MDA 2016 : 1st International Conference on Materials Design and Applications 2016

[Victorio Sonzogni]

Desde: 30-06-2016
Hasta: 01-07-2016
Lugar: Porto, Portugal

 1st International Conference on 
Materials Design and Applications 2016
 Porto, Portugal,
30 June - 1 July 2016

www.fe.up.pt/mda2016



I would like to inform you about the 1st International Conference on 
Materials Design and Applications 2016 will take place in Porto, Portugal,
30 June - 1 July 2016 (www.fe.up.pt/mda2016). The conference venue is the 
campus of Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), which 
offers excellent facilities for high quality scientific interactions. FEUP 
is located in the town of Porto in the Northern region of Portugal. Porto 
is a beautiful and lively city, steeped in history and rich in great 
experiences. With its magnificent location by the Atlantic coast, Porto is 
the city of the world famous Port Wine and the River Douro.

The conference is chaired by me. The focus is on fundamental research and 
application areas in the field of the design and application of 
engineering materials, predominantly within the context of mechanical 
engineering applications such as automobile, railway, marine, aerospace, 
biomedical, pressure vessel technology, turbine technology, etc. This 
includes a wide range of materials engineering and technology, including 
metals, e.g., lightweight metallic materials, polymers, composites, and 
ceramics. Advanced applications would include manufacturing in the new or 
newer materials, testing methods, multi-scale experimental and 
computational aspects (e.g. micro- and nano-scale techniques).


The scientific committee includes A Ferreira (University of Porto, 
Portugal), A A Fernandes (University of Porto, Portugal), A J Brunner 
(EMPA Duebendorf, Switzerland), A Öchsner (Griffith University, 
Australia), A Torres Marques (University of Porto, Portugal), A S Pouzada 
(University of Minho, Portugal), B Vaidhyanathan (Loughborough University, 
UK), C Sato (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan), D Chen (Ryerson 
University, Canada), E Dragoni (Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio 
Emilia, Italy), E Sancaktar (The University of Akron, USA), F J Lino Alves 
(University of Porto, Portugal), G B Chai (Nanyang Technological 
University, Singapore), J A M Ferreira (University of Coimbra, Portugal), 
J Bordado (IST, Portugal), J Cesar Sá (University of Porto, Portugal), J 
Seabra (University of Porto, Portugal), K-T Lau (The Hong Kong Polytechnic 
University, Hong Kong), L F Malheiros (University of Porto, Portugal), M L 
Scott (Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Composites, Australia), M 
Thouless (University of Michigan, USA), M Freitas (IST, Portugal), M 
Vieira (University of Porto, Portugal), P Martins (IST, Portugal), P P 
Camanho (University of Porto, Portugal), P Tavares de Castro (University 
of Porto, Portugal), R D Adams (University of Oxford, UK), R Natal 
(University of Porto, Portugal), S Leen (NUI Galway, Ireland), S Ujihashi 
(Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan), W M Banks (University of 
Strathclyde, UK), X Zhang (Cranfield University, UK)., Y-C Lin (Central 
South University, China) and Z-Y Ma (Shenyang National Laboratory for 
Materials Science, China).


Authors who wish to make a presentation (oral or poster) are requested to 
submit a short abstract (one single A4 page possibly with a diagram and
references) in English, by 11 March 2016. The abstracts should be sent 
electronically to lucas at fe.up.pt. The abstract template can be downloaded 
from the conference web site (www.fe.up.pt/mda2016).


Conference proceedings (CD-ROM) with the accepted abstracts will be 
available at registration. The CD-ROM will have an ISBN number.
Full papers will be published in a special issue of Proceedings of the 
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design 
and Applications (SAGE) and in a book of the book series Advanced 
Structured Materials (SPRINGER) (provided they meet the quality 
standards). The full papers (not compulsory) should be sent to:
lucas at fe.up.pt before the 30th of June 2016. The text should be in single 
column format and double line spacing.


Important dates
11 March 2016	Abstract submission deadline
31 March 2016	Notification of acceptance to authors
15 April 2016	Early bird registration (registration form available soon on 
the Conference web site)


Yours sincerely,

Lucas


Lucas F M da Silva
Editor in Chief of Journal of Materials: Design and Applications
Editor in Chief of The Journal of Adhesion
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEMec) Faculty of Engineering of the 
University of Porto (FEUP) Portugal
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