This project will transfer to BASF the multiscale modelling framework developed in the thesis of Dr. M. Marvi-Mashhadi to simulate the mechanical behavior of polyurethane foams. The strategy can take into account the influence of the foam microstructure (density, cell
R. Arturo Rubio, student of Materials Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, has obtained the highest mark (10/10) in his bachelor degree project. The project was entitled “An analysis of the influence of grain size on the strength of
Alejandro Rodríguez has obtained the FPU fellowship from the Ministry of Education to carry out his doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. J. LLorca and Dr. J. M. Molina-Aldareguía. Alejandro’s thesis will be devoted to analyze the micromechanisms of
The thesis was supervised by Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. Cláudio S. Lopes and obtained the highest grade “Sobresaliente cum laude”. Congratulations to the new doctor.
Javier LLorca has received the Career Award of the Spanish Society of Materials (SOCIEMAT). The award was given during the Banquet Dinner of the XV National Congress of Materials, that was held in Salamanca from July 4th to 6th, 2018.
The members of the Mechanics of Materials group have 4 oral presentations (1 keynote, 1 invited and 2 contributed) at the 10th Europeans Solid Mechanics Conference, which was held in Bologna. After the hard work, there was time to enjoy
The Talent Attraction program of the Comunidad de Madrid is aimed at incorporating post-doctoral fellows coming from abroad to the Universities and Research Institutes of Madrid. The fellowship obtained by Dr. Papadimitriou will support his research activities in atomistic modelling
The post-graduate course was taught at the College of Mechanical Engineering of Central South University, where he is a Guest Professor, from May 2rd to May 4th, 2018. The program was the following: Session 1. Introduction – Integrated Computational Materials
The research project MINIMAL (Characterization and modelling of dislocation-interface interactions in metallic laminates at multiple scales), funded by the Marie Curie program of the European Union, will support the stage at IMDEA Materials Institute of Dr. Z. Liu from Central
Five members of the Mechanics of Materials group (Jingya Wang, Bárbara Bellón, Mohammad Marvi, Rodrigo Santos and Javier LLorca) gave oral presentations in the 16th European Mechanics of Materials Conference in Nantes, that was held from March 26th to March
Our congratulations to Francisca for her success!.
The master thesis of A. Rodríguez entitled “Experimental analysis of the precipitation kinetics in Al-Cu alloys” has been awarded the highest grade (honours) by the Technical University of Madrid. Congratulations to Alejandro for this deserved recognition.
The Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory will support the research project entitled “Atomistic simulations of precipitate-strengthening for optimum design of light alloys for green transport”, who will be carried out by Prof. J. LLorca, Dr. I. Papadimitrou
Rodrigo Santos has been awarded a FPU fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education to carry out his doctoral studies at IMDEA Materials Institute. The FPU fellowship is awarded in competition with the top students in Spain from all the
Francisca Martínez-Hergueta has received the award to the best doctoral thesis in the academic year 2015-2016 from the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). The thesis was entitled “Multiscale analysis of the mechanical behaviour of needle-punched nonwoven fabrics ” and was
