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
Past symposia
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 mechanicsDownloads (*) 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 materialsDownloads (*) Symposium book (web version, 16 MB)
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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