<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;}</style></head><body><div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word;">Dear Colleague,<div><br><div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would like to bring to your attention the new Timoshenko Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship position at Stanford University in the general area of Solid Mechanics. I would appreciate your help in identifying strong candidates for this position and would be grateful if you would kindly circulate the attached announcement to graduate students and recent PhDs at your institution or elsewhere, and encourage promising candidates to apply.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Successful candidates will have the opportunity to pursue independent research and develop their teaching experience. This post-doctoral position should be of particular interest to individuals who envisage a future academic career.</span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br> </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sincerely,</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br> </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wei Cai</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stanford University</span></div><div><br></div></div></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="color: #000000; 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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div><div style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;">-----------</div><div style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;">Wei Cai</div><div style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;">Associate Professor</div><div style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;">452 Escondido Mall, Building 520, Room 126</div><div style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;"><div>Department of Mechanical Engineering</div><div>Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4040</div><div>Phone:<span> </span><a href="tel:(650)%20736-1671" target="_blank" data-mce-href="tel:(650)%20736-1671">650-736-1671</a></div><div>Fax:<span> </span><a href="tel:(650)%20725-1587" target="_blank" data-mce-href="tel:(650)%20725-1587">650-725-1587</a></div><div>E-mail:<span> </span><a href="mailto:caiwei@stanford.edu" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:caiwei@stanford.edu">caiwei@stanford.edu</a></div><div>Group Website: <a href="http://micronano.stanford.edu/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://micronano.stanford.edu/">http://micronano.stanford.edu</a></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;">Textbook Website:<span class="m_-7148176231932637733x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ics-book.stanford.edu/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://ics-book.stanford.edu/">http://ics-book.stanford.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br style="color: #000000; 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