Community Message Board

Community Message Board
  • The registration is open for the 2025 GRC on Complex Active and Adaptive Material Systems to be held January 26 – 31, 2025 at the Ventura Beach Marriott, California. For more information and registration, see. There will be an associated two-day GRS for early-career researchers on January 25 – 26, 2025, which will involve talks and mentorship. Four talks selected from the GRS will be invited to present at the GRC. This year’s theme is Materializing Sense-Assess-Response Dynamics.
  • The Materials Innovation Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, led by Prof. D. Emma Fan, is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to join our team. The position focuses on innovative intelligent materials and robotic devices for environmental applications. Funding is available for U.S. citizens or permanent residents from underrepresented groups, including women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, first-generation college graduates, and those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. We offer a competitive salary, and the position will begin in January 2025.
    A few PhD positions in active matter for bioapplication are also available (no citizenship requirement).
    Apply by sending your CV and references to dfan@austin.utexas.edu. More info.
  • The 15th Anniversary of Micromachines: Micromachines is a peer-reviewed open access journal on all aspects of micro/nanoscaled structures, materials, devices, systems, and related micro- and nanotechnology, from fundamental research to application. Micromachines is covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Ei Compendex, Scopus, and PubMed, and its 2023 impact factor is 3.0. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024
    In appreciation for the support of the MARSS community, MARSS committees interested in publishing with Micromachines will be granted a full discount. In addition, specific discounts ranging from 20% to 50% will be granted to certain researchers recommended by the MARSS community.
  • Open Position at Georgia Tech/Emory: We are seeking highly motivated postdoctoral scholars (and /or PhD candidates) interested in the area of micro robotics. The position is fully funded and joint between Georgia Tech ECE Dept, and Emory Neurosurgery. The candidate will be advised by Prof. Azadeh Ansari (GT) and Kimberly Hoang (Emory) and will focus on Microrobotics for Neurosurgery applications. Interested candidates can send their CVs directly to azadeh.ansari@ece.gatech.edu; or kimberly.bojanowski.hoang@emory.edu.
  • Call for Papers: Topical Collection on Nonlinear Dynamics of Small-Scale Robotics, UK. Instructions for submission and further information can be found on the journal website. The submission deadline is 1st June 2025