“力学动态”文摘，第18期，2008年11月10日

本期编辑：陈文  黄丹  周星德

江苏省南京市西康路1号河海大学工程力学系（邮编:210098）

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本期目录：

     ◆ 焦点新闻

    ² 教育部公布2008年国家级教学团队、2008年度高等学校国家精品课程
    ² 2008年全国优秀博士学位论文结果公布
    ² 教育部2009年研究生教育创新计划项目开始申报
    ² 中国力学学会成立“环境力学专业委员会”
    ² ASCE-EMI Call for Mindlin Medal Nominations

     ◆ 科技人物
    ² 首位固体力学“Rodney Hill”奖得主（2008年）：Prof. Michael Ortiz （加州理工学院）

     ◆ 学术会议
    ² Call for Symposia - 2009 Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on mechanics and materials
    ² 2nd International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering （July 2009, Weihai）
    ² International Workshop on Mechanics and Biomimetics of Biomaterials & Animal Locomotion （Dec. 2008, Beijing）
    ² 8th Int. Conference on Distributed Computing and Applications for Business, Engineering and Sciences （Oct. 2009, Guilin）

     ◆ 教育教学
    ² 举办2009年第七届全国“周培源大学生力学竞赛”的通知
    ² 全国“光测力学实验教学”讲习班纪要
    ² Lecture-Notes on “Nanomechanics”

     ◆ 工作招聘
    ² 清华大学生物力学与医学工程研究所博士后招聘
    ² 中船重工第710研究所2009年招聘
    ² Faculty Positions, Mechanical Science & Engineering, UIUC
    ² Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Structural Engineering, EPFL
    ² PostDoc Position in Real-Time State Estimation in Urban Water Networks
    ² PostDoc Positions, Quantitative Systems Biology, U. of California, Irvine

     ◆ 研究机构
    ²  加州理工学院土木工程与应用力学系（CE&AM, Caltech）

     ◆ 网络精华
    ² 郝柏林院士：我国自然科学基础研究的管理和资助体制必须彻底改变
    ² 饶毅：中国需要更多有独立判断能力的科学家

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教育部公布2008年国家级教学团队、2008年度高等学校国家精品课程

 
　据教育部网站消息：

近日，教育部公布了2008年国家级教学团队、2008年度高等学校国家精品课程名单。

在国家级教学团队名单中，清华大学“结构力学系列课程教学团队”等300个教学团队榜上有名。教育部通知称，中央财政将安排专项资金，资助国家级教学团队在学校先行建设的基础上，进一步开展教学研究、编撰出版教材、培养中青年教师、接受教师进修等工作。各国家级教学团队应合理安排项目经费，专款专用。另外，国家级教学团队主页上将增设教学团队建设模块，作为对立项团队进行宣传、推广、监督、检查、评估的平台。各团队应根据建设任务书中分年度建设计划，及时填报项目建设情况。通知鼓励高校和地方教育行政部门建设校级、省级教学团队。根据国家科技计划管理的统一安排，这批项目将于2009年启动实施。

按照2008年度高等学校本科教学质量与教学改革工程项目申报工作要求，经过网络评审、专家会评以及上网公示，教育部决定批准2008年度国家精品课程普通高校650门（其中普通本科400门、高职高专200门、网络教育50门）、军队院校（含武警）课程19门。

国家精品课程荣誉称号有效期5年。期间，课程内容要按照规定上网，取消登录用户名和密码，向全国免费开放。用户可登录“高等学校本科教学质量和教学改革工程”网（www.zlgc.edu.cn），点击“国家精品课程建设”，或直接登录“全国高等学校精品课程建设工作”网（www.jpkcnet.com），浏览国家精品课程内容和了解全国精品课程建设工作的相关信息。

有关高等学校要按照《教育部办公厅关于印发的通知》（教高厅〔2003〕3号）和《教育部办公厅关于补充规定的通知》（教高厅〔2004〕13号）要求，进一步加强课程建设，不断改善网络条件，更新和完善课程网上教学资源；及时了解掌握课程教学内容的辐射效果，收集分析用户的反馈意见，统计课程网站的点击率；在有效期内，接受教育部组织的年度检查。军队院校的国家精品课程由总参谋部负责管理。

据本刊统计，此次力学相关的2008年国家级教学团队、2008年度高等学校国家精品课程有：

国家级教学团队：

结构力学系列课程教学团队  袁 驷  清华大学

基础力学教学团队  李俊峰  清华大学

基础力学课程教学团队  王 琪  北京航空航天大学

基础力学理论和实验教学团队  隋允康  北京工业大学

力学教学团队  亢一澜  天津大学

力学教学团队  潘一山  辽宁工程技术大学

力学课程教学团队  张少实、王焕定     哈尔滨工业大学

工程力学教学团队    陈传尧     华中科技大学

力学教学基地教学团队  龚 晖   西南交通大学

理论与应用力学创新性人才培养教学团队   周又和   兰州大学

国家精品课程：

材料力学性能  西南交通大学  戴光泽

弹性力学及有限单元法  河海大学  邵国建

材料力学（含工程力学）华南理工大学   黄小清

理论力学  西南交通大学   杨翊仁

工程流体力学   东北电力大学   周云龙

力学   北京大学  舒幼生

详情请见教育部网站：http://www.moe.edu.cn

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2008年全国优秀博士学位论文结果公布

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教育部2009年研究生教育创新计划项目开始申报

详请见教育部网站（http://www.moe.edu.cn ）.

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中国力学学会成立“环境力学专业委员会”

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ASCE-EMI Call for Mindlin Medal Nominations
（from  ASCE-EMI)

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首位固体力学“Rodney Hill”奖得主（2008年）：Prof. Michael Ortiz （加州理工学院）

（from  Elsevier ）

Elsevier is delighted to announce that the first winner of the Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics is Professor Michael Ortiz, Dotty and Dick Hayman Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.

The prize is awarded in recognition of outstanding research in the field of solid mechanics and consists of a plaque and a check for $25,000.

Michael Ortiz was selected by the panel for a remarkable stream of achievements during the period 1998—2007, encompassing physical modelling, mathematical analysis and computational techniques and including, in particular

Development of the quasi-continuum method for multiscale modelling;

Formulation of new incremental variational methodology for plastic deformation, with non-convex dissipation functions leading naturally to the formation of dislocation sub-structures;

Development of a three-dimensional, finite deformation cohesive element model for simulation of fracture and fragmentation, and associated development of symplectic integrators;

Novel exploitation of tools from algebraic topology in the study of crystal lattices with defects.

Professor Ortiz will deliver a Prize Lecture at the International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics ( ICTAM) (August 2008, Adelaide). The award will be presented prior to the lecture.
About the Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics：

The Rodney Hill Prize In Solid Mechanics founded and sponsored by Elsevier Limited (awarded under the auspices of IUTAM)

Elsevier Limited has established the Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics. This prize is to be awarded in recognition of outstanding research in the field of solid mechanics. The prize is to consist of a plaque and a check for $25,000 (twenty-five thousand US Dollars). The prize is to be awarded every 4 years, to coincide with the quadrennial International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM). The first prize is to be awarded at the ICTAM in Adelaide 2008, and a subsequent prize to be awarded at the following ICTAM.

This proposal has been welcomed both by the Editors of the Elsevier journals in solid mechanics and by the Bureau and the Executive Committee of the Congress Committee (XCCC) of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM).

The further conditions for awarding of the prize are as follows:

The prize is to be awarded on each occasion to a single individual (and not shared between two or more). No individual should win the prize more than once.

The research recognized by the award shall normally have been published in one or more papers (possibly, but by no means necessarily, in the EJSM) during the ten-year period prior to the date of the award (e.g. during the period 1998-2007 inclusive for the prize to be awarded in 2008). The intention is that younger researchers should be as eligible for consideration as those who are more established, and that the work recognized by awarding of the prize should be of great current interest (representing, for example, an emerging field of application of solid mechanics, or a significant breakthrough in an established branch of the subject). Attention may also be paid to the researcher's effectiveness at communicating ideas.

The recipient of the prize shall deliver a Prize Lecture at the ICTAM as scheduled in the program for that purpose; the award will be presented prior to the lecture.

The lecture shall be published in the Elsevier journal of the awardee's choosing (as well as in the Congress Proceedings at the awardee's discretion), and shall be made freely available on the journal website.

The Prize shall be awarded by a Committee drawn from the research community in solid mechanics. The Selection Committee should consist of 4 members appointed by the IUTAM Bureau and constituted as follows: two chosen by Elsevier Limited; one chosen by the Bureau of IUTAM; and one chosen by the XCCC of IUTAM. One of the members will be asked by the Bureau to serve as chair of the Selection Committee.

Procedure for the Prize to be awarded in 2008:
The procedures adopted for selection of the awardee are:

A Committee, constituted as above, shall be appointed by 30th August 2007, to select the winner of the prize to be awarded at ICTAM 22, Adelaide, August 2008.This Committee shall agree on the form of the Announcement of the Prize, and invite nominations (self-nominations not being permitted) from the Editors and Editorial Advisory Boards of the Elsevier Journal in Solid Mechanics, from the Congress Committee of IUTAM, and from the community at large.

A nomination should include a brief curriculum vitae (either narrative or outline in form, but no more than one page in length) of the candidate being nominated, a list of his/her publications during the period 1998-2007 with up to 10 of particular distinction being marked by an asterisk, and a brief (no more than one page) statement of the case for making the award to the particular nominee.

Nominations should be submitted via email to Professor Dick van Campen, IUTAM Secretary General, at d.h.v.campen@tue.nl no later than 20th October 2007.

The Committee should draw up a short list by correspondence, and elect the prize-winner at a meeting scheduled for this purpose before 30th November 2007, in order to allow time to ensure his/her participation at ICTAM 22 in Adelaide in August 2008. The decision of the Committee will be final.

Elsevier Limited, the Bureau of IUTAM and the Congress Committee should be immediately informed of the result, and the result should be publicly announced when the Program for the Congress is made available on the Congress web-site.

The Selection Committee should be dissolved upon announcement of the Prize.

These procedures should be reviewed, in the light of experience, prior to the appointment of a new Committee to select the subsequent prizewinner.

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Call for Symposia - 2009 Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on mechanics and materials

We invite you to submit symposium and organized session proposals for the 2009 Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials. The deadline has now been extended to Friday, November 14, 2008.

For more information, visit the following website: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/mech09/

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2nd International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering

8-11 July 2009, Weihai, P. R. China
http://smart-nano.org/smn2009

2nd International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering (SMN2009) will be held in Weihai, China. Abstract submission system on-line is openned. Welcome you to submit you papers and attend the conference.
Important Dates：
Deadline of abstract submission: 15th January, 2009
Date of abstract acceptance: 18th March, 2009
Deadline of pre-registration: 1st June, 2009
Deadline of final paper: 8th July, 2009
Plenary Speakers：
Fu-Kuo Chang Stanford University USA
Ken P. Chong National Science Foundation (NSF) USA
Yoseph Bar-Cohen Jet Propulsion Lab.(JPL) NASA USA
Ephrahim Garcia Cornell University USA
Donald J. Leo Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University USA
Zhigang Suo Harvard University USA
Holger Speckmann AIRBUS Deutschland Gmbh Germany
Publications：
The conference proceedings will be published by SPIE, and published digitally in SPIE's digital library, which widely indexed by INSPEC, Compendex (EI), Physics Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, SPIN, International Aerospace Abstracts, ISI Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings, and the Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service (ADS). After normal peer-review process, selected full-length papers will be published in the special issues of SCI cited journals.
Submission：
Deadline of abstract submission : 15th January, 2009
All abstracts must be submitted on-line via http://smart-nano.org/smn2009.
All manuscripts must be submitted on-line via MySPIE (http://myspie.org/submission/index.cfm?fuseaction=act_AbstractInit&EventId=871601).
The following is expected: name of authors, title of proposed paper, about five keywords, abstracts (200-300 words). In case of several authors, the name for contact should be indicated.
Registration ：
Before 1st May, 2009
US $500 per person for author delegate and US $150 for spouse
US $300 per person for student delegate
After 1st May, 2009
US $550 per person for author delegate and US $200 for spouse
US $350 per person for student delegate
The registration fee covers:
Proceeding, reception, banquet, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners.
Organized by：
Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Cooperating Organization：
SPIE, USA
National Science Foundation (NSF), USA
Asia Pacific Committee of Smart and Nano Materials （ APCSNM）
Advanced Materials Research Centre, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Chinese Society of Composite Materials
Chinese Society of Mechanics
Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Chinese Materials Research Society (C-MRS)
American Society of Civil Engineers
International Scientific Committee：
Honorary Chair：
Ken P. Chong，National Science Foundation (NSF) USA
Shanyi Du， Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering(CAE)，Harbin Institute of Technology China
Chair：
Jinsong Leng，Harbin Institute of Technology China
Co-Chairs：
Anand K. Asundi，Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Wolfgang Ecke，IPHT Jena Germany
Members：
Hiroshi Asanuma，Chiba University Japan
Xiaoyi Bao，University of Ottawa Canada

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International Workshop on Mechanics and Biomimetics of Biomaterials & Animal Locomotion

December 9–12, 2008, Beijing,  China

（from Prof. Xi-qiao FENG, Tsinghua Univ.)

Objective

Scientists have increasingly turning their attentions to searching for inspirations from the splendid living world in order to solve various challenging problems of technologically importance. Rapid advances in observation techniques and computational ability will make it a reality to understand, at different time and space scales, the structures and properties of natural materials as well as the complicated behaviors of swimming, flying and running of animals. The aim of this workshop is to join internationally famous experts to exchange and explore the recent developments in the study of mechanics and biomimetics of natural biomaterials and animal locomotions, a subject of great scientific interest.

Themes
The scope of this workshop will be focused on:
1. Structures and properties of natural biomaterials;
2. Multiscale modeling of natural biomaterials;
3. Biomimetic design and fabrications of novel materials;
4. Biomechanics of animal flying and swimming;
5. Biomechanics of animal terrestrial locomotion;
6. Biomimetics of micro-sized air vehicles.

Language
The official language of the conference will be English.

Abstract
Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words and include the following information:
• Paper title
• List of authors and affiliations
• Abstract text
• References

Chairmen
Professor Mao Sun
Institute of Fluid Mechanics
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Beijing 100083, P. R. China
Telephone：+86-10-82317506
Fax: +86-10-82317506
Email: m.sun@263.net
Professor Xi-Qiao Feng
Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering
Department of Engineering Mechanics
Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084, P. R. China
Telephone：+86-10-62772934
Fax: +86-10-62781824
Email: fengxq@tsinghua.edu.cn 

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8th Int. Conference on Distributed Computing and Applications for Business, Engineering and Sciences

16th - 19th October 2009, Guilin, China, http://www.dcabes.org
http://DCABES.MEETING.WHUT.EDU.CN/DCABES2009/

 (from Prof. Choi-Hong LAI, Univ. of Greenwich - Maritime Greenwich Campus )

The Eighth International Conference on Distributed Computing and Applications for Business, Engineering and Sciences (DCABES2009)will be held during 16th - 19th October 2009 in Guilin, China.

As in previous conferences, DCABES intends to bring together researchers and developers in the academic field and industry from around the world to share their research experience and to explore research collaboration in the areas of distributed parallel processing and applications.

Proceedings of the DCABES have been indexed by the ISTP of ISI since 2001. Selected papers have been published in special issues of international journals, including International Journal of Computer Mathematics and the Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology.

This series of meetings has achieved a very good reputation in distributed computing and its applications, for its comprehensive dissemination of the state-of-the-art of research results.

You are invited to submit an extended abstract/full paper of 4 or 5 pages, and/or a proposal to organize a technical session. All accepted abstracts should be extended by the authors to a full paper (5 pages or less), which will be published as a book of proceedings (with ISBN) to be distributed at the conference. Please visit the DCABES 2009 website to find out more details.

SCOPE:
We welcome submissions in all areas of distributed parallel processing and applications. Topics include, but not limited to the following:
Distributed/Parallel applications - computational methods in science and engineering; computational finance; E-engineering and e-science applications; E-commerce applications; E-education applications;
Distributed/Parallel algorithms - numerical parallel algorithms; non-numeric parallel algorithms; algorithms exploiting distributed computing environment; performance analysis; compression and decompression for multimedia applications;
Grid Computing - grid computing platforms and tools; grid computing applications; new technologies and developments in computer networking;
System Architectures - real-time embedded systems for business, engineering, and sciences; distributed information systems for business, engineering, and sciences; web resources management and system design for e-science and e-engineering; web performance analysis for business, engineering and sciences.
Software tools and environments for distributed or parallel platform -use of MPI, PVM, Java Platforms for web-based simulation and computing; mobile agents and computing.
Intelligent transportation - vehicle Controls; traffic surveillance and control; tourism information management
Important Dates:
Submission due - 8th May 2009
Notification of Acceptance - 30th May 2009
Camera-Ready due - 30th June 2009
Early registration - Before 15th June 2009
Lastest Registration - Before 30th June 2009
Non-author registration: Any Time Before 16th October 2009
Contact Information:
Prof Guo Qingping
Dept of Computer Science
School of Computer Science & Technology
Wuhan University of Technology,Yu Jia Tou Campus
Wuhan 430063, China
Email : qpguo@mail.whut.edu.cn
Email(2): ycheng.g@gmail.com
Mobile: +86-13871517571
Tel: +86-(0)27-86554639
Fax: +86-(0)27-86554639

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举办2009年第七届全国“周培源大学生力学竞赛”的通知

为了培养人才、服务教学、促进高等学校力学基础课程的改革与建设，增进青年学生学习力学的兴趣，培养分析、解决实际问题的能力，发现和选拔后继的力学创新人才,为青年学子提供一个展示基础知识和思维能力的舞台,受教育部高等教育司委托，教育部高等学校力学教学指导委员会力学基础课程教学指导分委员会、中国力学学会和周培源基金会将于2009年5月24 日共同主办第七届全国“周培源大学生力学竞赛”。本次竞赛由《力学与实践》编委会承办,中国力学学会教育、科普工作委员会、西北工业大学协办。

本次竞赛领导小组组长：李家春

副组长：刘人怀 朱克勤

成员：洪嘉振 王润孝 周如苹 姜弘道 张若京

组织委员会负责人：万小朋 蒋持平 高行山

成员：卫丰 梅凤翔 朱西平 高云峰 王 琪 黄克服 朱本华 吴文龙

秘书长：刘俊丽

秘书处设在中国力学学会《力学与实践》编辑部。

现就竞赛具体事宜通知如下:
(1) 参赛对象: 年龄在30周岁以下(1979年6月1日以后出生)的在校大学本科、专科、及研究生.
(2) 竞赛科目和方式: 力学竞赛的基础知识覆盖理论力学与材料力学两门课程的理论和实验，着重考核灵活运用基础知识、分析和解决问题的能力。考试范围请见“全国周培源大学生力学竞赛考试范围（参考）”（请登陆中国力学学会网站www.cstam.org.cn/zpy/index.asp）。竞赛包括个人赛和团体赛，个人赛采用闭卷笔试方式，理论力学和材料力学综合为一套试卷。团体决赛采取团体课题研究（实验测试）的方式.
(3) 报名办法：2009年3月1日前通过所在学校（研究所）或个人直接向所在省、直辖市、自治区力学学会报名.各地力学学会联系人名单见附件1。
报名者需填写报名表（表格见www.cstam.org.cn/zpy/index.asp的下载中心）。报名费80元/人, 报名后未参加竞赛者恕不退还报名费.
(4) 竞赛时间和地点: 竞赛将于2009年5月24日(星期日)上午8:30-12:00举行,将在北京、上海、天津、广州、沈阳、长春、哈尔滨、大连、武汉、成都、重庆、太原、西安、兰州、西宁、银川、乌鲁木齐、呼和浩特、石家庄、郑州、济南、南京、长沙、南昌、福州、昆明、合肥、杭州、南宁、贵阳、海口、拉萨、香港、澳门等地设立竞赛考场, 参赛者可就近参加，所需费用由所在单位或个人自行解决. 竞赛具体事项另行通知。
(5）奖励办法:由竞赛组织委员会组织专家根据个人赛成绩评出全国竞赛个人特等奖5名，一等奖15名，二等奖30名，三等奖和优秀奖分别为各赛区参加人数的5％，15％。根据团体赛成绩评出一等奖1队，二等奖3队和三等奖6队。各省（市）可自行评出本赛区优胜奖，可命名为“第*届全国周培源大学生力学竞赛（**赛区）*等奖”。
(6）获奖者名单将在《力学与实践》杂志上公布，由全国竞赛组委会授予证书，并给予一定的奖励.有关竞赛的消息和竞赛试题、答案将在《力学与实践》杂志上陆续刊出。
(7）本通知未尽事宜详见《全国周培源大学生力学竞赛简章》
(8）以往各届竞赛试题及答案, 已在中国力学学会网站上公布, 敬请关注。

                                                          第七届全国周培源大学生力学竞赛组委会

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全国“光测力学实验教学”讲习班纪要

由中国力学学会教育工作委员会、中国力学学会实验力学专业委员会、高等学校国家级实验教学示范中心工作委员会力学学科组联合主办的全国“光测力学实验教学”讲习班于2008年10月23日至26日在南京河海大学举办。来自全国18所高校的24名代表参加了本次培训。

讲习班于23日上午在河海大学工程力学系学术报告教室开始。首先由中国力学学会教育工作委员会主任、河海大学教授、博士生导师姜弘道代表主办和承办单位向学员致欢迎辞，介绍本次培训的目的和主要学习内容,并预祝培训取得圆满成功。接着，全天由天津大学机械学院力学系博导计欣华教授主讲了光测弹性力学、几何云纹原理与测量技术、栅线投影测量技术等光测力学理论与方法。24日全天仍在学术报告教室由中国科技大学近代力学系续伯钦教授主讲了电子散斑干涉测量原理、双光束电子散斑干涉测量、剪切散斑干涉测量、数字散斑相关测量原理等内容。25日全体学员在河海大学力学实验中心分组进行并完成“光弹性测量应力集中系数、验证圣维南原理”、“电子散斑干涉测量三点弯曲梁的挠曲线”、“双光束电子散斑干涉仪观察悬臂梁侧表面的等位移线”、“投影云纹法测量悬臂梁大变形”、“剪切电子散斑干涉测量三点弯曲梁截面转角”、“利用数字图像相关测量技术验证位移互等定理”6个实验项目。26日，中国力学学会实验力学专业委员会副主任、东南大学力学研究所教授、博士生导师何小元在学术报告教室向学员们了介绍光测力学研究进展与工程应用，并与大家展开热烈的讨论和交流。

通过本次学习，学员们进一步掌握了基于高速数据采集技术、激光、云纹与散斑技术和计算机图像处理技术的光测力学实验的新方法和新设备，对光测力学实验方法在加深理解力学概念、阐明力学原理及在生产、科研中的重要作用有了更深切的体会，并在以各种方式将光测力学实验项目引入教学方面取得了共识。学员们一致反映本次培训内容丰富，安排紧凑，高水平的讲课与动手操作紧密结合，效果好、收获多，不仅增长了知识，也为力学教学实验的改革与创新开辟了新的途径。同时，学员们学习的认真态度，也给授课老师留下了深刻印象。

本次培训得到河海大学教务处以及承办单位河海大学国家级力学实验教学示范中心的大力支持，与会代表向他们以及全体会务与辅导人员表示衷心感谢。

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Lecture-Notes on “Nanomechanics”

(from Dr. CQ Ru, Univ. of Alberta)

I  just circulating my lecture-notes of "nanomechanics" among friends, see the course-website:
http://www.engineering.ualberta.ca/mece/nav03.cfm?nav03=84809&nav02=30378&nav01=23583

 This course is developed for graduate students from my dept. and other engineering depts. who even did not take a course in strength of materials, and also for senior undergraduate students from my dept. who do not know elasticity. So, it is largely limited to 1D cases, easy to understand. In my current class, some students do come from materials or electrical engineering -usually it is very dangerous to take courses from other dept. because of possible "bad marks" which may kill all of your potential for any fellowships.
 

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清华大学生物力学与医学工程研究所博士后招聘

（From Prof. Xi-qiao FENG, Tsinghua Univ.）

清华大学生物力学与医学工程研究所的前身是成立于 1979 年的清华大学工程力学系生物力学实验室，2006 年 1 月正式扩建为生物力学与医学工程研究所（Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering, 简称 IBME ）。生物力学研究所现有教授3人，副教授（或副研究员）5人，助理研究员1人，承担了国家自然科学基金委重点、国家杰出青年基金、973、863等重要科研项目。目前的主要研究方向有：细胞与亚细胞尺度生物力学、生物材料力学与仿生学、植物力学、生物医学工程、生物流体力学与生命热科学、生物大分子（蛋白质等）的力学。 由于学科发展和课题研究的需要，诚聘2-3名有志于在生物力学及相关学科从事科学研究的博士后研究人员。
研究方向：

(1) 细胞力学；
(2) 生物材料力学与仿生学；
(3) 微纳米力学；
(4) 植物力学；
(5) 分子动力学模拟或多尺度数值模拟，等。
专业要求：与上述研究方向密切相关的固体力学、生物力学、计算力学、生物物理、生物学、材料、物理等专业均可。
联系方式：赵虎成副教授，冯西桥教授
清华大学工程力学系 邮编100084
电话：010-62772934 (办)
Email: zhaohc@tsinghua.edu.cn ;  fengxq@tsinghua.edu.cn
 

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中船重工第710研究所2009年招聘

中国船舶重工集团公司第七一○研究所，是我国舰船科技、海洋工程重点骨干研究所，国家863、973高技术项目研究单位，湖北省最佳文明单位。拥有国防科技工业弱磁一级计量站、一个博士后科研工作站和两个专业硕士研究生招生、培养点。

七一○所始建于1958年，历经3次搬迁，现总部位于长江之滨、世界水电旅游名城湖北省宜昌市，在北京、上海、武汉、三亚设有分支机构。还有多个民品控股公司和经营实体。

七一○所现有职工1300余人，专业技术人员700余人，其中国家级专家2人，省（部）级专家20人，享受政府特殊津贴人员31人，硕士生导师19人，“新世纪百千万人才工程”国家级人选1人，国防科技工业“511”人才工程学术带头人3人、在职研究员68人、高级工程师200余名、博士10余名、硕士100余名。还有全国人大代表、“全国五一劳动奖章”获得者等社会精英。拥有一支涉及机械、电子、水声、磁学、流体力学、探测制导、自动控制、精密仪器、计算机软硬件、系统仿真等学科门类齐全、专业经验丰富、结构梯次合理的科技队伍。

2009年710研究所招聘：

流体力学、流体传动与控制、导航、制导与控制、海洋地质探测、模式识别与智能系统、自动控制、可靠性、控制理论与控制工程、机械电子工程、电气工程及其自动化、法律、财务管理等相关专业人才若干名。
待遇：
1.博士毕业研究生
博士毕业研究生自入所之日起实施3年过渡期，过渡期内年收入不低于10万元，过渡期满纳入岗位相应的薪酬体系，同时提供约130平米住房一套（已装修，长期使用），发放一次性补贴6万元。
2.硕士毕业研究生
硕士毕业研究生自入所之日起实施2年过渡期，过渡期内月薪3000元，过渡期满纳入岗位相应的薪酬体系。
3.本科及以下毕业生
一类本科毕业生月薪1500元，实习期满纳入岗位相应的薪酬体系。
4.保障
签订劳动合同，博士首签7年，硕士首签5年，本科首签3年，办理养老、医疗、失业等社会保险。
5.住房
单位提供集体宿舍。
联系人：钟磊
电话：0717-6436506 传真：0717-6436888
邮箱： 710rczp@gmail.com  网址：http://www.csic710.com.cn
单位地址：湖北省宜昌市胜利三路58号

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Faculty Positions, Mechanical Science & Engineering, UIUC

（from http://imechanica.org/ )

The Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is actively seeking candidates for faculty positions in all areas of mechanical science and engineering. This includes candidates whose research interests are in mechanical science and engineering but whose backgrounds are in another area of engineering, or in biology, chemistry, physics, or applied mathematics. Information about the department, and the relevant research areas, can be found at http://mechse.illinois.edu/.

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Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Structural Engineering, EPFL

EPFL is committed to enhance the excellence of its School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC). We are currently recruiting an assistant professor (tenure track) in structural engineering with emphasis on mechanics of structures. Topics of interest are, but not necessarily limited to, dynamic behaviour of structures (vibrations, aeroelasticity, impact, earthquake science and engineering). The successful candidate will have a strong interest in teaching and the potential to develop an outstanding record of scientific accomplishments in experimental, numerical and/or theoretical fields. The Assistant Professor is expected to develop a vigorous and independent research program and be committed to excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching, and supervise doctoral students in civil engineering.

Significant start-up resources and state-of-the-art testing infrastructure will be available (http://is.epfl.ch/page36428-en.html). We offer internationally competitive salaries and benefits.

To apply, please follow the application procedure at http://enac.epfl.ch/facultypositions

The following documents are requested in PDF format: cover letter including a statement of motivation, curriculum vitae, publications list, statement of research and teaching interests as well as the names and addresses (including email addresses) of at least three references.

Screening will start on February 15, 2009 and the search will continue until the position is filled. Further enquiries should be made to the Chair of the Search Committee:
Eugen Brühwiler, Professor
School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL
Station 18
CH-1015 Laûsanne
Switzerland
e-mail : eugen.bruehwiler@epfl.ch
For additional information on EPFL, please consult: http://www.epfl.ch  or http://enac.epfl.ch

EPFL aims to increase the presence of women amongst its faculty, and qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
 

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PostDoc Position in Real-Time State Estimation in Urban Water Networks

University of Cincinnati, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Center for Sustainable Urban Engineering
Contact: Prof. Jim Uber; jim.uber@uc.edu

Application information: Send resume and statement of interest, along with names and contact information for three references Start Date: Immediate/negotiable Salary: $46,000/year + Benefits

Duration: 1-2 years Required Experience and Characteristics: PhD in Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics; Skilled at development and testing of complex software systems using C/C++ and/or Java; Excellent understanding of numerical analysis algorithms, especially those related to statistical estimation, real-time state estimation, and signal processing; Interest in field-scale state estimation applications as well as theoretical development. A background in urban water distribution networks is an advantage, but is not required.

Project Responsibilities and Goals:

We are looking for an exceptional individual to take a lead role in the real-time estimation of spatially and temporally variable water usage in metropolitan-scale urban water distribution networks. The statistical characteristics of water usage rates at the individual customer level vary with demographic and land use characteristics, at hourly, weekly, and seasonal time scales. These water usage variations are a principle source of uncertainty in the numerical prediction of network hydraulic and water quality dynamics, and thus limit the application of network models to support real-time operations. You would be a key member of a development team seeking to apply algorithms and software for real-time state estimation, fusing field measurements of hydraulic pressures and flow rates with numerical network models to estimate the statistical patterns of water usage. Significant foundational work has been accomplished by other members of the project team, and the goal for the next project period is to further develop and apply state estimation algorithms and software to a real water distribution network at a participating water utility, and evaluate and improve performance.

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Postdoc Positions, Quantitative Systems Biology, U. of California, Irvine

The Center for Mathematical and Computational Biology (CMCB) at University of California, Irvine, is looking for two to three postdoctoral fellows. The successful candidates are expected to work in an inter-disciplinary research environment on projects in systems biology funded by NIH. Appointments will be effective on July 1, 2009. Please refer to UCI- MATH/QSB #4241 on MathJobs.org: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/165/1433 for instructions on the electronic application process. For further inquiry on the positions, please contact Qing Nie (qnie@math.uci.edu ).
 

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加州理工学院土木工程与应用力学系（CE&AM, Caltech）

The Civil Engineering program at Caltech has been an active one since the founding of the Institute. Currently, the department is concentrated primarily on earthquake engineering, a field in which Caltech researchers have been important contributors since the 1920's. Research is currently being conducted in areas such as seismic early warning, characterization of near-source motion in earthquakes, soil-structure interaction, nonlinear finite element analysis of civil structures, structural health monitoring and earthquake loss-estimation.

The Applied Mechanics department was founded nearly five decades ago to focus on research and education in the areas of solid mechanics and dynamics. Current research is mainly in the area of dynamics, dealing with topics such as vibrations of structures and machinery, structural response to earthquakes, including system identification and control of structural response, and fundamental studies of the behavior of nonlinear dynamical systems.

目前主要的研究团队：

1. James L. Beck, Professor of Engineering and Applied Science; Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
        interest:  earthquake engineering；structural dynamics; system identification; structural control;probabilistic methods

2. Jean-Lou Chameau , Professor of Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, and Engineering Mechanical Engineering; Caltech President

interest: sustainable technology; environmental geotechnology; earthquake ground motion; soil dynamics; earthquake engineering; liquefaction of soils

3. John F. Hall, Professor of Civil Engineering; Dean of Students; Acting Vice President of Student Affairs

interest: nonlinear finite element analysis; system identification; structural engineering; earthquake behavior of structures; fluid-structure interaction; dynamic testing

4.Thomas H. Heaton, Professor of of Geophysics; Professor of Civil Engineering; Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechancis;  Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, Director

interest: strong ground motion; earthquake rupture physics and crustal stress; earthquake warning systems; studies of building vibrations

5.Wilfred D. Iwan, Professor of Applied Mechanics, Emeritus

interest: Seismic Safety; structural dynamics; Earthquake Ground Motion; Dynamics and Vibration

6. Paul C. Jennings, Professor of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Emeritus; Previous Caltech Provost

interest: earthquake engineering, characteristics of strong ground shaking, structural dyanmics

7. Swaminathan Krishnan, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Geophysics

interest: earthquake engineering ; structural engineering;  nonlinear finite element analysis

(from http://www.ce.Caltech.edu )
 

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郝柏林院士：我国自然科学基础研究的管理和资助体制必须彻底改变

（2006年6月7日）

欣闻中央就“高度重视基础研究和战略高技术研究在自主创新中的作用”垂询于中国科学院，坚持在第一线工作的共产党员科学工作者的意见有可能“上达天听”。谨命笔陈言如下。我主要讲自然科学基础研究，稍为涉及高性能计算机战略发展问题。我对所写文字负完全责任，希望起传递作用的有关部门不做删节修改地上报中央。

当前我国自然科学基础研究的根本问题是生产关系束缚着生产力，不适当的管理和评估正在妨碍着科学工作者安心致志地从事具体研究，而没有日积月累的长期实践，根本谈不上“自主”或“跨越式”创新。

一、国家科学技术部的职能和作用必须改变，从直接支配大批经费、管理课题项目甚至建立实体性的研究机构，改为调查情况、研究政策、做好服务和宏观调控。科技部的各级官员到基层只能调查研究和反映情况，对科学研究过程没有指挥权。

二、国家研究资源的分配，必须改变“小钱大审、大钱乱花”的情况。对国家自然科学基金委的20年实践，科学界的反映基本上是好的。科技部所掌握的相当一部分“大钱”应当交给基金委管理，把基金的覆盖范围扩大到高新技术创新研究(不是开发研究)。要做到充分依靠专家评审，提倡面对面地比较论证，不搞部门之间的平衡，以择优为第一原则，尽量做到公平、公开、公正。国家用于重大项目的经费去向，应当从拨款源头到实际的“作业面”做一次彻底清查，看中间流到那里去了。

三、必须撤消一大批管理和评估机构，让那里的大部分工作人员回到研究第一线去。必须保证年轻力壮的研究人员把绝大部分时间花在实验室里。各级科学技术管理机构及其工作人员的任务是了解情况、掌握政策、不断改善科学技术工作的大环境和支撑体系。要尊重研究机构的独立性和研究人员的自主权，不干预课题选择和研究过程。实行多数管理人员和部分一线研究技术人员的定期轮换，减少长期单纯从事“管理”的人员数目。担任科学和经费管理部门领导职务的科学工作者必须和原来的部门和单位脱钩，在审议涉及原单位的项目、经费和评奖时回避。

四、重大科学计划的论证和立项、国家最高科学技术奖和国家科学技术奖的评审，都应实行记名秘密投票，并长期保存评审和投票记录，隔一定年限后公开，以杜绝因个人偏见或部门利益的昧良心票。

五、许多从工程技术搬到基础研究领域的提法，例如基础研究“必须有国家目标”、“要有所为、有所不为”，实际上已经成为某些部门和管理人员划分势力范围的令牌。必须坚决纠正这些似是而非的提法，发挥身在研究前沿者选择或改变方向的主动性。

六、必须要求和保证科学技术人员把时间用到做科学上。科学院院士要亲身做研究，而不是靠旧日老本和科学新闻到处提供咨询。年轻力壮的研究人员要把最宝贵的时间用在实验室里，而不是终日在“论证”、“申请”、“评审”、“会议”之间疲于奔命。大学教授要亲自教书，而不是挂名务它。博士生导师要直接指导弟子，而不是把学生交给“保姆”，但在文章上照样署名。

七、学术风气和科研道德问题已经到了非抓不可的时候。直接盗用他人成果的拙劣行为比较容易被揭露。一“果”多文、一稿多投的“自我剽窃”则比较间接，却增加了编辑和审稿人的无益劳动。某些“长江教授”、“百人计划”人员自己劳动甚少，但出钱请国内外访问者出文章挂名报帐，甚至吹嘘为自己的成就。仅仅由于管理关系或领导职务就在别人“奉献”的文章上署名，以致“官”越大，文章越多，甚至“创新”出每周一篇SCI文章的记录。有些部门还设法掩饰已经有所揭露的不端行为，甚至以署名问题“国际上也未解决”，需立“软课题”加以研究，来保护当事人过关。所有这些问题的根源盖在上层、在政策、在于急功近利的追求。不要发表空洞的宣言和倡议，而要揭露和批评一两件确实存在于科学界领导层中的不端行为。

八、最后，就对国家前途性命攸关的高性能计算机发展战略提一点意见。有些人把计算机集群说成高性能计算机，是误导中央。现在我国公开和没有公开宣布的几台巨型机，多是使用进口处理器的集群而且运行着买来的受限制的软件。对领导说可以设计飞机，实际上只能算个翅膀。960万平方公里土地上已经组织不出来一条从原料到整机的完整的计算机生产流程。计算机高层软件人才的培养必须跳出美国“微软”的贼船，做到独立自主、自成体系。否则国际形势一旦突变，我国会陷入危险困境。

注：郝柏林，中共党员(1952)、学部委员/院士(1980)

后记：2006年6月1日中国科学院理论物理研究所办公室转发了科学院办公厅5月29日通知,要求就两个问题在6月8日前向中央提出书面意见。我在6月7日写了一篇关于基础研究的简短意见，请所里上报中央。通知中曾说，在中办作出处理前不得公开。时间已经过去一年，现将此意见放在网上，请自然科学基础研究战线的朋友们批评指教。
（摘自科学网郝柏林院士博客, 本文引用地址：http://www.sciencetimes.com.cn/blog/user_content.aspx?id=2916  ）

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饶毅：中国需要更多有独立判断能力的科学家

10月6日，《科学时报》刊登了北京大学生命科学院院长饶毅题为《美妙的生物荧光分子与好奇的生物化学家》的文章，介绍了荧光蛋白的发现经过。两天后，对这项工作有重要贡献的科学家下村修、钱永健和沙尔菲获得了诺贝尔化学奖。

无独有偶，6年前，2002年10月6日，诺贝尔奖公布前一天，饶毅在网络上发布的《21项值得获诺贝尔生理学或医学奖的工作及科学家》一文中提到的3位科学家获得了当年的诺贝尔奖。在那之后，这份名单上提到的科学家几乎每年都有人得奖，包括今年的蒙塔尼和钱永健。到今年为止，名单上21项工作已经有9项获奖。

偶尔预测一项诺贝尔奖也许并不难，但是预测9项诺贝尔奖，不能仅仅归结于偶然。况且，饶毅本人是神经生物学家，但他预测的名单覆盖了动物遗传学、免疫学、结构生物学、分子生物学、生物化学、药理学、人类遗传学、病毒学等很多学科。在学科划分越来越细的今天，这样的科学家不得不说是个另类。饶毅为何能涉猎如此之广？

与饶毅相识20多年的旅美科学家、乔治亚医学院教授梅林说：“饶毅作出正确且有洞察力的预测，不是人人可以有的能力。饶毅是为数不多的可以和许多领域科学家进行有意义交谈的科学家之一。”

“当你对科学很感兴趣、有相当深度的了解，就不难理解我为什么开出这个名单。”饶毅在接受《科学时报》记者采访时指出。

饶毅任北大生科院院长之后常对学生强调“科学兴趣”，他认为只有那些真正对科学感兴趣的学生，毕业之后才应该继续选择科研道路。

今年6月，饶毅应邀在中科院研究生院为学生作《科学研究的动力》报告时，也介绍了荧光蛋白和下村修、钱永健、普腊舍和沙尔菲的故事。下村修16岁时受长崎原子弹爆炸影响短暂失明，后在普林斯顿做了20年博士，一直坚持作自己的研究，退休后还在自己家地下室做试验。饶毅认为“如果不是出于纯粹的科学好奇心，他是坚持不下来的”。

饶毅常对学生说：要勤读文献才能真正走进科学，培养科学兴趣才能有独立的判断。他本人的一大兴趣就是读科学文献。每每“看到科学发现而兴奋，所以了解的东西不算少”。

梅林表示：“饶毅10月6日的文章在事实中有重要的观点，介绍了好奇心驱使的科学家——他们不受功利驱使、不追求时髦。他本人对科学有强烈的爱好、对科学史很感兴趣。20多年前，他就开始广泛阅读科学文献，在脑中形成一个文库，并发展了批判性评价科学的能力，能挑出重要的发现。”
饶毅还兼任中国科学院自然科学史研究所科学史专业博士生导师。他说：“我体育不行，一般娱乐不多，主要和子女玩。个人兴趣除了看科学文献以外，还读科学史、美国建国史和中共党史。”其他兴趣包括“读《纽约书评》和《纽约客》”。

饶毅一再强调，他不是预测，而是介绍值得获奖的科学家及其工作。之所以和诺贝尔奖评委会不谋而合，是因为“委员会跟我的水平有点接近了”。饶毅说：“我不认为化学奖委员会评价生命科学的水平比我高。实际上，诺贝尔奖以前也发错过。这些评奖委员通常不是一流科学家，很多时候也不是一流评判员，而且最近几年化学奖经常颁给生物领域的工作，跨专业时更容易显出他们的局限。实际上，国际科学界也有很多人有自己的判断标准，不被诺贝尔奖委员会牵着鼻子走。”

饶毅认为，中国科学家应该有自己判断科学的能力和标准，而不是全凭诺贝尔奖作出判断。实际上，虽然中国人对诺贝尔奖如此敬仰，但在被诺奖光环笼罩之前，很多科学家却鲜为中国人所知。

仅仅在去年8月《科学时报》记者采访宫颈癌疫苗发明人之一Ian Frazer教授时，还很难搜索到楚尔·豪森教授的中文介绍，而他正是因发现HPV和宫颈癌之间的关系获得了今年的诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。

下村修一直默默无闻，甚至连自己的实验室都没有，很多生物学研究人员都不知道他的工作。今年6月，在向中科院研究生院的学生介绍下村修时，饶毅曾开玩笑地说：“全世界1/3知道下村修的人都在这个教室里了。”

每年10月诺奖公布，中国人都要敏感一把、尴尬一把，用饶毅的话说“应该尴尬，而且应该极其尴尬”。

梅林认为，饶毅发表关于诺贝尔奖工作的文章是因为他希望在中国建立智力环境、培养未来科学家。

值得深思的是，中国科学要发展、进步，就需要更多对学术水平有良好判断能力、对科学有独立评判能力的人，不盲目跟在外国人后面，而是能够自主判断，发现正确的方向，决定主攻的目标。
（本文引自科学网饶毅教授博客，引用地址：http://www.sciencenet.cn/blog/user_content.aspx?id=43812 ，原载《科学时报》 2008-10-23 作者 陈欢欢）