Research fellow position in modeling and optimization of structures based on smart and architected soft materials

A research fellow position is available at University of Pavia in Italy starting March 2025.

Objectives: The goal of this research program is three-fold: (i) constitutive modeling of stimuli-responsive; (ii) computational methods for the simulation and topology optimization of structures based on these materials; (iii) application of the developed models to the design of systems for the soft actuation, solar tracking, and energy harvesting fields. The interested candidate will have the possibility to run specific experiments on 4D printed samples to validate numerical results. This research is in collaboration with University of Trento and University of Naples Federico II.

Apply:
Italian call: https://alboufficiale.unipv.it/files/005583096-UNPVCLE-6f0596a9-fda0-4d6e-b917-ed4e0c322634-000.pdf

English call: https://alboufficiale.unipv.it/files/005583096-UNPVCLE-6f0596a9-fda0-4d6e-b917-ed4e0c322634-001.pdf

Deadline: January 30, 2025 at 12 pm.

Duration: the contract will be one year and is renewable based on performances.

Salary: the gross amount is € 19.367,00, inclusive of all the taxes to be borne by the recipient, and compatible with living costs in Italy (medical care is free).

Location: Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 3, 27100 Pavia, Italy.

More information: contact giulia.scalet@unipv.it

Website: https://alboufficiale.unipv.it/

Premi tesi di dottorato e Congresso HICOMP 2025 (GBMA-GIMC-GMA)

I  gruppi AIMETA di Biomeccanica (GBMA), Meccanica Computazionale (GIMC) e Meccanica dei Materiali (GMA), hanno il piacere di comunicare alla comunità SISCo le seguenti iniziative:
 
    • 1st Hellenic-Italian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Biomechanics and Mechanics of Materials (1st HICOMP Conference); 19-21 giugno 2025, Rodi (Grecia). L’evento è organizzato congiuntamente dalla Greek Association of Computational Mechanics (GRACM) e dai tre gruppi AIMETA GBMA, GIMC e GMA, sotto gli auspici della National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Per maggiori informazioni, vi invitiamo a visitare il sito web ufficiale del convegno: https://hicomp2025.org/
Riferimenti:
Giovanni Garcea, coordinatore GIMC
Massimiliano Fraldi, coordinatore GMA
Giuseppe Vairo, coordinatore GBMA
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3-year position for Postdoctoral Researcher at JAMSTEC (Japan)

This project aims to comprehensively understand granular behavior within multiscale processes, spanning from structural development in the seismogenic zone (accretionary prism) to earthquake occurrence via fault movement. This work employs a numerical rock box simulation model based on the discrete element method (DEM). We solicit a Project Researcher (II) or Postdoctoral Researcher to analyze data from DEM simulations, focusing on developing stress fields within granular bodies, excitation of elastic waves during fracture events, wave propagation, and conducting seismological interpretations of these phenomena.
Regarding the methodology, network analysis of stress chains and a tessellation-based method, currently under development by our team, may be used. However, the approach will be flexibly adjusted based on the applicant’s expertise and experience.

Deadline: 22/12/2024

https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/mat20241124/

Ref. Ettore Barbieri (e.barbieri@jamstec.go.jp)

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5-year Researcher position at JAMSTEC (Japan), with the possibility of permanent employment after four years

We are recruiting a Researcher to engage in the following areas (but not limited to):

(1) Research and development related to data analysis of macro-micro processes involved in the transport phenomena of heat, matter, energy, and momentum in Marine-Earth science.
(2) Development of a theoretical framework to analyze consistently a series of phenomena, from the fundamental processes of cloud formation and development to macroscale airflow.
(3) Development of data analysis methods to elucidate spatiotemporal hierarchical structures hidden in the output of ultra-high-resolution numerical simulations and observational/experimental data in Marine-Earth science.

Deadline: 22/12/2024

https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/mat20241222/

Ref. Ettore Barbieri (e.barbieri@jamstec.go.jp)

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FACULTY POSITIONS in Mechanical Engineering, Cambridge, MA

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) in Cambridge, MA seeks candidates for tenure-track faculty positions starting July 1, 2025.

Candidates must hold an earned Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or a related field by the start date of employment.

Additional details attached.

http://meche.mit.edu/faculty-positions

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PhD Course: An Introduction to Nonlinear Solid Mechanics

The course is delivered to the PhD students of Trento University and of Politecnico di Milano, but is open to all other interested PhD students (and only PhD students, which means no Professors, no Master Students) in Italy and abroad. Classes will be delivered online by Anna Pandolfi in the period November 7 – November 14, 2024.

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Master’s internship and PhD proposal: Experimental and/or numerical study of fatigue crack propagation in anisotropic materials

Supervisor: Véronique LAZARUS (veronique.lazarus@ensta-paris.fr)
Hosting: IMSIA (ENSTA Paris/Department of Mechanics and Energetics IP Paris)

Candidate profile: Master 2 level student in physics, material or mechanical engineering. Some knowledge
in fracture mechanics and a taste for physics will be appreciated.

Application procedure: Candidates should send a Curriculum Vitae and references to

veronique.lazarus@enstaparis.fr

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