The Science and Technology Forum of Madri+d of October is dedicated to the new materials and nanotechnology. The second session of this forum is an excellent opportunity to know the perspectives and new developments on Advanced Materials and Nanoscience. During this session the main research lines
IMDEA Materials Institute celebrates European Researchers’ Night Madrid 2015
Various researchers from IMDEA Materials Institute participate in the following activities (ES): Investigadores en la empresa. European corner Dentro de la actividad Investigadores en la empresa. European corner tendreis la posibilidad de conocer a varios Investigadores financiados por el
Research Initiation fellowships (2nd call)
IMDEA Materials Institute launches the second call for the recruitment of final year and master students who wish to carry out a three month research internship (between June to September 2015) in an international and multidisciplinary environment under the supervision of a senior scientist. These
Computational Materials Science. The future is virtual
Our director, Prof. Javier LLorca explains new strategies for the design of novel materials by means of computational science (ES).
IMDEA Materials Institute celebrates European researchers’ Night 2014 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
Raw materials: challenges and solutions for the future
An article on future raw materials scarcity and its impact on business has been published in “El Mundo”newspaper (nationwide publication).
Research Initiation Fellowships (1st call)
IMDEA Materials Institute has awarded four Research Initiation Fellowships (1st call). See list of fellowships awarded
Scientific Imaging Contest 2013
The awards giving event of the 3rd IMDEA Materials Scientific Imaging Contest was held last Friday 14th of March. Competition was divided in three categories (materials characterization, materials simulation and open subject) and more than 100 photos were received. Winners of the 3rd edition were
IMDEA Materials starts MODENA project
MODENA is an European project funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union. MODENA aims at developing, demonstrating and assessing an easy-to-use multi-scale software-modeling framework application under an open-source licensing scheme that delivers models with feasible computational
DYNACOMP to be presented as a success story
DYNACOMP has been selected by the Spanish National Contact Points (NCP) for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) to be showcased as a success story in an info day related to call 2017 of MSCA Innovative Training Networks (ITNs). This event will be celebrated next November
Great success of the Symposium “Third Generation Advanced High Strength Steels by Quenching and Partitioning”, MSE 2016 Congress
The Symposium ‘Third generation advanced high strength steels by quenching and partitioning’ organized by the OptiQPAP consortium members was held in frame of the MSE 2016 Congress (Darmstadt, Germany) on September 27. The main objective of this Symposium was to disseminate the
Job vacancies available
We are still looking for 2 research assistants (Early Stage Researchers) to join the DYNACOMP project. Attractive job conditions and a really interesting research project in collaboration with top European companies!. See the job description and apply via Euraxess, Academic
Symposium “Third Generation Advanced High Strength Steels by Quenching and Partitioning”, MSE 2016 Congress
The OptiQPAP consortium members are organizing a Symposium ‘Third Generation Advanced High Strength Steels by Quenching and Partitioning’ in frame of the MSE 2016 Congress which will be held on September 27-29, 2016 in Darmstadt, Germany. This Symposium aims to disseminate the
(BLADE IMPACT) SHIELDING DESIGN FOR ENGINE BLADE RELEASE AND IMPACT ON AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE
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
(CRASHING) CHARACTERIZATION OF STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR FOR HIGH FREQUENCY PHENOMENA
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
(MUDATCOM) MULTIFUNCTIONAL AND DAMAGE TOLERANT COMPOSITES: INTEGRATION OF ADVANCED CARBON NANOFILLERS AND NON-CONVENTIONAL LAMINATES
Funding Organization: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Fundamental Research) Region: SpainProject Period: 2013 – 2016Partners: Department of Material Science of the Technical University of Madrid (Project Coordinator), AMADE Group (Analysis and Advanced Materials for Structural
Javier Segurado
Research Interests His research activities are focused on the simulation of the mechanical behavior of materials at different length scales and the coupling of these scales using multiscale approaches. He has worked on composites, metals, lattice-based materials and porous materials
Federico Sket
Research Interests Dr. Sket’s research activities within the multiscale characterization of materials and processes have been focused on the field of laboratory and synchrotron computed tomography and diffraction applied to the investigation of damage mechanisms and damage
José Manuel Torralba
Research Interests Prof. Torralba’s main scientific-technical field of interest is Powder Metallurgy (PM), specially powder development and characterization and advanced consolidation methods (field assisted sintering, metal injection moulding, additive manufacturing…). He has
Harun Tüysüz
Research Interests Dr. Tüysüz’s research focuses on designing and developing functional halide perovskite structures for solar energy conversion, as well as tailoring nanoscale materials for catalytic transformations such as water electrolysis for green hydrogen generation,
Juan José Vilatela
Research Interests Dr. Vilatela’s group’s work is focused on the development of macroscopic materials made up of nanobuilding blocks in a way that the unique properties at the nanoscale are preserved through the assembly process and a new generation of high-performance
De-Yi Wang
Research Interests Prof. De-Yi Wang focuses on application-oriented fundamental problems and novel technologies in fire safety engineering, fire retardant materials and polymer-based composites, including molecular design, chemical synthesis, and advanced processing. His main
Jennifer Patterson
Research Interests Dr. Patterson’s research activities and interests include (1) the synthesis of novel biomaterials, with a particular focus on hydrogels; (2) processing of biomaterials into complex 3D structures; (3) evaluation of physicochemical properties such as morphology and
Mónica Echeverry Rendón
Research Interests 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 metallic materials.With personalized medicine as a guiding
Pedro J. Díaz Payno
Research Interests Development of Extracellular matrix derived biomaterials and focusing on the tissue-specificity of the target tissue to repair.Advanced design of structural reinforcements for tissue engineering applications, based on the use of simulations and computational