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27-29 Apr 2026 Rome (Italy)
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Program
Scientific Programme
Three days of invited and contributed talks, poster discussions and networking sessions for the mechanics of matter at the nano-scale.
Programme at a glance
Monday afternoon · Tuesday full day · Wednesday closing sessions
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Venue
The meeting will take place at the Department of Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Aeronautical Technologies, Università degli Studi Roma Tre.
Via Vito Volterra, 62, Roma (RM), 00144 · Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Informatica e delle Tecnologie aeronautiche · Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Map & access
Use the official location link for navigation and sharing with participants.
All times are shown in local time. Minor adjustments to the running order may still occur.
Monday, 27 April 2026
| 13:00 | Registation (60 min) |
| 14:00 |
Opening remarks
Edoardo Rossi, Stefano Carrese (Department Head)
10 min
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| 14:10 |
Advanced Nanoindentation
Invited Talk
Marco Sebastiani
High-speed nanoindentation mapping · 30 min
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| 14:40 |
Advanced Nanoindentation
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 Nanoindentation
Contributed talk 2
Benoit Merle
High Strain Rate Nanoindentation: Recent Advances and Applications · 20 min
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| 15:20 |
Advanced Nanoindentation
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 | Coffee 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
Maria Watroba
Electrochemical Microfabrication of Zinc Architectures: From Microstructure Control to Mechanical Performance · 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 | Registration (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 | Coffee Break (30 min) |
| 11:10 |
Nanoscale Fracture and Small-Scale Plasticity
Invited talk
Thomas Pardoen
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 | Registration (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 | Coffee 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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