The main governing body of the Institute is the Board of Trustees. The Board includes representatives of the regional government de Madrid (7), permanent trustees designated by other public research institutions (2), universities and research centers of Madrid (4), scientists with an international
As part of the IMDEA Materials Institute commitment to inspire and encourage the interest of young talents in pursuing materials science related careers, students from secondary schools and University degrees can visit the facilities of the Institute through scheduled meetings and get a closer look
Promoted by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, and Managed by the IMDEA Materials Institute, the main purpose of the Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials Spanish Technological Platform (MATERPLAT) is fostering and promoting innovation in the Advanced Materials and
The unique scientific expertise and infrastructure of IMDEA Materials Institute enables its research groups to collaborate with national and international industry to develop innovative, high value materials. This active and effective collaboration with industry has established our centre as a key
Synthesis, processing and integration of materials Microstructural and chemical characterisation Mechanical properties Simulation Functional properties Biomaterials and cell
The Human resources strategy for researchers The ‘HR Strategy for Researchers’ supports research institutions and funding organizations in the implementation of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers in their policies
The Institute is run by the Director, who is the CEO and reports to the Board of Trustees (main Governing Body of the Institute). The Director has to be a scientist, appointed by the Board of Trustees under the nomination of the Scientific Council, to reinforce the academic nature of the
MISSION “We do research of excellence in material science, contributing to tackle the challenges of society and fostering the sustainable development of the region of Madrid” VISION “Our vision for the future is that IMDEA Materials becomes a leading research institute, internationally
The 4th OptiQPAP progress meeting was hosted by the University of Gent (Gent, Belgium) on 15th of June, 2018. Project partners presented and discussed their research activities in frame of the OptiQPAP project within last 6 months. The future research plans and dissemination activities were updated.
Dr. Rubén Costa has been awarded one of the 2018 Leonardo Grants to Researchers and Cultural Creators by the BBVA Foundation. Leonardo Grants are intended to directly support personnal projects of researchers and cultural creators in intermediate stages of their professional careers, between 30 and
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On July 23rd and 24th IMDEA Materials Institute organizes a Summer School on Additive Manufacturing and an Industry Day where prominent companies (Siemens, ITP, Renishaw, HP, LPW Technologies, Mizar Additive) will discuss the progress of the field as well as the challenges ahead. This event is
Dr. Jon Molina has been awarded as one of the best young researchers by Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M). The full information of this award can be found in this link (in Spanish only)
The 3rd OptiQPAP progress meeting was held on 24th of January, 2018, at the CTM headquarters (Manresa, Spain). The meeting was organized by Toni Lara. Project partners presented and discussed their research activities in frame of the OptiQPAP project within last 6 months, as well as
The past 4th of May, IMDEA Materials Institute took part in the “Graphene Market Place” event, organised by Airbus in Getafe (Madrid), which counted with the participation of the 2010 Physics Nobel Prize, Konstantin Novoselov. Novoselov gave a talk in which besides explaining the simple exfoliation
Funding: China Scholarship CouncilRegion: InternationalProject period: 2013 – 2017Principal Investigator: Dr. De-Yi Wang (deyiwang@imdea.org)The study of fire retardancy in PVC is a very important topic nowadays due to its huge industrial application. ECOPVC project aims to develop a series
The 1st OptiQPAP progress meeting was held on 24th of January at the CSM headquarters (Rome, Italy). The meeting was organized by Dr. Ali Smith. Project partners presented and discussed their research activities in frame of the OptiQPAP project within first 6 months. The research plans for the next
Research Interest Academic and Professional Career Grants, Honours and Awards Committees Key Publications Dr. Christensen and his research team at IMDEA Materials Institute have a keen interest in physical acoustics, elasticity and vibrating engineered fluids and/or solids. Through
Research Areas of Interest Projects Grants and Awards Publications at IMDEA Materials The Biometals, Coatings, and Devices Group – BCD Group is dedicated to the research, development, and evaluation of materials within the field of biomedical engineering, with a particular emphasis on
Research Interests Academic Career
Source(s): IMDEA Materials, Composites Science and Technology M. Jalalvand, G. Czél, J. D. Fuller, M. R. Wisnom, L. P. Canal, C. D. González, J. LLorca. Energy dissipation during delamination in composite materials - An experimental assessment of the cohesive law and the stress-strain field ahead of
In order to significantly reduce environmental burdens, lightweight metals and alloys play an increasingly important role because of their high specific strength and stiffness, corrosion resistance, and recyclability. Among them, magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), and titanium (Ti) alloys are widely
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
El Parque Científico y Tecnológico, Tecnogetafe, donde se ubicará el nuevo edificio es una iniciativa de la Comunidad de Madrid y el Ayuntamiento de Getafe. Con un área de cerca de 1 millón de metros cuadrados, es el Parque Tecnológico más grande de
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
Los avances tecnológicos a lo largo de la historia han estado íntimamente ligados a descubrimiento y/o desarrollo de nuevos materiales. La edad de piedra o la del bronce, la revolución del silicio hace unas décadas, etc. son ejemplos evidentes de esta afirmación.
A Gel Permeation Chromatographer (GPC) is now available at IMDEA Materials Institute. The system (Waters) consists of a Waters 2414 refractive index detector, a Waters 2489 UV/Visible detector, a Waters 1500 column heater, and a series of Waters polystyrene GPC columns. It is used to determine
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
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).
The European researchers' nights are events dedicated to popular science and fun learning. They are an opportunity to meet researchers, talk to them, and to find out what they really do for society, in interactive and engaging ways. This can be through hands-on experiments, science shows, learning
XMART is an industrial collaboration between Industria de Turbopropulsores S.A. and IMDEA Materials Institute aiming to study the effect of porosity and its distribution on MAR-M-247 tensile and fatigue test specimens. See XMART project description.
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
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).
Funding: Airbus Operations S.L.Region: IndustrialProject period: 2011 – 2016Principal Investigator: Dr. Carlos González (carlosdaniel.gonzalez@imdea.org)This industrial contract is the continuation of the research collaboration between AIRBUS Operations and IMDEA Materials Institute which aims at
Funding: Airbus Operations S.L.Region: IndustrialProject period: 2013 – 2016Principal Investigator: Dr. Cláudio Lópes (claudiosaul.lopes@imdea.org)BLADE IMPACT is an industrial contract between Airbus Operations and the IMDEA Materials Institute in the framework of the pre-development of the NSA
Funding: ACCIONA Infraestructuras S.A.Region: SpainProject period: 2014 – 2016Principal Investigator: Dr. Juan Pedro Fernández (juanpedro.fernandez@imdea.org)DMAPOL is an industrial contract between ACCIONA Infraestructuras and IMDEA Materials Institute to to characterize the viscoelastic properties
Funding: European Union, Clean Sky Joint Undertaking, 7th Framework Programme (CS-GA-2013-632438) Region: Europe Project period: 2014 – 2016 Principal Investigator: Dr. Claudio Saul Lopes (claudiosaul.lopes@imdea.org) The use of composite materials as principal structural elements in an
Funding Organization: China Scholarship Council Region: InternationalProject Period: 2012 – 2016Principal Investigators: Dr. De-Yi Wang (deyi.wang@imdea.org) and Prof. J. Llorca (javier.llorca@imdea.org)Epoxy resin plays a very important role in the development of polymer matrix materials because
Funding Organisation: Marie Curie Action-CIG, 7th Framework ProgrammeRegion: Europe Project Period: 2012 – 2016Principal Investigator: Dr. Juan José Vilatela (juanjose.vilatela@imdea.org)The subject of this project is the production and study of new composites with multifunctional properties,
Funding Organization: Marie Curie Action-CIG, 7th Framework ProgrammeRegion: EuropeProject Period: 2013 – 2017Principal Investigator: Dr. Roberto Guzmán de VilloriaFiber-reinforced polymers (FRP’s), stronger per unit of weight than steel or aluminium, are highly demanded for high-performance
Funding Organization: Marie Curie Action-CIG, 7th Framework ProgrammeRegion: EuropeProject Period: 2012 – 2016Principal Investigator: Dr. De-Yi Wang (deyi.wang@imdea.org)Fire retardants can significantly improve the fire safety of the materials leading to enhance security and reduction of risks in
Funding Organization: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S. L.Industrial Sector: AerospaceRegion: InternationalProject Period: 2013 – 2015Principal Investigators: Dr. Juan José Vilatela (juanjose.vilatela@imdea.org) and Dr. Juan Pedro Fernández(juanpedro.fernandez@imdea.org)ECURE is an industrial contract between
Funding: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (National R&D Programme for Societal Challenges) Region: Spain Project period: 2013 – 2015 Principal Investigator: Dr. De-Yi Wang (deyi.wang@imdea.org) Epoxy resins are one of the most widely used and versatile compounds in the
Funding: China Scholarship CouncilRegion: InternationalProject period: 2014 – 2015Principal Investigator: Prof. José Manuel Torralba (josemanuel.torralba@imdea.org)Novel Copper-Carbon metal matrix composites will be developed under three different approaches in relationship with the raw materials
Partners: IMDEA Materials Institute, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Thomas Swan & Co Ltd., University of Cambridge, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, INSTM, INAEL Electrical Systems and EMPAFunding Organization: European Union, 7th Framework Programme (Cooperation,
Partners: IMDEA Materials Institute, Arizona State University y Los Alamos National Laboratory Funding Organization: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (National R&D Programme for Societal Challenges) and National Science Fundation (Materials World
Funding: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S. L.Region: IndustrialProject period: 2013 – 2014Principal Investigator: Dr. Roberto Guzmán de VilloriaECURE is an industrial contract between AIRBUS OPERATIONS S. L. and IMDEA Materials Institute to explore the potential of a new kind of non-circular continuous carbon
Funding: ERA-Matera+, 7th Framework Programme Region: Europe Project period: 2010 – 2013 Principal Investigator: The research consortium is led by IMDEA Materials Institute and includes Université de Liège (Belgian University), CENAERO (Belgian Research Center), Centre de Recherche Public Henri
Funding Organisation: European Union, 7th Framework Programme (Cooperation, NMP Theme)Region: EuropeProject Period: 2010 – 2013Partners: The research consortium is led by COEXPAIR S.A. (Belgium), and comprises EADS France IW, Nanocyl S.A., Alstom, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Výzkumný a zkušební
Funding Organization: China Scholarship Council Industrial Sector: MultisectorialRegion: InternationalProject Period: 2011 – 2014Principal Investigators: Dr. Juan José Vilatela (juanjose.vilatela@imdea.org) and Prof. Javier Llorca (javier.llorca@imdea.org)The development of advanced polymer
Funding Organization: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Fundamental Research) Industrial Sector: Electronics, packaging, etc Project Period: 2011 – 2013 Principal Investigator: Dr. Aravind Dasari Unsatisfactory flame performance with eco-friendly materials is a major obstacle for
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Tecnogetafe
28906, Getafe, Madrid (Spain)
