Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials - The 12th International Conference of Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials
About the conference
The 12th International Conference of Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials provides a forum for presentation of recent research findings, and an opportunity for researchers to connect with peers to exchange ideas within the MTDM field.
This was the first MTDM conference since the pandemic, during which the conference was originally planned to be held in Nanjing, China. The 13th MTDM conference is scheduled to take place near Tokyo, in Japan, on July 7th-11th, 2024.
Past iterations have been held at the following locations:
- 11th, Milan (Italy) in 2018
- 10th, Paris (France) in 2016
- 9th, Montreal (Canada) in 2014
- 8th, Kanazawa (Japan) in 2012
- 7th, Portoroz (Slovenia) in 2010
- 6th, Monterey (USA) in 2008
- 5th, Karuizawa (Japan) in 2005
- 4th, Lake Placid (USA) in 2003
- 3rd, Erlangen (Germany) in 2000
- 2nd, Pasadena (USA) in 1997
- 1st, Ljubljana (Slovenia) in 1995
To learn more, please visit the official website (this opens in a new tab).
Highlights
Dr. Igor Emri and Dr. Hongbing Lu, Editors-in-Chief of Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, proudly co-chaired the conference.
Attendees pose for a photo at UT Dallas.
One of many session speakers, Dr. Gregory McKenna opened with the first plenary talk, “Challenges in Glassy Polymers: Sub-Tg Dynamics and the Ideal Glass Transition.”
A glimpse of Springer’s booth at the conference! Other sponsors included Anton Paar and psylotech.
Welcome to MTDM’s new editorial board members
During a hybrid editorial board meeting for Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, we extended a warm welcome to the following new members:
Aurelie Azoug, Oklahoma State University
Aaron M. Forster, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Yunlong Guo, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Yuhang Hu, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yuanping Li, Jinan University
Kenneth Liechti, University of Texas at Austin
Takenobu Sakai, Saitama University
Xiao-Jun Yang, China University of Mining and Technology
Call for extended papers
We encourage speakers of the conference to submit their extended papers to be published in Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials.
If interested, please notify Dr. Emri and Dr. Lu at ie@emri.si (this opens in a new tab) and hongbing.lu@utdallas.edu (this opens in a new tab).
Thank you to all those who attended or assisted with this year’s conference! A special thank you to the MTDM 2022 committee:
Tadaharu Adachi, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
Bonnie Antoun, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Alex Arzoumanidis, Psylotech, USA
Aurelie Azoug, Oklahoma State University, USA
Bernd von Bernstorff, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Francesco Briatico, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Hongneng Cai, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Davide De Focatiis, University of Nottingham, England
Igor Emri, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Leon Govaert, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Richard Hall, US Air Force, United States
Lucien Laiarinandrasana, MINES ParisTech, France
Yuanping Li, Jinan University, China
Kenneth Liechti, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Alexander Lion, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany
Hongbing Lu, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Yann Marco, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne), France
Claudia Marano, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Yasushi Miyano, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
Masayuki Nakada, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
Mehrdad Negahban, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Gerald Pinter, Montan Univerisität Leoben, Austria
Guoqiang Qin, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, China
Takenobu Sakai, Saitama University, Japan
Bing Wang, Nanjing Normal University, China
Jiquan Yang, Nanjing Normal University, China
Satoru Yoneyama, Aoyamagakuin University, Japan
Guanglei Zhang, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University