
Javier LLorca visits the Guangdong Academy of Sciences and Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou
The objective of the visit to both institutions in Guangdong was to establish research collaborations between them and IMDEA Materials Institute.

The objective of the visit to both institutions in Guangdong was to establish research collaborations between them and IMDEA Materials Institute.

The contribution of the Bio/Chemo/Mechanics of Materials group to the 154th Annual Conference and Exposition included 4 keynote lectures on different symposia as well as 9 contributed talks. In addition, Prof. Llorca picked up the Scripta Materialia Student Award on

The thesis was supervised by Prof. Javier LLorca and Prof. Alberto Orozco Caballero obtained the highest grade “Sobresaliente cum laude”. Congratulations to the new doctor from the Bio/Chemo/Mechanics of Materials group. Dr. Sarabanzadeh will continue her research at the Karlsruhe

Javier LLorca was presented with the Magnesium Science & Technology Annual Award given by the International Magnesium Society for his contributions to advance the understanding of microstructure-deformation mechanisms in wrought Mg alloys using in situ mechanical testing and machine learning, to

Dr. Yi Yang has obtained the Juan de la Cierva Fellowship from the Spanish Research Agency. He is working at IMDEA Materials as a post-doctoral research associate in the Bio/Chemo/Mechanics of Materials group and will continue working in the analysis

Victoria Tucker is carrying out her PhD on the analysis of deformation and fracture mechanisms of Ni-based superalloys. Mingdi Yu is working towards her PhD on the deformation mechanisms on novel Mg alloys with high strength and ductility. And Yidi

The thesis was supervised by Prof. Javier LLorca and obtained the highest grade “Sobresaliente cum laude”. Congratulations to the new doctor from the Bio/Chemo/Mechanics of Materials group.

The thesis was supervised by Prof. Javier LLorca and Prof. Sha Liu and obtained the highest grade “Sobresaliente cum laude”. Congratulations to the new doctor from the Bio/Chemo/Mechanics of Materials group.

Biaobiao Yang has received the Acta Student Award for his primary contribution to the paper: B. Yang, J. Wang, Y. Li, M. Barnett, J. LLorca – Suppressed transformation of compression twins to double twins in Mg by activation of non-basal

Javier LLorca also gave invited lectures at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Yanshan University and Peking University during his trip to China. The titles of his talks were “Experimental and computational analysis of the effect of grain boundaries on deformation of Ti”

Dr. Chenying Shi will carry out the project PD-MPEA which is aimed at developing a hybrid strategy -based on the combination of first principles calculations and Calphad methodology- for the accurate determination of the phase diagrams of MultiPrincipal Element Alloys.

The 19th European Mechanics of Materials Conference was held in Madrid from May 29th to 31st at the Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos, Polytechnic University of Madrid. The members the Bio/Chemo/Mechanics of Materials group gave seven talks in the different

The thesis was supervised by Prof. Javier LLorca and Prof. Carlos González and obtained the highest grade “Sobresaliente cum laude”. Congratulations to the new doctor from the Bio/Chemo/Mechanics of Materials group.

The award was given to Prof. LLorca “for his contributions to unveil the link between microstructure and mechanical properties in a wide variety of structural materials by means of multiscale modelling strategies and nanomechanical characterization techniques”. The formal presentation of

The King and the Queen of Spain presented the 2023 National Research Awards on March 14th, 2024 at the Ducal Palace in Gandía, Valencia. The Leonardo Torres Quevedo Award is the highest research award in Engineering in Spain and was

The thesis was supervised by Prof. Javier LLorca and obtained the highest grade “Sobresaliente cum laude”. Congratulations to the new doctor from the Bio/Chemo/Mechanics of Materials group.

The thesis was supervised by Prof. Javier LLorca and Prof. Carlos González and obtained the highest grade “Sobresaliente cum laude”. Congratulations to the new doctor from the Bio/Chemo/Mechanics of Materials group.

The master thesis was carried out during the research initiation fellowship of Diego in the Bio/Chemo/Mechanics of Materials group and was supervised by Dr. Valentin Vassilev and Ms. Carmen Martínez. The thesis was graded with 10/10 by the committee.