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Fully funded PhD Studentship: Development of Fracture Toughness Testing Techniques for Non-sharp Defects

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Are you interested in understanding how materials fail and why? Would you like to work in an industrial environment while pushing the boundaries of knowledge?  This is an exciting opportunity to work at  a top 5 UK university for research (REF 2014) and top 3 with leading employers (High Fliers 2017) Use the link below to apply.

Simpleware Workshop, Brussels, March 2nd

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From 3D Images to Models - Introduction to Simpleware Software Workshop

Date / Time: Friday, March 2, 2018 / 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Location: Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium    Directions

Fee: Free-to-attend. Pre-registration is required as places are limited 

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Mechanicians and Materials Scientists elected to US National Academy of Engineering

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The US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 83 new members and 16 foreign members, announced NAE President C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., today. Among the newly elected NAE members include the following mechanicians and materials scientists:

Anand, Lallit, Warren and Towneley Rohsenow Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For contributions to the development of plasticity for engineering technology: theory, experiment, and computation.

NAE Foreign Members:

Postdoctoral Position in FEM Flow Modeling

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Idaho National Laboratory is seeking a post-doctoral researcher  to perform research in developing numerical simulations to understand and predict the flow behavior of diverse particulate (granular) materials. Target applications include feeding and handling systems, including bins, hopper, and augers, as well as existing and future laboratory instruments that can be used to characterize feeding and handling properties.

Open-PhD Positions in Energy Conversion in Nano Materials and Solar Cells

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Energy, Control and Optimization (ECO) https://www.ecolab.tamu.edu/ in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University has two open PhD positions. The research project is about energy conversion in Nano-materials and thin film solar cells. Candidates should have a strong background and interests in Radiative Heat Transfer, Nano-Materials, Nano fabrication, Computational Methods and Machine Learning. Programming experience in MATLAB or Python is necessary.

Congress-Wide Symposium on Additive Manufacturing (ASME-IMECE 2018): abstract deadline Feb 26

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Congress-Wide Symposium on Additive Manufacturing (Topic 2-2)IMECE-ASME, Pittsburgh, PA, November 9-15th of 2018. The abstracts (400-650 words) are due Feb 26th.  

https://www.asme.org/events/imece