At Graz University of Technology, in the Faculty of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering

one position for a University Assistant with doctorate, with tenure track to a position as Associate Professor in the area of Experimental Biomechanics

is open to be filled. The position, initially restricted to six years and offering the possibility of a qualification agreement for a tenured position, is 40 hours per week and the successful candidate is expected to start on August 1, 2018, at the Institute of Biomechanics. Upon agreement on a qualification agreement, the candidate will be appointed as assistant professor. As soon as the qualification agreement has been fulfilled, the position will be converted into a tenured position as associate professor.

Required academic qualification: PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Physics or other relevant areas

The successful candidate should also possess the following qualifications: Research and teaching experience in experimental biomechanics of soft biological tissues. The key research areas of the Institute of Biomechanics (www.biomech.tugraz.at) are experimental and numerical biomechanics and mechanobiology, the mechanics of blood vessels in health and disease, continuum mechanics, finite elasticity and nonlinear finite element methods. The applicant should fit into the methodological focus of the institute and should extend and manage the lab located at the institute.
It is expected to have excellent English language skills and the willingness to learn the German language.

The position will involve the following duties: Up-to-date research in experimental biomechanics. Teaching in the field of experimental biomechanics, supervision of final thesis, cooperation with other institutes of Graz University of Technology. Attract external project funding. Extension and management of the lab located at the institute and Service in the academic administration.

The position will be paid according to category B1 of the collective agreement for employees of Austrian universities, stipulating a gross salary of € 4.111,70 (14x per year).

Graz University of Technology aims to increase the proportion of women and therefore qualified female applicants are explicitly encouraged to apply. Graz University of Technology actively promotes diversity and equal opportunities. People with disabilities and who have the relevant qualifications are expressly invited to apply.

Applications with relevant documents (curriculum vitae, including copies of certificates and documents, with exposition of the scientific activities in teaching, research and in industry, an English summary of current research interests and research plans for the immediate future) should be submitted, by e-mail, to informatik@tugraz.at and should quote the position identification number. For any further questions please contact Professor Gerhard Holzapfel at holzapfel@tugraz.at

Application deadline: April 25, 2018

Position identification number: 7190/18/007

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the
organizing committee, I cordially invite you to submit abstracts to the 4th Canadian
Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics (CanCNSM2013), held in Montreal, Canda from Jul 23 to 26. At this point we
would like to remind you that the deadline for abstract submission is March 1, 2013 and early registration before June 9, 2013 is advised. Moreover, selected
papers presented in CanCNSM2013 will be considered for publication in a special
issue of the International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics.

Up to date
information regarding paper submission, mini-symposium sessions, plenary talks
and accommodation can be found on our website: http://cancnsm2013.mcgill.ca/

For researchers interested in biological growth and remodeling, Mini-Symposia 27 (Growth and Remodeling of Soft Tissues), co-organized
by Gerhard Holzapfel, Jay Humphrey, and Larry Taber, is currently
soliciting abstracts.

Your contribution is
greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,

Zi Chen

Call for Abstracts (Deadline: November 30, 2011)

As a part of WCCM 2012 (10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics)

Submit Your Abstract (Choose mini-symposium MS-149)

Growth, adaptation, and differentiation of cells and tissues are interrelated phenomena that are regulated partly by the mechanical interaction of cells and tissues with their environment and partly by the biological stimuli they receive. The importance of understanding the relationship between mechanical stimuli and the time evolution of cells and tissues has been long known. This relationship cannot be well understood without mechanobiological models that relate the mechanics and biology of cells and tissues. During the last three decades, many researchers have developed mechanobiological models to study such phenomena as morphogenesis, bone fracture healing, bone and muscle remodeling, growth of bone and cartilaginous tissue, cytoskeletal remodeling, and differentiation of cells and tissues. Computational methods are often needed for solving the governing equations of such mechanobiological models. This mini-symposium aims to bring together researchers who apply computational mechanobiology to study the growth, differentiation, and/or differentiation of different types of cells and tissues. The mechanobiological models may concern nano-, micro-, or macro-scale or a combination of these scales in a multi-scale scheme. Contributions may use different computational techniques such as finite element method, boundary element method, molecular dynamics, or any other applicable computational technique. Studies that introduce or use relatively newer approaches such as the models based on the mixtures theory are particularly welcome. The other interesting area is application of the growth, remodeling, and differentiation models for design and optimization of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine procedures (e.g. optimal design of scaffolds).