Mecano School 2018 - Call for abstracts, Corsica, France, 28th October - 2nd November 2018

Scope and Topics:

The school will address all the current topics of the GDRi Mecano:

Mechanics of nano-objects:

Size effect on stress and strain, Strain mapping and engineering, Fatigue, Brittle to ductile transition, Defect nucleation and propagation, Structural/interfacial stability, …

Format:

The school will start Sunday Oct 28^th, evening and will end Friday Nov 2^nd, noon.

Classes will be given in the morning. An afternoon break will take place from 14:00 to 17:00. Short lectures (20 min) on advance topics will be given before and eventually after dinner.  A call for abstract will be sent in March (submission March-June) for these talks and posters. A poster session/café will take place Thursday afternoon. An additional poster session may be organized depending on the number of posters.

Important deadlines:

- March 15th – Web site opening

- March 20th – June 20th – Call for abstracts

- July 14th – (Bastille Day) – Publication of the preliminary school schedule

Confirmed lecturers, Accomodation, transportation and registration/fees are describe at the following adress: https://mecano2018.sciencesconf.org/