Biomaterials & Biominerals
Main topics for this session:
- Science and technology of metallic, polymer, ceramic and composite biomaterials;
- Biomaterial synthesis and characterization;
- Shape memory and superelastic biomaterials;
- Nanostructured biomaterials and surfaces for medical applications;
- Medical device design and development;
- Medical Mineralogy
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Cultural Heritage
Due to time effects, the historical masonry buildings are subjected to high-rate damage due to earthquakes and sudden loading and shocks. They are also interested by low-rate deterioration due to environmental factors (i.e., cracking, decay of surface layers, weakening of mortar joints, etc.) which may cause collapse of such buildings.
It is therefore necessary to protect the masonry buildings from seismic and environmental hazards. This protection requires up-to-date scientific skills, such as reliability-based assessment, natural hazard modelling, computer-aided modelling and restoration.
Convened by Tarek Elsayed ([email protected]), Paulo Lourenco ([email protected]), Alaa Chateauneuf ([email protected]), Giuliana Cardani ([email protected])
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Processing, Engineering & Applications
Convened by Jan Elsen ([email protected])
Convened by Maarten Broekmans ([email protected]), Dieter Rammlmair ([email protected])
Convened by John Bowles ([email protected])
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Convened by Gennaro Ventruti ([email protected]), Ruggero Angelico ([email protected])
Convened by Nuno Ferreira ([email protected])
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Environment & Technology
Convened by Erik Jonsson ([email protected]), Krister Sundblad ([email protected])
Convened by Scientific Annalisa Martucci ([email protected]), Fabio Tateo ([email protected])
Convened by Elza Bontempi ([email protected]), Claudia Belviso ([email protected]), Giuseppe Tomasoni ([email protected])
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The ash/slag residues present some very interesting characteristics from the civil engineering viewpoints similar to those of gravel (such as granulometry, bearing capacity, frost resistance, hardness, and thermal expansion). As a consequence, they may be utilized as additive for the fabrication of precast concrete, roadbed construction, asphalt pavement, permeable bricks, interlocking blocks and so forth. The long-term planning for the disposal/utilization of such products, therefore, cannot be implemented without comprehensive knowledge of the components/minerals, since each characterizing phase will render its own influence on the weathering rate and the release of effluents to the environment. Such knowledge also provides the possibility of controlling combustion process in order to enhance the quality of the ultimate products and to minimize the soluble forms of heavy metals.
This session will certainly draw the attention of a wide scope of scientists from environmental engineering to material sciences.
Convened by Amirhomayoun Saffarzadeh ([email protected]), Takayuki Shimaoka ([email protected])
Nano & Micro
Convened by Luísa Margarida Martins (tbc) ([email protected]), Piero Mastrorilli ([email protected]), Maria Michela Dell'Anna ([email protected])
- nanoscaled magnetism;
- novel magnetic materials and applications
- amorphous and nanocrystalline magnetic materials and applications.
Convened by Davide De Peddis ([email protected]), M. Luisa Fdez-Gubieda Ruiz ([email protected]), Ramon Egli ([email protected])
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Convened by Jerzy Lukaszewicz ([email protected])
Miscellaneous
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Convened by Dylan Goudie ([email protected]), Shaun Graham ([email protected])
In the applied mineralogy context, relevant mineral-water interface processes include for example the wetting of surfaces, the behaviour of mineral suspensions or nano-materials, nucleation- , growth-, and interfacial transport processes. Modelling studies interpreting experimental results on the molecular scale on the one hand side or applying thermodynamics on the other hand side, ideally converge to a universal picture, thus improving understanding on the large scale by including detailed mechanistic understanding. Thermodynamic descriptions of interfaces involving detailed process understanding may increase the predictive power of modelling approaches.
Relations between molecular scale processes and macroscopic results and applications are of interest, concerning experimental techniques, simulations, but also interpretations. Contributions concerning the study of mineral-water-interfaces in the above context, including associated experimental and theoretical techniques are welcome.
Convened by Frank Heberling ([email protected]), Johannes Lützenkirchen ([email protected]),
Ahmed AbdElMonem ([email protected]), Alberto Striolo ([email protected])
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