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27-29 Apr 2026 Rome (Italy)
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Program
MecaNano General Meeting #4
Scientific Programme
Schedule for 27–29 April 2026.
All times are shown in local time.
Monday, 27 April 2026
| 13:00 | Welcome reception (60 min) |
| 14:00 |
Opening remarks
Edoardo Rossi, Marco Sebastiani
10 min
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| 14:10 |
Advanced Nanoindenation
Invited Talk
Marco Sebastiani
High-speed nanoindenation mapping · 30 min
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| 14:40 |
Advanced Nanoindenation
Contributed talk 1
Wheeler Jeffrey M.
Correlated Mechanical Microscopy for Determining the Influence of Deformation and Texture on Local Mechanical Properties · 20 min
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| 15:00 |
Advanced Nanoindenation
Contributed talk 2
Cherukuri Rahul
Constant strain rate nanoindentation at high strain rates: A systematic study on silica glasses · 20 min
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| 15:20 |
Advanced Nanoindenation
Contributed talk 3
Uluca Ahmed
A dynamic analysis of size- and scale-dependent static friction in spherical contacts · 20 min
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| 15:40 | Coffe Break (30 min) |
| 16:10 |
Microstructure-Driven Small-Scale Mechanics
Invited Talk
Verena Maier-Kiener
Linking Nanoscale Phase Transformations to High-Temperature Mechanical Behavior · 30 min
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| 16:40 |
Microstructure-Driven Small-Scale Mechanics
Contributed talk 4
Chmielewska Julia
Room Temperature Ductility and Elevated Temperature Strength in Hf–Mo–Nb–Ti Refractory Multi Principal Element Alloys · 20 min
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| 17:00 |
Microstructure-Driven Small-Scale Mechanics
Contributed talk 5
Divya Sri Bandla
Decoupling grain boundary sliding from its accommodation mechanisms: Insights from high temperature micropillar compression · 20 min
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| 17:20 |
Microstructure-Driven Small-Scale Mechanics
Contributed talk 6
Szebesczyk Hanna
Application of high-throughput materials science methods for rapid screening of ultra-strong light-weight aluminium alloys · 20 min
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| 17:40 |
Microstructure-Driven Small-Scale Mechanics
Contributed talk 7
Comby-Dassonneville Solène
Unraveling the mechanical properties of Cu–Nb Nanolaminates with multicomponent texture using synchrotron X-ray Diffraction · 20 min
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| 18:00 |
Closing remarks
Edoardo Rossi, Marco Sebastiani
10 min
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Tuesday, 28 April 2026
| 09:00 | Welcome reception (10 min) |
| 09:10 |
Nanoscale Mechanical Behavior: Fatigue, Indentation & Tribology
Invited talk
Brad Boyce
Mitigating fatigue failure at the nanoscale · 30 min
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| 09:40 |
Nanoscale Mechanical Behavior: Fatigue, Indentation & Tribology
Contributed talk 1
Cruañes Diego
Understanding nanoindentation statistical dispersion in ceramic–metal cemented carbides by numerical simulation and FIB tomography · 20 min
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| 10:00 |
Nanoscale Mechanical Behavior: Fatigue, Indentation & Tribology
Contributed talk 2
Li Feitao
The impact of twin boundaries on strength of Mo nanoparticles · 20 min
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| 10:20 |
Nanoscale Mechanical Behavior: Fatigue, Indentation & Tribology
Contributed talk 3
Preuss Oliver
Tribological response in oxides by mechanically seeded dislocations: case study on SrTiO₃ · 20 min
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| 10:40 | Coffe Break (30 min) |
| 11:10 |
Nanoscale Fracture and Small-Scale Plasticity
Invited talk
Thomas Pardeon
Fracture toughness at nanoscale: experimental challenges and physical meaning · 30 min
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| 11:40 |
Nanoscale Fracture and Small-Scale Plasticity
Contributed talk 4
Wurmshuber Michael
Achieving excellent combinations of strength, ductility and fracture toughness in UFG W via grain boundary engineering · 20 min
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| 12:00 |
Nanoscale Fracture and Small-Scale Plasticity
Contributed talk 5
Maeder Xavier
Interface-mediated softening and deformation mechanics in amorphous Ta₂O₅/SiO₂ nanolaminates · 20 min
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| 12:20 |
Nanoscale Fracture and Small-Scale Plasticity
Contributed talk 6
Amodeo Jonathan
Small-scale plasticity in UO2 nuclear fuel · 20 min
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| 12:40 |
Nanoscale Fracture and Small-Scale Plasticity
Contributed talk 7
Kroeker Philipp
In-Situ TKD Study of Secondary Twinning and Interaction Mechanisms of {11-21} Deformation Twins · 20 min
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| 13:00 | Lunch break (80 min) |
| 14:20 |
Structure–Property Correlations: Microstructure, Deformation & In Situ Probes
Invited talk
Nathan Mara
Structure-Mechanical Property Correlations in Pharmaceutical Crystals · 30 min
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| 14:50 |
Structure–Property Correlations: Microstructure, Deformation & In Situ Probes
Contributed talk 9
Gammer Christoph
In situ 4D-STEM as a route to quantify deformation processes in arbitrarily complex materials · 20 min
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| 15:10 |
Structure–Property Correlations: Microstructure, Deformation & In Situ Probes
Contributed talk 10
Cios Grzegorz
Resolving Overlapping EBSD Patterns by Experiment - Simulation Residuals Analysis · 20 min
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| 15:30 |
Structure–Property Correlations: Microstructure, Deformation & In Situ Probes
Contributed talk 11
Lemkova Valeria
Bridging Mechanical Response and Atomic Structure: Insights from Activation Volume and Synchrotron Scattering · 20 min
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| 15:50 |
Remarks on dinner place and posters
10 min
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| 16:10 | Poster Session (with Coffee break) (110 min) |
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
| 08:50 | Welcome reception (10 min) |
| 09:00 |
Atomistic-to-Multiscale Nanomechanics
Invited talk
Julien Guénolé
Atomic-Scale Informed Dislocation Density Fields for Interface-Dominated Nanomechanics · 30 min
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| 09:30 |
Atomistic-to-Multiscale Nanomechanics
Contributed talk 1
Anand Sriram
Assessing the Reliability of Interatomic Potentials for Nanomechanical Simulations · 20 min
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| 09:50 |
Atomistic-to-Multiscale Nanomechanics
Contributed talk 2
Wang Hexin
Stochastic twinning in confined volume of Mg: Insights from nanomechanical testing & atomistic modelling · 20 min
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| 10:10 |
Atomistic-to-Multiscale Nanomechanics
Contributed talk 3
Koch Peter
Size-dependent dislocation processes in Pt nanoparticles under nanoindentation · 20 min
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| 10:30 |
Atomistic-to-Multiscale Nanomechanics
Contributed talk 4
Alvarez Donado Rene Alberto
Understanding Oxygen-Driven Plasticity in Amorphous Alloys via Multiscale Simulations and Ab Initio Trained Machine Learning Force Fields · 20 min
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| 10:50 | Coffe Break (30 min) |
| 11:20 |
FAIR Data and Scalable Machine Learning for Mechanics
Invited talk
Jakob Koenig
Bridging Industry and Academia: A Practical Approach to FAIR Data Management · 30 min
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| 11:50 |
FAIR Data and Scalable Machine Learning for Mechanics
Invited talk
Claus O. W. Trost
Using explainable machine learning to learn from nanoindentation mapping – Should we use more features? · 30 min
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| 12:20 |
FAIR Data and Scalable Machine Learning for Mechanics
Contributed talk 5
Huckfeldt Pia
Micromechanical testing of Ni-Cu/-Au solid solutions · 20 min
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| 12:40 |
FAIR Data and Scalable Machine Learning for Mechanics
Contributed talk 6
Peivaste Iman
Drastic Acceleration of Phase-Field Microstructure Simulations: A High-Performance Fourier Neural Operator Approach · 20 min
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| 13:00 |
FAIR Data and Scalable Machine Learning for Mechanics
Contributed talk 7
Zare Pakzad Sina
Scalable Machine Learning Analysis of Resonance Behavior in Silicon MEMS Cantilevers · 20 min
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| 13:20 |
Closing remarks
Benoit Merle, Edoardo Rossi
10 min
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