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Call for nominations for the 2026 International Society of Materials Modeling Awards and Honors
Postdoc position at Oxford on experimental materials engineering (mechanical testing of metals, hydrogen embrittlement)
Postdoctoral fellowship in the area of crystal plasticity finite element modeling
Multi-objective topology optimization of heat pipe cooled reactor core subjected to thermo-mechanical loadings
A multiscale modeling framework for predicting the viscoelastic–plastic behavior of thin-walled composite deployable structures
Modeling viscoelasticity-viscoplasticity of high-strain composites for space deployable structures
Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Computational Materials Science
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