Dr John Biggins is establishing a new experimental and theoretical research activity in the area of liquid crystalline elastomers and glasses (LCE/Gs). These remarkable soft-solids can undergo large reversible and programmed shape changes upon heating or illumination, and the group will target novel mechanics and "artificial-muscle" applications in shape-changing devices.
Energy, Control and optimization lab(ECO) at Stevens Institute of Technology has two immediate post doc positions.
The candidate should have a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering. Knowlege of Radiation Heat transfer and Energy tranfer in Micro/nano materails is necesssary.
Please send your CV to shima.hajimirza [at] stevens.edu (shima[dot]hajimirza[at]stevens[dot]edu), if you have the right background and you can work as post-doc immediately.
The Sustainable Infrastructure, Geotechnics, and Materials (SIGMa) Lab at Howard University invites applicants for a Ph.D. position in multiscale simulation and characterization of polymer composites starting January 2022. Highly motivated individuals with strong computational, machine learning, microscopy and communication skills are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
The plant cell wall possesses an unusual combination of strength and ability to expand without weakening or breaking (a quality required for plant growth), but the molecular basis for these traits has long been unclear. In a collaborative study led by Prof. Sulin Zhang and Prof.
Position Title: Post-doctoral Research Associate
Location: School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Contact: Prof. Thomas Siegmund, siegmund [at] purdue.edu
Start Date: As soon as possible, latest by Fall 2021
Project Title: Bone Hydration to Reduce Microcracking and Fracture Risk
Description of project:
The Mechanics of Infrastructure Materials research group are looking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work in the EPSRC project NEXTGEM. The project, led by Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, aims at combining phase field methods and electro-chemo-mechanics modelling to resolve the scientific challenges holding back the applicability of hydrogen embrittlement models.
Viscoelasticity is the property of a material that exhibits some combination of both elastic or spring-like and viscous or flow-like behavior.
The postdoc fellow will work with Associate Research Professor Feng Zhu (https://fzhu.wse.jhu.edu/) in Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), a division of Johns Hopkins University.
Duties
· Conduct drop tower and ballistic impact tests on lithium-ion battery cells and system
· Develop numerical models to simulate the battery tests and analyze the failure responses
Université Côte d'Azur and CEMEF Mines ParisTech, in the French Riviera, currently have a Ph.D. position in computational geomechanics.
The goal of the project is to study the microstructural evolutions that take place on rocks of the lithosphere by using full field numerical simulations. The idea is to directly account for the physical mechanisms responsible for the microstructural evolution of the rocks and that are thought to be at the origin of strain localization and might help us to understand the origin of tectonic plates.
I am looking to hire a postdoc for a 2 year appointment to work with me on FE simulation of wind turbine tower structures with opportunities for collaboration in uncertainty quantification, other energy structures, other thin-walled structures, and more. I have two active projects on wind turbine towers that include collaborations with one large OEM and one startup manufacturer that will be the primary emphasis of the postdoc.
