The next MecaNano's summer School on Nanomechanics, dedicated for Young Researchers and Innovators will take place at Kassel, Germany, from July, 28 to August, 01 2025. More info coming soon! Don't miss this great opportunity, especially if you are a PhD student or a post-doc researcher! This summer school is organised by Pr. Benoit Merle ... Read more
A COST MecaNano minisymposia entitled "Nanoscale Origins of Plasticity in Modern Nanostructured Materials" will be organized by J. Guénolé (LEM3, CNRS, France), J. Amodeo (IM2NP, CNRS, France), D. Mordehai (Technion, Israel) and V. Taupin (LEM3, CNRS, France) during COMPLAS 2025, Barcelona. Please visit the conference website for more information. Conference will takes place at Barcelona, ... Read more
The XVIII International Conference on Computational Plasticity Fundamentals and Applications (COMPLAS 2025) will takes place in Barcelona (Spain) 2-5 September 2025. https://complas2025.cimne.com/ ! During this event, an invited symposium “Mechanical Properties and Plasticity of Small-scale Materials” will be organized by Matteo Ghidelli (LSPM) and Hosni Idrissi, (UCLouvain). More info on this symposium: https://complas2025.cimne.com/event/area/34103e61-907e-11ef-b344-000c29ddfc0c . This ... Read more
The 2nd MecaNano Workshop on Machine Learning for Micro- and Nano-Mechanics will take place on September 4–5, 2025, at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Budapest. Following the success of the first edition, this workshop continues to explore the integration of machine learning techniques in small-scale mechanical testing and materials science, with a focus ... Read more
A session "D3 – Mechanics characterization and modelling" will be organised at Euromat 2025, by Benoit Merle, Verena Maier-Kiener, Maciej Szczerba andAndre Clausner . Don't hesitate to submit an abstract! The conference will take place in Granada, September 14-18th 2025. We would love you, your coworkers, and your students to submit abstracts on basically any ... Read more
The Dislocations conference brings together researchers from around the world to explore the critical role of dislocations in plastic deformation. This unique conference fosters collaboration across disciplines, encouraging the exchange of ideas through discussions on experimental observations, advanced simulations, and theoretical frameworks. With a focus on cutting-edge research, the event features a dynamic program of invited and ... Read more
Johann Michler and Jakob Schwiedrzik will be teaching a four day block course on thin film and small scale mechanics from Nov 25th to 28th, 2025 at Empa in Thun. Both theory and experiments will be covered and practical sessions are also planned. The course is open to both doctoral students and postdocs in principle. ... Read more
Are you interested in applying machine learning to your research but don’t know how to get started? Are you just starting machine learning and need advice? Are you curious if machine learning could be applied to your research question? If yes is the answer to any of these questions, then you should apply for the ... Read more
The In-situ Electron Microscopy Workshop website is now open! If you are a beginner or looking to advance your knowledge on in-situ mechanical testing with electron microscopy, check out: https://mecanano-insitu.sciencesconf.org The workshop (Toulouse, France) will take place over four half-days (Jan. 26th-28th 2026) and will include invited talks (30 minutes), short contributed talks (20 minutes), ... Read more
Abstract submission is open until December 1, 2025 We’re excited to announce the topical session: Advanced Nanomechanics – Accelerating Materials Physics from the Bottom About the session: Recent breakthroughs in nanomechanics and micromechanics are transforming how we understand and design materials. Combining in-situ deformation testing in TEMs and SEMs with high-throughput characterization and multi-scale ... Read more
NanoBrücken 2026 will take place 8-10 April at the Technical University Leoben in Leoben, Austria and is Bruker’s annual Nanomechanical Testing Conference and User Meeting covering all aspects of nanoindentation and nanotribological testing, featuring presentations by leading experts in the field. The symposium will cover all aspects of mechanical characterization and simulation, from the micro ... Read more
Structuring research data in materials science: from metadata to knowledge This online series focuses on how structured research data can enable better data integration and reuse in materials science. Starting from the basics of scientific metadata and FAIR data, the sessions move toward ontologies, knowledge graphs, and emerging approaches using large language models (LLMs) to ... Read more