Wei Shao presented her First Year Assessment entitled “First principles prediction of Al-based binary phase diagrams” on April 21st and Biaobiao Yang presented his First Year Assessment entitled “Deformation mechanisms of dual-textured Mg-6.5Zn alloy with limited tension-compression yield asymmetry” on
Javier LLorca received the award at the 152nd Annual Meeting of the TMS in San Diego, California during the StructuralMaterials/Functional Materials Divisions Luncheon. This year’s award was presented to Prof. LLorca “for his contributions towards establishing processing-microstructure-property linkages in structural
Prof. Javier LLorca has given to scientific seminars in Warsaw on February 13th and 14th. They summarise several research activities in the areas of materials for health and multiscale materials modelling. The first one entitled “3D printed multimaterial bioabsorbable scaffolds
Dr. Bruno Gomes will carry out the project METALESIH (Metals against Leishmaniasis) that aims at developing a new treatment based on biodegradable metal nanoparticles to cure cutaneous leishmaniasis. Dr.Valentin Vassilev will work on the project HighHydrogenML (High-throughput Discovery of Catalysts for
The thesis was advised by Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. Damien Tourret and obtained the highest qualification “sobresaliente cum laude” and the international mention. Congratulations to Thomas.
Javier LLorca, as Visiting Chair Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, will collaborate in activities of talent training and supervision of doctoral students and provide lectures to academic staff and students. Research
Dr. Pedro Navarrete has obtained the Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (formation) from the Spanish Research Agency. He is working at IMDEA Materials as a post-doctoral research associate in the Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine group and will continue working in
The project MultiMat-3D (reference PID2021-124389OB) is focussed on the design and fabrication of multimaterial bioresorbable scaffolds by 3D printing for osteochondral tissue regeneration and is supported in the call for General Knowledge projects. The project CATbyESE (TED2021-129497B-I00) is devoted to
The European Solid Mechanics Conference is held every three years under the auspices of the European Mechanics Society and the major event in solid mechanics in Europe. The 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference was held in Galway, Ireland, from 3rd
Wahaaj, Cillian and Javier presented the research results obtained in the BioImplant project in the symposium on “Mechanics of Biodegradable Materials” during the 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference in Galway, July 4rd-8th, 2022. They gave the following talks: “Additive manufacturing
Bárbara Bellón has received the Acta Student Award for her primary contribution to the paper: B. Bellón, A. K. Boukellal, T. Isensee, O. M. Wellborn, K. P. Trumble, M. J. M. Krane, M. S. Titus, D. Tourret, J. LLorca. Multiscale
The thesis was advised by Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. María Teresa Pérez-Prado and obtained the highest qualification “sobresaliente cum laude”. Clara is already working as a R&D engineer at Arcelor-Mittal. Congratulations to Clara.
She will work under the supervision of Dr. Abild-Pedersen (co-director of SUNCAT) and Dr. Kirsten Winther (staff scientists) on the development of machine learning algorithms to predict the effect of elastic strains on the catalytic properties of inter metallic compounds.
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.
The editors of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics have selected our recent paper “Understanding the effect of mechanical strains on the catalytic activity of transition metals”, published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, 4832–4842, 2022, as a Hot Paper and will
Dr. José Manuel Guevara has obtained the Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (formation) from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and has joined IMDEA Materials as a post-doctoral research associate. Dr. Guevara research will be focussed in the application
The doctoral thesis of Gustavo Esteban-Manzanares, entitled “Atomistic modeling of the strengthening mechanisms in FCC and HCP metals”, has obtained the Award of the Technical University of Madrid to the best doctoral thesis. The thesis was advised by Prof. J.
The poster entitled “The effect of mechanical strains on the catalytic activity of transition metals for the hydrogen evolution and the oxygen reduction reactions” by Carmen Martínez-Alonso, José Manuel Guevara-Vela and Javier LLorca has been elected by the audience as
