The Spanish government approves the construction of the IMDEA Materials headquarters
February 8, 2013
On 11th of September, the Ministries Council of the Spanish Government authorized the subscription of an agreement among Ministry of Science and Innovation, Madrid Government and the research organization “Fundación IMDEA MATERIALES” for the construction of the Headquarters of the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies of Materials.
Link to complete text: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
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Dr. Teresa Pérez Prado has been elected a member of the International Committee of ICSMA (International Conference on the Strength of Materials)
February 8, 2013
The main focus of the ICSMA conferences is to provide a forum to present and discuss the latest research on fundamental aspects of deformation, strength and fracture of all types of materials.
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Interview to IMDEA Materials Researcher, Dr. Aravind Dasari
February 8, 2013
“The main challenge is in the tuning of polymer nanocomposites depending on the application”.
Link to the complete text: Madri+d
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MIT Students internship at IMDEA Materials
February 8, 2013
This summer, two students from MIT (Vibin Kundukulam and Mashaal Sohail) accomplished their summer internship in the Computational Mechanics of Materials group of IMDEA Materials under the supervision of Dr. Jerusalem.
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The Spanish National Radio visits IMDEA Materials
February 8, 2013
IMDEA Materials researchers bring Nanotechnology closer to the audience of the Spanish Public Radio (RNE1) program "En dias como hoy".
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New horizons for continuum materials simulations
February 8, 2013
Dr. Jerusalem, head of the Computational Mechanics of Materials group, analyze the current situation of the continuum simulations in the materials field.
Link to the complete text: Madri+d
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IMDEA Materials member of the Steering Committee of the recently created Spanish Technological Platform of Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials (MATERPLAT)
February 8, 2013
The Spanish Technological Platform of Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials (MATERPLAT) is starting its activity following its general assembly held on November 11th.
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Tegnogetafe is already a reality
February 8, 2013
The city council of Getafe has communicated that the Technological Park of Tecnogetafe “is already a reality” thanks to the immediate site opening of four companies and one Foundation for Materials Research (IMDEA-Materials).
Link to the complete text: ABC.es
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Experiments at the Berlin Synchrotron Radiation Facility
February 8, 2013
Scientists from Imdea Materials (Metal Physics Group) will carry out experiments at BESSY II (Berlin Synchrotron Radiation Facility) at the Berlin Helmholtz-Center for Materials and Energy. There, synchrotron radiation will be used to measure the internal stresses in omega and beta pure Zr, stabilized for the first time at room temperature and atmospheric pressure by high pressure torsion.
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