degree for up to four years (subject to satisfactory progress). The start date is flexible (January 2021 preferred). The student will be based in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (www.esm.psu.edu) at Penn State University in Pennsylvania, USA (www.psu.edu).
A PhD thesis position is proposed at Université Gustave Eiffel, Paris, France. The thesis is funded by Bosch research Foundation, on the topic of machine learning for material modelling. A detailed description of the offer and application details can be found ni the attached file.
Starting period: Between September 2020 and January 2021
Dear Fellow Mechanicians,
I would like to draw your attention to multiple (tenure/tenure-track) positions at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada. In particular, three simultaneous searches in Manufacturing, Robotics, and General Mechanics are currently ongoing. For more details, please visit:
https://www.hr.ubc.ca/careers-postings/faculty.php
Job ID 38029 - General Mechanics
Job ID 38026 - Manufacturing
By Yu Zhou and Lihua Jin
Dear colleagues,
a new PhD position has become available at the Mechanics of Materials group, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Reduced Order Modelling for Digital Twins of Medical Imaging Catheters
Detailed information, as well as function requirements, conditions and applications details, can be found at the following website:
Prof. Xiaoding Wei's group at the Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science at Peking University (Group Website: https://www.nml-pku.com/) has postdoc openings for graduates with Ph.D. degrees in Applied Physics, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, and Mechanical Engineering:
A natural impact-resistant bicontinuous composite nanoparticle coating, Huang, et al., Kisailus, Nature Materials, 2020
Novelty/impact/significance:
The rarely known impact surface of the widely reported shrimp dactyl club is a thin, nanoparticle-based coating, possesses both high stiffness and damping properties under high strain rates for exceptional impact resistance, and provides new insights in designing advanced engineered armor materials.
Scientific question:
There are several Immediate Ph.D. positions ( Paid research assistant ) in Energy, control, and Optimization (ECO) lab in the Mechanical Engineering department at Stevens Institute of Technology. The project is related to Renewable energy, radiation Heat transfer, and thin-film solar cells. Being familiar with MATLAB, python, and Optimization algorithms and Machine Learning methods is a Plus.
Journal: International Journal of Fracture
Abstract: A simple nonlocal field theory of peridynamic type is applied to model brittle fracture. The kinetic relation for the crack tip velocity given by Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) is recovered directly from the nonlocal dynamics, this is seen both theoretically and in simulations. An explicit formula for the change of internal energy inside a neighborhood enclosing the crack tip is found for the nonlocal model and applied to LEFM.
