ABSTRACT: Machine learning, an important part of artificial intelligence, has made a huge impact on many different areas (baking, logistic, telecommunications, etc.) during the last years. Following this trend, there are clear indications that this data-driven technique will play a fundamental role
PhD Defense – Xiaomin Zhao “Halogen-Free Phosphorus-Containing Flame Retardant Epoxy Composites”
The PhD Defense will take place next Monday, April 3rd, at 11:00 am, in the room “Puig Adam” of the Industrial Engineering, School of UPM (c/José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2) ABSTRACT Epoxy resins are widely applied in transportation, aerospace, electrical and electronic (EE) industrial sectors
Seminar Prof. Jorge Alcalá – “Multi-scale mechanistic interpretations to indentation experiments across the material length scales: from continuum to atomistic” – Seminar Room (12:00)
Abstract We provide a fundamental contact mechanics background to the interpretation of spherical indentation experiments performed in polycrystalline aggregates, single crystalline units, thin films, and minute material scales comprising an atomistic ensemble. A central issue under examination is
Metals Winter Meeting 2017 (Seminar Room – 9:45 am)
METALS WINTER MEETING 2017 PROGRAM 9:45 Arrival and welcome Session I Chairman: Carmen Cepeda 10:00 Marcos Jiménez “Fatigue behaviour of INCONEL 718 under cyclic conditions” 10:15 Deng Xiangxing “Development of innovative materials for the cutting sector" 10:30 Marta
First Year Assessment of Jaime Castro entitle “Dual Scale Flow during Vacuum Infusion of Composites Experiments” – 11:00 am at the Seminar Room
Abstract LCM techniques such as RTM and VARI still require to be enhanced in order to disseminate their use in the industry. In situ VARI experiments were carried out using synchrotron X-ray computed tomography (SXCT) to study the mechanisms of microfluid within a fibre tow. A bundle of two tows of
Training course DIMMAT: “Economic-business basic concepts”
The next training course “Economic bussines basic concepts” will be held at the Seminar Room, on March 2nd, 2017. The programme offered is suitable for pre-doctoral and post-doctoral researchers. · Place: IMDEA Materials Institute (Seminar room) Date: March 2nd, 2017 Time: 10:00 – 12:00 Attached
PhD Defense – Raul Sanchez “Micromechanics of Magnesium and Its Alloys Studied by Nanoindentation”
The PhD Defense will take place next Monday, February 20, at 12:00 in the "Aula de Grados" building "Padre Soler", in Carlos III University (Campus Leganes).
Seminar of Dr. Elías Cueto – “A Manifold Learning Approach to Data-Driven Computational Elasticity and Inelasticity”
University of Zaragoza Abstract Standard simulation in classical mechanics is based on the use of two very different types of equations. The first one, of axiomatic character, is related to balance laws (momentum, mass, energy, ...), whereas the second one consists of models that scientists have
Seminar of Dr. Efim Borukhovich – “Incorporating elastoplastic models in phase field”
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden Abstract: In material science modeling, phase field is the method of choice when morphology of the observed system is to be modeled. This full field approach is able to capture the microstructure of interest regardless of its complexity. The
First Year Assessment of José Antonio Santiago entittle “Enhanced Diamond-Like Carbon coatings and tribomechanical properties via innovative sputtering processes”
Abstract: Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) coatings have been recognized as one of the most valuable engineering materials for various industrial applications including manufacturing, transportation, biomedical and microelectronics. Among its many properties, DLC stands out for good frictional behaviour
Dr. Aude Simar – Friday, January 27th 2017 – Seminar: Improving the damage resistance of 6xxx series aluminum alloys by friction stir processing – towards an ERC project
Université Catholique de Louvain. UCL - iMMC - IMAP
Seminar of Dr. Marta Serrano (CIEMAT, Head of the Division of Materials of Energy Interest), January 23th at 12:00 pm
Abstract: The next evolution for commercial nuclear reactors include the design of fast nuclear reactors as a sustainable nuclear energy production system. The operating conditions for this Gen IV reactors are much more aggressive than the ones for operating light water reactors, in terms of neutron
Seminar of Dr. Marta Serrano (CIEMAT, Head of the Division of Materials of Energy Interest), January 23th at 12:00 pm
Abstract: The next evolution for commercial nuclear reactors include the design of fast nuclear reactors as a sustainable nuclear energy production system. The operating conditions for this Gen IV reactors are much more aggressive than the ones for operating light water reactors, in terms of neutron
Seminar of Prof. José Luis Tirado (University of Cordoba): “Recent advances and challenges in Li- and post-Li- ion batteries”, January 23th at 1:00 pm
Abstract: Univalent Na- and multivalent (Ca, Mg, Al)- ion batteries have recently emerged as potential candidates to replace Li-ion batteries in some applications. Their elemental natural abundance, homogeneous geographic distribution and high volumetric capacities in some cases, could be useful
Seminario del Prof. José Manuel Baena “3D printing of medical devices and bioprinting of tissues”, 25 de enero a la 1:00 pm
Abstract: MSc. José Manuel Baena, research associate "Advanced therapies: differentiation, regeneration and cancer" IBIMER,CIBM, Universidad de Granada. Founder of BRECA Health Care, pioneer in 3D printed custom made implants for orthopedic surgery, and REGEMAT 3D, the first Spanish bioprinting
Seminar of Prof. José Manuel Baena: “3D printing of medical devices and bioprinting of tissues”, January 25th, 1:00 pm
Abstract: MSc. José Manuel Baena, research associate "Advanced therapies: differentiation, regeneration and cancer" IBIMER,CIBM, Universidad de Granada. Founder of BRECA Health Care, pioneer in 3D printed custom made implants for orthopedic surgery, and REGEMAT 3D, the first Spanish bioprinting
Seminario – Prof. Damien Tourret “Solidification of alloys across length and time scales” (16 de Enero 12:30)
The processing path of a structural material controls the development of its microstructure, and the formation of defects that ultimately dictate its properties and performance. From a fundamental standpoint, complex solidification microstructures, such as dendrites, arise from a subtle interplay
First Year Assestment: Hugo Mora – Development and characterisation of advanced coatings on nanostructured titanium for biomedical applications
Ti-based materials are one of the most important materials used in biomedical engineering. Recently, commercially pure (CP) Ti has attracted significant attention of research community due to its full biocompatibility with human body, and there is an ongoing demand to improve its mechanical
First Year Assessment – Xiangxing Deng: Development of Innovative Materials for the Cutting Sector
Traditional hard metals based on WC/Co system are currently the most important hard metals due to their high hardness, mechanical impact strength and wear resistance, which always take the largest share of the global cutting market. Interest in the field of alternative binders in hard metals has
1ª Entrega de Premios de Innovación de IMDEA Materiales.
Lugar: Auditorio (13.00 hrs.) Organización: Instituto IMDEA Materiales. Fecha: Wednesday, 14 December, 2016
Kick-off of CRASHING project, coordinated by IMDEA Materials
CRASHING is an European project funded by the Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative (JTI-Clean Sky) within the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union. In this ambitious two years research project, the state-of-the-art in multiscale simulation of composites will be transferred to the current
First Year Assessment – Na Li: High throughput study on diffusion and creep behavior in HCP-Mg alloys.
Seminario – Markus Niffenegger & Vicente Herrera: Material Research in the Context of Nuclear Reactor Safety at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
MoDeNa Workshop and Consortium Meeting 5
Defensa de Tesis Doctoral -"Ehsan Naderi Kalali -"Multifunctional Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) Based Epoxy Nanocomposites"
Seminario – Juan José Torres – "“Mechanisms of air removal and void development in Out-of-Autoclave processing of composites”
Concurso de Fotografía Científica 2014
Semana de la ciencia Madrid 2014
Dr. Jean-Francois Millithaler – "Monte Carlo Modeling of Nanodevices for Semiconductor and Biological Applications"
XIV Jornada de Materiales
Nanoscale Multilayers’13
International workshop on materials design process: thermodynamics, kinetics and microstructure control
Seminar – Dr. Pedro Brana-Coto: Charge and energy transfer processes: From biological photoreceptors to nanostructures. University of Erlangen
Seminar – Dr .Sezer Özerinç "High Strength Copper-Niobium Nanomaterials"
Seminar – Prof. Victor M. Orera – "Tailoring microstructures and interfaces for improving functionalities in ceramics"
Seminar – Evgeny Senokos – "Development of Multifunctional All-solid-state Supercapacitor Based on Carbon Nanotube Fibers”.
Seminar – Dr. Mauricio Ponga – "Understanding Prismatic Dislocation Loops in Mg by means of large-scale ab-initio simulations"
PhD defense – Rocío Muñoz
Magnesium Workshop Madrid May 21-24, 2013
NFRP project starts
Dr. Roberto Guzman de Villoria, head researcher of the Nano-Architectures and Materials Design group of IMDEA Materials Institute, has been awarded with the prestigious Marie Curie Action (CIG) to carry out a four year research project on Nano-Engineered Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (NFRP). See NFRP
Seminario – Dr. Pedro Brana-Coto: Charge and energy transfer processes: From biological photoreceptors to nanostructures. University of Erlangen
Seminario – Prof. Rubén D. Costa: Hybrid organic-inorganic materials for optoelectronic devices
Seminario – Prof. Nigel Jennet "Surprise! …Size matters! Probing the fundamental size dependence of yield strength. – Continuum Mechanics R.I.P."
Seminario – Dr. Jose Maria Ulloa "Photonic devices based in III-V semiconductors" / Dr. Gonzalo Fuentes: " AlN microcantilevers " / Dr. Javier Martinez: "Graphene electronic devices"
Defensa de Tesis Doctoral – Irene de Diego
Marcos Jiménez – " Micromechanical characterization of polycrystalline nickel-based superalloys"
Wenzhou Chen – Non-Empirical Phase Equilibria in the Cr-Mo, Ni-Mo and Ni-Cr-Mo systems: A Combination of First-Principles Calculations, Cluster Expansion and Monte Carlo Simulations
Luis Carlos Herrera – "Characterization of polypropylene nanocomposites prepared by a melt compounding masterbatch technique"
Víctor Reguero – "Chemical engineering of carbon nanotube fibres"
La noche de los investigadores Madri+d 2013 – La ciencia en el salón de tu casa
Rocío Muñoz – Microstructure and deformation mechanisms of a γ-TiAl intermetallic alloy: an in situ experimental study
I Session AEMAC of Collaboration COMPANY-ACADEMY
Seminar – Dr. Maciej Pietrzyk "Computer systems for materials processing technology design"
Seminar – Prof. Arnaud Weck " Ductile fracture studies using artificial microvoids in metals and polymers"
Seminar – Prof. Miguel Bañares "Operando Raman methodology to understand structure-performance relationships in catalysis"
Seminar – Prof. Jaime Marian – “Predicting the temperature dependence of the yield strength in BCC metals using atomistically-informed crystal plasticity calculations”
PhD defense – Benoît Sklenard
Inauguration of IMDEA Materials Institute building
Nanoscale hybrids for hydrogen production through water splitting using sunlight
A consortium of European universities, research centres and companies, led by IMDEA Materials Institute, is working on the production of new, more efficient hybrids composed of nanocarbons (e.g. graphene) and inorganics (metal oxides) that can produce hydrogen by water splitting using sunlight.
I Jornada AEMAC de Colaboración EMPRESA-ACADEMIA
Hacia los materiales del futuro: Materiales ligeros resistentes multifuncionales
Seminario – Prof. Rigoberto Burgueño "Integration of materials science and structural engineering for the design of advanced materials systems"
Seminario – Dr. Vinodkumar Etacheri "Nanoscale Engineering and Electrochemical Approaches to Next-Geneartion Energy Storage"
Seminario – Dr. Laura Cabana "Carbon nanotube – inorganic hybrids: from synthesis to application"
Mohammad Marvi – Multiscale characterization and modelling of polyurethane foams
XXIV Interational Workshop on Computational Micromechanics of Materials
Defensa de Tesis Doctoral – Ana Fernández
Dr. In-Suk Choi – "Nano-mechanics towards advanced materials"
Guanglong Xu – “Thermo-Kinetic and Landau Modeling of Quenching and Partitioning Process in Steels”
Defensa de Tesis Doctoral – Silvia Hernández Rueda
Thesis defense – Arcadio Varona "Assessment of the Eutectic Trough and Properties of a Multiphase Alloy in the NiAl-Cr-W System"
Seminar- Jeremy Snel "Competing deformation mechanisms in ARB Cu/Nb metallic multilayers as a function of layer thickness and temperature"
Phd Defense – Francisca Martínez
Seminar – Alfonso Monreal – “Energy Harvesting Materials Based on Carbon Nanotube Fibre for Tough Electronics”
Seminar – Dr. Nelson Sepúlveda – "Materials research meets device development: an effective approach for growing science and unveiling new technologies.
PhD defense – Eva Cristina Moreno
MATERPLAT Annual Meeting
Defensa Tesis – Arcadio Varona "Assessment of the Eutectic Trough and Properties of a Multiphase Alloy in the NiAl-Cr-W System"
Seminario – Sr. Sergi Grau: Water Splitting: from molecular catalysis to functional devices.
Seminario – Prof. Thomas R. Bieler "Interdependent Modeling and Characterization to Identify Effects of Slip Transfer at Grain Boundaries in Heterogeneous Deformation"
Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies 2015 conference (14-17 Diciembre 2015)
Defensa de Tesis Doctoral – Hangbo Yue
Acto de entrega de los X premios madri+d
Tu coche y un F1: ciencia y tecnología del siglo XXI
Mónica Prieto – "Dynamics of Grain Boundary motion coupled to shear deformation: an atomistic study"
Víctor Reguero – Chemical engineering of carbon nanotube fibres
Dr. Xiaoqing Zhang – "Development of Sustainable Polymer Materials and Composites"
Magnesium Workshop Madrid Mayo 21-24, 2013
Seminar: Dr. Isaac Toda-Caraballo: An overview on the designing High Entropy Alloys
Seminar – Dr. Véronique Michaud – "Composite materials, drivers for clean and cost-effective ground transport?"
Seminar – Prof. Philippe Boisse " "Simulations of composite reinforcement forming processes"
Research initiation fellowships presentations (2nd call)
Seminar- Daniel del Pozo – "Modelling of ice impact on jet turbines"
XIV Materials Day
Why I am a scientist – Researchers' Night, Madrid 2010
Research Initiation Fellowship Seminar 2
Seminario Prof. Shahzada Ahmad – Molecular engineering of materials for high performance and stable perovskite solar cells
Seminario – Dr. Pablo Antolín – "New developments for locking problems in Isogeometric Analysis: nearly-incompressibility and solid shells"
Seminario – Photonic devices based in III-V semiconductors. Dr. Jose Maria Ulloa AlN microcantilevers, Dr. Gonzalo Fuentes Graphene electronic devices: Dr. Javier Martinez
Seminario – Dr. Silvia Marchesan "Twist of chirality for the self-assembly of short peptide nanomaterials"
Workshop CompTest 2015
Defensa de Tesis Doctoral – Julián García
Defensa de Tesis Doctoral – Sergio Sádaba
Alicia Moya – Synthesis of nanocarbon-inorganic hybrid materials for photocatalytic water splitting
Dr. Maciej Haranczyck – "Computational Discovery of Materials for Clean and Energy Efficient Technologies"
Inauguración sede del Instituto IMDEA Materiales
Seminar – Cristina Prado: Study of the deformation mechanisms of the MN11 Mg alloy by slip trace analysis
Micromech Project Meeting – "Microstructure based material mechanical model for superalloys"
Seminar – Prof. Juan Pou – "Laser spinning: a new technique for nanofiber production"
Seminar – Chuangyun Wang – "A high-throughput diffusion-multiple study on titanium alloys”
Seminar – Prof. K. J. Hsia – "Programming Mechanical Function at Micro-Nanoscales"
International workshop on modeling and development of nanostructured materials for biomedical applications
17th IUTAM Summer School on: Modelling and Simulation of Multiscale Continuum Systems
Seminario: Dr. Isaac Toda-Caraballo: An overview on the designing High Entropy Alloys
Seminario -Prof. Shahzada Ahmad: Molecular engineering of materials for high performance and stable perovskite solar cells
Seminario – Prof. Sylvain Drapier "Challenges and expectations from modeling infusion-based processes for structural composites"
Seminario – Juan Carlos Fernández – "Infiltration of CNT fibers in liquids: chemo-electro-mechanical sensing"
Seminario – Dr. Yongjun Su "’Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Large Size Ti-43Al-9V-Y Alloy Pancake Produced by Pack Forging’’
Prof. Surya Kalidindi – "Data Science Approaches for Mining Structure-Property-Processing Linkages from Large Datasets"
7th Asia-Europe Symposium on Processing and Properties of Reinforced Polymers
Dr. Martin Palm – "Alloy development and industrial processing of iron aluminide based alloys"
Workshop internacional sobre modelización y desarrollo de materiales nanoestructurados para aplicaciones biomédicas
Prof. Qinghong Fang – "Study on properties of eucommia ulmoides gum toughening plastics"
Encuentro Anual de MATERPLAT
Seminar – Prof. Catalin Picu: Mechanics of random fiber networks.
MoDeNa Workshop and Consortium Meeting 5
Phd Defense – Ehsan Naderi Kalali "Multifunctional Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) Based Epoxy Nanocomposites"
Seminar – Juan José Torres – "“Mechanisms of air removal and void development in Out-of-Autoclave processing of composites”
Scientific Imaging Contest 2014
Metals fall meeting 2013
Light materials for a sustainable transport
EQUINOX: A novel process for manufacturing complex shaped Fe-Al intermetallic parts resistant to extreme environments
Seminario – Prof. Arnaud Weck: Ultrafast laser-matter interactions: mechanical properties and surface texturing
Seminario – Dr. Raghavendra Adharapurapu "Industry Perspective on ICME Modeling Approaches for Superalloys"
Seminario – Prof. Sybrand van der Zwaag “Computational guidance of the development of new creep steels and that of polymer-PZT composites for sensing and energy harvesting”
Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies 2015
Dr. Endzhe Matykina – "Plasma electrolytic oxidation of light alloys – fundamental and practical aspects"
Prof. Sergei B. Sapozhnikov – "Composite materials' activity of South Ural State University (Russia): past and future of structural and ballistic applications"
Dr. Bin Tang – "ω phase transformation and processing of TiAl alloys. Eutectics of NiAl based alloys"
Ignacio Dopico – "An Object Kinetic Monte Carlo model for phase separation in FeCr"
Prof. Stephan Roche – “Charge, Phonon and Spin Transport in Complex forms of structurally and chemically modified forms of Graphene Materials”
Hot spots in viscoplastic deformation of polycrystals. Prof. Anthony D. Rollett
Seminar – Mr. Miguel Cristóbal -Development of new heat resistant stainless steels using high throughput methods
Seminar Adrian J. Lew
Seminar – Dr. Jose Maria Ulloa "Photonic devices based in III-V semiconductors" / Dr. Gonzalo Fuentes: " AlN microcantilevers " / Dr. Javier Martinez: "Graphene electronic devices"
Phd Defense – Irene de Diego
X madri+d awards
Dr. Lucas Pérez – "Magnetic devices"
Ceremony of the placement of the first stone of the building of IMDEA Materials Institute
Seminario – Cristina Prado: Study of the deformation mechanisms of the MN11 Mg alloy by slip trace analysis
Seminario – Dr .Sezer Özerinç "High Strength Copper-Niobium Nanomaterials"
Defensa de Tesis Doctoral – Joaquim Vilà Bramon
Seminario – Zhi Li – “Study on Delaying Ignition Time and Smoke Suppression behaviors of Flame-retardant Polymers"
Seminario – Prof Marc Anderson "materials science of nanoporous metal oxides and their applications in energy, sensors and water treatment"
Prof. David L. McDowell – "Microstructure-Sensitive Fatigue Modeling"
Prof. Kwangho Kim – "Hybrid-interface based Future Materials"
Defensa de Tesis Doctoral – Rocío Muñoz
Ariel Eijo – "Numerical method to simulate delamination in advanced composite materials using beam and plate elements"
Workshop internacional sobre grafeno y materiales 2D
New developments in the processing and properties of ultrafine-grained metals. Prof. Terence G. Langdon
Summer School – Advanced Processing of Metallic Materials
MoDeNa Workshop and Consortium Meetin
Seminar – Dr. Vinodkumar Etacheri "Nanoscale Engineering and Electrochemical Approaches to Next-Generation Energy Storage"
Seminar – Dr. Laura Cabana "Carbon nanotube – inorganic hybrids: from synthesis to application"
CompTest 2015 workshop
Science week Madrid 2013
IMDEA Materials participates in the Madrid Public University Social Councils Annual Meeting (23th of June 2009)
First Year Assessment – Gustavo Esteban: Atomistic modelling of FCC metals.
MICROTEST CLUB PROJECT 2016
Seminario – Dr. Kostas Danas "Magnetorheological elastomers and elasto-plastic metallic materials: from micro-deformation mechanisms to instabilities"
I Conferencia IMDEA, Ciencia, Empresa y Sociedad
Seminario – Prof. Krishnaswamy Ravi-Chandar "PREDICTIVE MODELING OF DEFORMATION AND FAILURE IN DUCTILE MATERIALS"
Dr. Luis Saucedo – "Experimental-numerical dialog in ghe FEMME multiscale fracture model"
Michael Titus – "High Temperature Single Crystal Creep Deformation Mechanisms of New L12-containing Co-base Superalloys"
Dr. Miguel Castillo-Rodríguez – "Dislocation microstructure studies in ceramics. Dissociation and plasticity"
Dianshi Feng – "Simulation of impact damage in foam-based sandwich composites"
Beatriz Hernández – "Sistemas híbridos basados en nanocristales semiconductores"
Por qué soy científico – La noche de los investigadores, Madrid 2010
Seminar – Dr. David Garcia Cava: 'Data-based vibration structural health monitoring methodology for composite laminated structures'
Seminar – Prof. Nigel Jennet "Surprise! ….Size matters! Probing the fundamental size dependence of yield strength. – Continuum Mechanics R.I.P."
Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies 2015 conference (14-17 December 2015)
PhD defense – Hangbo Yue
Humberto Terrones – "Beyond Graphene: The amazing world of layered transititon metal dichalcogenides"
Madrid researchers’ night 2013 – Science in your living room
XI Workshop of Materials "The materials, in the center of our engineering activity"
Seminar – Dr. Alexander Zhilyaev: Bulk nanostructured materials processed by severe plastic deformation: from fundamentals towards applications
Seminario – Dr. Maciej Pietrzyk "Computer systems for materials processing technology design"
Seminario – Prof. Victor M. Orera “Tailoring microstructures and interfaces for improving functionalities in ceramics”
Semana de la ciencia Madrid 2015
Seminario – Balaji Selvarajou "Triaxiality Effects in Magnesium: Crystal Plasticity Modeling "
Miguel Herráez – "Development of Advanced Micromechanical Models for Composite Ply Characterization and Design"
Dr. Carmen Cepeda – "Study of the dominant deformation mechanisms in pure magnesium polycrystals with different grain size by trace analysis"
Dr. Jian Xu – "Modeling fatigue properties in textile-reinforced composites"
Dr. Bin Gan – "Jerky flow in Nickel solid solutions occurring during high temperature instrumented indentation"
Joaquim Vilà – "VACUUM INFUSION MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS: Understanding the underlying physics"
17 IUTAM Curso de Verano: Modelización y Simulación de Sistemas Multiescala en el Continuo
Seminar – Markus Niffenegger & Vicente Herrera:Material Research in the Context of Nuclear Reactor Safety at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Seminar – Prof. Rigoberto Burgueño "Integration of materials science and structural engineering for the design of advanced materials systems"
Seminar – Prof. Julián J. Rimoli “A concurrent multi-scale model for the thermomechanical response of ceramics”
Seminar – Dr. Silvia Marchesan "Twists of chirality for the self-assembly of short peptide nanomaterials".







