Virtual Colloquium 2026

10.04.2026 | 10:00

Miguel Ángel Moreno-Mateos: „Advances in Soft-Fracture & Cutting Mechanics


24.04.2026 | 10:00

Ye Feng [Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University]: „Phase-Field Cohesive Fracture Model


05.05.2026 | 16:00

Robert Lipton [Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University]: „A blended approach for evolving phase fields using peridynamics: Cyclic loading in quasi-brittle fracture


11.05.2026 | 14:00

Kurt Kremer [Max-Planck-Institut for Polymer Research, Mainz]: „Playing with Entanglements to Structure Polymer Melts


20.05.2026 | 14:00

Carolin Kreisbeck [Chair of Mathematics – Analysis, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt]: „Nonlocal gradients in variational problems: Heterogeneous horizons and local boundary conditions“


27.05.2026 | 14:00

Hannes Holly [Department of Physics, University of Milan]: „Fracture toughness and auxeticity in disordered metamaterials


02.06.2026 | 10:00

Kai Partmann [Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Siegen]: „Dynamic Fracture at Finite Deformations with Phase-Field Peridynamics


08.06.2026 | 14:00

Mohammadreza Jalali [Chair of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen University]: „From Characterization to Circulation: Lessons learned from in-situ stimulation experiments


07.07.2026 | 11:00

Matous Mrovec [Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Materials Simulations, Ruhr-Universität Bochum]: „Atomistic insights into fracture from Atomic Cluster Expansion (ACE) simulations“