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Faculty Position / Tenure-TrackOpen until filled
Active
SDSU Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
San Diego State University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in advanced processing of powder materials, with a focus on sintering science and technology. The position begins in Fall 2027.
Applications received on or before November 30, 2026, will receive full consideration; the position remains open until filled. The successful candidate will work in SDSU's Powder Technology Laboratory, establish an externally funded research program, and teach undergraduate and graduate courses. A terminal degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, or a closely related discipline is required by the date of hire. See the official posting (job no. 562953) for full qualifications and application instructions.
Conference Symposium / Call for AbstractsDeadline passed
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TMS 2027 Symposium: Artificial Intelligence Applications in ICME
Abstracts are invited for the TMS 2027 AI-ICME symposium on AI-enabled ICME methods and workflows.
Dr. Wenwu Xu will co-organize the symposium "Artificial Intelligence Applications in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (AI-ICME)" at the TMS 2027 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, March 14-18, 2027, in Orlando, Florida. The symposium focuses on AI/ML, physics-informed modeling, surrogate models, foundation models, uncertainty quantification, and digital workflows for process-structure-property-performance linkages in ICME.
Role: Symposium Organizer
Organizers
- Wenwu XuSan Diego State University
- Qiaofu ZhangUniversity of Alabama
- Brandon BocklundLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Ram DevanathanPacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Arezoo EmdadiMissouri University of Science and Technology
- Victoria M. MillerUniversity of Florida
- Pinar AcarVirginia Tech
- Avanish MishraLos Alamos National Laboratory
- Ghanshyam PilaniaGE Aerospace Research
Conference Symposium / Call for AbstractsDeadline passed
Archived
TMS 2027 Symposium: Chemistry and Physics of Interfaces
Abstracts are invited for a TMS 2027 symposium on interface phenomena across materials classes.
Dr. Wenwu Xu will co-organize the symposium "Chemistry and Physics of Interfaces" at the TMS 2027 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, March 14-18, 2027, in Orlando, Florida. The symposium brings together experimental and computational researchers studying interface phenomena, including grain boundaries, crystalline interphase boundaries, solid-liquid interfaces, and free surfaces, with emphasis on thermodynamics, non-equilibrium behavior, characterization, modeling, and mechanism-informed materials design.
Role: Symposium Organizer
Organizers
- Nutth TuchindaNew Jersey Institute of Technology
- Rebecca A. GallivanDartmouth College
- Wenwu XuSan Diego State University
- Ryan SillsRutgers University
- Daniel MooreSandia National Laboratory
- Sergii V. DivinskyiUniversity of Muenster
- Kaka MaTexas A&M University
Conference Symposium / Call for AbstractsDeadline passed
Archived
TMS 2027 Symposium: Field-Assisted Material Processing and Solidification
Abstracts are invited for a TMS 2027 symposium on external-field control of processing and solidification.
Dr. Wenwu Xu will co-organize the symposium "Field-Assisted Material Processing and Solidification" at the TMS 2027 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, March 14-18, 2027, in Orlando, Florida. The symposium focuses on the use of external fields, including electric, magnetic, ultrasonic, electromagnetic, photonic, plasma, electrochemical, mechanical, and gravitational fields, to control transport, phase transformations, interfacial chemistry, processing, and solidification.
Role: Symposium Organizer
Organizers
- Wenwu XuSan Diego State University
- Fiseha TesfayeAbo Akademi University
- Chukwunwike IloejeArgonne National Laboratory
- Adrian SabauOak Ridge National Laboratory
- Lichao FangWorcester Polytechnic Institute
- Wei HuangTMS Process Technology and Modeling Committee
- Yang YangSan Diego State University
- Arezoo EmdadiMissouri University of Science and Technology
- Andrew KaoUniversity of Greenwich
- Catherine TonryUniversity of Greenwich
- Dmitry EskinBrunel University London
- Abdellah KharichaMontanuniversitaet Leoben
- Natalia ShevchenkoHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
- Jiawei MiUniversity of Hull
Conference Symposium / Call for AbstractsDeadline passed
Archived
TMS 2027 Symposium: Powder Materials Processing and Fundamental Understanding
Abstracts are invited for a TMS 2027 symposium on the fundamental science of powder materials processing.
Dr. Wenwu Xu will co-organize the symposium "Powder Materials Processing and Fundamental Understanding" at the TMS 2027 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, March 14-18, 2027, in Orlando, Florida. The symposium focuses on the fundamental science of powder materials synthesis, processing, characterization, and processing-structure-property relationships, with contributions encouraged across metallic, ceramic, and hybrid powder systems and across experimental, computational, and data-science approaches.
Role: Symposium Organizer
Organizers
- Elisa TorresaniSan Diego State University
- Kathy LuUniversity of Alabama Birmingham
- Eugene A. OlevskySan Diego State University
- Diletta GiuntiniEindhoven University of Technology
- Paul D. PrichardOak Ridge National Laboratory
- Wenwu XuSan Diego State University
- Bowen LiMichigan Technological University
- Charles ManiereCRISMAT Laboratory
- Thomas GrippiUniversite Toulouse 3 - CIRIMAT
- Ma QianRMIT University
- Rajendra K. BordiaClemson University
Journal Topical Collection / Call for PapersDeadline passed
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IMMI Topical Collection: AI Applications in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
Submissions are invited for an IMMI topical collection on AI applications in ICME.
Submissions are invited to the Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation topical collection "Artificial Intelligence Applications in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (AI-ICME)." The collection welcomes contributions on AI/ML-enabled materials modeling, materials informatics, process-structure-property relationships, multiscale modeling, uncertainty quantification, digital twins, and AI-enabled ICME workflows.
Role: Topical Collection Organizer or Editor
Editors
- Wenwu XuSan Diego State University
- Vikas TomarPurdue University
- Avanish MishraLos Alamos National Laboratory