Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in hydro-fracturing (fracking) is
available immediately at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu
Dhabi in United Arab Emirates. Masdar Institute is established in collaboration
with Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The research project focuses on
using advanced computational fracture and damage mechanics for simulating
hydro-fracturing of rocks in hydrocarbon fields. The candidate is expected to
have a PhD in the field of geomechanics, or civil engineering with solid

V. Slesarenko and S. Rudykh, Harnessing viscoelasticity and instabilities for tuning wavy patterns in soft layered composites. Soft Matter (2016)  DOI: 10.1039/C5SM02949J

Dear Colleagues,

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Marco Paggi 

Research Unit Director 

Two PhD positions are available at Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University in the area of characterization and micromechanical modeling of organic-rich shales. Candidates should have a BS or MS degree in  civil engineering, mechanical engineering, petroleum engineering, material science or other related areas. Candidates with both experimental and modeling background are highly preferred.

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions is a branch of Robert Bosch (Fortune 500) is seeking a Senior Engineer for its Simulation team in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Only applicable for Vietnamese candidate or candidate can work in Vietnam

Senior structural simulation engineer

Requirements:

·         BSc, MSc or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Computational Engineering, Maths or related fields

The group of Prof. Liming Xiong at the Iowa State University has an immediate opening for a self-motivated Ph.D. student in the general area of computational solid mechanics and computational materials science. Atomistic simulation, DD, PFM and FEM experience will be a plus. The enrollment into the Ph.D. program is as early as Fall 2016, financially supported by a Research Assistantship. Please contact the PI directly if you are interested:

Dear all, 

We just got published a new work titled " EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT UNDER DIFFERENT CLOSE LOOP CONTROLLED PRESSURES AND DIE TEMPERATURES"

Dear colleagues, 

I am writing to invite your contirbution to the mini-symposium on failure and instability in soft materials and geomaterials co-organized by myself, Joshua White, Pencheng Fu, Nikolaos Bouklas, and Christian Linder for the upcoming ICCM conference at Berkeley. The deadline for submission has extended to April 15th. More information can be found in the URL listed below. 

The International Research Training Group IRTG 1627/2 – ViVaCE “Virtual Materials and their Validation”: German-French School of Computational Engineering at Leibniz Universität Hannover invites applications for

10 PhD Positions in Virtual Testing of Materials and Structures (Salary Scale 13 TV-L, 100%)

The positions are funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and are available from October 2016 on. The funding period is 3 years.

Description

(1) Computational mechanics and multiphysics modelling of relevant areas, e.g. smart soft matter, bio-fluid and cell in microfluidics

(2) Supervision of undergraduate students

(3) Technical support to the team

Requirements

1)  Bachelor/ Master degree in Mechanical/Material Engineering or related fields (2nd upper and above)

(2)  Strong background in physics and solid/fluid mechanics