two openings for Ph.D. students

lanweiming

Hi, my advisor let me look for two Ph.D students for his new NASA and Airforce
sponsored projects. The starting date will be August, 2006. And candidates
with late availability such as Spring 2007 can also be considered.

One student will work on developing new, updated global-local finite element
modeling methods for crack growth simulations. This student should have a
strong background in solid mechanics (e.g. continuum mechanics, plasticity)
and finite element methods (familiarity with commercial codes such as ANSYS,
ABAQUS, PATRAN, and NASTRAN will be a plus). This student will use a in-house
finite element code as well.


The other student will participate in an effort to characterize the behavior
of advanced material systems (metals, ceramics, layered materials) under quasi
-static and impact loading conditions (e.g. gas gun loading). This student
will model the material behavior using ABAQUS, DYNA3D, and a in-house finite
element code. The student should have a strong background in solid mechanics (
e.g. continuum mechanics, plasticity; familiarity with dynamic behavior of
materials) and finite element methods.

My advisor is a very very nice professor with solid background in solid
mechanics. He can give your a lot of useful help if you meet problems. And you
are expected to get your degree in 3.5 or 4 years.

If you are interested, please send your resume to lanwm@hotmail.com.

Thanks.