March 31, 2025 – April 3, 2025
CECAM-HQ-EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Organisers:
Erik Bitzek (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung)
James Kermode (University of Warwick)
Gianpietro Moras (Fraunhofer IWM)
Lars Pastewka (University of Freiburg)
Céline Varvenne (CNRS)
The development of new technologies and materials is driven by increasingly challenging requirements: saving energy, minimising waste and the reduction of harmful substances. Atomic-scale simulations are increasingly used in materials design to seek new insights based on mechanistic understanding instead of empiricism. To effectively tackle problems from mechanics, we need multiscale approaches capable of transferring knowledge from the nanoscale to the macroscopic scale. Our workshop will discuss recent developments in this field, new developments made possible by new methodologies, current success stories and limitations.
Our workshop will have an opening session dedicated to our friend and mentor Sandro De Vita. The five-year period since he passed away in 2018 coincides with our last CECAM workshop on this topic and is an appropriate interval over which to assess progress and remaining challenges.