February 8, 2013

IMDEA Materials Institute y Pennsylvania State University has signed a two years colaboration agreement to promote joint research and development activities in the areas of processing, charaterization and simulation of advanced materials. In addition, this agreement opens a new range of possibilities to exchange staff researchers and students between both institutions.

February 8, 2013

The German Research Foundation (DFG) announced on Thursday that Professor Peter Gumbsch, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg and Halle, head of the Institute for Reliability of Components and Systems IZBS at the University of Karlsruhe and member of the Board of Trustees of IMDEA-Materials, is to receive the 2007 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for his outstanding research on the deformation and fracture mechanisms of materials. Worth 2.5 million euros, the Leibniz prize is Germany’s most highly endowed research prize, and also the most prestigious.

February 8, 2013

Subra Suresh, Ford Professor of Engineering, former head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT and member of the Board of Trustees of IMDEA-materiales, is the recipient of the 2007 European Materials Medal from the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS). Suresh is the first scientist based outside Europe to receive the award.

February 8, 2013

Subra Suresh, Ford Professor of Engineering, former head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT and member of the Board of Trustees of IMDEA-materials, will succeed Institute Professor Thomas L. Magnanti as the next Dean of the School of Engineering, effective July 23, 2007.

February 8, 2013

Airbus Spain has awarded its first research contract to IMDEA-materials for the simulation of multi-angular mechanical tests on prepreg composite coupons.

February 8, 2013

Researchers from IMDEA-materials, the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Institute of Materials Science of Aragón have developed a nanostructured ternary eutectic ceramic made up of alumina, yttrium -aluminum garnet and yttria-stabilized zirconia whose bending strength is close to 5 GPa

February 8, 2013

The collaborative project MAAXIMUS (More Affordable Aircraft through eXtended, Integrated and Mature nUmerical Sizing) presented to the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union has been granted. IMDEA-materials is one of the research centers in a consortium of 58 partners from 18 countries made up of of aircraft manufacturers, material behaviour specialists, software and computer hardware developers, computational mechanics experts and test centres, both from industry and academia. The approximate budget of the project is 70 M€.

February 8, 2013

The inauguration of the provisional site of IMDEA - Materials will be held on October 30th, at 12:00 h, in the E.T.S de Ingenieros de Caminos.

February 8, 2013

El premio Cristòfol Juandó es otorgado por la Comisión organizadora de la Semana Aeronáutica desde 1998 para reconocer a las personas de especial relevancia en el sector aeronáutico.

February 8, 2013

Following the recommendations of the Scientific Committee, four new scientists have joined IMDEA-materials to develop the research lines of the Institute.