[Deadline: Sept. 30] 16th European Mechanics of Materials Conference (EMMC-16) Nantes, France, March 26-28, 2018

Dear Colleagues, 16th European Mechanics of Materials Conference (EMMC-16) will be held in Nantes, France,  March 26th-28th, 2018. As part of this meeting, we are organizing a session (S9) to bring together experts in modelling, simulation, manufacturing and experimental investigation in the field of Functional and architectured materials to present and discuss recent advances. Topics of particular interest include (but not limited to)

• 3D printing of architecture materials and composites
• Electro- and magneto-active materials
• Mechanical and Acoustic metamaterials
• Responsive gels; Shape-memory and light-sensitive materials
• Microstructural and material instabilities
• Bio-inspired and biological materials
• Ferroic and multiferroic materials
• Selective Laser Melting (SLM) processes

Abstract submission deadline is September 30, 2017. Please submit your abstract via the conference portal (you will need to create account first)

We look forward to meeting you in Nantes next March

Stephan Rudykh, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Jörg Schröder, UDE Duisbourg/Essen, Germany