Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials - The 12th International Conference of Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials

About the conference

The 12^th 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 13^th 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:

• 11^th, Milan (Italy) in 2018
• 10^th, Paris (France) in 2016
• 9^th, Montreal (Canada) in 2014
• 8^th, Kanazawa (Japan) in 2012
• 7^th, Portoroz (Slovenia) in 2010
• 6^th, Monterey (USA) in 2008
• 5^th, Karuizawa (Japan) in 2005
• 4^th, Lake Placid (USA) in 2003
• 3^rd, Erlangen (Germany) in 2000
• 2^nd, Pasadena (USA) in 1997
• 1^st, 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