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Ph.D. Positions at the University of Connecticut
Two Ph.D. positions are available in Prof. Dongare's research group in the area of atomic-scale and mesoscale modeling of the deformation behavior of materials. The positions can be in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering or the School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Connecticut.
Interested students should email their CV to Prof. Dongare at dongare(at)uconn.edu.
25th International Conference on Wear of Materials
Register today for the 25th International Conference on Wear of Materials, Sitges, Spain | 13-17 April 2025
The International Conference on Wear of Materials is a prestigious, long-established conference which provides a unique international forum for researchers and practicing engineers from different disciplines to interact and exchange their latest results. It is unique for its paper submission process with full peer review in collaboration with the Elsevier journal Wear to ensure the technical quality of presentations.
Postdoc opening in cardiac biomechanics modeling at UCLA
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our research team in the field of cardiac biomechanics and heart failure with a position at the level of Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles. They will be working with a multidisciplinary team mentored by Dr. Lihua Jin (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), Dr. Ashley Stein-Merlob (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine) and Dr.
5 Zoom Meetings for those interested to join FABER Action
FABER networking project is funded for next four years by the COST Association. Its goal is to solve the current deadlock in validating the metal fatigue life evaluation methods and solvers by establishing benchmark sets of curated experimental fatigue data, with the focus set on the high-cycle fatigue category above all.
Postdoctoral Research in Impact and Ballistic Behaviour of Graphene Reinforced Nanocomposites
Dear I Mechanica Members,
I am Dr. Piyush Gaur, currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. With over nine years of interdisciplinary research experience in the realms of experimental and computational biomechanics, I am deeply involved in the study and development of advanced nanocomposite materials for aerospace and defense applications.
Three fully-funded PhD positions @ KU Leuven, Belgium
We have three fully-funded PhD positions specializing in the fracture assessment of metallic materials at Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium. These positions offer an excellent opportunity for those interested in advancing their academic career in this cutting-edge field. If you are passionate about pursuing a PhD in this area, we encourage you to apply by submitting your CV and a detailed motivation letter to the email address provided below.
Submit your abstract to IMECE 2024: presentation only & poster deadline 7/16/2024
Dear Colleagues,
The deadline for presentation only & poster abstracts for ASME IMECE 2024 is 7/16/2024.
You are kindly reminded to please consider submitting abstracts to the two symposiums hosted by the Mechanics of Soft Materials Technical Committee this year: Mechanics of Soft Materials (Topic 12-29) and Advances in Soft Material Modeling (Topic 12-30). Abstracts can be submitted following this link: https://imece.secure-platform.com/a/
On productivity, big multicenter grants, and paper-mills: the pursuit of an academic career leads to scientific progress?.
We are in the time where big multi-centre projects with an ever-increasing number of scientists involved seem to multiply, and single scientist projects seem to die, apart from the happy island of ERC funding in Europe (probably NSF career funding in US?). I believe that with ERC funding and the direct call of ERC winners some European universities have taken a path of excellence to follow, while on multicentre big money projects they are less effective.