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The successful candidate will work on the EPSRC funded research project 'Ultimate and permissible limit state behaviour of soil-filled masonry arch bridges', which is being undertaken in collaboration with the University of Salford and various industrial partners (Network Rail, ADEPT, the International Union of Railways and Balfour Beatty Rail). This is an exciting opportunity to help develop the next generation of analysis and assessment techniques for masonry arch bridges, thus helping to ensure a sustainable future for structures that continue to form a vitally important part of the rail and regional road networks of the UK and other countries.

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Smart Materials

Temple University, Composites Laboratory

Multiple one-year Postdoctoral appointments in the Mechanical Engineering Department, Temple University, are available immediately with possibility for annual renewal up to three years.

Salary and benefits are competitive, with compensation commensurate with experience.

The Mathematical Institute at Oxford is advertising three post-doctoral positions within the Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics for(ideally) a 1st April 2011 start. The project titles (with links for more information) are:

1. Brain Mechanics, Cortex Folding, and Pattern Formation in Growing Tissues.

http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/1405

Brown University established a School of Engineering on July 1, 2010 and is beginning a major hiring initiative to fill multiple openings.  As part of this initiative, the School is seeking to fill a position in Solid Mechanics at any academic level to start in July 2011.

School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Durham University, UK.  We have four posts available in high performance computing applied to computational science and engineering (two lectureships, one readership and one chair). CLOSING DATE January 7th 2011.

Search on www.jobs.ac.uk or the Durham University Vacancies website

Charles Augarde

中国科学技术大学工学院诚聘国内外优秀人才

中国科大工程科学学院（http://ses.ustc.edu.cn）成立于1998年，由当时的力学和机械工程系（现恢复为近代力学系）、精密机械与精密仪器系、热科学和能源工程系组成。学院成立以来，非常重视学科建设，学院现有一级学科博士点3个，分别为力学、动力工程与工程热物理、仪器科学与技术，其中力学为国家一级重点学科；二级学科博士点有8个，其中流体力学和固体力学是国家重点学科，工程热物理、精密仪器及机械是省重点学科。学院还设有2个博士后流动站，分别为力学、动力工程与工程热物理。目前工程科学学院有教授39名，其中两院院士4名，长江学者1名，国家杰出青年基金获得者2名，入选国家级“新世纪百千万人才工程”2名，入选中科院百人计划者9名。为进一步加强学科交叉和发展学科新的生长点，从而促进学科整体实力的不断发展和提升。特向海内外优秀人才提供以下岗位

（一）2011年“青年千人计划”项目

申报要求：

1.属自然科学或工程技术领域，年龄不超过40周岁。

2.在海外知名高校取得博士学位，并有3年以上的海外科研工作经历。

The Fluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics group at Los Alamos National Laboratory is currently seeking outstanding candidates to fill a post-doctoral research position in computational solid/structural mechanics.

The prospective candidate is expected to take part in the development of non-classical, global-local plate/shell finite elements for applications involving the response and/or failure of composite structures under severe dynamic loading conditions.