Check out our August Newsletter! Enjoy ❤️ manuelrausch.substack.com/p/soft-tissu...

🚨🎉 Exciting news! I’ve taken on a new role as Associate Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT Austin 🎉 🚨 This is my first formal administrative position. Wish me luck 😂.

🚨 We have 2-3 post-doc openings and an opening for a lab manager, all in soft material/tissue mechanics. 🚨 Check out www.manuelrausch.com and submit an application here: lnkd.in/e7W27XwZ. Please share with interested parties and your network. Many thanks ❤️!

🎉 Our July Newsletter is out 🎉 open.substack.com/pub/manuelra...

Our first newsletter is out 🎉. Check it out and subscribe 😍 manuelrausch.substack.com/p/soft-tissu...

If you'd like to receive regular updates on my lab's activities (academic and outreach), please sign up for our newsletter: manuelrausch.substack.com. In our April issue, you'll hear from an alumni; I'll introduce a new lab member and spotlight one of our outstanding undergraduates. Enjoy 🥰 !

In 2023 and 2024, I was on the steering committee of the ASEE NSF CAREER workshop. Unfortunately, this program is not offered this year. Therefore, four recent NSF CAREER Winners and I have decided to put together an informal Q&A to support future CAREER winners! Sign up here: lnkd.in/evq4bYnv

Since RFK Jr just got confirmed today, I am taking this chance to share this wonderful @sciam.bsky.social piece on The Staggering Success of Vaccines www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

UW-Madison on proposed NIH indirect cost cap: “This proposed change to NIH funding–UW–Madison’s largest source of federal support–will significantly disrupt vital research activity and delay lifesaving discoveries and cures related to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and much more.” 1/x

I needed that…

Have you been a victim of cancel culture?? DM/email me if you’ve had a transportation research project canceled in the past week. Affected work seems mostly to be XCRP but we’re interested in all funders. Goal is to quantify the collective impact on the field and chronicle the undone science.

If you are directly affected by a cancellation of a meeting you were scheduled to participate in or at which your grant may have been discussed, consider reaching out.

Rumor has it NIH study sections are being cancelled in response to executive orders? Anyone have any specifics?

Coming home after a full day of meetings:

I see the pressure of raising funds leading many junior faculty to prioritize "money" over seemingly less urgent tasks, e.g., building a lab with well-trained students and a positive culture. Be careful: Like a house, your lab needs a strong foundation! Happy to chat with anyone seeking advice!

With support of friends, colleagues, and lab mates, we compared (six) different ways to compute #fracture toughness of soft materials. We did so using #bloodclot as a model material. We appreciate the support of the reviewers and the Int J Fracture Mechanics: 🧵1/5 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How do y'all track attendance in your classes? Can someone recommend a free attendance tracker that can help avoid proxy sign-ins?

I love those little notes from my Statics students. Never change y'all 🥰

My unfinished projects watching me agree to an new collaboration cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...

Read about our recent work on measuring brain stiffness with 7T MR Elastography www.me.washington.edu/news/article...

Did I win a society award this year? No. Did I win an R01 this year? Also, no. But, did I win my department's "Ugliest Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest" - Heck yeah. Happy Holidays, y'all! 🤣

Please re-tweet or ... re-sky?? 🙏❤️ We are hiring a research engineering/post-doc in neurovascular biomechanics who will be jointly advised by Dr. Saber at the Dell School of Medicine and Dr. Rausch at UT Engineering.

I turned 40 yesterday and I am suddenly feeling an overwhelming urge to photograph birds. Is that normal?

Here is my submission of this lil fella we just saw in Chile

The Abstract................................ The Manuscript

Rare footage of Nature editor rejecting manuscripts:

Sending happy thanksgiving wishes from Chile! 🇨🇱 🦃

A quick intro to this new space. I teach and research at @utaustin.bsky.social in EM, ME, and BME. My interests are in #Biomechanics & #Mechanobiology (with a focus on soft tissues and other soft materials). Follow me for updates on our work, academic humor, and advice on writing and teaching.

Just made the move here... it's great to see some names that I've been missing on Twitter for a while now.