The advantage of simplicity is that mechanics and physics can be understood and predicted just by using pen and paper. In the end, numerics may have to be used but then you should already have a pretty good idea of what happens. The other way around, starting with numerics and a limited toolbox of models will seldom lead to anything new.
The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (http://mie.njit.edu) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (http://www.njit.edu) has an opening for a fully funded Ph.D. position. The position will start in Fall 2023/Spring 2024. Interested candidates should apply as soon as possible. Email: dibakar.datta [at] njit.edu
"Order Parameter Engineering for Random Systems" published in High Entropy Alloys and Materials
Abstract:
In our latest article, “Uncovering stress fields and defects distributions in graphene using deep neural networks”: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-023-00704-z , we showed that conditional generative adversarial networks (cGANs) could transform complex deformation fields into stress fields by eliminating the need to evaluate elasticity distributions and develop complex nonlinear constitutive relations.
Two fully supported Ph.D. positions are open in Predictive Computational Engineering (PCE) Research Lab at the University at Buffalo for research in advanced computational modeling and algorithms, scientific machine learning, and uncertainty quantification.
Research Areas:
Position 1: Image-Guided Personalized Radiotherapy Optimization for Tumor Growth
Position 2: Integrated Physics-Based and Machine Learning Models for Material Design
Requirements:
Eighty outstanding researchers, innovators and communicators from around the world have been elected as the newest Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence.
There is 1 fully-funded Ph.D. studentship (3-year bursary) available for a 1st November 2023 start.
A description of the research programme is given in the enclosed pdf.
Preferred applicants should hold a degree in Engineering with a major in Solid and Structural Mechanics.
The call for applicants will appear at this link (call opening on 15th June 2023).
Before applying, interested applicants should send a CV to Prof. Spagnoli
For the DeHy project awarded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) on hydrogen embrittlement of steels, a post-doc position for the period of one year is available. In this project, University of Groningen and the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with TU Delft, are partnering to unravel the fundamental origin of hydrogen embrittlement by a multi-scale modelling approach.
We are looking for a postdoctoral associate to join our vibrant research group in the Computational Nanodynamics Laboratory led by Prof. Sinan Keten at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. Our research group aims to establish computational tools to understand the mechanical behavior of polymeric and biomolecular materials.
The Gordon Research Conference on the Science of Adhesion is this summer (23-28 July 2023). The meeting will be held on the campus of Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts and will have more than 20 invited talks from world leaders in the fields of adhesion, soft matter, and materials. This is a great meeting for students and early career researchers to get connected to the community. Poster presentations are strongly encouraged from all participants, and poster abstracts can still be submitted.
