Every fall all members of the Graduate School gather at the annual Engineering Mechanics symposium. This two day symposium revolves around four themes that are selected based on contemporary trends and challenges in the field. The symposium is comprised of a plenary opening lecture (Koiter lecture), thematic workshops with semi-plenary lectures by invited PhD candidates, poster presentations by all PhD members, and a plenary closing lecture by the Biezeno awardee.
Upcoming symposium
26th Engineering Mechanics Symposium
| October 30 – 31, 2023 | Hotel Papendal, Arnhem |
| Koiter Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ernst Rank |
| Workshops | Dynamics Green mechanics Advanced Discretazation and Solution Techniques Biomechanics |
| Downloads (*) | |
Past symposia
24th Engineering Mechanics Symposium
Part One
| October 26, 2021 | Hotel Papendal, Arnhem |
| Koiter lecturer | Prof. Katia Bertoldi, Harvard University |
| Downloads(*) | Symposiumbook_Webversion (15 MB) Final Program_Oct 26 |
| Poster Contest | Lei Liu (TUe) – A multi-scale framework towards prediction of the martensite/ferrite interface damage initiation Alva Bechlenberg (RuG) – The Ocean Grazer – Simulating complex interactions and nonlinear behaviours of a dense wave energy converter array Juan Esteban Alvarez Naranjo (UT) – Thermo-mechanical modelling of polymer sintering Andrea Cupertino (TUD) – High-Q spiderweb nanomechanical resonators by Bayesian optimization |
| November 2, 2021 | Online |
| Workshops | Metamaterials Engineering Dynamics: From Nano to Giga Optimization High-performance computing |
| Downloads(*) | Final Program_Nov 2 |
| Phd Presentation Contest | |
23rd Engineering Mechanics symposium
| October 27 – 28, 2020 | Online |
| Koiter lecturer | Prof. E. Kuhl, Stanford University |
| Workshop topics | Physics-based Learning Experimental mechanics Failure mechanics Multi-scale mechanics |
| Downloads (*) | Symposiumbook (web version, 5 MB) |
22nd Engineering Mechanics symposium
| October 22 – 23, 2019 | Papendal |
| Koiter lecturer | Prof. M. Amabili, Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada |
| Workshop topics | Dynamics, Vibrations, Acoustics Advanced discretization and solution techniques Additive manufacturing Lightweight structures and materials |
| Downloads (*) | Symposium book (web version, 16 MB) |
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21st Engineering Mechanics symposium
| October 23-24, 2018 | Papendal |
| Koiter lecturer | Prof. William Curtin |
| Workshop topics | Model reduction Designer materials Energy systems and materials Model based sensing and instrumentation |
20th Engineering Mechanics symposium
| October 23-25, 2017 | Papendal |
| Koiter lecturer | Prof. Zhigang Suo, University of Harvard |
| Workshop topics | Processing and manufacturing Accurate and fast computing Fracture and damage mechanics Non-linear dynamics |
19th Engineering Mechanics symposium
| October 23-25, 2016 | Papendal |
| Koiter lecturer | Prof. Kurt Maute, University of Colorado |
| Workshop topics | Optimisation and additive manufacturing Multi-physics and coupled problems Experimental mechanics Dynamics at the small scale |