THEMATIC SYMPOSIA

Symposia / Special Sessions (Please see also:  Main Topics  &  Forum on Publishing Practices)

A number of thematic Symposia will be organised under the auspices of the M2D2021 conference. Individuals interested in promoting such a Symposium should contact the conference chairs about their intention, as soon as possible. A template for proposals can be obtained from: HERE.

Some Symposia have already been proposed (to be confirmed...) :

  1. EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS AND INSTRUMENTATION, promoted by J.F. Silva Gomes (FEUP/U.Porto, Portugal)

  2. COMPOSITE MATERIALS: THEORY, EXPERIMENTS AND APPLICATIONS, promoted by Shaker A. Meguid (MADL/U. Toronto, Canada)

  3. CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE: RELIABILITY, PROACTIVITY AND PRACTIVE, promoted by Suzana Lampreia (Portuguese Naval Academy, Portugal) and Teresa Morgado (CIC-LNEC, Portugal)

  4. MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION AND UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION, promoted by Carlos C. António (FEUP/U.Porto, Portugal) and Catarina F. Castro (FEUP/U.Porto, Portugal)

  5. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS, EXPERIMENTS AND APPLICATIONS, promoted by Clito F. Afonso (FEUP/U.Porto, Portugal)

  6. MECHANICS AND MATERIALS IN DENTAL MEDICINE, promoted by J.C. Reis Campos (FMDUP/U.Porto, Portugal)

  7. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS, promoted by Rui C. Barros (FEUP/U.Porto, Portugal) and M. Braz César (IPB, Portugal)

  8. ACTUATORS AND THEIR BROAD APPLICATIONS, promoted by Giorgio Olmi (IED/U.Bologna, Italy) and Dario Croccolo (IED/U.Bologna, Italy)

  9. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED MATERIALS: PRODUCTION, EXPERIMENTS AND APPLICATIONS, promoted by Dario Croccolo (IED/U.Bologna, Italy) and Giorgio Olmi (IED/U.Bologna, Italy)

  10. ENGINEERING IN CARDIOVASCULAR, BREATHING AND MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMS, promoted by Sónia Pinto (FEUP/U.Porto, Portugal) and Luisa Sousa (FEUP/U.Porto, Portugal)

  11. QUALITY, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY: THEORY, APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES, promoted by Laura Bravi (U.Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy), Gilberto Santos (DS/IPCA, Portugal), F. Murmura (U.Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy), José C. Sá (ISEP/IPP, Portugal)and Luis C. Barbosa (DEPRO/CEFET-RJ, Brazil)

  12. ADVANCES IN TRIBOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AT VARIED LENGTH SCALES, promoted by Noritsugo Umehara (Nagoya University, Japan)

  13. MATERIAL CHALLENGES FOR EXTREME OIL AND GAS ENVIRONMENTS, promoted by Mimoun Elboujdaini (ACME-TEK, Houston, Texas, USA)

  14. STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF WELDED JOINTS, promoted by Dulce Rodrigues (DEM/U. Coimbra, Portugal), Ivan Galvão (DEM/U. Coimbra, Portugal) and Carlos Leitão (DEM/U. Coimbra, Portugal)

  15. DEVELOPMENT OF RAW MATERIALS AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: CASE STUDIES AND EXPERIMENTS, promoted by Mauricio A. Nascimento (IFBA, Brazil)

  16. LARGE SCALE COMPOSITES STRUCTURES: DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE, promoted by Arlindo Silva (Singapore UTD, Sigapore)

  17. NATURAL FIBERS AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING, promoted by Altibano Ortenzi (State U. Londrina, Brazil) and Larissa Minillo (State U. Londrina, Brazil)