TheSunResearchGroupintheDepartmentofMechanicalandAerospaceEngineeringattheUniversityofKentuckyhasonefully-fundedopeningforPhDstartingfromFall2023ThedeadlineofapplicationisMarch15thExperienceintherelatedareasisNOTamustHoweversolidbackgroundsinmechanicsmathematicsandprogrammingarestronglypreferredSpecificallystudentswithexperienceorstronginterestinoneofthefollowingareasarehighlyencouragedtoapply:crystalplasticity;atomisticmodelingandsimulation;finiteelementanalysis;structuraloptimization;uncertaintyquantification;C++/MATLAB/PythonprogrammingForinquirespleasecontactProfXingshengSunviaemail(xingshengsun@ukyedu)Moredetailsaboutourresearchinterestandbackgroundcanbefoundatourgroupwebsitexingshengsunwixsitecom/indexThanks