In the frame of her PhD at CEMES (funded by the ERC “MuDiLingo” run by S. Sandfeld), Daniela Oliveros published 2 videos explaining how to run a simple in-situ straining test in a TEM, from sample preparation to the first dislocation motion detection...
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The 2018 Mecano School held at IESC in Cargèse (Corsica) ended this friday Nov 2nd. The Adrian storm impacted the school (especially Prof. Thomas and Kiener's lectures), but certainly less than the local harbour of Cargèse. Overall, about 40 presentations...
Read moreThe 2018 Mecano school is going on in Cargèse (Corsica). Despite the passage of storm Adrian which interrupted the lectures for a few hours, those have resumed, safely. Tutorials are accessible for participants and on request from the Mecano network on...
Read moreThe 2018 Mecano School registration is opened! It will close on october 15th, or when the number of participants reaches 65. So don’t wait. Registration is directly made on the IESC server: http://www.iesc.univ-corse.fr/fr/participation/inscriptions-en-ligne/acces-enregistrement/idecole4/959/...
Read moreThe GDRi general School 2018 will take place in Cargèse, Corsica Oct 28-Nov 2. The (exciting) program of the school is online at : https://mecano2018.sciencesconf.org/program There are a few places left for poster presentations (title and abstract to...
Read moreFour conferences related to the themes of mechanical strength of materials, defects in semiconductors, mechanics and TEM have abstract submission deadlines approaching very fast : ICSMA (July 2018, Ohio): the deadline for abstracts submission is January...
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At the Department Materials Physics of the Montanuniversität Leoben (MUL), Daniel Kiener focusses on the understanding of deformation and failure processes on a nanometer length scale. Aim of his work is a knowledge driven design of novel high strength...
Read moreThe abstract submission deadline (December 1st) for the Fundamentals of Fracture Symposium at the joint meeting of the German and European Physical Societies (DPG and EPS) in Berlin, March 11-16 2018 is rapidly approaching. For more information about...
Read moreThe registration deadline for the GDRi Mecano annual meeting that will be held in Toulouse, May 10-12 is: May 2nd, 2017. Registration (free but required) is still possible here. The program can be found here. Looking forward to seeing you in Toulouse....
Read moreProf. Erik Bitzek has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Concil (ERC). https://www.fau.eu/2017/03/01/news/research/the-lord-of-destruction/ Congratulations to him (herzlichsten Glückwünsche), hoping that he will not lean too...
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