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PhD Opportunity at Oxford University

Submitted by CliveSiviour on

A fantastic PhD opportunity for someone interested in mainly experimental work but with a desire to do some material and computational modelling / analysis.  The project is on characterisation and modelling of particulate composite.

Full funding at the Home/EU level.

Closing date is 15th Jan, but if you are interested please have a look through the application requirements before this data.

All informal enquiries welcome.   More details at:

First issue of npj Computational Materials has been online published

Submitted by chenlei08 on

For details, please go to http://www.sic.ac.cn/xwzx/kydt/201511/t20151127_4478869.html

npj Computational Materials is an online only, fully open access journal dedicated to publishing original results, review articles, and editorials on materials by design and integrated computational and experimental materials research.

Topics of interest to the journal include, but not limited to the following:

Yong Zhu is the new Editor of the iMechanica Journal Club

Submitted by Teng Li on

Yong Zhu, of North Carolina State University, will become the new Editor of the iMechanica Journal Club starting from Jan. 1, 2016. His research addresses basic and applied problems at the intersection of solid mechanics and micro/nano-technology, which has been recognized by a list of awards, including the 2015 ASME Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award.

A disseration style worth emulating ?

Submitted by Biswajit Banerjee on

http://www.theliberatedmathematician.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/PiperThesisPostPrint.pdf

Abstract:

... We do not assume any of those words make any kind of sense, though we do make certain assumptions about how much time the reader has on her hands and what kind of sense of humor she has.

I urge you to read the rest of the dissertation.