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PhD position at the University of Glasgow: Modelling of fibre reinforced composites
PhD position (Uk/EU students) on "Modelling of Fibre Reinforced Composites" available at Glasgow University.
For more information: http://people.civil.gla.ac.uk/~grassl/
Travel Awards for 2007 ASME Congress
The Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation is offering $1,000 travel grants for U.S. graduate students currently enrolled at any U.S. universities or colleges presenting a paper in any field of applied mechanics at the 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (IMECE) in Seattle, Washington, November 11 – 15, 2007.
Learning to be a PhD advisor
We professors usually start our jobs unprepared. In our days as students, we are considered talented if we can solve problems posed by our professors. We might be even considered brilliant if we can solve them quickly and make a few extensions. After solving a few such problems, we write a thesis. We are then entrusted with a job as a professor. We soon realize that the skill of solving problems posed by others only plays a minor role in our jobs.
Boundary Element for Cavity Problem
Dear BEM experts:
I am trying to find a boundary element solution for the problem of a cavity in an infinte space. The boundary condition is such that the cavity boundary is subjected to a constant radial influx. I have used the standard fundamental solution for the interior case (finite domain). The results, I obtained for the potential were reasonable for points inside the exterior region. However, on the boundary, the results for the potential were in the order of 10^12 (instead of zero value)!! Any idea what went wrong. Thanks. Husain
Is the related research field still hot?
Here is another survey of the ISI Web of Science that gives the number of yearly citations to the first 10 papers in the list of Shaofan Li
4 billion years evolution in 8 min.
Recently I saw an animation
named “The inner life of the cell”, which was made by Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Harvard University Biovision. It can be watched online only:
Computational and analytical analysis of wave scattering by Elliptical and Spheroidal inhomogeneities.
This is an interesting power point about major characterisrics of Wave Scattering By Elliptical and Spheroidal Inhomogenities.
ES 240, Problem 6, from Lei Qiao
Prior courses in solid mechanics : None.
Undergraduate major: Computational Mathematics
My strength related to this course: familiar with linear algebra and mulitivariables calculus
My weakness related to this course: poor intuition for mechanics models
Research group: Prof. Radovitzky's computational solid mechancis group at MIT
UC Berkeley shows the class video at youtube!
As the mit show the OCW, the berkeley relases the class video at youtube, which could benefit the students all over the world. Enjoy it!