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The James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, is dedicated to supporting greater diversity in engineering.  To enable this mission, the Mary Gibb Dunlop Scholarships have recently been established to support exceptional female applicants (and those identifying as female) to undertake postgraduate research within the James Watt School of Engineering. Applications for full or part-time doctoral research within the school are welcomed.

We are looking for exceptional PhD candidates who have good publication track record and the passion for scientific discoveries in the realm of Materials Innovation & Additive Manufacturing. Our current efforts focus on multifunctional composites, architected & tailored materials, biomaterials, materials energy storage & distribution, materials for sensing & actuation and AI and ML for materials design & additive manufacturing. Potential candidates are advised to contact me directly (msv.kumar [at]

Interested in using imaging data and computer-aided engineering (CAE) for weight reduction? This webinar on February 8th and 10th looks at studying fiber orientation in composite materials to improve workflows prior to costly production.

Register here: https://www.shimadzu.com/an/news-events/campaign/automotive/weight_redu…

Our latest article in the Journal of Applied Physics is freely available for 14 days: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0072249

 We conducted molecular dynamics simulations of plate impact tests of polyethylene to obtain molecular-level insights on two common approximations associated with the interpretation of shock pressure and spall strength. Our results revealed

(1) The free surface approximation can slightly underpredict the shock pressure in the polymer.

In the following doi, I share with the community our new tech brief ("selection methodology of femoral stems according to the cross section and the maximum stress") about design of femoral stems, published in the journal of biomechanical engineering of ASME.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053006

Cylindrical Origami: From Foldable Structures to Versatile Robots

Zhuang Zhang, Hanqing Jiang

School of Engineering, Westlake University, China.

1. Introduction