2 funded PhD positions are available immediately. The research is on computational mechanics and materials relating to nuclear materials, energy storage materials, biomaterials, and composite materials. Temple University is located in Philadelphia, the sixth-most populous U.S. city, about 2 hours from New York City and 3 hours from Washington DC. Temple University is ranked 104 by US News. Interested candidates please send CV, transcripts and standard test scores to ling.liu [at] temple.edu