Seminar, June 19 ^th, 10:00 am. Using high-pressure torsion for metal processing: fundamentals and applications (A. P. Zhilyaev)

Seminar, June 23 ^rd, 10:00 am. Atomic-level computer modelling of FeCr alloys for nuclear applications (L. Malerba)

Seminar, June 24 ^th, 10:00 am. Some Issues on Toughening, Scratch Damage, and Fire Retardancy/Thermal Stability in Polymer Nanocomposites (A. Dasari)

The Board of Trustees of the Institute met at the provisional site of the Institute on May 22^nd and approved the Strategic Plan of the Institute for the period 2007 - 2011. The Strategic Plan includes the main research lines to be developed by the Institute researches, the organization and the human capital to achieve these goals as well as the investments in research infrastructures.

Professor Subra Suresh, Dean of the School of Engineering and Ford Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and member of the Board of Trustees of IMDEA Materials, has been chosen by The Society of Engineering Science to receive the A.C. Eringen Medal for 2008, one of the highest and most distinguished prizes awarded in recognition of "sustained outstanding achievements in engineering science".