Sha, Maral and Javier in the Ashmolean museum in Oxford. They attended the 18th European Mechanics of Materials Conference in Oxford and gave the following talks:

“First principles prediction of Al-Cu, Al-Li and Al-Cu-Li phase diagrams”. S. Liu, J. LLorca.

“Slip transfer mechanisms at grain boundaries in FCC and HCP metals”. M. Sarebanzadeh, E. Nieto-Valeiras, I. Escobar-Moreno, A. Orozo-Caballero, J. LLorca.

“The effect of elastic strains in the catalytic properties of transition metals”. C. Martínez-Alonso, J. M. Guevara-Vela, J. LLorca.

In addition, Javier gave another talk on behalf of Abbas that could not attend.

“Fatigue crack initation mechanisms in Mg alloys: effect of grain size and grain boundary misorientation”. S. Jamali, A. Ma, J. LLorca.