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MIT Short Course: Machine Learning for Materials Informatics (Live Virtual, Sept. 26-29, 2022)

Submitted by Markus J. Buehler on

In this course you will fully learn how to incorporate new materials informatics methods into your own material modeling, analysis and design processes in order to capitalize on recent AI breakthroughs, such as language models (e.g. GPT-3, BERT, LaMDA, etc.), DNA and protein models (e.g., AlphaFold), graph neural networks applied from molecular to macroscale structures, and a host of methods adapted for computer vision including diffusion models (as used in DALL-E 2 or Imagen), specifically for the analysis, design and modeling of materials. The course involves a mix of lectures, hands-on labs and clinics for an immersive experience. Participants will learn fundamentals and techniques to deploy machine learning in materials development and gain first-hand understanding of state-of-the art tools for varied applications ranging from data mining to inverse design. We will cover scales from the molecular to the continuum.

New textbook on FEM

Submitted by smuftu on

"Finite Element Method: Physics and Solution Methods" aims to provide the reader a sound understanding of the physical systems and solution methods to enable effective use of this method. I hope that the mechanics community will find this book useful.

Three-day intensive course "Invitation to nondestructive evaluation and structural health monitoring" by Zahra Sharif Khodaei, 24--26 May 2022, Czech Republic, Prague

Submitted by jenda_z on

I would like to bring to your attention an intensive three-day course "Invitation to nondestructive evaluation and structural health monitoring" that will be given by Dr. Zahra Sharif Khodaei (Imperial College London) from Tuesday, 24 May, to Thursday, 26 May 2022, at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague.

Residual short course at SEM conference

Submitted by Mike Prime on

We will be teaching a short course on residual stress on June 12, 2022 at the SEM Experimental Mechanics conference in Pittsburgh. 

See below and https://sem.org/annual (under PROGRAMS/COURSES) for details.

Residual stress short courses don't happen too often. The course should be appropriate for students, industrialists, and researchers. Hope you can make it. The proceeds all benefit SEM.

 

Residual Stress 101

CISM course on electro-magneto-mechanics, Udine Italy, June 6-10, 2022

Submitted by Kostas Danas on
Dear Colleagues,
 
I would like to bring to your attention a CISM course on
 
“Electro- and magneto-mechanics of soft solids: experiments, modeling and instabilities”
 
that is planned to take place on
 
June 6-10, 2022 at Udine, Italy.
 
The School is addressed to doctoral students, post-docs and early career researchers with interest in active soft materials.

3rd International Summer School on Fatigue and Damage Mechanics of Composite Materials

Submitted by michele.zappal… on

After the first two successful editions in 2015 and 2019, with the
enthusiastic participation of students and young researchers from all over the world, the third
edition of the international Summer School on Fatigue and Damage Mechanics of Composites
will be held in Vicenza (Italy) from the 4th to the 8th of July 2022. The venue is the Department
of Management and Engineering, campus of the University of Padova in Vicenza. The School has
already received the patronage of ESCM (the European Society for Composite Materials), AIAS
(the Italian Society for Mechanical Design), Assocompositi (the Italian Association of Composite
Industries) and IGF (the Italian Group of Fracture).
The School aims at providing young scientists and engineers both from Academia and Industry
with the unique opportunity to meet and learn from leading international experts about
advances in the fatigue and damage mechanics of polymer-based composite materials.
Based on the experience and the feedback received after the first editions, the format will be
improved with more tailored theoretical sections, hands-on activities and the presentation of
industrial application cases provided by experts of leading worldwide companies. Particular
attention will be always devoted to the understanding of damage mechanisms and the paths to
incorporate them into predictive models.
During the five-day program, senior researchers and industry representatives will provide
lectures on experimental techniques for damage investigations, damage evolution under
fatigue, analytical and numerical damage modelling, structural health monitoring and examples
of design against damage in advanced industrial applications.

For more information visit the web site: www.gest.unipd.it/damageschool2022