ORR EARLY CAREER AWARD
The Materials Division of ASME calls for nomination for Orr Early Career Award. The award recognizes young researcher within 7 years of terminal degree working in experimental, computational, or theoretical fatigue, fracture, or creep. For more information please see https://www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards/unit-awards/…
A new piece of software has been presented that connects the well-known FE code Abaqus with Matlab. The source code, detailed documentation and a large number of tutorials can be freely downloaded from www.abaqus2matlab.com
Some interesting applications are addressed in the associated journal article:
A fully funded PhD position (Tuition + stipend) for Summer/Fall 2017 is available in the area of experimental and computational damage mechanics at North Dakota State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Over the next two years Loughborough University, UK plans to appoint up to 100 new academics across a wide range of disciplines. There will be opportunities for individuals and world-leading research groups to join us at our Loughborough or London campuses.
For details, please consider
The Computational Design & Manufacturing Laboratory (CDM) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is inviting applications for a post-doctoral researcher position in the general area of computational design.
Candidates with strong background in finite element analysis, structural optimization, and/or high-performance computing are encouraged to apply.
To motivate students to attend the conference, ASC 2017 offers up to 20 travel scholarships including free registration and travel expenses up to $500. The top six will also receive additional cash prizes. Details can be found at https://cdmhub.org/groups/asc2017/scholarship. Professors, please encourage your students to apply. The abstract due date is Feb. 17. More details about the conference can be found at https://cdmhub.org/groups/asc2017.
This post is a part of my notes on linear algebra.
A Sankey diagram is a visual display of the flow of a scalar. In a Sankey diagram, the width of each branch of the flow is proportional to the magnitude of the scalar.
Consider a thin dielectric plate with conducting faces: when will it break if a voltage is applied? If it is rigid it will break once its dielectric strength is overcome by the voltage. But what if it is highly stretchable, like the elastomers used for soft actuators, stretchable electronics, or energy harvesters? The precise answer to that question is not known.
