Program 2026
June 15-18 | Advanced Experimental Multi-Scale Methods
Schedule at a Glance
Overview of the four-day program. Click on each day to see the detailed schedule.
Day 1
June 15, 2026
Monday
Introduction & Experimental Fundamentals
Schedule
Registration and opening of the course
Proff.Laura vergani and Paolo Livieri
Lecture 1: Very-High-Cycle Fatigue of metallic materials: experimental methods and analyses
Prof. D. Paolino, Politecnico di Torino
Lecture 2: A Multi-Scale Journey in Bone Experimental Testing
Prof. L. Cristofolini Università di Bologna
Day 2
June 16, 2026
Tuesday
Advanced Measurement Techniques
Schedule
Lecture 3: Robust signal processing for temperature harmonic analysis
Prof. G. Pitarresi Università Di Palermo Prof. and L. Palumbo Università Di Palermo
Coffee Break
Lecture 4: Advanced applications of thermal methods
Prof. U. Galietti Politecnico di Bari and Prof. R. De Finis Università del Salento
Lunch
Lecture 5: Multiscale characterization and modelling of short fibre reinforced composite materials
Prof. A. Bernasconi, Politecnico di Milano
Coffee Break
Lecture 6: Nano-scale techniques for hierarchical material analysis
Prof. J. Schwiedrzik EMPA, Switzerland
Day 3
June 17, 2026
Wednesday
Hands on sessions
Schedule
Hands-on session: nano- scale techniques
Prof. J. Schwiedrzik EMPA, Switzerland
Lunch
Lecture 7: Entropy, Zentropy, and ZENN
Prof. Z.K.Liu Pennsylvania State University, USA
Coffee Break
Hands-on session: Entropy, Zentropy, and ZENN
Prof. Z.K.Liu Pennsylvania State University, USA
Day 4
June 18, 2026
Thursday
Future Perspectives & Networking
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Lecture 8: A hierarchical view on material formation
Prof. D. Karpov ESRF , France
Coffee Break
Lecture 9: Experimental Issues in High-Rate Elastoplasticity
Prof. G. Mirone Università di Catania
Lunch
Final test & PhD students panel presentations
All Lecturers
Meet the international experts who will guide you through the program
Prof. Zi-Kui Liu
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Prof. Lui specializes in on first-principles calculations and modeling of properties.
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Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Expert in design, synthesis, and multiscale analysis of architectured materials.
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Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, IT
Principal scientist of the SYRMEP X-ray imaging beamline.
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University of Palermo
Expert in experimental stress analysis techniques for materials characterization.
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Politecnico di Bari, Italy
AIAS Scientific Coordinator and expert of experimental mechanics.
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Università di Catania, Italy
Expert in plastyicty and material at high strain rates
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