This project concerns the development of technologies for local hybridization in cases where it is necessary (e.g. hybridization during tow spreading). New techniques will be used as the tow spreading, hybrid unidirectional tapes or laminates combining layers of different thickness (thin and
TK-COBALT project
The objective of this investigation, with a focus on the Co-base high temperature alloys and funded by the China Scholarship Council, aims at developing a robust high throughput diffusion couple technique. The new technique will enable fast mapping of such information as phase
New incorporation -Jaime Castro
Predoctoral Researcher Aeronautical Engineer Polytechnic University of Madrid Research "Vacuum assisted infiltration, microfluid flow, X-ray tomography, polymer-matrix composites"
Dr. De-Yi Wang selected as Associated Editor of RSC Advances
Dr. De-Yi Wang, head of the High Performance Polymer Nanocomposites group at IMDEA Materials Institute, has been selected as Associate Editor of "RSC Advances" since October 2015. RSC Advances is a high impact journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry. RSC Advances is an international,
Electric curing technology for qualified aerospace epoxy resins is being validated at AIRBUS Getafe
IMDEA Materials Institute, in cooperation with the R&T Materials & Processing unit of AIRBUS Operations, has completed the first validation trials at AIRBUS Getafe facilities of an alternative curing technology for commercial epoxy resins/adhesives by passing an electrical current trough
New incorporation – Raquel García
Position: Project Manager Degree in Industrial Electronic Engineering, University of León, Spain MBA: International University of La Rioja, Spain
Spanish Technological Platform for advanced Materials and Nanomaterials
IMDEA Materials Institute has received a grant (PTR-2014-0406) for the Spanish Ministry of Competitiveness and Innovation (MINECO) to manage the Spanish Technological Platform for advanced Materials and Nanomaterials (MATERPLAT) in the period 2014-2015. More details and information about this
New incorporation – Evgeny Senokos
Position: Research Asistant MSc.: Lomonosov Moscow University, Russia Research: Nanostructured supercapacitors Contact: evgeny.senokos(AT)imdea.org
Success in National fellowships calls
IMDEA Materials Institute has achieved great success in the last calls of the National fellowships programmes. Two researchers will join the “Ramón y Cajal” programme (2013 call) and one will join the postdoctoral fellowship programme (2013 call).
New incorporation – Dr. Andrey Sarikov
Position: Research Associate PhD: V. Lashkarev Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Ukraine Research: Epitaxial growth of SiGe and III-V materials Contact: andrey.sarikov(AT)imdea.org
Dual beam (FIB/SEM) facilities available
IMDEA Materials Institute logo (size is 50 µm x 40 µm) fabricated using a FIB-FEGSEM dual beam microscope A FIB-FEGSEM Dual-beam microscope is now available at IMDEA Materials Institute. The system (Helios NanoLab 600i, FEI) is fully equipped with STEM
Research collaboration with Eurocopter España S.A.
The goal of this research collaboration is to identify and select new material concepts for possible use and incorporation into the future rear fuselages which operate at high temperature. See Pre-HITMAAS project description
High performance environmentally friendly fire retardant epoxy nanocomposites
Dr. De-Ti Wang and Prof. Javier LLorca will carry out a research project in collaboration with the China Scholarship Council (China) to develop high performance fire retardant, halogen-free epoxy nanocomposites by means of molecular design and advanced chemical
Guanglong Xu has been awarded with a CALPHAD scholarship
Guanglong Xu has been awarded with a CALPHAD scholarship as a PhD student to give presentation at the coming international conference CALPHAD XLII to be held at San Sebastian (Spain) next May 26-31.
Multiscale modeling of plasticity: application to forming processes
Engineering alloys are heterogeneous materials formed by aggregation of grains with different orientation of one or more metallic phases. Plastic deformation occurs by dislocation and/or twinning in each microscopic grain and depends on the grain orientation, size and shape, the stresses
Defense of the first doctoral thesis entirely carried out at IMDEA Materials
The thesis entitled "Micromechanical Characterization and Simulation of the Effect of Environmental Aging in Structural Composite Materials” represents the first doctoral thesis fully developed at the IMDEA Materials facilities since its research activities started at the beginning of
Important participation of IMDEA Materials Institute in EUROMAT 2011
For further information visit EUROMAT 2011 Website
RADINTERFACE, Multiscale Modelling of radiation damage in materials for nuclear reactors
IMDEA Materials Institute participates in the FP7 European project RADINTERFACE, which aims at constructing a bottom-up framework (advanced predictive tool) allowing discovery and quantifications of materials damage mechanisms and effects on mechanical properties for novel crystalline materials with
IMDEA-Materials has signed an agreement with Carlos III University to use the Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) facilities
IMDEA Materials has signed an agreement with the Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory (LABMET) of the Physics Department at the Carlos III University to provide Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) characterization of materials. The LABMET has a FEI Tecnai 20 FEG TEM with X-Ray
Interview to IMDEA Materials President, Mr. Pedro Muñoz Esquer
"If Spain wants to get out of the crisis and create employment, the only way is to invest in technology and innovation". Link to the complete text: Madri+d
NANOLAM project
NANOLAM project is part of a collaborative research effort between IMDEA Materials and Arizona State University in order to study the high temperature nanoindentation and micropillar compression behavior of Al/SiC nanolaminates. Check the whole description of the NANOLAM project
EMULATE project
EMULATE project proposes a multidisciplinary approach to enhance the comprehension of metal machining. For that, the following three topics will be analyzed in order to improve this technology: 1) the development of accurate material models that incorporate the mechanisms of plasticity at the
HIPREP project
The objective of this investigation, funded by the China Scholarship Council, is to develop high performance reinforced fire-retardant polymers via special molecular design, chemical functionalization of the reinforced fibers and advanced polymer processing. The fire behaviours, mechanical
New incorporation – Fernando Fernández
New incorporation – Dr. Juan Ignacio Beltrán
Position: Researcher Associate PhD: Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Research: "Thermodynamics and Atomistics
New incorporation – Prof. Arnaud Weck
Position: Visiting Researcher Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Short Bio Prof. Weck obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from INSA-Lyon in France, his Ph.D. in Materials Science and
Exporting excellent science
Our internationalization strategy, based on mid-long term partnerships with key companies, highlighted in madri+d website. Read the whole story (ES)
Saeid Lotfian & Rocío Muñoz awarded best PhD Thesis by UC3M
The PhD Thesis entitled "High Temperature Mechanical Behavior of Al/SiC Nanoscale Multilayers" and “In-situ analysis of the high temperature deformation and fracture mechanisms of a ɣ-TiAl alloy", carried out by Drs. Saeid Lotfian and Rocío Muñoz at IMDEA Materials
Fatigue testing system available
A fatigue testing system is now available at IMDEA Materials Institute. The system (INSTRON 8802, INSTRON) allows a broad range of static and dynamic test applications from basic metals to larger scale component testing. Typical applications of this servohydraulic machines include fracture
New incorporation – Juan José Torres
Position: Research Assistant BEng: Tecnun, Spain Research: Voids in out-of-autoclave prepregs Contact: juanjose.torres(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Vanessa Hernán-Gómez
Position: Accounting Assistant Contact: vanessa.hernangomez(AT)imdea.org
IMDEA Materials starts PilotManu project
PilotManu is an European project funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union. PilotManu will upscale of the current mechanical alloying technological facility into a powder manufacturing pilot line by further developing existing IPR-covered results owned by the consortium related to
New incorporation – Dr. Aitor Cruzado
Position: Research Associate PhD: Mondragon University, Spain Research: Multiscale plasticity Contact: aitor.cruzado(AT)imdea.org
Final year project on carbon nanotube growth receives regional award
Carbon nanotube growth on conventional engineering materials
New incorporation – Dr. Carmen Cepeda
Position: Research Associate University of Alicante, Spain Research: Al and Mg nanocomposites Contact: carmen.cepeda@imdea.org
Airbus Operations SAS signed a two years contract with IMDEA Materials
IMDEA Materials Institute and Airbus Operations SAS based in Toulouse will collaborate in a research project to develop Virtual Testing tools based on Multiscale Modelling techniques. This new R&D contract strengthens IMDEA Materials´ internationalisation strategy. See SIMSCREEN
Virtual testing of low-velocity impact on carbon fibre composites
See project description.
Cover of the “Journal of Materials Research”
SIMUCOMP, Advanced Numerical Simulations of Inter- and Intralaminar Failures in Composite
The Computational Mechanics of Materials group of IMDEA Materials Institute leads the European project SIMUCOMP which aims to help design and stress engineers assess the structural integrity and the damage tolerance of lightweight composite structures through provision of new accurate and predictive
Professor Javier Llorca, Director of IMDEA-Materials, has been awarded the annual research award of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)
Professor Llorca has dedicated more that 25 years to research in the field of Materials Science and Engineering. His research activity has been focused on the analysis of the relationship between microstructure and mechanical properties in advanced structural materials. In particular, he has
Interview to IMDEA Materials Director, Prof. Javier Llorca
"Only enterprises investing in technology will survive" Link to the complete text: Madridiario El profesor Javier Llorca, doctor ingeniero de Caminos, es catedrático y responsable del grupo de investigación en “Materiales Estructurales Avanzados y Nanomateriales” de la Universidad
Dr. Daniel Cíntora-Juárez
Research Associate: Electrochemical Energy Storage, Nanomaterials. Contact: daniel.cintora@imdea.org
EXTRECP project
The goal of the EXTECP project, funded by the China Scholarship Council, is the development of coupled thermomechanical crystal plasticity models to simulate problems under extreme conditions: very large strain rates and high temperatures. See the whole description of the EXTRECP project.
New incorporation – Rodrigo Santos
Position: Predoctoral Researcher Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering. Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Research "Virtual Design, Virtual Processing and Virtual Testing of Metallic Materials"
Dr. Juan José Vilatela receives the prestigious ERC Starting Grant
Dr. Juan José Vilatela, Head of the Multifunctional Nanocomposites research group at IMDEA Materials Institute, has obtained the prestigious ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council. Dr. Vilatela will receive € 1.5 million along the next 5 years to
TEM microscopy available
A FEG S/TEM microscope is now available at IMDEA Materials Institute. The system (Talos F200X, FEI) combines outstanding high-resolution S/TEM and TEM imaging with an energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) integrated system fully compatible with high-resolution 3D tomography. It is also
New incorporation – Professor Rigoberto Burgueño
Position: Visiting Researcher Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences (Structural Engineering) University of California, San Diego, USA. Professor of Structural Engineering, Michigan State University Research Interests Multiscale assessment and design of tailored materials, devices and structures.
New incorporation – Raquel Sanguine
Position: Research Assistant MSc Universidad Pontificia Católica de Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Research: Solidification processing and properties of Zn-Al hypoeutectic alloys
New incorporation – David Maldonado
Position: Laboratory Technician BSc.: Telecommunications Engineering, Valencia University, Spain Contact: david.maldonado(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Dr. Jian Xu
Position: Research Associate PhD.: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Research: Multiscale modeling of composites Contact: jian.xu(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Prof. Jiang Wang
Position: Visiting Scientist PhD: Central South University, India Research: Computational Alloy Design Contact: jiang.wang(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Juan Carlos Fernández
Position: Research Assistant MSc: Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain Research: Electric curing of CNT/epoxy resins Contact: juancarlos.fernandez(AT)imdea.org
Next Generation High Performance Epoxy-based Composites: Green Recycling and Molecular-level Fire Retardancy
The general objective of this project istwo fold: i) designing and developing of novel multifunctional high reactivity curing agents constituted of controllable functional cross-linking groups on the wall of beta-cyclodextrin structures (easily recyclable after end of lifetime) and ii) studying
European Powder Metallurgy Association (EMPA) awards Prof. José Manuel Torralba
Prof. José Manuel Torralba (Deputy Director of IMDEA Materials Institute) received the European Power Metallurgy Association (EMPA) Distinguished Service Award 2013 during the Euro PM2013 conference held past September in Goteborg (Sweden). The EPMA Distinguished Service Awards are presented
Screening of phase transformation kinetics of Ti alloys
Drs. Yuwen. Cui and Javier Segurado will carry out a research project in collaboration with the China Scholarship Council (China) to develop a high throughput diffusion multiple technique for screening of phase transformation kinetics in Ti alloys, which will be used
Highest grade for Silvia Hernandez´s PhD thesis
Silvia Hernandez defended her PhD thesis entitled “Cure, Defects and Mechanical Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Composites” on March 11th at the Civil Engineering School of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). Her work was awarded the highest grade by the PhD committee. Dr.
R&D agreement with State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
IMDEA Materials Institute and State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites has recently signed a two years colaboration agreement to promote joint research and development activities in the area of multi-scale modeling for functional materials and composites. In addition, this agreement opens a
Simulation of the mixed microstructure in new Q&P high strength steels
See MODELQP project description
3<sup>rd</sup> Generation Advanced High Strength Steels
See NEWQP project description
Eva Moreno completed her Master thesis with Honors
The research project “Grain size and temperature effect on mechanical behavior of an aluminum alloy”, have been supervised by the leader of the Physical Simulation Group of IMDEA Materials Institute, Dr. Ilchat Sabirov.
Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) confers Honorary Degree to Professor Subra Suresh, Dean of MIT School of Engineering. The ceremony will be held on January, 28th, at 11:00h am, in the Paraninfo of the UPM
Link to the complete text: UPM.es
Foro de Ciencia y Tecnología: Perspectivas y nuevos desarrollos en materiales avanzados y nanociencia
Tras el éxito de la primera jornada del Foro de Ciencia y Tecnología madri+d en Nuevos Materiales y Nanotecnología, la segunda jornada presentará, entre otras, las actividades de los Institutos Madrileños de Estudios Avanzados IMDEA Materiales e IMDEA
HIGHRATE project
This project will study high strain rate mechanical behavior of novel Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS). The results of these investigations will greatly contribute to understanding of mechanical behavior of the AHSS and help to reduce the dimensions of the AHSS components used in the automotive
Carbon nanotube “stitches” strengthen composites
The newest Airbus and Boeing passenger jets flying today are made primarily from advanced composite materials such as carbon fiber reinforced plastic (extremely light, durable materials that reduce the overall weight of the plane by as much as 20 percent compared to aluminum-bodied planes). Such
Success in call ITN 2016, Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
IMDEA Materials Institute has been awarded a European Industrial Doctorate (EID) to train 2 PhD students together with Hexcel Corporation and Micro Materials Ltd in the field of dynamic behaviour of composite materials for next generation aeroengines. Job vacancies will
New incorporation – Fernando Fernández
VIRMETAL project starts
Prof. Javier LLorca, Director of IMDEA Materials Institute, leads this prestigious ERC Advanced Grant from the European Union. Prof. Llorca and his research group will receive develop multiscale modeling strategies along the next 5 years to carry out virtual design, virtual processing and virtual
Prof. Javier LLorca receives the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant
Prof. Javier LLorca, Director of IMDEA Materials Institute, has obtained the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant from the European Union. Prof. LLorca will receive € 2.5 million along the next 5 years to develop multiscale modeling strategies to carry out virtual design, virtual processing
IMDEA Materials and Fokker collaborate to implement novel multiscale simulation strategy
The collaboration between IMDEA Materials and Fokker Aerostructures has just been showcased in NetComposites journal (link to the article in NetComposites). The bilateral project VIRTEST, headed by Dr. Claudio Lópes, will lead to an improved understanding of the material behavior and the
Computational Materials Science. The future is virtual
Our director, Prof. Javier LLorca explains new strategies for the design of novel materials by means of computational science (ES).
IMDEA Materials starts SIMUFOING project
SIMUFOING is an industrial contract between Industria de Turbopropulsores S.A. (ITP) and IMDEA Materials Institute to develop new simulation techniques that can be used to predict damage on plane engines due to the ingestion of hail and birds. See all projects in the Integrated Computational
PhD defense – Saeid Lotfian
Mr. Saeid Lotfian will defend his PhD thesis entitled "High Temperature Mechanical Behavior of Al/SiC Nanoscale Multilayers" next Monday 30th of June at 12:00 h in Carlos III of Madrid (video room 3.1.S08, Leganés campus (Madrid)). His work has been supervised by Dr. Jon Mikel
New incorporation – Dr. Edison Alfredo Bonifaz
Position: Research Associate PhD: University of Navarra, Spain Research: Multiscale plasticity Contact: edison.bonifaz(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Dr. Bin Tang
Position: Research Associate PhD: Northwestern Polytechnical University, China Research: Phase field simulation of high-temperature alloys Contact: bin.tang(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Alberto Jesús Palomares
Position: Research Assistant Research: Micromechanics of intermetallic materials Contact: alberto.palomares(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Prof. Mauricio Terrones
Position: Visiting Scientist (01/07/2013-31/07/2013) Penn State University, USA / Shinshu University, Japan Research: Synthesis and Properties of Novel Nanocarbons Link to the researcher profile
New incorporation – Marcos Angulo
Position: Laboratory Technician Contact: marcos.angulo@imdea.org
The Master thesis of Julian García obtains the maximum grade with Honors
The research project “Neurite: a finite difference continuum model of the electrophysiological-mechanical coupling in neurons under mechanical loading” has been co-supervised by Dr. Antoine Jerusalem and Dr. Jose María Peña of IMDEA Materials Institute and Polytechnic
Development of advanced NiAl-based in situ composites with tunable properties
See SUPRA NiAl-LOYS project description.
Watching metals live
Researchers at IMDEA materials Institute are investigating the in-situ deformation of metallic materials using a tensile testing micromachine coupled to a scanning electron microscope (Fig. 1a). This device allows to analyze in real time, the deformation, recrystallization and fracture mechanisms
IMDEA Materials will participate in two of the twelve CENIT 2010 projects awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
This sixth edition of the CENIT programme, Strategic National Consortiums for Technical Research, has a total budget of 120 million Euros. 30 million will be granted each year to fund the 4-years projects during the period 2010-2013. 156 companies, of which 50,6% are SMEs, and 207 research groups,
Experiments at the Berlin Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Scientists from Imdea Materials (Metal Physics Group) will carry out experiments at BESSY II (Berlin Synchrotron Radiation Facility) at the Berlin Helmholtz-Center for Materials and Energy. There, synchrotron radiation will be used to measure the internal stresses in omega and beta pure Zr,
IMDEA Materials will participate in the Forum for New Materials and Nanotechnology which will be held on October 24th in the CSIC.
The Science and Technology Forum of Madri+d of October is dedicated to the new materials and nanotechnology. The second session of this forum is an excellent opportunity to know the perspectives and new developments on Advanced Materials and Nanoscience. During this session the main research lines
Eva María Andrés
Research Assistant: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering. Contact: evamaria.andres@imdea.org
Dr. Amitava Moitra
Researcher Associate: Virtual designing of light alloys. PhD: Mississippi State University. Contact: amitava.moitra@imdea.org
Prof. Javier Llorca, Guest Professor of Central South University, China
As recognition of his scientific experience, he has been distinguished as Guest Professor of this University regarded as one of the 20 most important in China. He will advise the university on research and internationalization strategies. Check the complete text in the website of the
New incorporation – Nerea Pérez González
Research Assistant Chemical Engineer University of Almeria, Spain
HR excellence in research award
IMDEA Materials has received the “HR Excellence in Research” award, which acknowledges our institute as a provider of a stimulating and favourable work environment. The award reflects our commitment to continuously improve human resource policies in line with the European Charter for
New incorporation – Dr. Miguel Castillo
Position: Instrument Scientist PhD Physics University of Sevilla Transmission Electron Microscopy of Advanced Materials
New incorporation – Jeromy Snel
Position: Research Assistant MSc: Delft University of Technology Research: High temperature deformation behaviour of Cu/Nb nanoscale metallic multilayers
Two new regional R&D projects awarded
Two new R&D projects belonging to the Madrid R&D technology programme have just been awarded to IMDEA Materials Institute. IMDEA Materials will coordinate the DIMMAT project (Multi-scale design of advanced materials), led by Dr. Maria Teresa Pérez-Prado. Our research center is
Prof. José Manuel Torralba keynote paper and speaker at Euro PM2014 Conference
The paper entitled "Understanding the contribution of the microstructure in the fracture behaviour of sintered steels" by Prof. José M. Torralba, Deputy Director at IMDEA Materials Institute, has been awarded EPMA Keynote Paper at Euro PM2014 Conference. Euro PM2014
Laura Agudo awarded best student poster award at COSIRES 2014 conference
The poster entitled "Object Kinetic Monte Carlo studies of materials under helium ions irradiation", presented by Ms. Laura Agudo has been awarded at COSIRES 2014 conference. COSIRES (Computer Simulation of Radiation Effects in Solids) is a major international forum to present and discuss
IMDEA Materials starts DMAPOL project
DMAPOL is an industrial contract between ACCIONA Infraestructuras and IMDEA Materials Institute to perform Dynamic Mechanical Analyses (DMA) in polymeric materials. See DMAPOL project description
New incorporation – Dr. Xin Wang
Position: Research Associate PhD: University of Science and Technology, China Research: Multifunctional fire retardant polymeric materials Contact: xin.wang(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Yetang Pang
Position: Research Assistant Research: Fire Retardant Polymeric Materials Contact: yetang.pang(AT)imdea.org
Members of EURAXESS network
IMDEA Materials Institute recently joined EURAXESS Service Network so as to provide assistance to incoming and out-going researchers. Learn more about EURAXESS
New incorporation – Alejandro Garcia Carpintero
Position: Research Assistant Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain Research: High Energy Impact on Aeronautical Composite Structures Contact:
Transfer to the permanent seat of IMDEA Materials
Since last July 23th, all research and development activities of IMDEA Materials Institute have been moved to its final site in the Scientific and Technological Park Tecnogetafe, located at sixteen kilometers to the south of Madrid city. The new building has a total floor area of 9,000 m2
IMDEA Materials researchers visit the new building one month before its completion
Site visit to the IMDEA Materials Institute headquarter building, January 10th, 2012
Kickoff of the European project LIMEDU, coordinated by IMDEA Materials Institute
On June 27th, the kickoff meeting of the European project LIMEDU was held at Celestynow (Poland). The main objective of the project is to develop novel processing routes of high strength ultra-fine grained and nanostructured light metals with increased ductility based on hydrostatic extrusion. The
Kickoff of the new project of Nanomechanics Group of IMDEA Materials, HOTNANO
Hotnano will work on overcoming the instrumental limitations to apply nanoindentation, nanocmechanics characterization technique, at high temperatures to a range of structural materials, from advanced composites to nanostructured metals and ceramics. Link to Project: HOTNANO.-High temperature
"Tegnogetafe" is already a reality
The city council of Getafe has communicated that the Technological Park of Tecnogetafe “is already a reality” thanks to the immediate site opening of four companies and one Foundation for Materials Research (IMDEA-Materials). Link to the complete text: ABC.es
IMDEA-materials takes a step forward within its plan to internationalize the research in the region of Madrid by the recruitment of two new scientists with a wide international profile
Dr. Teresa Pérez Prado, PhD in Physics, Complutense University of Madrid, 1998. Dr. Pérez Prado joined the University of California in San Diego (UCSD, USA) as a Postgraduate Research Engineer in 1998. She was also hired as a consultant at Oregon State University (USA). In 2001 she
Marcos Jimenez receives the 2016 Thesis talk award
Marcos Jimenez, PhD student at IMDEA Materials, has won the Thesis Talk Prize organized by the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M). Thesis talk consists on presenting the subject of a PhD thesis to a general audience in 3 minutes. This event is part of the transversal credits organized by
New Incorporation: Dr. Anna Hynowska
Research Associate: Novel processing of Fe-Al intermetallics. PhD: Autonomy University of Barcelona, Spain Contact: anna.hynowska@imdea.org
Fire retardant epoxy infusion resin composites
FIREINF is a research collaboration between IMDEA Materials Institute and FIDAMC with the goal of developing an effective novel halogen-free fire retardant epoxy system to be used in out-of-autoclave processes to manufacture composite components/structures. This fire retardant epoxy resin
REDISH project starts, coordinated by IMDEA Materials
REDISH is an European project funded by the Clean Sky Joint Technology Undertaking 2 within the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union. The goal of the REDISH project is the development and maturation of innovative shielding able to sustain impacts from high and low energy debris caused by
New incorporation – Deng Xiangxing
Predoctoral Researcher Degree in Material Forming and Control Engineering Hunan Institute of Engineering, China Research: "Design and Processing Cobalt-Base Superalloys"
Raúl Muñoz awarded best PhD Thesis by AEMAC
The PhD Thesis entitled "Mechanical Behavior of Hybrid 3D Woven Composites", carried out by Dr. Raúl Muñoz at IMDEA Materials Institute under the supervision of Dr. Carlos González and Prof. Javier Llorca, has been awarded by the Spanish Association of Composite
Annual Report 2014
Report on IMDEA Materials Institute's activities throughout year 2014 is available for download. Download IMDEA Materials Institute annual report 2014
New incorporation – Dr. Juan Pablo Balbuena
Position: Research Associate PhD.: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain Research: Monte Carlo simulation of epitaxial growth for semiconductors Contact: juanpablo.balbuena(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Peyman Mouri
Position: Research Assistant MSc: TUDelft, The Netherlands Research: Characterization, design and optimization of dispersed-ply laminates Contact: peyman.mouri(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Rosa María Bazán
Position: HHRR Project Manager Contact: rosa.bazan(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Marcos Jiménez
Position: Research Assistant MEng: Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain Research: Micromechanics of Ni superalloys Contact: marcos.jimenez(AT)imdea.org
High temperature mechanical behavior of metal/ceramic nanolaminate composites
The general objective of this project is to study the mechanical behavior of metal/ceramic multilayers at the nanoscale. See NANOLAM project description
New incorporation – Yang Lingwei
Position: Research Assistant Research: Nanoscale metal-ceramic multilayers Contact: yang.lingwei(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Prof. Xiaoma Tao
Position: Proffesor Guangxi University, China Research: DFT/MD of thermoelectric/phase change materials
New Incorporation – Hossein Ehteshami
Position: Research Assistant Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran Research: Multiscale Modelling of Nanostructured Titanium Contact: hossein.ehteshami@imdea.org
Recognition of the European Mechanics Society
The status of Fellow is awarded to members who have contributed significantly to the advancement of mechanics and related fields and it was granted to Prof. LLorca in recognition for his contributions to understand the relationship between microstructure and mechanical properties of materials by
The NSF and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness fund the international project MAGMAN, led by IMDEA Materials Institute
See MAGMAM project description
Digital Image Correlation
IMDEA Materials Institute has installed a Digital Image Correlation System (DCI) to perform non-contact full-field displacement mapping by means of images acquired by an optical system of stereographic cameras.
Bachelor theses with Honors
The theses presented were: Interfacial adhesion testing in polymer matrix composites (Genoveva Kelly supervised by Dr. J. Molina); Implementation and calibration of a rate-dependent crystal plasticity constitutive model for Magnesium alloy AZ31B (Julián García supervised by Dr. A.
IMDEA Materials member of the Steering Committee of the recently created Spanish Technological Platform of Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials (MATERPLAT)
The main goal of the new initiative is to develop a new collaboration framework between the companies, universities, technological/research centers interested in promoting the growth and application of advanced materials and nanomaterials. The horizontal approach of the Platform includes within its
The Director of IMDEA Materials will be interviewed in the TV program “Efecto Dominó” in Intereconomía
The Director of IMDEA Materials, Prof. Javier Llorca, will be interviewed next September 2nd at 12:45 p.m. in the TV program “Efecto Dominó” in Intereconomía. The interview can be followed at the web site: http://www.intereconomia.com/es/index.html
Andrea Fernández
Research Assistant: Recycling Composite Materials. Contact: andrea.fernandez@imdea.org
Dr. Hong Liu
PhD: University of Monash, Australia. Contact: hong.liu@imdea.org
Modular concept for ultralight removable advanced car seat
This collaborative R&D project, led by Grupo Antolín with the participation of other companies from the automotive sector, aims at developing a new modular concept of advanced seat, removable, with ultralight structure obtained by more efficient and flexible transformation process, and
Phd Defense -Francisca Martínez Hergueta
The defense of the PhD thesis of Francisca Martínez " "Multiscale analysis of the mechanical behaviour of needle-punched nonwoven fabrics" will take place on Friday, February 5th at 12 noon at the E. T. S. de Ingenieros de Caminos of the Polytechnic
CRISTAL project starts
The main objective of CRISTAL project, funded by the CAPES Foundation, is to improve corrosion resistance of commercial Zamac 8 alloy (Zn-4Al-2,6Cu-0,5Mg) by microstructure control which will be achieved by varying the Cu content, the solidification rate, heat treatments and the combination of
PhD defense – Mehdi Rahimian
Mr. Mehdi Rahimian will defend his PhD thesis entitled "Physical simulation of investment casting of Mar-M247 Ni-based superalloy" next Monday 13th of July, at 12:00 h in Carlos III University, (aula de Grados), Leganés Campus (Madrid).
IMDEA Materials was present at 1st ITP workshop – Technology Centres
IMDEA Materials Institute participated past April 8th in the 1st ITP workshop - Technology Centres. During this meeting, participants discussed the research strategy of the company for next 10 years concerning jet engine research.
New incorporation – Zhi Li
Position: Research Assistant MSc.: Shanghai Jiang Tong University, China Research: New Generation Fire Retardant Materials Contact: zhi.li(AT)imdea.org
New Incorporation – Momchil Jeliazkov
Position: Research Assistant MSc: TUDelft, The Netherlands Research: Buckling and failure optimization of stiffened tow-steered composite panels Contact: momchil.jeliazkov(AT)imdea.org
PhD defense – Rafael Soler
Size effect in LiF plasticity: new insights into the lattice resistance contribution - 16 Jun 2014
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A publishes 8 papers from TKM-2013 workshop
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A publishes a total of eight papers from TKM-2013 workshop in its Issue 4, April 2014. The selected papers (see list below), starting with a review in phase-field modeling of polycrystalline solidification, principally appear in order consistently with the
Prof. Javier LLorca elected to the Academia Europaea
Javier LLorca, director of IMDEA Materials Institute and professor of Materials Science at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, has been elected to the Academia Europaea in the Physics and Engineering section. The election took place during the Academy Council held in Wroclaw on September, 16th.
New incorporation – Wenzhou Chen
Position: Research Assistant Research: DFT/MD calculation of phase change materials Contact: wenzhou.chen(AT)imdea.org
New incorporation – Dr. Yong Lu
Position: Lecturer Xiamen University, China Research: Mg alloys
New Incorporation – Alicia Moya
Position: Investigador Predoctoral Complutense University of Madrid, Spain Research: Nanohybrids for Photocatalysis Contact: alicia.moya@imdea.org
R&D agreement with Pennsylvania State University
IMDEA Materials Institute y Pennsylvania State University has signed a two years colaboration agreement to promote joint research and development activities in the areas of processing, charaterization and simulation of advanced materials. In addition, this agreement opens a new range of
Watching Metals Alive
Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute are investigating the in-situ deformation of metallic materials using a tensile testing micromachine coupled to a scanning electron microscope (Fig. 1a). This device allows to analyze in real time, the deformation, recrystallization and fracture mechanisms
IMDEA Materials and AIRBUS keep their collaboration to design the A30X protection shields
IMDEA Material Institute and AIRBUS Operations has strengthened their scientific partnership with a new R&D contract. The project aims at developing advanced numerical simulations for metallic small fragments impacts on composite fuselage and shields for critical systems protection.
The bachelor thesis of Carlos Cabeza has got the FOINDESA 2010 prize
Carlos Cabeza Barrantes, has been awarded with the FOINDESA 2010 prize for the best EUITA (UPM) bachelor thesis in the Equipments and Aerospace Materials specialty. The project “Nanoindentation for in-situ characterization of composites”, was carried out at IMDEA Materials facilities
New horizons for continuum materials simulations
Dr. Jerusalem, head of the Computational Mechanics of Materials group, analyze the current situation of the continuum simulations in the materials field. Link to the complete text: Madri+d
FUTURE FIBRES has signed a two years research contract with IMDEA-Materials to maintain their technological leadership
Future Fibres is world's leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of unidirectional PBO composite standing rigging for the high performance yachting and superyacht market. Future Fibres has a history of delivering innovation in design, superior composite rigging solutions, unmatched technical
X-ray computed tomography analysis of damage evolution in open hole carbon fiber-reinforced laminates subjected to in-plane shear
F. Sket, A. Enfedaque, C. Díaz López, C. González, J. Molina-Aldareguía, J. LLorca. X-ray computed tomography analysis of damage evolution in open hole carbon fiber-reinforced laminates subjected to in-plane shear. Composites Science and Technology 133, 40-50, 2016.

