OPEN POSITION
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Computational Diagnostics and Inverse Mechanics
A postdoctoral appointment is available in the Computational Diagnostics and Inverse Mechanics (CDIM) research group under the supervision of Dr. John C. Brigham at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
SYMPOSIUM ON SOLID MECHANICS
Symposium Co-Chairs:
Dr. Hamid Akbarzadeh (McGill University) and Dr. Dan Romanyk (University of Alberta)
THE SYMPOSIUM
The Solid Mechanics Technical Committee of Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) invites you to submit a paper or an abstract to the 2021 CSME International Congress to be held at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, from June 27-30, 2021.
Hierarchical toughening of bioinspired nacre-like hybrid carbon composite, Jiao, Zhang, Liu, Liu, Zhang, Tang, Liu, Zhang, Carbon, 2021
Novelty/impact/significance:
EML Webinar on November 18, 2020 will be given by Professor Vikram Deshpande, The University of Cambridge. Discussion leader: Professor Lihua Jin, UCLA
Title: Ballistic and blast response of structural materials: lessons from architecting materials
Time: 7 am California, 9:30 am Boston, 2:30 pm London, 10:30 pm Beijing on November 18, 2020
The attached tutorial paper is yet unpublished but I am posting a pre-print since several students I know have found it to be a useful pedagogical resource. You may also access the document on arXiv.
Here is the abstract.
My group at Peking University proposed a novel mechano-chemical continuum model based on the framework of thermodynamics that can describe the microstructural evolution in metallic glass, and connect it with the macroscopic plastic deformation. The model successfully simulated the shear band instability and dilatancy effects of metallic glass under uniaxial tension and simple shear.
Dear colleagues,
We have published a progress report on hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic (HASEL) artificial muscles in Advanced Materials. In this progress report we report the recent developments of HASEL actuators—including materials, designs, fabrication, and control—and discuss many opportunities for future research.
Dear Colleagues,
Event of ASME Technical Committee on Mechanics of Soft Materials 2020:
live symposium and committee meeting
(open access) C. Cissé and M. Asle Zaeem. An asymmetric elasto-plastic phase-field model for shape memory effect, pseudoelasticity and thermomechanical training in polycrystalline shape memory alloys. Acta Materialia 201 (2020) 580-595.
