A Postdoc position is available immediately in Professor Ryan Hurley’s laboratory (http://hurley.me.jhu.edu) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute at the Johns Hopkins University. The Postdoc will work in the field of experimental mechanics of geological materials, with a particular focus on developing and using in-situ laboratory and synchrotron X-ray measurements (imaging and diffraction) to study quasi-static and dynamic deformation mechanisms of rocks and granular materials. Individuals are sought who have:

(1) A Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a closely related field,

(2) Significant research expertise in experimental mechanics, preferably with experience in making laboratory or synchrotron X-ray measurements, and strong fundamentals in continuum mechanics.

Interested and qualified applicants should send a copy of their CV with a list of references to rhurley6@jhu.edu.

Dear colleagues, We would like to make you aware of a mini-symposium we are organizing for WCCM-ECOMAS in 2020, to be held in Paris on July 19-24, 2020. The symposium is entitled "Computational Geomechanics", and focuses on modeling aspects related to geological materials. A full description can be found at https://www.wccm-eccomas2020.org/admin/Files/FileAbstract/a280.pdf.

We would be honored if you could contribute to our mini-symposium. The abstract submissions are open now and the deadline for submission is Dec 15, 2019: https://www.wccm-eccomas2020.org/frontal/Autor.asp.

We look forward to hearing from you and meeting you at the conference.

Best regards, Steve SunColumbia University Richard RegueiroUniversity of Colorado Boulder Ronaldo BorjaStanford University JS ChenUC San Diego Mohamed RouainiaNewcastle University Claudio Tamagnini Università degli Studi di Perugia