4th FRASCAL Symposium
On November 20, 2025, the FRASCALis met again in the Orangerie to enjoy exciting presentations by invited (and FAU internal) scientists.
Tristan Baumberger from the Université Paris Cité opened the event with a talk on „Length- and time-scales of crack growth in a polymer hydrogel„. After a short coffee break, P13-PA Daniel Köhn took over with an interesting presentation on “Fractures across scales from microstructures to mid ocean ridges”. The most exciting talk for all those in the audience who normally work in well-tempered laboratories or offices was given by Nina Kirchner from Stockholm University. As a glaciologist, she works in her icy research station, taking the audience with her to this fascinating environment during her talk entitled “Fractures in northern icy environments: challenges for glaciological and cryospheric research”. After their excursion into the cold, everyone enjoyed lunch before returning to the moderate climate of FAU. There, former FRASCLi Wuyang Zhao gave a presentation on “Microscopic mechanisms of plasticity and fracture in glassy polymers”. Miguel Ángel Moreno-Mateos rounded off the symposium and spoke about “Advances in soft fracture (and cutting) mechanics”. Thank you to everyone involved for a successful event and the enjoyable discussions!
