WG1: Size Effects
WG 1 focuses on size effects in the mechanical behavior of the broadest material spectrum. The goal is to define “nanomechanical quanta” across and beyond the MecaNano community.
The members of WG 1 share their data, models, perspectives and experiences on size effects, characteristic length scales, processing, properties and characterization technologies. Synergies are fostered within WG 1 and across MecaNano via periodic scientific and network meetings, and with online pitching events, in which members introduce their expertise, ideas and facilities.
Upcoming WG1 Events :
MecaNano session at COMPLAS 2025 on Nanoscale Origins of Plasticity in Modern Nanostructured Materials
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
Barcelona, 08034 Spain
MecaNano at Euromat 2025
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
Granada, 18006 Spain
Diletta Giuntini, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mechanics of Materials
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology – TU/e
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven
Netherlands
E-mail: d.giuntini@tue.nl
www.tue.nl
Dr. Daniel Kiener
Professor for Micro – & Nanomechanics of Materials
Department of Material Science
Chair of Materials Physics
Montanuniversität Leoben – Jahnstr. 12
A-8700 Leoben – Austria
Tel: +43 3842 804 412
Fax: +43 3842 804 116
Dr. Dan Modehai
Associate Professor
Head of the Nanomechanics Simulations Laboratory Technion
Israel Institute of Technology
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Office: 418, DK
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
Phone: +972-77-8873460
E-mail: danmord@technion.ac.il
http:s//nanomechsim.technion.ac.il/
MecaNano Summer School 2025
The long awaited MecaNano Summer School 2025 is now fully organized to present new topics related to Mechanics at the Nanoscale! The summer school will be held 28. July to 1. August in Kassel, Germany home to the UNESCO mountain park and elected happiest city of Germany in 2024. The organizers (B. Merle, C. Kirchlechner, … Read more
Dislocations Conference abstract submission opening soon!
For those members working closely with dislocations, the 7th Dislocations Conference will be held in Miami, FL (US) on November 10-14 2025. The Dislocations Conference Series is one of the major scientific meetings dedicated to the mechanics and physics of crystal dislocations and related topics. Following in the steps of its six previous editions, the objective of this conferenceis to bring … Read more
3rd Online Symposium on Simulation and Modeling Challenges in MecaNano
MecaNano’s WG2 kindly invites you to submit an abstract for the 3rd Online Symposium on Simulation and Modeling Challenges in MecaNano, taking place on February 7th, 2025, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm CET. This symposium will spotlight innovative simulation and modeling techniques and clever solutions in numerical micromechanics, offering a platform for sharing cutting-edge … Read more
Capriccio Special Seminar 2024
FAU announces the 2nd Capriccio Special Seminar “Approaching Fracture in Experiments, Modelling, and Simulations across the Scales”, which will be held online from April to July 2024. Further information and registration to the seminar series is available at the website The hosts are looking forward to welcoming you to their Special Seminar 2024!
Past WG1 Events :
WG1 and WG2 online pitching event
Don’t miss WG1 and WG2 online pitching events on October 5 and October 11, 2023. If you want to give a presentation on your work or your lab, please fill this form.
WG1 and WG2 online pitching event
Prof Diletta Giuntini, Prof Dan Mordehai and Dr Daniel Kiener from working group WG1 (size effect) and Dr Verena Maier-Kiener, Dr Julien Guénolé and Dr Tamás Csanádi from working group WG2 (Experimental and Simulation Challenges) are pleased to invite you to the online Pitching Event on June 20-21, 2023, from 10:00 to 12:00 am. The ... Read more
WG1 and WG2 online pitching event
Don’t miss WG1 and WG2 online pitching events on October 5 and October 11, 2023. If you want to give a presentation on your work or your lab, please fill this form.